Smart microchips, that way the chips that go in the stuff that tracks you can themselves be tracked while they track you. And then those chips could have chips in them to track the chips that track the chips that track you.
@Kyeh We have a lot of self-diagnostics now. Some of it even works pretty well. Some of it is exceptionally stupid. (I’m looking at you, Body Control Modules of damn near every fecking US-sold vehicle of the past 15+ years.)
@werehatrack Yeah - or some of it is designed so only a pro knows what the damn codes mean - I have an on-demand hot water heater like that. You can look at the panel and see a diagnosis but you have to call the plumber to get a translation; job security for them, I guess.
And my car often tells me that my tires have low air pressure when they really don’t.
@Kyeh wait until the batteries die on the tire pressure thing. VERY expensive to fix and the light stays on permanently. I covered the light on my dash with initially electrician tape (but it can leave sticky behind) so subbed it out with painter’s tape.
@accelerator
It took me a number of months, and some tweaks to my browser UI and my own habits, before I finally got one. I still have a less than 5% success rate.
Anything that actually works (i.e. does what it promises) would just be super peachy keen awesome.
I’ve got a smart phone with location on that has no idea where I’m at; a smart watch that has no concept of how far a mile is; smart speakers that spend more time buffering than listening; smart lights and plugs that can’t find the network sometimes; and a PC that used to work fine, but now it has Windows 10.
It’s West World around here. Don’t worry (be happy.)
Nothing can go wrong.
Smart AI that will read my email, follow and open the links, parse the content, then inform me whether or not it is worth my time to look at them myself. Guess what mediocre site(s) inspired this wish…
@phendrick
That’s been attempted. The security risks inherent in following random email links swiftly convinced those responsible that there was good reason why people had laughed at them uproariously when they suggested this.
@werehatrack OK, I can see the issue for PCs. But for email and random web surfing I use a Chromebook that has a (hardware?) bug that causes it to do a hard reset without warning at random times (but usually when I have a LOT of tabs open or are otherwise using a lot of memory). I use it without logging in to the Google system, so lose EVERYTHING in memory that I haven’t specifically saved to an external on-premise device. I guess that would take care of any viruses (and tracking cookies).
Stuff that I have saved, I only put back into the Chromebook, as needed. Most of that stuff is manuals and etexts, and particularly-significant email attachments.
For “real” computing work, including financials, I use a Windows machine, and even there don’t usually upload/download to the cloud. I’m mostly retired, so don’t have need for the usual outlets.
AFAIK, since I started using the CB for all my junk work, I haven’t had any virus problems.
That reminds me: At midnight tonight, Meh starts a new calendar and we lose access to all the pretty Meh click faces for the month. I usually try to save each month’s worth. I better do it while I am thinking about it.
(Think tonight will start a very meh-rathon?)
@f00l@werehatrack When first booting it up, on the screen for logging into Google, there is a “link” bottom left that says “Browse as guest”. That avoids the Google connection.
The downside is, without the cloud, all ram is cleared if there is a power loss or other reset. You lose all your on-board files, tab content, cookies, wifi password & config, etc.
Sometimes (somehow?) it does manage to reconnect to wifi without further intervention, including specifying default router.
I try to force myself to often do external hd backups of my downloads from the interim.
All day today I’ve been having problems with my wifi connections on the CBook, but another box with a direct connection was getting internet OK, plus my phone was getting my wifi OK. So I needed to do a reboot. i spent about an hour copying the URLs from all my open tabs and backing up my downloads from the past week or so, before I powered off. The reboot fixed the wifi problems. And I didn’t even have to specify which SSID or the password – it retained them somewhere. (I think Google has put some magic – probably black – into their products.)
I do highly recommend a CBook and the guest browsing for internet use with some anonymity. The third party tracking, mostly Google I guess, is another issue, though. All that info is maintained server-side. Even ads from Meh, MorningSave, and Side Deal follow me around. The freedom from worrying highly about viruses from questionable sites is icing on the cake. Maybe NSA can still break in, but Protonmail and their VPN have stymied that a lot. (Recommend that, also, even the free version.)
I got this refurb CB with touchscreen and 4 GB for well under $200, and would not hesitate to do that again when this one croaks.
Smart shower valve… identifies if you’re on the mortgage/lease and if not, limits hot water usage to 5-10 minutes. (Adjustable based on how much you like the particular offspring)
@jester747
Lol. I’ve been getting yelled at for my long shower time my whole life. I still get talked to about it at least once a month and I’m almost 40.
I could never shower in 10 mins, maybe 20. It’s my hair, it’s gets everywhere. Also shaving takes time.
@jester747@Star2236 as long as th hot water heater can keep up and you pick your hair out of the drain when you’re done. have at it. If the hot water heater can’t use the pause on the shower head white you soap up. I mean you should anyway but always lived on very good well water so… Not directly paying for water.
@jester747@Star2236 when you are on well water on a shallow Artesian well, water literally pushing itself out of the ground, and you don’t really pay for water/there is no water shortage like the west, and you heat with gas the relative cost is really low. I personally was taught to take a short shower… A very short shower. 5 mins Max. Reasons.
