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@asdf said in Internet of shit:
@anonymous234 said in Internet of shit:
If the vibrator measures temperature, and it's inside your body, doesn't that technically make it medical data?
Probably not, since it's not a licensed/approved medical device?
If only they’d had an IoT a hundred years or so ago.
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@jaloopa said in Internet of shit:
@raceprouk said in Internet of shit:
Swastikas and far-right images
NOES HILTER WUZ LEFTY U IDIOTZ
</polygeekery>You can @mention me. I can laugh at myself. When you don't @mention me you deprive me of the humor. :)
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@twelvebaud said in Internet of shit:
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@Tsaukpaetra said in Internet of shit:
That's really weird, one of the guys sounds kinda like Blakeyrat....
Blakeyrat is a fan of them iirc. But I am also pretty sure he's not one of them, considering that also from what I remember they live in completely different parts of the US.
Blakeyrat lives on the left coast. Slowbeef lives in New Jersey. Diabeetus lives in Alabama.
Both of our coasts are left coasts.
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Well, hey, at least they didn't turn the TVs into self-actualized bombs...
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@izzion If you buy anything from Samsung you deserve everything bad that ever happens to you.
Then again, I'm going to be moving into my own place in near-ish future and I've been putting together a list of stuff I'll need/want to buy. A decent sized TV for watching movies from local storage is one of those, but non-smart TVs are becoming really hard to find (and impossible if you want 4K). Sure, you can just not connect it to your network, but I hear some of these things sneaky bastards that just connect to any unencrypted wi-fi they can find and transfer god knows what over it. Neighbors have unprotected wifi = your farts are now being analyzed. Sigh...
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@blek I have my tv plugged into my router with CAT5 (the router sits right next to the TV). But it's a Vizio, not Samsung, and we use it for watching Netflix and Amazon video. My only complaint is that the remote doesn't have a keyboard and you can't even connect one via USB or anything so you're stuck with the arrow keys on the remote and on screen keyboards.
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@boomzilla That's why all my TVs have a Chromecast.
I use my phone or tablet to decide what to stream.I'm smarter than a smart TV
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@timebandit said in Internet of shit:
@boomzilla That's why all my TVs have a Chromecast.
I use my phone or tablet to decide what to stream.I'm smarter than a smart TV
That sounds like work. So much more complicated than just using the TV remote.
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@boomzilla I haven't given it much thought yet, but I'm hoping I'll end up with a setup where the TV itself is just an output device (I'll probably actually buy a 40 inch dumb display, those seem to be more readily available than dumb TVs at the moment) connected to a server running Kodi or something similar, and that I'll be able to control that with something like an air mouse - remote on one side, keyboard and touchpad (which I hope to use very rarely) on the other. It's probably going to be a bit of a pain to set up, but on the other hand it sounds fun.
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@blek said in Internet of shit:
the TV itself is just an output device (I'll probably actually buy a 40 inch dumb display, those seem to be more readily available than dumb TVs at the moment) connected to a server running Kodi or something similar, and that I'll be able to control that with something like an air mouse - remote on one side, keyboard and touchpad (which I hope to use very rarely) on the other. It's probably going to be a bit of a pain to set up, but on the other hand it sounds fun.
I have the Kodi thin, but I added a Roku to it because paid streaming services don't play nice with the Kodi. I want to get one of those programmable all-in-one remotes to finish the system off.
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@boomzilla said in Internet of shit:
So much more complicated than just using the TV remote
Absolutely not. Open Netflix, find what I want to watch, click the Cast button, click on which Chromecast I want to watch it, click play.
Finding something to watch in the TV guide is more complicated than this.
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@timebandit said in Internet of shit:
@boomzilla That's why all my TVs have a Chromecast.
I use my phone or tablet to decide what to stream.I'm smarter than a smart TV
Here's the thing I don't understand about Chromecast.
I have a chromebook with a large-ish screen for a laptop. My TV is an old, broken CRT. It doesn't have a USB port and frankly I don't think those existed when it was made.
If I were to get a Chromecast, I would need to get a TV with a USB port that isn't a smart TV. I'd also need to get a Chromecast.
What would that let me do? It would let me play videos from my Chromebook on the expensive new TV I bought. But Chromebooks are capable of playing videos on their own, AND THEY ARE PORTABLE.
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@ben_lubar said in Internet of shit:
If I were to get a Chromecast, I would need to get a TV with a USB port that isn't a smart TV.
