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@Deadfast No, it wouldn't. You wouldn't be paying a subscription.
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@Bulb said in Internet of shit:
@Deadfast No, it wouldn't. You wouldn't be paying a subscription.
You Wouldn't Download A License Plate.
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@Deadfast said in Internet of shit:
@dcon said in Internet of shit:
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@TimeBandit said in Internet of shit:
Digital License Plates
Why? Just why?
So you can pay someone a subscription fee every month for the kool factor!
I mean you could just buy a sticker that says "wanker" and it will achieve the same result for cheaper.
But only one person can get dibs on the
WANKER
plate. These are an equal opportunity wank!
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@kazitor said in Internet of shit:
But only one person can get dibs on the
WANKER
plate.I’m betting it’ll be Peggy.
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they explored the possibility of having simple timers installed or even an on/off switch.
This was eventually deemed not possiblethese lights must work with magic instead of connections to the electric system
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Yes, it's not as if there must be a circuit breaker for the lighting circuit(s) one could flip, or something.
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@HardwareGeek said in Internet of shit:
“We made a deal with the devil by moving the factories to China.”
Yup.
There Was No Alternative™. They were being literally forced by competition while calling it freedom.
Sure, government could have done the exact opposite of the prevailing ideology and prohibited free trade and capital movement but … yeah, there were a few who tried. Can't very well have the CIA organize a coup against its own government, can you?
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Article @pcooper posted in Internet of shit:
“And yes, there will be a remote override switch so this won’t happen again,” said Mustone, whose company has been in business for more than 40 years.
It took 40 YEARS to invent the CAPABILITY to have a local light switch!
Hell, I bet if they put out a white-hat hit someone could have hacked the system faster and cheaper...
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@Zerosquare said in Internet of shit:
Yes, it's not as if there must be a circuit breaker for the lighting circuit(s) one could flip, or something.
But it is on the same circuit as the intruder alarm...
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@TimeBandit said in Internet of shit:
these lights must work with magic
By that one well-known definition of “magic”, they do, yes.
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@LaoC said in Internet of shit:
Can't very well have the CIA organize a coup against its own government, can you?
Not in Massachusetts.
That's the FBI's responsibility.
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@LaoC said in Internet of shit:
Can't very well have the CIA organize a coup against its own government, can you?
Duh. The FBI's responsible for domestic coups.
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@HardwareGeek said in Internet of shit:
“We made a deal with the devil by moving the factories to China.”
Yup.
Thanks, Nixon!
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It's a bin with a $33/month subscription.
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@loopback0 said in Internet of shit:
It's a bin with a $33/month subscription.
'd by 3 days: https://what.thedailywtf.com/topic/20970/fire-climate-change/3178
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@loopback0 said in Internet of shit:
It's a bin with a $33/month subscription.
And where you have to mail processed stuff to them, for them to sell for more profit. I didn't work out whether you have to pay postage.
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@loopback0 said in Internet of shit:
It's a bin with a $33/month subscription.
To be precise, it starts at $33, probably for the capacity of a 2-person household.
On top of its electricity consumption.
If food waste is 85% water, the 40Mt/a of waste in the US contain 3.4e10 kg of water. Evaporation heat is 2257000 J/kg or ~77PJ for the whole lot. That would be about 2.5 GW 24/7 if all the waste was dehydrated that way. Assuming perfect efficiency of course (probably more like twice that in reality) and not including the mailing of an extra 6 Mt ofshitfeed.Such a nice example of the performance of private enterprise for solving worldwide problems. What collective has ever come up with an efficient solution like that, and at an affordable price point of just 55 G$/a for the nation?
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@LaoC said in Internet of shit:
Such a nice example of the performance of private enterprise for solving worldwide problems. What collective has ever come up with an efficient solution like that, and at an affordable price point of just 55 G$/a for the nation?
True, those collective solutions are probably less expensive on a per unit basis. But they don't have a chance to die from everyone noticing what they are and never using them so those collective schemes end up being much more expensive and awful in total.
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@boomzilla said in Internet of shit:
But they don't have a chance to die from everyone noticing what they are and never using them
Monorail. Monorail. Monorail.
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@LaoC I think I saw a YouTube video sometime back where someone went into great detail to describe the bullshit behind this.
