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The Last Quiet Thing

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Re: The Last Quiet Thing

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Post by mghackerlady »

strict9 wrote: post #18

This is an interesting and more apt way to frame smart features. One way I've found to avoid objects that come alive is to buy the commercial version. - TVs aimed at commercial hospitality businesses let you avoid a lot of the bloatware and smart features that come bundled with it - Commercial washer/dryers let you avoid bluetooth and wifi and other junk not needed to wash your clothes. These are available without th…

Part of me wonders if things are like this because the masses have been trained to see their abuse as a good thing, in a similar way to how the american worker sees themselves not as exploited but as a temporarily restrained exploiter

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Post by mghackerlady »

airza wrote: post #20

Some of these fonts and transitions I like a lot, but sometimes it feels like there are a few too many fonts on screen.

It has a plaintext version which I appreciate (though I wish it were actual plaintext instead off formatted html with the aesthetics of plaintext)

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Post by mghackerlady »

mbgerring wrote: post #2

My smart watch has become an invaluable digital prosthetic to help me backfill cognitive challenges that I’ve learned are related to ADHD. “It dings all the time!” Yes, exactly, having a buzzer attached to my person at all times ensures I don’t miss appointments and that I leave to things on time. Your thermostat that bothers you? It would be great if we lived in a world where energy was free, and there were no conse…

I agree to an extent. I also have ADHD and find these things useful, but the tradeoff is that to be effective they always have to be important in a way a cell phone or smart watch is very bad at guaranteeing since their main customer isn't the consumer but the advertising firm. I wish bespoke PDAs were still a thing (or at least, an easily accessible thing)

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Post by RuoqiJin »

Oh my god this site is so cool. I just want to say — how much time did you pour into the typography and animations on the frontend? I absolutely love it.

You picked the right way to show each paragraph — what to expand, what to keep short, what to highlight. I couldn't stop scrolling. UR an artist! maybe AI can help style every line of text, but it can't make something feel this good to read.

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Post by gchamonlive »

strict9 wrote: post #18

This is an interesting and more apt way to frame smart features. One way I've found to avoid objects that come alive is to buy the commercial version. - TVs aimed at commercial hospitality businesses let you avoid a lot of the bloatware and smart features that come bundled with it - Commercial washer/dryers let you avoid bluetooth and wifi and other junk not needed to wash your clothes. These are available without th…

They are also likely to cost more and aren't normally directly available to regular customers, like you need either a business license of some sort and to contact a representative.

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Post by ToucanLoucan »

Loved this. A lot of what's kept me sane (and what my wife is now trying to learn from me) is how absolutely merciless I am on notifications. Every time an app buzzes me, it damn well better be information I want, and if it isn't, I change the settings or revoke notifications altogether. If I am not shopping, I do not care how good your deals are. If I am not bored, I don't care what the Anxiety Machine has found to show me.

My devices serve me, not the shareholders of their respective firms.

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Post by gchamonlive »

I don't know what's the state in other markets, but where I live, Brazil, you always have the dumb consumer products. I think the only pathological example are TVs in which they require you to signin before being able to download streaming apps, but this is something that if you really must you can work around by buying a TV box.

Also, can't you just not give these products the password to your WiFi? Do they make fridges and wash machines that don't work without internet?

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