It comes with a power adapter for you to plug the USB power cable into. They also have power adapters with ethernet ports if you don't want to use wifi.
Chromecasts are useful to people who watch television with others. When I'm with my family, we all connect and share videos with each other. It doesn't really make sense if you don't use a TV normally.
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@jaloopa said in Internet of shit:
@raceprouk said in Internet of shit:
Swastikas and far-right images
NOES HILTER WUZ LEFTY U IDIOTZ
</polygeekery>3/10. Would've been better if you included "economic libertarian".
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@blek said in Internet of shit:
@izzion If you buy anything from Samsung you deserve everything bad that ever happens to you.
I’m quite happy with my Samsung laser printer. It’s the cheap (non-Samsung) replacement toner cartridge I bought that’s been giving me a lot more grief than that printer.
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@ben_lubar said in Internet of shit:
But Chromebooks are capable of playing videos on their own, AND THEY ARE PORTABLE.
But they aren't 50" !!! I want to sit in my comfy chair ( / ) and watch a big screen. Not a tiny screen on my lap. (Allows lap usage by others)
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@dcon said in Internet of shit:
@ben_lubar said in Internet of shit:
But Chromebooks are capable of playing videos on their own, AND THEY ARE PORTABLE.
But they aren't 50" !!! I want to sit in my comfy chair ( / ) and watch a big screen. Not a tiny screen on my lap. (Allows lap usage by others)
How about a 5" screen that similarly allows lap usage?
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@tsaukpaetra said in Internet of shit:
@dcon said in Internet of shit:
@ben_lubar said in Internet of shit:
But Chromebooks are capable of playing videos on their own, AND THEY ARE PORTABLE.
But they aren't 50" !!! I want to sit in my comfy chair ( / ) and watch a big screen. Not a tiny screen on my lap. (Allows lap usage by others)
How about a 5" screen that similarly allows lap usage?
I prefer a cat. It allows lap usage and is similarly entertaining.
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@pie_flavor said in Internet of shit:
@tsaukpaetra said in Internet of shit:
@dcon said in Internet of shit:
@ben_lubar said in Internet of shit:
But Chromebooks are capable of playing videos on their own, AND THEY ARE PORTABLE.
But they aren't 50" !!! I want to sit in my comfy chair ( / ) and watch a big screen. Not a tiny screen on my lap. (Allows lap usage by others)
How about a 5" screen that similarly allows lap usage?
I prefer a cat. It allows lap usage and is similarly entertaining.
Your cat's just be insane then, most of the ones I've encountered that would occupy lap space did it to be still and boring...
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@yamikuronue said in Internet of shit:
I want to get one of those programmable all-in-one remotes to finish the system off.
There are tablets with IR blasters and universal remote apps. Maybe even a cheap tablet would be ok for this, since it's not a very demanding task.
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@hungrier said in Internet of shit:
There are tablets with IR blasters and universal remote apps.
This always seemed like an incredibly useful thing for what it must cost. It's strange that they're so rare.
I mean an IR led is in the order of $0.1. Obviously there's the cost of an extra wire around the system and an extra window too, but it can't be that expensive. And being able to control your TV with your tablet or phone has to be convenient.
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@anonymous234 Even just to turn on the TV and maybe switch to the Chromecast, it saves having to use the real remote.
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@ben_lubar said in Internet of shit:
If I were to get a Chromecast, I would need to get a TV with a USB port that isn't a smart TV. I'd also need to get a Chromecast.
TV with hdmi
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@izzion said in Internet of shit:
Well, hey, at least they didn't turn the TVs into self-actualized bombs...
Did their TV start displaying some odd porn that involved SPANK SPANK!!! BAD CUSTOMER DON'T BITCH!!! ?
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@anonymous234 said in Internet of shit:
@hungrier said in Internet of shit:
There are tablets with IR blasters and universal remote apps.
This always seemed like an incredibly useful thing for what it must cost. It's strange that they're so rare.
I mean an IR led is in the order of $0.1. Obviously there's the cost of an extra wire around the system and an extra window too, but it can't be that expensive. And being able to control your TV with your tablet or phone has to be convenient.
It hasn't been convenient ever for me to use it in the last two phones I've had over the last six years or so.
Then again, I don't watch TV....
