The Off Topic Topic

[garbon]

I'm just an engineer, so maybe I don't understand these things, but it seems to me the optimal way to "outage-proof" your smart bed product is to not connect it to the fucking Internet. 

But what if I want to adjust my bed's position while not at home? 

Ask the help?

They were deported. 

Oh couldn't afford white ones.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

Oh couldn't afford white ones.

They got deported, too.

[HVC]

I'm just an engineer, so maybe I don't understand these things, but it seems to me the optimal way to "outage-proof" your smart bed product is to not connect it to the fucking Internet. 

But what if I want to adjust my bed's position while not at home? 

Ask the help?

They were deported. 

Oh couldn't afford white ones.

White ones are lazy. That's why they switched over a few centuries ago 

[Valmy]

There are situations where it's helpful to monitor your bed while you're not home.

  Go on.

It's nothing scandalous.  For example, let's say you're feeling unwell at work and want to go home early.  You'd be wise to make sure your wife is not in your bed with her boyfriend, because you know that if you walk in on them, it'll take you a week to smooth things over with her.

 

[The Brain]

Speaking of three bears...
My kids have some books I'm pretty sure are AI written and illustrated. I can't find any reporting about this though.

I recently saw mentioned in passing in an article that lots of kids' books are AI made. Refused to elaborate though.

[Jacob]

Re: kids books, I wouldn't be surprised. If you care, I suppose the answer is to do some research and only buy books where you have a high confidence they're made by actual people.

[Josquius]

This Week's AWS Crash Made Smart Beds Overheat, Get Stuck In Wrong Position
On X, Eight Sleep CEO Matteo Franceschetti apologized; it's "not the experience we want to provide," he wrote. The brand is now working on "outage-proofing" for future issues. Franceschetti expects that to be done by the end of the day.

I'm just an engineer, so maybe I don't understand these things, but it seems to me the optimal way to "outage-proof" your smart bed product is to not connect it to the fucking Internet. 

It could be worse. NSFW


BBC News - Cellmate: Male chastity gadget hack could lock users in - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54436575?app-referrer=deep-link


Though I guess if you are the sort of person who wears such a thing then surely this is part of the appeal.

[Tamas]

There has to come a time, maybe not too long now, where the fad will be to buy something that is entirely offline.

[Josquius]

Again I'm amazed at how the world really seems to be heading in the direction of "The Diamond Age".
A big thing in there is regular (poor) people get their needs provided by basic replicators, above them you then have a middle class who actually hand-make things, and then an upper class who want hand-made things.

Also more down to earth yet more evidence for the government needing to setup the tax system to support pubs and live music.