If I were shaving in the shower I would still turn it “off” to a trickle. To clean the razor. There is no reason to have it on while soaping up. Etc etc. I would teach my kids the same if I had any.
If I had a wife… Not a fight worth picking on her shower time. Better to join her and save water
Frequently Asked Questions About irregardless
Is irregardless a word?
Yes. It may not be a word that you like, or a word that you would use in a term paper, but irregardless certainly is a word. It has been in use for well over 200 years, employed by a large number of people across a wide geographic range and with a consistent meaning. That is why we, and well-nigh every other dictionary of modern English, define this word. Remember that a definition is not an endorsement of a word’s use.
@unksol I deliberately used it because it’s redundant!
But I have to confess I stole “Irregardless of whether or not” from someone else. Kind a triple redundancy.
Also I don’t regard it as a proper word, myself.
@jester747@unksol
What do you mean “to heat your water” like the post after yours explained our water is either pumped from a self dug well (my dads house and has lower water presser) it were hooked up to city water and they have their own wells (my city has their own water system and it’s ranked really high in the nation but a lot better water pressure).
Anyways while I visited my brother in Portland (he lived in a apartment) it seemed just like home, where you could take showers as long as you wanted bc complex pays to heat the water. Anyways I’ve never heard of it being so expensive to heat water? Is really such a thing? I’m not being an ass I just don’t know.
@jester747@Star2236 he was making a joke because I said “hot water heater” which is redundant. It was a fine joke I was a little slow too.
It’s just a water heater. I.e. heat the cold water going into it. Not heat already hot water. See the discussion above about grammer. Lol
If you have multiple people in the home it is of course possible for someone to use more hot water via a long shower than the water heater is sized for/can keep up with and you can get a “cold” shower
@jester747@Star2236 also it’s not an expensive thing and this is an engineered well. Like most of rural America it is an independent well but not a self dug one. The water table just happens to be low and under high pressure where as out west for a home well you could be drilling 100s or thousands of feet and guessing…
And then what you pay for wasting water on states with a drought. Heating it is not the primary issue other than the formentioned “who used all the hot water!”
They should put some 5G tracker chips in the vaccjne so that if something should happen to you, like a heart attack or an accident, when you get to the hospital, they can detect it and give you priority over unvaccinated-by-choice patients.
@unksol they do sell fake grass mats that are like doggy litter boxes. You would still have to clean it up later though, and of course train the dog to use it. Unless the dog just wants to run around and sniff and didn’t actually need to go out.
@remo28@unksol
depends… outdoor dogs vs outdoor cats is a toss up. You can leave for several days and if you have the correct set up either will be fine.
@chienfou@remo28 I don’t have outdoor cats. Although they were all outdoors when they needed some help. If I had a barn I’d probably have some barn cats but still TNR.
An outdoor dog I would assume would be a farm/range dog and that’s a whole different thing than most domestic dogs.
Average indoor cat will be fine with enough food and water and litter box indoors. Just might agressivly snuggle when you get home.
I had all 4, after I got back after being out of town for 2 weeks (they were parked at someone else’s house), who believed they had to be on me or near me 24/7 for a good 2 weeks. Now I am back to 1-2 (at a time - they time share) trying to sleep on my bed at night.
How about smart people who recognize that “smart” tech usually isn’t.
Smart ass… oh wait… I didn’t mean it that way
@Kidsandliz
None! Dumb tech for life!!
/image smart dummy
Smart microchips, that way the chips that go in the stuff that tracks you can themselves be tracked while they track you. And then those chips could have chips in them to track the chips that track the chips that track you.
A smart spouse!
[I got the prototype.]
@Evansdoor nice save [looking over your shoulder?]
@Evansdoor
thanks honey… I didn’t even know you had an account here…
Devices that can repair - or at least diagnose - themselves.
@Kyeh We have a lot of self-diagnostics now. Some of it even works pretty well. Some of it is exceptionally stupid. (I’m looking at you, Body Control Modules of damn near every fecking US-sold vehicle of the past 15+ years.)
@Kyeh @werehatrack
What does the BCM do that bothers you?
(I’m trying to learn, not challenge you.)
I guess I don’t know what a BCM does.
@werehatrack Yeah - or some of it is designed so only a pro knows what the damn codes mean - I have an on-demand hot water heater like that. You can look at the panel and see a diagnosis but you have to call the plumber to get a translation; job security for them, I guess.
And my car often tells me that my tires have low air pressure when they really don’t.
@Kyeh wait until the batteries die on the tire pressure thing. VERY expensive to fix and the light stays on permanently. I covered the light on my dash with initially electrician tape (but it can leave sticky behind) so subbed it out with painter’s tape.
@Kidsandliz Ulp. I didn’t know that was a possibility.
Smart IRK grabber.
@accelerator
Bots not allowed.
Blame the probable January goat.
@werehatrack I’ve never been able to grab an IRK. I guess I probably never will.
