I have individual, manually controlled electric heaters in each room.

Congrats, this thread isn’t for you.

Belkin was the go-to brand for iPod accessories in the 2000s. I had more than a few Belkin accessories for my 5th gen Video.

Now that I think about it, I still have a wireless remote control with the iPod attachment hanging around somewhere, but I don’t remember if it was Belkin or something else… 🤔

Edit: Fuck me, apparently any records of it online have dropped off the face of the earth. I’ll dig it out when I get home, I know where it is.

I have to wonder if permanently losing the enthusiast/early adopter demographic is going to cause more damage in the long run than the cost of keeping those servers running.

They don’t care, because that was never the point. The point was collecting your data and selling it. The 1g/2g units clearly didn’t collect enough data. They make way more money doing that.

Yes, I know but why are you telling me that?

???

Because you said this:

sit there for like 10 seconds while nothing happens

That “10 seconds while nothing happens” is the app being installed. That’s it.

I understand now that you may have just been expressing frustration, but text doesn’t convey sarcasm or hyperbole the same way as actual speech. I would suggest amending your comment to reflect the use of hyperbole. Don’t be an idiot by pretending other people are dumb for misinterpreting.

The app has to be installed after downloading…

2A supporters are all over this shit, they’re the stupidest group of all. They just want a reason to kill brown people.

I mean, I can sweep better than a robot vacuum, too, but my entire main floor is hardwood. It takes a while. So I summon the robot (currently a basic-bitch Eufy 25C with no “seeing” abilities) to help out. It’s also nice to have it run at 2AM for a general cleanup of whatever crumbs that were missed or spilled and not cleaned up for whatever reason… With 5 kids, shit gets missed sometimes.

The Wyze is getting Valetudo, and the Eufy will probably be gifted to my MIL, per my wife’s recommendation. She’s a neat freak, for lack of better words, but also in her 70s, so having a small vacuum making the rounds for her periodically would be helpful.

Chekhov’s gun

THEY MADE A PS2 ONE???

Wow. I came across these years ago. Had the Xbox version.

“Where is the device that speeds or slows the passage of time?”

“Under the seat” holds up bong

minecraft hit noises

I have the Wyze version of this robot, currently pulled apart in a bucket next to my desk. The newer robots based on the CRL-200S (including the Viomi V8, Xiaomi “STYTJ02YM”, and my Wyze WVCR200S) have clamped down hard on ADB access, requiring a sequence of button presses to boot it into FEL mode in order to fire up the ADB port for half a second. But in over 200 attempts, I just have not been able to nail it down (dmesg tallies USB connections, pretty neat). I’ve spent far too long fiddling with the current board with zero success, so I ended up just buying another board for $15 off Aliexpress, from a Viomi V6/V7. Once it arrives, I’m going to root it before reassembling the robot just to make sure it actually works.

“Squashing bugs and bringing continuous improvements!”

Every. Fucking. Time.

Downloading software isn’t the same thing as installing it.

That’s nice. Where are the Pixel source trees, google?

I’m still on 15 because of that.

Depends how it’s implemented.

For example: I’m in the process of replacing my Wyze wifi bulbs with ThirdReality Zigbee bulbs (only 3 left to swap).

What I do is remove the Wyze bulb from the Wyze app, then go into HA and refresh the Wyze integration which removes the bulb’s entities from HA. Then I’ll do the physical replacement, pair the Zigbee bulb with HA, give it the exact same name as the Wyze bulb (this is key), then go check the automation(s). Haven’t had any issues with that so far.

Motorola G4 comes to mind. Great little devices.

That’s not what’s happening. GOS has said they are partnering with an OEM, which means a yet-to-be-named manufacturer will ship their devices with GOS preinstalled.

But GOS has said things like this before with no outcome. So we will see what happens.

Aaaaand there’s the enshittification, just like I expected.

Remember kids - 99% of the time, if it’s too good to be true…