The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread
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@Gustaf said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
I’ve been getting ICE ads in my feed. Maybe I should join up!
Perfect for a yankee that’s used to that shit.
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@Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
Reddit’s “r/technology” feed this morning:
FFS. I go to their tech feed to escape from every other post being about American politics.
Same shit with my Northern Virginia sub…it’s full of politics. I just want to know where the good restaurants are.
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I feel like I’d be playing that shit for all it’s worth.
“Yeah, so I made a break through on the new flux capacitor design but I’m not quite there yet. I can’t stop thinking about how you won’t let me give you anal.”
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@Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
Reddit’s “r/technology” feed this morning:
FFS. I go to their tech feed to escape from every other post being about American politics.
The Trump Show, on every channel and feed.
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Early internet, this usenet was always helpful before forums came around.
User groups and dial up
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Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with upcoming software update
Update introduces two ways for the fridges to show ads.
I had to ask AI what a smart fridge even does beyond cooling your food. Aside from having a screen for photos and watching vids on the door (stuff you could just do on your ipad), it said smart fridges have:
- Interior cameras so you can check what’s inside while at the grocery store
- Inventory tracking and expiration date reminders
- Integration with your phone for shopping lists
- Temperature controls you can adjust remotely
I maybe adjust the temperature twice in the lifetime of the fridge so the last one sounds useless to me and, if it really was a smart fridge, shouldn’t it be able to do it itself? And the other shit sounds like it would be hella flaky and unreliable.
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@Hog said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with upcoming software update
Update introduces two ways for the fridges to show ads.
I had to ask AI what a smart fridge even does beyond cooling your food. Aside from having a screen for photos and watching vids on the door (stuff you could just do on your ipad), it said smart fridges have:
- Interior cameras so you can check what’s inside while at the grocery store
- Inventory tracking and expiration date reminders
- Integration with your phone for shopping lists
- Temperature controls you can adjust remotely
I maybe adjust the temperature twice in the lifetime of the fridge so the last one sounds useless to me and, if it really was a smart fridge, shouldn’t it be able to do it itself? And the other shit sounds like it would be hella flaky and unreliable.
Not to mention hackable and so stuff destroyed, lists monkeyed with, doxing what’s in your fridge etc.
They were pushing that crap at the computer show I went to in the era of Newton handhelds and DEC Alpha, first time I laid eyes on a Linux machine. Useless shit I didn’t want then or now.
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Ya had to be the Comdex or CES 1995. Sony DVD intro, a bunch of sad Apple nuts whaling on their Newtons, Allied General on display, Citrix in its original form- and Novell had the smart refrigerator display. Annnnnnyday now.
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@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
whaling
kudos
I gots vocabulary.
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@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
whaling
kudos
I gots vocabulary.
I have an enormous dangling participle.
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@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
whaling
kudos
I gots vocabulary.
I have an enormous dangling participle.
Sexually aggressive grammar? Ew.
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@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@oyaji said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
@Kilemall said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
whaling
kudos
I gots vocabulary.
I have an enormous dangling participle.
Sexually aggressive grammar? Ew.
How can grammar be aggressive, or even sexual? You mind is in the gutter!
Besides, I said “dangling”, not “erect”! Do I need to post a screenshot?
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This could go in the China thread but I’m not convinced the non-Chinese smart-devices are all that much better:
tl;dw: Chinese manufacturer repeatedly remotely bricks a guy’s robo-vacuum because he keeps blocking the address it was sending its spyware data to.
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I needed wifi-enabled sockets (I have 3 lights which are actually grow lights for the plants in winter, and I want them to be on not only when someone’s in the room), and it was quite difficult to get ones that don’t just send everything to a cloud in China.
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I have a number of WiFi enabled monitoring and control devices.
You guys worry about using Telegram, well, the Chinese probably own me.
The first remote devices I installed are Honeywell Thermostats. I also have Lyric and PROA7PLUS Honeywell alarm systems.
For years now I have been using TP-Link products, specifically WiFi extenders.
I decided to add WiFi monitoring for specific commercial AC powered devices and at first I ordered Govee Smart Plugs, but then I discovered that they have known vulnerabilities, so I returned them and went with TP-Link Tapo Smart Plugs instead.
Mostly it’s their routers that are known to be vulnerable:
Yes, TP-Link products have been reported to have significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities, which have raised concerns about their potential exploitation by threat actors. The U.S. government is considering banning these products due to these security risks.
Then there are Eufy doorbell cameras (I have six of those.)
There is my Security camera system from ReolinkSonos WiFi connected audio systems
Schlage smart locks - I’ve got seven of those.
Light switches? I’ve got too many Lutron Caseta devices to count.
SafeSense temperature and humidity monitoring of my new wine cellar.
Residio hot water heater monitoring.
SmartHQ WiFi connected AC system in my cottage.Eufy outdoor lighting
Monitor and control of my GMC Yukon
Jesus
These things were added gradually over a period of years.
But I do have a lot of safeguards on my browser!!!
One thing I do avoid are integrated systems.
If I lose control of something, I lose control of that one thing.
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Can we get a network diagram?
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@Gators1 said in The OFFICIAL tech stuff thread:
Can we get a network diagram?
No.
But you can ask some Chinaman to supply it to you, probably for a small fee.
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I’m looking at going off-grid.
This just makes me so mad
