Goodbye non-KISS appliances

Post by naravara » Sat, Feb 03, 2024, 9:56 PM UTC

Liftyee wrote: post #360

naravara wrote: post #334

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The lights make some sense in that you may not want to walk to another corner of your house, or up and down stairs to be able to turn them on or off. Similar functions, like smart locks or blinds or ovens also let you have some peace of mind to make sure you’ve got everything in the On/Off state you need it to be in. Though personally I think we’re barking up the wrong tree by trying to smarten up every appliance. Th…

Perhaps instead of rails you could go for a flying quadcopter-drone with some sort of manipulator arm. If it was light it could even land and charge from the same ports it uses to communicate with appliances. Of course if any big FAANG-company does this expect it to be beaming everything it sees straight up to the cloud. Amazon already tried this with their Ring security drone.

Post by chrsw » Sat, Feb 03, 2024, 10:03 PM UTC

Post by coldtea » Sat, Feb 03, 2024, 11:03 PM UTC

scrollaway wrote: post #253

coldtea wrote: post #202

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> They did fine for many years without mobile phones, cars, aircraft and computers... your point is irrelevant. Nah, rather it's the comparison that is off. Without cars, for example, transportation was slow and constrainted, affecting commerce, work, and lots of other things. Whether good or bad (since there are negatives too) the introduction of the car was a huge change. Network connected fridges? The incovenience…

And without open door alarms, food would sometimes get spoiled and cause waste. Why are you fighting the guy over this feature? Everybody here is in agreement that network-connected fridges are not particularly useful but you're trying to make a point about open door alarms.

Post by Cthulhu_ » Sat, Feb 03, 2024, 11:09 PM UTC

naravara wrote: post #328

__loam wrote: post #322

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Also if anyone knows a good brand for dumb TVs.

I think they’re basically extinct on the high end. Your best option will be to get a smart TV and never set it up with a network connection. You’ll maybe want to do firmware updates now and then, but you can plug it in temporarily for those. It’ll still do more than you strictly want it to, but the most invasive behaviors will be off the table. Alternatively you can get a huge computer monitor and use that as your TV…

Post by Cthulhu_ » Sat, Feb 03, 2024, 11:13 PM UTC

em3rgent0rdr wrote: post #254

If you want to keep it simple, don't even bother with filtered water and just drink out of the tap. It is safe in the developed world. If you are concerned about germs, which can get through the filter anyway, you should boil the water instead.