Next, ransomware. "Pay us $1000 or you won't be able to sleep in your bed for the next month".
Wouldn't subscriptions be next?
How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed
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#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
What sort of person is buying this? Do they give away the mattress for some really cheap price initially?
No it's actually 2-3k+ usd. I had done some cursory considering of it over the past few months because it seems like a potentially reasonable solution to a real problem I struggle with. But yeah part of it is like, it's really weird. If you asked me how much consistently better sleep would be worth, the answer is how much do you want? But phrase that as "Bed as a service" and my reflex is "you're kidding, righr?"
What problem are you trying to solve if you don’t mind sharing. It sounds like you’re paying for sleep tracking but couldn’t you just do that with something else like an Apple Watch?
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#143Next, ransomware. "Pay us $1000 or you won't be able to sleep in your bed for the next month".
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#144Funny part to me is that I fully assumed that this was a post about hacking Eight Sleep beds by someone who didn't want to explicitly name the company, presumably for vague legal reasons. Then I got to a picture of an apparently real "Number Sleep Hub" and my mind was blown. WTF are we in a timeline so weird that there are two companies making water cooled beds, one is called Eight Sleep and the other is Sleep Number…
> two companies making water cooled beds
Sleep Number aren't water cooled I don't think.
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#145Funny part to me is that I fully assumed that this was a post about hacking Eight Sleep beds by someone who didn't want to explicitly name the company, presumably for vague legal reasons. Then I got to a picture of an apparently real "Number Sleep Hub" and my mind was blown. WTF are we in a timeline so weird that there are two companies making water cooled beds, one is called Eight Sleep and the other is Sleep Number…
There’s actually another company called SleepMe (or maybe that’s the product…?) that makes a mattress cover that’s water cooled (or warmed)
As a night shifter it’s completely life changing in allowing me to sleep comfortably during the day. 100% worth the price to me
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#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
At least it doesn't run windows
"man, i tried going to bed last night, but it was a BSOD so I had to reboot it, but then it needed 45 minutes of OS updates before I could get in the bed." seems like a pretty good torture on multiple levels
"before you go to bed you must acknowledge our updated terms of service. Please bear in mind, that our newly added AI engine will process all the thoughts you have during your sleep. Images you see will be stored in the cloud and allowed for further processing by us"
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#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
Correct. Beds should have no network or traffic.
how do you analyze your sleeping quality and habits over time? a built in display? This reminds of the 2005: "phones shouldn't support texting. people should just call" vibes.
Bro are you serious? Those aren't things the average person wants.
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#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
How does a PIC12F509 connect via bluetooth to talk to an app for the consumer to configure things? How does it connect to wifi to talk to a server to save data to? Like it or not, an app to configure the device instead of the device having a VCR remote control to program in schedules is what consumers have gotten used to these days. If you think there's room in the market for a sleep pad that doesn't talk to the clou…
>Like it or not, an app to configure the device instead of the device having a VCR remote control to program in schedules is what consumers have gotten used to these days. No?? When was the last time you spoke to another human being about this topic? Has any other person in your life seriously told you that they like having to download a smartphone app to set up their soundbar? Have you managed to fully insulate your…
I hate the app+cloud garbage as much as you, but have you considered how a VCR would be programmed today? Take your universal touchscreen device out of your pocket, select the VCR app, get a list of programms for the next weeks, touch the one you want to record (or do a full text search), select if you want to record this episode, all, or a certain set.
In the past, you needed to first buy this weeks TV magazine. Or if you got it by mail, find it between all the other magazines. Then, skip all the ads and find the schedule, in there find the program you're looking for. Now you either need to figure out the exact time slot the program airs, or some EPG code. This data now needs to be entered into the VCR. Either find the remote, or knee in front of the device. Enter the code using a rotary encoder, digits 0-9 and a few buttons, or a mixture thereof.
In both cases you need to set the receiver to the correct program before leaving the house, else the SCART-connected VCR wouldn't get the video signal. Also you'd need to hope the EPG sent by the station is updated properly - we often had some part of the recording missing, or the recording started to soon/stopped to late. I hope you did put in the correct tape and remembered to rewind it. (I'm ignoring that a modern "VCR" would store the video in the cloud and not need all of this; or a hybrid would at least get the video stream via IPTV and put it on a HDD).
Try speaking to other humans about this topic, they don't want these "good old times" back.
Also, apps suck because they are mostly always horribly made (they don't need be, but they often are, because the product needs to be cheap); and I hate being forced to use the cloud and have my hardware not work anymore after 5 years because someone decided their Amazon bill is becoming too expensive. Did I mention I don't want my data to be sold to virtually everyone - errr, I mean "shared with partners"? So I either buy things with local control, or no smarts at all.
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#149Funny part to me is that I fully assumed that this was a post about hacking Eight Sleep beds by someone who didn't want to explicitly name the company, presumably for vague legal reasons. Then I got to a picture of an apparently real "Number Sleep Hub" and my mind was blown. WTF are we in a timeline so weird that there are two companies making water cooled beds, one is called Eight Sleep and the other is Sleep Number…
People are beginning to forget about waterbeds, thus allowing space for doing something weird with beds again, I assume.
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#150With climate change and our general impact on environment worsening each year, our relationship with technology is starting to be like a big elephant in the room. Do people really think a sustainable and equitable society is possible while having microprocessors and telecommunication devices in beds ?
This kind of luxury will always be reserved to the wealthiest in society, and its availability dependent on the relentless exploitation of land and human beings.