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I found a backdoor into my bed

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Post by rpozarickij »

jimt1234 wrote: post #223

> For someone who suffers from insomnia this seemed worth a shot. I can relate, having suffered the same for most of my life. One thing that really helped me was a simple white noise machine, typically used to help babies sleep. Good: I sleep great with it. Also, it's not connected to the internet and doesn't require an app. Bad: I basically can't sleep without it. I have to travel with it (camping!). I even purchase…

I use an air filter for that. I have a Levoit Vital 200S and it allows to set up an automatic filter power schedule so I don't have to think about that when going to bed. Mine switches to the white noise mode at 9:30pm and then back to the silent mode at 8:00am (I usually wake up much earlier than that, but hearing the air filter sound change also tells that it's 8:00am without looking at a clock).

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Post by rgovostes »

WalterBright wrote: post #34

I've bought several internet radio streaming devices over the years, and they all eventually brick when the server goes out of business.

Do you still have any? I've always wanted to acquire a Kerbango (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerbango) for my collection. I helped dismantle the backend server that continued running in iTunes data centers, powering the Internet radio feature, long after the hardware was dead.

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Post by brundolf »

adiabatty wrote: post #233
jimt1234 wrote: post #223

> For someone who suffers from insomnia this seemed worth a shot. I can relate, having suffered the same for most of my life. One thing that really helped me was a simple white noise machine, typically used to help babies sleep. Good: I sleep great with it. Also, it's not connected to the internet and doesn't require an app. Bad: I basically can't sleep without it. I have to travel with it (camping!). I even purchase…

If you’d rather not buy another gizmo for a function your phone has likely gobbled up already… iOS, iPadOS, and macOS have a pretty great built-in background-noise generator these days. While lots of actual beaches can go dead silent and then have a loud wave crash in, the waves that It’s available in Settings -> Accessibility -> Audio & Visual -> Background Sounds. You’ll have to download the sounds each once, but a…

It's been life-changing when combined with my AirPods Pro. ANC deadens most sound, but acute sounds still get through. Adding background noise on top of it can usually cover the rest. And they have both bright and dark noise, to cover different frequencies of environmental sounds

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Post by skirge »

nicoburns wrote: post #181
asdff wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>The market is clearly too stupid to vote against the rent seeking tech industry. It makes me so sad. It is a $2000 dollar internet connected bed. The market in this case is probably people who could wipe their ass with that $20 every day and not miss it. I don't think they are stupid. This class of Americans has always been about paying for ongoing service instead of being pragmatic or doing things themselves. "Let…

One might argue that the market itself becomes "stupid" (stops accurately indicating value) when people have so much money that they stop caring about how they spend it.

yeah but what is value? Why someone should be worried about 20$ if he for example can't sleep and it's most important thing to him.

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Post by skirge »

EvanAnderson wrote: post #3

The state of the product's security wasn't unexpected. I was, however, shocked by this part: > I was willing to overlook: > The bed costs $2,000 > It won’t function if the internet goes down > Basic features are behind an additional $19/mo subscription > The bed’s only controls are via mobile app Nothing about this bed should depend on off-site servers. Nothing about the product should necessitate a subscription fee.…

I know someone who signed agreeement about delivering an app and then providing fixes for free. He escaped the country. Market is not stupid, market learned nothing is free.

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Post by eternauta3k »

wiml wrote: post #300
gpm wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could maybe be made low enough power that it can power itself via ambient light (like an old school calculator) or radio waves.

I've seen energy-harvesting remote light switches for sale — they supposedly get enough energy from the physical act of flipping the toggle to send a few radio packets. I haven't used one in the real world though.

Some of the ones at my company require you to stab them with your fingers for 15 seconds like a maniac before they turn the light on.

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Post by nurettin »

jimt1234 wrote: post #223

> For someone who suffers from insomnia this seemed worth a shot. I can relate, having suffered the same for most of my life. One thing that really helped me was a simple white noise machine, typically used to help babies sleep. Good: I sleep great with it. Also, it's not connected to the internet and doesn't require an app. Bad: I basically can't sleep without it. I have to travel with it (camping!). I even purchase…

Don't you get permanent tinnitus from this?
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