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Bocky ,

You must be from Reddit. I appreciate good comments like this

Bocky ,

Yes they are, many of the ones in our town have EV chargers in the front row that is free. And then further out are the gas pumps that cost money.

Bocky ,

I have a wireless button next to my couch that toggles on and off the lights, and double click it to toggle the fan.

I added a bottom to my Apple Watch to toggle my garage doors, and chicken cook door.

All my light switches have a double click action programmed in for whatever is convenient at that location. Single click for the overhead lights, double click for the movie lighting, long press toggles the fan.

My solar panels send me a text when my battery bank is getting close to full and then triggers my car charger to turn on so that the excess power gets dumped into my cars instead of going to waste

Bocky ,

Good. Facebook ads are full of blatantly obvious scammers and criminals.

Bocky ,

Fuck going to gas pumps, that shits for boomers

Bocky ,

Reminds me of MyQ garage door opener’s fiasco. I wonder if the RatGDO project is still doing good, they were flooded with orders last year.

Bocky ,

What’s an open source thermostat? My Nest is shit when it comes to connecting it to home assistant. It’s googles fault

Generative AI Is Coming To Your Home Appliances (www.forbes.com)

Across all industries, organizations are rapidly embracing generative AI. Among them, makers of home appliances like fridges and ovens. Generative AI in your oven? Why not? Ater all, AI has been creeping into our homes for years (think smart lightbulbs and Alexa) – but thanks to generative AI, these interactions will become...

Bocky ,

Dishwashers and toaster ovens are going to become subscription items

Bocky ,

And also ruins the seal permanently so that they can’t be resealed well

Bocky ,

Don’t talk about it, but it, or post about it ever and it will go away

Bocky ,

It’s training for AI, which currently is about as smart as an 8 year old with internet access. Pretty soon that AI is going to be driving, then getting married, buying a house in the AI verse, etc

Bocky ,

mAh are a terrible way to measure capacity, look for watt-hours instead. You need to know the voltage for it to be a relevant measurement

Bocky ,

The internet is free and public. You can go to any mcdonalds and go all the internetting you want. At home, its all the buried cabled that have to be checked on and maintained that you have to pay for.

Bocky ,

The US can’t even stop robocalls

Former CEO of Google has been quietly working on a military startup for “suicide” attack drones. (www.forbes.com)

Former CEO of Google has been quietly working on a military startup for “suicide” attack drones.::The former Google CEO has been quietly working on a military startup called White Stork with plans to design “kamikaze” attack drones.

Bocky ,

http://archive.today/2024.01.24-141543/https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarahemerson/2024/01/23/eric-schmidts-secret-white-stork-project-aims-to-build-ai-combat-drones/?sh=983f59b6f5a0

Paywall removed.

Bocky ,

Sure, but if you had the option to do it without opening the garage door wouldn’t you like that more?

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    Bocky ,

    They have protocols for this, setup and manage your own server

    Bocky ,

    Duck.com is what I use, I generate a unique email for every website. I even started changing my old logins recently for old accounts

    Cable firms to FTC: We shouldn’t have to let users cancel service with a click — Customers may “misunderstand the consequences of canceling,” say lobbyists (arstechnica.com)

    Cable firms to FTC: We shouldn’t have to let users cancel service with a click — Customers may “misunderstand the consequences of canceling,” say lobbyists::Customers may "misunderstand the consequences of canceling," cable lobby says.

    Bocky ,

    That’s exactly the point. There should not be any consequences for cancelling a monthly subscription.

    Bocky ,

    May people prefer to rent houses over owning one. Many of them I speak to tell me they want nothing to do with house maintenance and upkeep and they prefer to rent so that they don’t have to think or worry about any of the repairs. They like being able to just call the property manager when the hot water stops working or when their kiddo accidentally breaks a window.

    Bocky ,

    If you don’t like it why don’t you move to a better building with better management?

    Bocky ,

    Everything you are saying is true, and even with those facts noted, some people still prefer the convenience of renting and some like the carefree aspect of not having to be responsible for the upkeep.

    Bocky ,

    Yes, and mortgages have obligations too, and they are generally much longer and more difficult to move away from too.

    With a lease your financial obligation over the course of the contract is much lower than a mortgage.

    Bocky ,

    That’s one persons opinion, but yes that’s what they are saying

    Bocky ,

    Why do you care so much how someone else chooses to live their life? Some people want to rent and it’s no one else’s business to make them do any different.

    If you want to own a house and a buy a maintenance contract go for it.

    I personally wouldn’t wish dealing with a home warranty company claim on my worst enemy. They are all scams geared to deny claims.

    Bocky ,

    We already do this with a homestead exemption in Texas. Problem is, all the rent houses don’t qualify for the tax break, so the tax burden is passed on to the renter market / the tenants.

    Bocky ,

    And all that higher tax cost is passed directly on to tenants

    Bocky ,

    Thanks for your reply, I hadn’t really thought of it this way before

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