I'm not happy that my 2017 truck won't allow me to bypass the fob and use a key to start my truck.
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I have a smart frig and a smart dishwasher that we “forgot” to hook up to the Internet.
“Alexa, Play Bruno Mars”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3mmF-JGk_o
Unless one of these “smart assistants” can go to the bathroom for me every half-hour so I don’t have to get up to do it, then there’s no service they can provide me.
I had to go over last night and go to the bathroom in my neighbor Steve’s yard.
Not because I have a smart house.
It’s because Steve has a smart mouth.
Simple problems often have simple solutions. In the old days, in a case like this, it was because someone hadn’t paid their electric bill. Have they paid their electric bill?
Well Duhhh
An EMP from the Sun is going to be a blast with these idiots one day.
ABC News producer Erwin Renaldi quipped: “Thanks Google, now I can’t turn my bedroom light on.”
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Yeah, it’s google’s fault. google came into your house and tied you to a chair while they rewired the place. Sure they did.
anyone who turns their home over to google is a complete idiot.
Anyone who has one of these devices in their home isn’t “smart”.
Wasn’t an “outage”. It was a hack by a hostile CCP.
Just wait until smart semis hauling 80,000 pounds driving next to your children and grandchildren have a glitchy update or a frozen system that is smart enough to restart itself.
Today I went out and got a new one.
The disruption was limited to my not being able to get on FR.
My husband got me a calming cup of tea and helped me to remember my breathing until the shakes subsided.
But aside from that nothing else went down. Lights, hot water, locks, phone, everything worked fine.
If a website going down can throw your home into chaos perhaps you are letting them have too much power over you.
Stories like this always remind me of the introduction to the series “Connections” about the Technology Trap.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPcZ_5uCldg
Considering it’s been 40 years since that series came out, it’s clear that the trap is getting closer to closing in on us.
Live by the computer - and become stupid by living by the computer - and die by the computer.
I would rather have K-12 students learning and passing tests on map reading and map making than having them depend on the “knowledge” that some computer GPS app/program/system will always show them the way.
What does a lot of technology do? A lot of technology makes people NOT learn, many things, and become mentally dependent on technology giving them too many answers and performing too many tasks, leaving the old gray matter to become dumb and stupid - just like a muscle that is weak because you never demand anything form it.
The house we bought has an apple smart thermostat.
I think it time to talk to mr. mm about other options.
I am fairly tech challenged and prefer it that way.
I like basic internet connections, but prefer books over kindle and maps over a gps.
“Alexa, tell faucet to fill dog bowl”.
What could possibly go wrong?
You just found out.
And when there is serious Chinese hacking..
Any “smart” system that requires an internet connection to turn on your lights isn’t smart at all.
Nothing wrong with a system that can do all of that, stuff, but the need to go out on the wire to do so is either bad engineering or nefariously designed.
I will not own a home that is all electric. Propane for cooking—heat—hot water.