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@zecc said in Internet of shit:
@Jaloopa said in Internet of shit:
New idea: IoT shoes that tie or untie the laces via an app on your phone. No more need to actually touch the shoes on your feet to do them up
Better idea: a "smart" phone. A phone you can dial remotely so you can talk remotely while you talk remotely.
Pretty sure I can already do that. Probably something like "Okay Google, call mom".
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@scarlet_manuka said in Internet of shit:
@RaceProUK Yep. The whole thing is basically "I had this atypical need and made this thing to solve it, now let's see if I can sell it to other people." There's nothing wrong with that in itself, and if nothing else he should be able to find a niche market among people with similar issues, but presenting it as "this is a problem all new parents have"* is at best disingenuous and at worst a deliberate marketing ploy to get inexperienced parents to pay $$$ for stuff they don't really need, in the name of giving their baby the best possible care.
Ordinarily I'd put it down to standard marketing tactics, but trying to take advantage of new parents irks me particularly because new parents are invariably sleep-deprived and confused and trying to make everything up as they go along, and thus more vulnerable to this sort of exploitation.
* ETA: also, the "one of the most nerve-wracking" part is just bullshit.
Reasons adults should keep having kids until they can't: to make sure they all have experience taking care of babies/children before they have their own, thus propagating the knowledge and experience. (What about their last kid, you might ask? Easy: by that point the eldest kids should have started having their own for the youngest to learn from).
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@dreikin said in Internet of shit:
@scarlet_manuka said in Internet of shit:
@RaceProUK Yep. The whole thing is basically "I had this atypical need and made this thing to solve it, now let's see if I can sell it to other people." There's nothing wrong with that in itself, and if nothing else he should be able to find a niche market among people with similar issues, but presenting it as "this is a problem all new parents have"* is at best disingenuous and at worst a deliberate marketing ploy to get inexperienced parents to pay $$$ for stuff they don't really need, in the name of giving their baby the best possible care.
Ordinarily I'd put it down to standard marketing tactics, but trying to take advantage of new parents irks me particularly because new parents are invariably sleep-deprived and confused and trying to make everything up as they go along, and thus more vulnerable to this sort of exploitation.
* ETA: also, the "one of the most nerve-wracking" part is just bullshit.
Reasons adults should keep having kids until they can't: to make sure they all have experience taking care of babies/children before they have their own, thus propagating the knowledge and experience. (What about their last kid, you might ask? Easy: by that point the eldest kids should have started having their own for the youngest to learn from).
Truth in action: I'm 100% comfortable changing a baby. And disciplining. And indoctrinating. In theory they should be the pantheon of good upbringing.
Now to get on the "making" part so we can test that. Natch....
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@hungrier said in Internet of shit:
@yamikuronue said in Internet of shit:
I want to get one of those programmable all-in-one remotes to finish the system off.
There are tablets with IR blasters and universal remote apps. Maybe even a cheap tablet would be ok for this, since it's not a very demanding task.
Some of these remotes are cheaper than the tablets, so I might as well get it in a remote form factor. I mean, something like this:
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@yamikuronue said in Internet of shit:
Clam Shell
Whoever named that device and I have very different definitions of "clam shell".
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@yamikuronue That's a lot cheaper than I remember them being; last time I looked at the prices on them (years ago) even the cheapest ones were over $100.
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@zecc said in Internet of shit:
Given context my image interpretation was looking for but sadly no, it's actually just clams... :(
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@yamikuronue With that many buttons and the little screen, it looks like it was intended to provide remote control of an aircraft cockpit…
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@dkf said in Internet of shit:
@yamikuronue With that many buttons and the little screen, it looks like it was intended to provide remote control of an aircraft cockpit…
Nah, just a DVR. And a TV. And a VCR. And a DVD player. And an Xbox. And a Windows Media Center PC. And your infrared-controlled thermostat air conditioner. And your theater surround system. And your cable box. And your satelite box. And (indirectly) your Wii.
Well, at least, mine does.
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@dreikin said in Internet of shit:
Reasons adults should keep having kids until they can't: to make sure they all have experience taking care of babies/children before they have their own, thus propagating the knowledge and experience. (What about their last kid, you might ask? Easy: by that point the eldest kids should have started having their own for the youngest to learn from).
Quixotic Ideas thread is
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@zecc said in Internet of shit:
(citation needed, but I know there were voice-dial-able phones that didn't required the internet)
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@anonymous234 said in Internet of shit:
@dcon Fun fact: they could probably get sued for hacking and lose.
