I will never understand the appeal for cloud based home automation.
All the spying aside, 16 years and your thermostat is no longer supported sounds ok until you think about how if you replace everything with cloud based equivalents you are always going to be having to replace things going out of service. I think its funny that you pay more for a device that lasts for lot less (How many thermostats have people seen fail?). I guess the companies are happy?
You know (I hope) that that functionality does not require a cloud based service right? You are describing features for things I was playing around with 20 years ago, what you need is a program or app, not a live service. The appeal of controlling your things from your phone is not new.
Prompt in the Bingilator (17 tries): “Sailor moon with a long dress sits on a her throne as the dominant warlord in a post apocalyptic world. Sailor moon is very happy.”
And invented a bed with a bunch of wires and pullies for people who are crippled (after he got polio). Oh a good idea from the worst man ever you might think, NOPE this invention was also deadly and after a malfunction killed him.
People like it when anyone engages with their history/culture earnestly.
I think in this case you also have the weird juxtaposition of an American in the story of Japan moving to a western style system and leaving behind their isolationist policies.
Extra Moons in comically large coats. (mander.xyz)
More extras from this weeks challenge...
[Community Challenge 34] Fashion (sh.itjust.works)
:::spoiler Prompt a fashion photo shoot, of an orc in a colorful zoot suit, full-body shot —style raw —ar 3:4 —stylize 75* :::...
Count Binface Celebrates beating Britain First (lemmy.world)
more Sailor Moon Poon (sh.itjust.works)
After 16 years, Ecobee is shutting down support for the original smart thermostat (www.theverge.com)
Extra Moon Warlords (mander.xyz)
Had some extras from this weeks challenge that I wanted to share....
[Community Challenge 33] Cozy Catastrophy (lemmy.ca)
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18+ Nude Kitten (sh.itjust.works)
We can do all three things at once (yiffit.net)
Just saw this while getting gas. Why is it illegal to get less than 4 gallons? (lemmy.world)
After a vegan blue cheese won the Good Food Award, panicked dairy cheese makers forced the foundation to disqualify it (boingboing.net)
Rulegum (discuss.tchncs.de)
Two people killed in Texas after 350,000 pound load detaches from trailer, crushes vehicle: officials (www.yahoo.com)
Imagine being crushed by a 350k pound load while out driving. Holy moly Batman!
Anon watches The Last Samurai (sh.itjust.works)
[Community Challenge 32] still-life with window (sh.itjust.works)
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