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@Atazhaia said in Internet of shit:
@Vixen said in Internet of shit:
trust me, if power goes out in my room you're going to be awake long before the lichts come back on automatically because power were restored....
I thought the bigger “risk” when sleeping in your room would be waking up to a fox getting very cuddly under your covers...
that's not a risk!
That's a guarantee! and a benefit!
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@Vixen That’s why I used air quotes. I would not mind waking up to a fox getting itself all cuddly under my covers~
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@cvi said in Internet of shit:
(It's still a IoS system. I haven't connected mine to the internet, though.)
So... Intranet of Shit device?
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@levicki said in Internet of shit:
It is literally a few clicks on the device LCD panel.
but i would need to read the manual and crawl around under the dusty desk to poke at them.
@levicki said in Internet of shit:
As for that bedroom stuff -- it depends... do you scratch/bite while "cuddling"?
if it's someone i like.... by request only. or..... it has been known to happen by accident if i get over excited.... but i'm always super sorry about that kind afterwards
if it's someone I don't like first they'll get maced, then maced, but that would happen long before they reached the bedroom itself.
:-D
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@Vixen said in Internet of shit:
if it's someone i like.... by request only. or..... it has been known to happen by accident if i get over excited.... but i'm always super sorry about that kind afterwards
I am used to getting love bites from furry creatures, so I don't mind some light bites~ And if I managed to make you so excited you scratch me up I'll just call it me doing real good~ (And maybe ask you to patch me up after...)
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Found through a retweet by InternetOfShit
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@Luhmann said in Internet of shit:
Because now I have to fumble for my phone on my nightstand instead of the button for the light that is sitting on the night stand?
And my glasses. Cause I can't read shit without my glasses on.
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@hungrier said in Internet of shit:
Supposedly it does face recognition locally, so maybe this is just a "smart device of shit"
“Everything takes place locally, just like it does on your mobile phone, and it never leaves,” Brostoff said. “So that eliminates one of the key privacy concerns.”
Good luck if you live in Canada (facemask). Or get soaked in a thunderstorm. "I'm sorry. Your hair does not match any photos I have."
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@JBert it runs Windows 10 so it's safe from hackers!
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@Atazhaia said in Internet of shit:
I would not mind waking up to a fox getting itself all cuddly under my covers
Filed under: Run away — far, far away
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@Luhmann said in Internet of shit:
How is it not more convenient to hook it up into HomeKit and be able to say "Hey Siri, turn on the hallway light" when your hands are full of shopping bags?
How do you open your front door with your arms full off bags?
Waitwaitwait, I know that one: Nello One!
(sorry, that's the only sort-of English article I found)
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@Luhmann said in Internet of shit:
@frillunflop said in Internet of shit:
we were worrying about back doors.
I'm always worried about unauthorized access to my backdoor.
Never be a power stripper 'round these here parts.
@PleegWat said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Polygeekery While a fine option if you already have a power strip screwed from the back, if possible I'd look for one that is screwed shut from the front. Those you can simply open up, screw the back half to the wall directly, then close them up again.
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@cvi said in Internet of shit:
Having physical switches is neat, and when they're wireless, it's easy to place them wherever you want them (including next to the bed). Makes it easier when you have guests as well.
My sister in law has some of these. They make you realize how much of your daily life is on autopilot: you come into a dark room for the thousandth time (inb4 QOOC) and you don't think about the light switch, your hand just reaches for it and hits it precisely. And then there's the fucking Hue switch that you still fumble around with because a) it's different from all the others, b) of course they put three small, flat buttons in one, and c) it's stuck to a magnetic whiteboard so as to pretend it being wireless has some advantage besides the need for batteries, so it gets pushed around slightly all the time and your motor memory never even gets trained.
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Internet of shit:
@sloosecannon About 10-ish years ago, I had a laptop with a "face unlock via built-in webcam" feature. A friend of mine saw it and was all "there's no way that's secure. All I need is a picture of your face." So he took one on his phone, and waved his phone in front of the camera several times. It never unlocked, which honestly kinda surprised me.
Well yeah it's secure enough for relatively low-threat environments (you can only attempt to unlock someone's personal device if you've managed to acquire it, which should hopefully be fairly difficult...)
As the only defense for your home though...
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@sloosecannon said in Internet of shit:
As the only defense for your home though...
...it's about on par with physical-key locks, which anyone who's ever studied them can tell you will do jack squat to stop a minimally competent thief who actually wants to get inside?
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@Mason_Wheeler said in Internet of shit:
@sloosecannon said in Internet of shit:
As the only defense for your home though...
...it's about on par with physical-key locks, which anyone who's ever studied them can tell you will do jack squat to stop a minimally competent thief who actually wants to get inside?
They don’t really need to. All locks need to do is appear difficult enough to defeat that a potential burglar will try next door instead.
