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+1, definitely recommend VaultWarden and a VPN

ChatGPT's $200 plan is unprofitable! Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

My AmazFit Bip could do a month when it was new (it's down to ~10 days now after a few years), so I would think a month from Pebble would be feasible.

I don't understand using a watch that you can't use for AT LEAST a weekend without power ... as it is, I'm pissed off that I'm down to 10 days (it's stayed steady here for 6 months or so, so, I'm hoping it won't degrade too much more before the new Pebble comes out).

No, the Steam Link couldn't actually play games natively and could only stream them from another system, this would be able to play independently of another PC but still requires an external screen and controller.

He can only pardon federal crimes. In most states, governor's can pardon state crimes ... some states have different processes and some don't allow it at all.

Pardoning is typically also an admission of guilt...ie you're guilty of the crime, but your sentence is completed, so you still have it on your record.

With that said, I have absolutely zero clue how all that works with these blanket pardons where they're just given out to thousands of people at once.

Prabhakar Raghavan. This is a really good listen if you want to learn more.

The mods are mad that Ada bans people that break the site-wide rules without first consulting them and want to move somewhere where they can moderate as they please, so, they're moving (and attempting to take the community with them) to .World

That was my read of the situation anyways.

I wasn't a TikTok user, but, from what people tell me, by their third swipe the algorithm already knew enough about them that almost everything they get recommended was stuff they were interested in.

How is it that Google with raw access to SO MUCH MORE information than just a few swipes can't manage to zero in on what I'm actually interested in and instead I see so much garbage that I don't bother looking at.

Thank You! I found it absolutely hilarious that their 'complaints' were that you dared to enforce site-wide rules on their magazine/community. Thank you for all that you do.

@AbraNidoran@beehaw.org already took care of what SMART means and is good for, so, I'll address what the spirit of your message instead.

For me, _almost _nothing in my house phones back anywhere with telemetry. Sure, anything that uses WiFi needs the network to run, but almost nothing has access to the actual internet because it's on a VLAN that specifically blocks internet access.

If you plan out the equipment you buy, you can ensure it's safe (the absolute easiest way to do that would be to only buy z-wave or zigbee equipment since by design that's a completely offline ecosystem, unless you buy a controller for it that requires the internet). With WiFi, I basically only buy stuff that can be flashed to ESPHOME, which removes its online requirements and puts a completely different firmware on the devices ... this is more work than most people would want to do though, but you can always buy devices that were already flashed by someone else. IIRC, there are even some devices that come that way from the factory and use ESPHOME as an option. Or, they're devices where I bought the sensors and microcontrollers and wired them up myself and put ESPHOME on the microcontroller.

For me, I love walking into a room and the lights turning on. If it's night, the lights are red to not jolt me awake. Later in the night, they're dim and a bit more orangey rather than bright white. These are QOL improvements that I would not want to go back to not having.

My garage doesn't have any of the standard RF "clickers"/4-digit-code-panels connected because they're garbage, but I have a relay sitting on it that I can remotely trigger and open the garage. I have motion sensors so that if no one has been in the garage for the last 5 minutes and the door is open, it'll close the garage door (this was because people kept forgetting it was open.) I have sensors to let me know when the windows are open at the same time as the heating/air conditioning to try and prevent burning money. None of this is internet enabled, but it is controllable over my network and my network is accessible over my VPN.

If the humidity is high in the bathrooms, it assumes someone is taking a shower and turns on the exhaust fans if they're not already on. This can help prevent mold from growing. There are some real benefits to things being smart and I do 100% agree with you that apps that send data to companies on when we're home/away and all that are BAD, but, if you plan ahead you can have your cake and eat it too, but the number of choices for equipment you'll have will be lower, but at least your stuff will keep working regardless of internet access and regardless of whether the company that made the equipment is still around or not.

I have my bathroom fan turn on if the lid has been open more than 45 seconds ... some things you just don't (yet) know you need to be smart :-D

For me, all of our lights are smart (some bulbs with smart switches that talk to the smart bulbs and some just smart switches), but, everything needs to be able to function like it's dumb ... nothing needs an app to function. The wall switches will function as expected ... home assistant adds additional functionality, voice commands add extra functionality, but, it all works as you'd reasonably expect it to if you just go and hit the wall switch.

For that second bullet point you can get them a smidge cheaper at thesmartesthouse

They've got a sale going on, might be worth looking into, but, sxan has really good points with his first bullet point