Hmmh. Naw, it was a similar product by Lomi.
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@Rhywden There are also at least a couple of more recent videos (which I haven't watched), one shortly after this in which he apparently talks about Lomi threatening legal action over his first video, and a more recent one titled "Lomi: Hyper-BUSTED!"
TL;DW: The Lomi (and several earlier "new and revolutionary" products that will also change the way the world disposes of food waste) use energy to dry your food waste so that you can then ... dispose of it in exactly the same way you would have if you hadn't used a lot of energy to dry it.
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Still 50% too much.
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Classic Internet of Shit:
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@JBert More like: A.I. make something which superficially resembles toast but is inedible.
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@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
@JBert More like: A.I. make something which superficially resembles toast but is inedible.
Hey! That's not fair. Isn't Tesla working on an AI device that toasts bread?
Step 1: Load the Telsa Tractor Trailer full of bread.
Step 2: Firetruck.
Step 3: Toast.
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@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
@JBert More like: A.I. make something which superficially resembles toast but is inedible.
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@Watson said in Internet of shit:
Do you want some toast?
Look, I don't want any toast, and he doesn't want any toast. In fact, no one around here wants any toast. Not now, not ever. NO TOAST.
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@dkf He's simply a talking alarm clock that provides his owner with early morning toast and light conversation.
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@Gurth Now, get me a country-singing and toast-making alarm clock as part of a super-powered suit and it's a deal.
It's nine'o'clock and your toast is burnt, yippie-yay-yay-yippe-yippie-yay
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Not sure if this is the correct category but... wel...
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@Rhywden ... news? Bitcon? In any case
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@dkf said in Internet of shit:
@Watson said in Internet of shit:
Do you want some toast?
Look, I don't want any toast, and he doesn't want any toast. In fact, no one around here wants any toast. Not now, not ever. NO TOAST.
It was a rhetorical question. Prepare for toast.
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@topspin and, correctly, thanked no-one. Well done.
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@boomzilla So there’s no secondary system they can switch over to while they update? Like a backup system that every security-critical system should have? That S in IoT is there for a reason!
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@Atazhaia If only cloud-based service providers offered things like multiple instances, just-in-time scale-up/scale-out, staging/prod deployments and the like, so things could be maintained and deployed with minimal down time
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@boomzilla But will there be delays?
Just imagine a burglar standing in front of the house he wants to break in, looks at his watch, and decides it's time to start - but IT was delayed and his business gets recorded and reported... Will the burglar then be able to sue Wyze?
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@izzion sad they didn't post the TikTok video. Now I Gotta find it myself...
Also, charging (previously) $500 just to adjust some settings is dystopic.
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@izzion posted an [article] in Internet of shit that said:
[article]: https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23599300/hyundai-kia-car-theft-software-update-free-tiktok-challengeThe thefts are reportedly easy to pull off because many 2015-2019 Hyundai and Kia vehicles lack electronic immobilizers that prevent thieves from simply breaking in and bypassing the ignition.
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@Bulb said in Internet of shit:
@izzion posted an [article] in Internet of shit that said:
[article]: https://www.theverge.com/2023/2/14/23599300/hyundai-kia-car-theft-software-update-free-tiktok-challengeThe thefts are reportedly easy to pull off because many 2015-2019 Hyundai and Kia vehicles lack electronic immobilizers that prevent thieves from simply breaking in and bypassing the ignition.
Freedom, man! Not like the overbearing nanny states in Yurop who have been distorting the market for 25 years by putting their guns on the heads of honest, hard-working Kia vendors to keep them from
peddling their shitcreating value. You can still get the vehicle you really prefer!
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@LaoC said in Internet of shit:
overbearing nanny states in Yurop
I hear they also measure the curvature of fuel nozzles. Super can only be pumped with a length of 14 cm and a thickness (grade) of 2.7 cm
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@izzion But how would that work eventually? The steering wheel gets locked when you move it without the key turned in the ignition switch. Or do american versions just lack a steering lock?
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@BernieTheBernie said in Internet of shit:
@izzion But how would that work eventually? The steering wheel gets locked when you move it without the key turned in the ignition switch. Or do american versions just lack a steering lock?
Presumably the steering lock is engage/disengaged electronically just like on a car with keyless start.
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