These appliances are grossly overpriced to begin with. Then they added a tablet for reasons which entirely escape me (as a consumer). But the business idiot reigns supreme and they “saw a market opportunity”.

I’d like to think nobody would ever buy a second Samsung “smart” fridge but unfortunately I don’t think this will register for most people.

Yeah it wasn’t that long ago that 1t was a big deal. I guess that’s what inflation buys you.

The simple act of pulling a carriage is not inherently an animal welfare issue; horses were selectively bred for the purpose for quite a few generations. Because a city council doesn’t care to protect their tourist-attracting downtown core from dangerous levels of traffic, these horses and their owners are out of a job? Nobody’s mentioned where the horses are going. Could be a glue factory.

So I fail to see the “good news” part of this article with the information and context provided.

City officials justified the move not only as part of the updated commercial regulations but also on the grounds of animal welfare, arguing that horses working in heavy traffic suffer from stress and poor conditions.

If only there was some government entity with the power to do something to alleviate the heavy traffic?

Don’t let perfection be the enemy of good enough.

What platform would you suggest they use going forward?

There is scarcity - resources aren’t evenly distributed. You can’t have a fruit farm on the tundra, and you can’t mine uranium on Hawai‘i. It’s not possible to locally sustain a city in Arizona (ie food and water). A significant adjustment of the lifestyle to which we’ve become accustomed would be required.

More locally, I live on some prime farmland, with (usually) ample water and some pretty decent climate for a wide variety of crops. Our country is busy converting this into poorly built housing and warehouse space. There are also large portions of the country wholly inhospitable to farming, which are disdained. A similar concept is the ongoing market gardening of vegetables in the California desert. Some people are big on urban gardening and that’s fantastic, but it’s not going to supply the caloric needs even if it’s all potatoes. Vertical farms conveniently leave out the massive energy inputs (not just light and heat and water, but fertilizer and pest control too).

If we continue to abuse the resources which we have available, humanity is doomed.

What is the thread without Dragostea din tei.

Also 99 Luftballons

Had a friend rip out his Caseta for Innovelli because he wanted to nerd out more than Caseta would allow (smart bulbs etc.). But Caseta would be my choice for wall switches. Just so bloody expensive.

North America? I’ve heard good things about innovelli. Zigbee or zwave, bring your own hub.

I run all the scheduling in the thermostat, because I lose automatic recovery and some aspects of Thresholding, and the rest of the family doesn’t use HA. However, I can’t set certain items (for example, how often the fan runs) in the thermostat’s schedule so I automate those portions with HA.

Matter has limitations, and may not include all the capabilities you want exposed.

For the scheduling it’s basic. Wake, sleep, work, weekends. I have some settings for my high rate time periods as well, and use Proximity for setting the away thermostat.

Meross’s own FAQ addresses why you need to use their app for setup - it’s so that you can tell it what kind of system you have. It’s fairly important.

I have an RO, for reasons. It cost less than the cheapest espresso grinder that’s acceptable, but it has ongoing maintenance costs.

Edit - if you want to get nerdy, a permeate pump and/or high inlet pressure (which is largely out of our control) helps with the longevity of the membrane; I get about 2 years on mine and my intake water TDS is 500ppm; I replace around 75ppm outflow which is higher than “normal” but the water is designated safe to drink to begin with. Basically, the greater the delta in pressure between the inlet and outlet, the less waste is produced and the longer the membrane lasts.

You need a comprehensive detox. Both those substances are depressants. When you’re off the drugs, you’re not so much sober as hung over. It takes a while for the effects to wear off. The hangover is a bad time but it takes a lot longer than a day for your body to fully recover.

“Dissociative drugs make me happy.” Perhaps you have anxiety, depression, etc. Yeah, life sucks right now too. But always being high isn’t really a solution. Therapy, antidepressants, friends, and family can help but I can’t begin to guess what your situation is.

Another person who hates getting high. I feel severely depressed for days!

Ah yes the old “the system can only run a job listing for 1 year so we’re reposting the (fake) role” runaround.

I’m not sure where it will land. MS and Google are funding a lot of it so they stand to lose a lot of money.

“Stake in OpenAI doesn’t return profit”

And I don’t see how it could. Sell copilot at a loss, which consumes ChatGPT (sold at a loss) which runs on Azure (exchanged at below cost for stock in OpenAI).

The shaping looks great. I tried once and gave up on the concept. I can hardly shape a boule unfortunately.

Try a different flour, or letting it go longer between feedings. Make sure it’s comfortably warm (21° seems happy)

I don’t frown on throwing in a wee bit (<2% bakers %) of yeast either.

You might be overthinking it.

Good job yanking the retaliatory tariffs and the ad. How’s that working out for you Canada?

This actually jives well with the concept of the business idiot. https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-era-of-the-business-idiot/

AI is being promoted by the business idiots because they see how it makes their job disposable. On the other hand, people who do work know that AI isn’t actually that useful.