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Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?

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Post by monadic2 » Fri, May 22, 2020, 10:55 PM UTC

lostlogin wrote: post #23

beervirus wrote: post #7

What a crock of shit that grills are now IoT devices. The less of my life that’s accessible on the Internet, the better.

Lan accessible devices can be amazing. Automatic on and off of various devices and removal of crap proprietary controllers and apps has made many things much better. Home Assistant running in Docker on a Synology 918 is easily the best tech I have every bought.

> Automatic on and off of various devices and removal of crap proprietary controllers and apps has made many things much better

Off-hand I'd think for things like a grill I'd want this to be handled at the power strip level. Normally a grill, like a weber grill, is just a piece of metal and will last until you wear it out (even then it's mostly the flimsy legs that fail). If you add internet connectivity, the expected lifetime value of a product goes way down: failing hardware, services that get shut down, protocols that stop working as expected.

Meanwhile at the power strip level, you can both monitor and enforce energy usage, something that's beneficial even if you remove the ability to control it remotely (and why would you!?). I'd imagine for most things but maybe my computer and media setup I'd prefer to be able to simply cut the power to ensure it's not running.

EDIT: Apparently this is a meat thermometer!

Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?

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Post by xeromal » Fri, May 22, 2020, 10:56 PM UTC

rhizome wrote: post #8

Android is such a drag sometimes. Between mystery quirks like this, where I'm sure someone who has been making Android apps for 6 years will be able to explain it, and things like the absolute inability to override the order of items in the sharing panel[1], such that Android will routinely topline sharing to a contact you got one text message from three years ago. "F.U., that's why" is the simplest conclusion I can…

Thank you for pointing that out. I often share things with my girlfriend and never share things with my landlord, but android share deems it necessary to show my landlord as the top level person to share with and my girlfriend nowhere to be found.

Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?

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Post by airstrike » Fri, May 22, 2020, 10:58 PM UTC

This is prime https://twitter.com/internetofshit material

Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?

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Post by abakker » Fri, May 22, 2020, 10:58 PM UTC

notkaiho wrote: post #19

jameslk wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, I usually don't install apps for things like grills, refrigerators, trashcans or other domestic objects since I can't imagine they'd offer me anything obviously beneficial. I'm sure that's why I haven't enjoyed experiences like this.

This. Sure, we can question why these kinds of apps get bundled with "internet of things" devices, but it won't stop until we realise collectively we aren't in fact better off with things listening to every word, reacting to every move, recording everyone passing our house, etc.

Just makes me think of that Futurama episode where the robotic wash bucket switches bodies with Amy...

Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?

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Post by dillutedfixer » Fri, May 22, 2020, 10:58 PM UTC

0xDEEPFAC wrote: post #28

Some good replies: "Comes with a built in firewall" "*Default Braiser?" "Still better than Internet Explorer!"

It's the hottest new browser on the market.

I'm here all week.

Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?

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Post by pkaye » Fri, May 22, 2020, 10:58 PM UTC

I think the iGrill lets you see the readings on the temperature probes. Probably broadcasts it to your phone in the vicinity.

Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?

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Post by notJim » Fri, May 22, 2020, 10:58 PM UTC

beervirus wrote: post #7

What a crock of shit that grills are now IoT devices. The less of my life that’s accessible on the Internet, the better.

I have a Weber grill that claims to be iGrill Ready™® and it's very optional, FWIW. I have no idea what it does and have never interacted with it, even though I'm just constantly grilling.

Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?

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Post by markrages » Fri, May 22, 2020, 10:58 PM UTC

... and it's not the worst browser of the three.

Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?

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Post by na85 » Fri, May 22, 2020, 10:58 PM UTC

airstrike wrote: post #33

This is prime https://twitter.com/internetofshit material

Frankly so is 98% of my interaction with technology on a daily basis.

Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?

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Post by detaro » Fri, May 22, 2020, 10:59 PM UTC

monadic2 wrote: post #31

lostlogin wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lan accessible devices can be amazing. Automatic on and off of various devices and removal of crap proprietary controllers and apps has made many things much better. Home Assistant running in Docker on a Synology 918 is easily the best tech I have every bought.

> Automatic on and off of various devices and removal of crap proprietary controllers and apps has made many things much better Off-hand I'd think for things like a grill I'd want this to be handled at the power strip level. Normally a grill, like a weber grill, is just a piece of metal and will last until you wear it out (even then it's mostly the flimsy legs that fail). If you add internet connectivity, the expecte…

This is a meat thermometer with Bluetooth. It neither breaks your grill if it ever stops being supported nor does it talk directly to the internet (although the app might of course. but Bluetooth typically can be reverse engineered)