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@Gurth said in Internet of shit:
@Mason_Wheeler said in Internet of shit:
@sloosecannon said in Internet of shit:
As the only defense for your home though...
...it's about on par with physical-key locks, which anyone who's ever studied them can tell you will do jack squat to stop a minimally competent thief who actually wants to get inside?
They don’t really need to. All locks need to do is appear difficult enough to defeat that a potential burglar will try next door instead.
No lock, software or hardware, will keep out someone truly determined. And with physical locks, there's usually a softer place to break through nearby (like a window). It's about creating an incentive. So...I guess I'm agreeing with you.
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@Gurth said in Internet of shit:
@Mason_Wheeler said in Internet of shit:
@sloosecannon said in Internet of shit:
As the only defense for your home though...
...it's about on par with physical-key locks, which anyone who's ever studied them can tell you will do jack squat to stop a minimally competent thief who actually wants to get inside?
They don’t really need to. All locks need to do is appear difficult enough to defeat that a potential burglar will try next door instead.
Actually, a lock significantly more complicated than the neighbour's (to a point) is indicative that there's something of value being protected.
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@levicki said in Internet of shit:
original door couldn't even stop the cold from coming in
That in itself doesn’t necessarily make it not secure, though:
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There is a solution.
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@Applied-Mediocrity Solutions which can set your hair on fire are generally frowned upon...
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@JBert said in Internet of shit:
@Applied-Mediocrity Solutions which can set your hair on fire are generally frowned upon...
That's why nowadays you wire them up to Philips Hue, so that you don't forget to flip the switch. Additives for RGB colored flames purchased separately.
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@levicki I figured something along those lines, but trying to read things in the spirit they were written in is
a to ryhighly unusual around here :)
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@JBert said in Internet of shit:
Solutions which can set your hair on fire are generally frowned upon...
Bald men would disagree
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Bald men would disagree
I don't think they would, considering where they might have hair left...
Filed under: TMI
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@ixvedeusi said in Internet of shit:
I don't think they would, considering where they might have hair left...
Discriminating against people with full-body alopecia, I see…
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@dkf Alopecia Universalis, the least popular of the grand strategy games.
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@Atazhaia Perfectly balanced, as all things should be, with no exploits whatsoever... EXCLUDING LEFT NOSTRIL! Join the Spiffing Brit as he plays 100 CILIA MAN on an epic adventure and completely demolishes the human body!
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I'm posting this a bit too late, though, if you look at the comments...
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@levicki said in Internet of shit:
@Rhywden "You have used all your allotted restarts. Please go to sleep and try again in the morning" sounds like a next exciting Windows feature.
"Windows Update needs to restart your computer."
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@TimeBandit Is that a would-be-autoplaying video being blocked by cookie prompt?
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@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
@TimeBandit Is that a would-be-autoplaying video being blocked by cookie prompt?
Yes.
Or, no.
Apparently I don't deserve the cookie prompt.
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We sure hope you haven't tried turning it off an on again?!
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@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
@TimeBandit Is that a would-be-autoplaying video being blocked by cookie prompt?
"I don't care about cookies" extension defeated the prompt, but the video fails to load
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in Internet of shit:
the video fails to load
Clicking on the link and reading the article would be
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@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
@TimeBandit Is that a would-be-autoplaying video being blocked by cookie prompt?
I got an auto playing ad with audio, not blocked by anything. Shouldn't our embed box take care of that crap (by not displaying it)? @ben_lubar
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@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
@TimeBandit Is that a would-be-autoplaying video being blocked by cookie prompt?
You're lucky. It's autoplaying on me.
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@Applied-Mediocrity said in Internet of shit:
@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
@TimeBandit Is that a would-be-autoplaying video being blocked by cookie prompt?
"I don't care about cookies"
The thread is
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@LaoC said in Internet of shit:
@Applied-Mediocrity said in Internet of shit:
@Zecc said in Internet of shit:
@TimeBandit Is that a would-be-autoplaying video being blocked by cookie prompt?
"I don't care about cookies"
The thread is
I've heard of toast, but never s...
Filed under: Bad Ideas thread is
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What could possibly go wrong...
edit: Wait. @Polygeekery
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@dcon said in Internet of shit:
What could possibly go wrong...
edit: Wait. @Polygeekery
Hmmm...
Registered patent in United States, Japan, Europe and Israel.
Except that it doesn't look like the device described in the patent text when the real "novelty" of said patent was that it had a remote-controlled lid which was supposed to close on power loss as a fail-safe. The patent itself lists other remote-controlled igniters as prior art so it's not even the first...
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How the fuck does one fuck up a pet feeder??!?
Said as a lightbulb I guess: with Internet.
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@levicki
Because connecting to a cloud service is apparently easier to do than just using cron or whatever.
So now people who are too lazy to feed their pets may or may not realize they're not getting fed at all. Let's hope nobody went on a short holiday trip and thought this would take care of things.
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