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

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Post by _AzMoo »

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.

No, it's awesome. If you're slow cooking some meat for 9 hours you need a constant low temperature. It connects to the app on your phone and you can set thresholds to alert on. You can connect multiple probes, so you can monitor the temperature of the grill as well as the temperature of the meat, all without having to open the grill which compromises the temperature. Makes slow cooking (the best kind) infinitely easier.

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

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Post by TeMPOraL »

detaro wrote: post #29
TeMPOraL wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, and some people over at [0] are insisting that there's no way cheap cellular connectivity will mean you'll have 5G in your toaster. No way anyone would do that. smh. -- [0] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23273340

There's somewhat of a difference between "people will buy a premium product with 'smart' features" (a wireless meat thermometer in this case) and "they will put 5G chips into everything to spy on us even if we just want a dumb device"

Both will happen. Smart TVs are evidence of the latter.

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

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Post by youngNed »

crazygringo wrote: post #26
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 saw from another thread that this is actually for the temperature of a meat thermometer, that you can constantly monitor and without having to open the grill (which is undesirable). So actually not a crock of shit, and pretty useful if you're grilling/smoking over long periods of time before/during a big party or something. Not all grilling is quick searing. Sometimes new features aren't just gimmicks, you know?

a guage. On the bbq lid. No, i can't check it while i sit inside, this is true, there is, however a very good argument that says, maybe i shouldn't actually be inside while the bbq is on though.

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

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Post by olyjohn »

youngNed wrote: post #43
crazygringo wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I saw from another thread that this is actually for the temperature of a meat thermometer, that you can constantly monitor and without having to open the grill (which is undesirable). So actually not a crock of shit, and pretty useful if you're grilling/smoking over long periods of time before/during a big party or something. Not all grilling is quick searing. Sometimes new features aren't just gimmicks, you know?

a guage. On the bbq lid. No, i can't check it while i sit inside, this is true, there is, however a very good argument that says, maybe i shouldn't actually be inside while the bbq is on though.

Not the grill temp... the meat temp.

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

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Post by swiley »

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…

Android’s complete user hostility is the best argument against GNU/Linux not being a popular desktop OS because it’s not “user friendly” enough.

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Post by np_tedious »

monadic2 wrote: post #31
lostlogin wrote: post #23

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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…

Wouldn't that be binary on/off instead of a temperature sliding deal?

Valid concern about more moving parts and expected lifetime

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

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Post by rhizome »

bosswipe wrote: post #18
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…

This is a bug in the app, I don't see how it is Android's fault.

tl;dr: what bug, or even what kind of bug?

"The app" does not provide the share intent panel functionality, the framework does, and even if there was some way in which an app could be thought to be to blame, with what permission would it be inserting its resources in a particular spot in the panel?

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

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Post by dkarl »

DaniloDias wrote: post #11
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.

Way prefer a grill with an IP address to an oven or refrigerator.

I think it would be really nice to have access to cameras in my refrigerator when I have a dinner idea as I'm leaving work.

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

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Post by monadic2 »

detaro wrote: post #40
monadic2 wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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)

Ahh, this definitely is a missing part—"Weber iGrill" does not conjure to mind a meat thermometer unless I put my marketing glasses on!
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