The Management posted:It's like stymie thunderdome in here
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 07:52 |
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# ? May 28, 2024 15:03 |
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Nintendo Kid posted:cremnob died with steve jobs, naught is left but an angry shade, confused into thinking it can bring down the company he sees as repsonsible
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 08:45 |
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smythe's an ik now ?
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 11:59 |
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yep, smythe is indeed an idiot
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 12:01 |
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it's probably a good thing that google moved glasses ove rto the nest people, they really know how to make a physical productquote:I went all out on our home and upgraded everything to the Nest line of products; 10 smoke detectors and 2 thermostats. I'm one of those early-adopter types striving to create a fully "connected home". The past year has been a massive disappointment; I had high hopes for these products but they are just too unreliable to install in your home. I am uninstalling every piece of Nest gear and sending back to the company.
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 20:22 |
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duTrieux. posted:climb up on a ladder and "hush" the system. wait i thought the whole point of it was that you didn't need to do this what exactly does it do?
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 20:26 |
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duTrieux. posted:it's probably a good thing that google moved glasses ove rto the nest people, they really know how to make a physical product lol
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 20:28 |
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Boxturret posted:wait i thought the whole point of it was that you didn't need to do this there was a way to hush the device by waving your arms raound but they removed that because it wasn't working right turns out that people tend to wave their limbs arond when there's a fire or emergency
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 20:29 |
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quote:we'd have to run around the house to find the right unit
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 20:37 |
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MrMoo posted:Nest actually tells you which unit is on alarm, which is kind of the point. Nest is supposed to tell you which unit is on alarm, which is kind of the point.
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 20:40 |
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it can connect to your phone and you're supposed to be able to turn it off through that too. it's hosed up that "we'll help you manage all the false alarms this will generate" is really the selling feature and somehow they have hosed that up.
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 20:48 |
what actual problem do smart whatevers theoretically solve? the reasons I've heard seem too absurd even for a TV infomercial "there has to be a better way!" segment.
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 20:50 |
Shifty Pony posted:what actual problem do smart whatevers theoretically solve? the reasons I've heard seem too absurd even for a TV infomercial "there has to be a better way!" segment. the problem of the marketing guy needing another pile of cocaine, and google waving their lil floppy dicks around going "wooooo innovation wooo"
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 20:52 |
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duTrieux. posted:The whole Nest concept is great; replace antiquated smoke detectors and thermostats with "smart" new technology.
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 20:54 |
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MrMoo posted:Nest actually tells you which unit is on alarm, which is kind of the point. yeah i saw in the video the guy had a loving nest every 5 feet. like just put 1 in the hallway and when it goes off, go to your son's room and bam, there's the fire he started lighting his sisters barbie on fire or puffing reefer. if i'm going to put a (pretty sweet looking) device in every room it better as hell also work as an intercom system, speaker system and alarm clock too. also baby monitor.
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 21:00 |
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quote:Thinks. Before it speaks. wow so polite
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 21:00 |
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Tangra posted:google waving their lil floppy dicks around going "wooooo innovation wooo" lol
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 21:01 |
just a nice reminder that this excellent article exists.quote:The idea of progress—the notion that human history is the history of human betterment—dominated the world view of the West between the Enlightenment and the First World War. It had critics from the start, and, in the last century, even people who cherish the idea of progress, and point to improvements like the eradication of contagious diseases and the education of girls, have been hard-pressed to hold on to it while reckoning with two World Wars, the Holocaust and Hiroshima, genocide and global warming. Replacing “progress” with “innovation” skirts the question of whether a novelty is an improvement: the world may not be getting better and better but our devices are getting newer and newer.
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 21:12 |
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google shut down another thing http://www.macrumors.com/2015/02/17/google-pulls-sparrow/ please do the needful http://didgoogleshutdown.com/submit
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 21:42 |
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I just had a 2 minute non-skipable youtube add arguing for the existence of god through an iPhone chatting lovely atheist logic with arabic subtitles, seriously wtf google
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 22:14 |
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found the fucker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd4-OSa9FH8
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 22:15 |
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The Leck posted:so after all this, the guy is still completely bought in to the idea of nest. i just don't get it. it is wierd, the due dilligence of sparing no expense on your family's safety, while also not having heard at least somewhere that the product is a piece of poo poo. gj marketing dept, i guess
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 22:19 |
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vodkat posted:found the fucker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd4-OSa9FH8 this is some harun yahya poo poo
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 22:45 |
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also love that they credit the ideas guy at the end.