Nah. They're a corporation.
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@blek said in Internet of shit:
Amazon, press a few keys, and click twice
YOU DON'T HAVE ONE-CLICK ENABLED?!?! YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE MOTHERFUCKING SHITPILE.
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@polygeekery said in Internet of shit:
I sincerely hope that they get ahold of some of my friend's transcripts, so they wonder why that person adds 55 gallon drums of sex lube to their shopping cart.
I know a research psychologist that recently got hired into the Alexa team to do exactly that. The "developers" they're talking about having access to that data are all variously published scientists from disciplines with strong ethical frameworks, not neckbearded Linux enthusiasts.
Naturally, we all try to send her messages via any Alexa we encounter.
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@tsaukpaetra said in Internet of shit:
@pie_flavor said in Internet of shit:
@tsaukpaetra said in Internet of shit:
@dcon said in Internet of shit:
@ben_lubar said in Internet of shit:
But Chromebooks are capable of playing videos on their own, AND THEY ARE PORTABLE.
But they aren't 50" !!! I want to sit in my comfy chair ( / ) and watch a big screen. Not a tiny screen on my lap. (Allows lap usage by others)
How about a 5" screen that similarly allows lap usage?
I prefer a cat. It allows lap usage and is similarly entertaining.
Your cat's just be insane then, most of the ones I've encountered that would occupy lap space did it to be still and boring...
It's just to make sure that your lap can't be used for anything else, like the laptop your cat got tired of using for an ass warmer.
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@weng said in Internet of shit:
@polygeekery said in Internet of shit:
I sincerely hope that they get ahold of some of my friend's transcripts, so they wonder why that person adds 55 gallon drums of sex lube to their shopping cart.
I know a research psychologist that recently got hired into the Alexa team to do exactly that. The "developers" they're talking about having access to that data are all variously published scientists from disciplines with strong ethical frameworks, not neckbearded Linux enthusiasts.
Naturally, we all try to send her messages via any Alexa we encounter.
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My dad got a Samsung smart TV. Now, a couple years down the line, half the smart functionality is no longer working. Also, as it's Samsung, there's no more updates of the system software either. So, yeah.
Also, you can connect a keyboard to it to enter text. Which only works in the system software. Did you want to be able to enter text from the keyboard while in an app? Nope, fuck you, you have to type using the on-screen keyboard and remote!
Although, through weird magic, the wireless screen sharing from the computer magically started working when I tried it this weekend. Wouldn't work from my phone, though, as Samsung apparently don't support screen sharing from any Android device.
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TIL that XKCD apparently thinks it needs TLS1.2 or higher to serve up a static image with no sensitive information in it.
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@lorne-kates Your browser doesn't support TLS 1.2? I sure hope you aren't logging into any sensitive websites in that browser.
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@ben_lubar said in Internet of shit:
@lorne-kates Your browser doesn't support TLS 1.2? I sure hope you aren't logging into any sensitive websites in that browser.
FF22 doesn't support it. Minimum version is FF24.
And yes, that's entirely on me. Tobe Honest, as more and more sites go https only and force tls1.2+, it'll probably be the one thing that will get me to eventually upgrade Firefox.
To FF24. Maybe FF28.
I'll need to figure out how to hack the launch icon before then.
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@lorne-kates said in Internet of shit:
@ben_lubar said in Internet of shit:
@lorne-kates Your browser doesn't support TLS 1.2? I sure hope you aren't logging into any sensitive websites in that browser.
FF22 doesn't support it. Minimum version is FF24.
And yes, that's entirely on me. Tobe Honest, as more and more sites go https only and force tls1.2+, it'll probably be the one thing that will get me to eventually upgrade Firefox.
To FF24. Maybe FF28.
I'll need to figure out how to hack the launch icon before then.
If you really want to stay on Firefox 22, I'd suggest finding a proxy that will verify TLS 1.2 connections and then convert them to a version Firefox supports. You might have issues if Firefox 22 supports HSTS or HPKP but I doubt it does.
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@ben_lubar said in Internet of shit:
If you really want to stay on Firefox 22, I'd suggest finding a proxy that will verify TLS 1.2 connections and then convert them to a version Firefox supports. You might have issues if Firefox 22 supports HSTS or HPKP but I doubt it does.
I've done that with stunnel, which is basically a proxy. But it'd require an almost site-by-site setup to work, and I'm sure something with form submissions would break.