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 23:05 |
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vodkat posted:found the fucker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd4-OSa9FH8 it's right, the iphone 6's existence is proof there's no god
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 23:32 |
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i think they're saying god is dead
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# ? Feb 17, 2015 23:44 |
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duTrieux. posted:it's probably a good thing that google moved glasses ove rto the nest people, they really know how to make a physical product i'd be curious to talk to the guy in charge of programming the drat things. like, would he say something like "*sigh* yeah the hardware is dogshit but management wouldn't spring another $10/unit for better quality control and it's been a nightmare trying to code around dodgy electronics" or would he be all "idk what these fucks are saying, worksforme won'tfix!!"
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 00:04 |
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:i'd be curious to talk to the guy in charge of programming the drat things. like, would he say something like "*sigh* yeah the hardware is dogshit but management wouldn't spring another $10/unit for better quality control and it's been a nightmare trying to code around dodgy electronics" or would he be all "idk what these fucks are saying, worksforme won'tfix!!" what does your heart tell you?
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 00:06 |
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Just-In-Timeberlake posted:what does your heart tell you? "jesus christ, get off the couch, fatass!!"
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 00:07 |
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:i'd be curious to talk to the guy in charge of programming the drat things. like, would he say something like "*sigh* yeah the hardware is dogshit but management wouldn't spring another $10/unit for better quality control and it's been a nightmare trying to code around dodgy electronics" or would he be all "idk what these fucks are saying, worksforme won'tfix!!" look, just install cyanolarm KamiKaze SE from a fan site and you're good to go!
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 00:14 |
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Shifty Pony posted:what actual problem do smart whatevers theoretically solve? the reasons I've heard seem too absurd even for a TV infomercial "there has to be a better way!" segment. here is a quote from a reliable source about why nest was founded (paraphrased): Tony Fadell has a cabin in Tahoe. tony wanted the cabin to be warm when he drove up to it instead of having to turn on the heat and wait for it to warm up. tony founded a company that lets you control a thermostat with your phone. basically rich people problems
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 00:23 |
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the nest is probably the best value proposition for a "connected home" setup, maybe followed by some of those smart locks and security systems, e.g. there's something you might want to know about while you're not at home individual light bulbs and internet blinds though? your shirt look like a smart curtain
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 00:27 |
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I still think android fridges are the worst internt of things things to date I wouldn't mind a washer/dryer that pinged me when it was done though
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 00:28 |
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the ole' thermocouple thermostat is about the only thing in my house that works reliably, and it is already plenty "smart:" when temperature is a few degrees below the set point, turn the heat on there is no time of day or night that i think "gee wouldn't it be nice if my house was 55F and took an hour to get warmer"
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 00:58 |
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No the dumbest is the IoT crockpot
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 01:01 |
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actually all those smart home things seem good to me. even the thermostat, since my GF can just not stop loving with the thermostat. I'd just program it to undo whatever she does when she looks away. but so far it seems like a lot of wasted potential if it's just " a INSERT-APPLIANCES-HERE with an iPhone app "
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 01:07 |
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I had been considering nest thermostats for a while because my apartment is very inefficient and leaks heat like crazy and if I forget to turn it off in the morning it wastes tons of energy. but hearing that they crash and freeze has put me off the idea
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 01:10 |
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Wild EEPROM posted:No the dumbest is the IoT crockpot
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 01:17 |
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the other day i was in a headshop and the guy showed me a vaporizer that is controlled wirelessly with an iPhone app
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# ? Feb 18, 2015 01:19 |
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THC posted:the other day i was in a headshop and the guy showed me a vaporizer that is controlled wirelessly with an iPhone app and that man ... was jonny290
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