@accelerator
It took me a number of months, and some tweaks to my browser UI and my own habits, before I finally got one. I still have a less than 5% success rate.
Anything that actually works (i.e. does what it promises) would just be super peachy keen awesome.
I’ve got a smart phone with location on that has no idea where I’m at; a smart watch that has no concept of how far a mile is; smart speakers that spend more time buffering than listening; smart lights and plugs that can’t find the network sometimes; and a PC that used to work fine, but now it has Windows 10.
It’s West World around here. Don’t worry (be happy.)
Nothing can go wrong.
KRULL! A SKULL! BRETT HULL! AWESOME!
@mediocrebot You go, bot!
We don’t need smarter devices, just smarter people. But I’m just a smart-alec.
Smart AI that will read my email, follow and open the links, parse the content, then inform me whether or not it is worth my time to look at them myself.
Guess what mediocre site(s) inspired this wish…
@phendrick
That’s been attempted. The security risks inherent in following random email links swiftly convinced those responsible that there was good reason why people had laughed at them uproariously when they suggested this.
@werehatrack OK, I can see the issue for PCs. But for email and random web surfing I use a Chromebook that has a (hardware?) bug that causes it to do a hard reset without warning at random times (but usually when I have a LOT of tabs open or are otherwise using a lot of memory). I use it without logging in to the Google system, so lose EVERYTHING in memory that I haven’t specifically saved to an external on-premise device. I guess that would take care of any viruses (and tracking cookies).
Stuff that I have saved, I only put back into the Chromebook, as needed. Most of that stuff is manuals and etexts, and particularly-significant email attachments.
For “real” computing work, including financials, I use a Windows machine, and even there don’t usually upload/download to the cloud. I’m mostly retired, so don’t have need for the usual outlets.
AFAIK, since I started using the CB for all my junk work, I haven’t had any virus problems.
That reminds me: At midnight tonight, Meh starts a new calendar and we lose access to all the pretty Meh click faces for the month. I usually try to save each month’s worth. I better do it while I am thinking about it.
(Think tonight will start a very meh-rathon?)
@phendrick @werehatrack
It’s been a while since I used a Chromebook. I didn’t know they could be used without logging into google.
@f00l @werehatrack When first booting it up, on the screen for logging into Google, there is a “link” bottom left that says “Browse as guest”. That avoids the Google connection.
The downside is, without the cloud, all ram is cleared if there is a power loss or other reset. You lose all your on-board files, tab content, cookies, wifi password & config, etc.
Sometimes (somehow?) it does manage to reconnect to wifi without further intervention, including specifying default router.
I try to force myself to often do external hd backups of my downloads from the interim.
All day today I’ve been having problems with my wifi connections on the CBook, but another box with a direct connection was getting internet OK, plus my phone was getting my wifi OK. So I needed to do a reboot. i spent about an hour copying the URLs from all my open tabs and backing up my downloads from the past week or so, before I powered off. The reboot fixed the wifi problems. And I didn’t even have to specify which SSID or the password – it retained them somewhere. (I think Google has put some magic – probably black – into their products.)
I do highly recommend a CBook and the guest browsing for internet use with some anonymity. The third party tracking, mostly Google I guess, is another issue, though. All that info is maintained server-side. Even ads from Meh, MorningSave, and Side Deal follow me around. The freedom from worrying highly about viruses from questionable sites is icing on the cake. Maybe NSA can still break in, but Protonmail and their VPN have stymied that a lot. (Recommend that, also, even the free version.)
I got this refurb CB with touchscreen and 4 GB for well under $200, and would not hesitate to do that again when this one croaks.
smart kitchen that cooks and cleans itself
@Goofmont
And when you are determined to be the cause of that mess on the stovetop…?
@Goofmont @werehatrack
A smart mediocrebot would be awesome!
@macromeh oxymoron
Smart food
@hchavers
Smart shower valve… identifies if you’re on the mortgage/lease and if not, limits hot water usage to 5-10 minutes. (Adjustable based on how much you like the particular offspring)
@jester747
Lol. I’ve been getting yelled at for my long shower time my whole life. I still get talked to about it at least once a month and I’m almost 40.
I could never shower in 10 mins, maybe 20. It’s my hair, it’s gets everywhere. Also shaving takes time.
@jester747 @Star2236 as long as th hot water heater can keep up and you pick your hair out of the drain when you’re done. have at it. If the hot water heater can’t use the pause on the shower head white you soap up. I mean you should anyway but always lived on very good well water so… Not directly paying for water.
@Star2236 @unksol Whoa! Y’all must be loaded! We of lesser means can only afford to heat our cold water!
@jester747 @Star2236 when you are on well water on a shallow Artesian well, water literally pushing itself out of the ground, and you don’t really pay for water/there is no water shortage like the west, and you heat with gas the relative cost is really low. I personally was taught to take a short shower… A very short shower. 5 mins Max. Reasons.
If I were shaving in the shower I would still turn it “off” to a trickle. To clean the razor. There is no reason to have it on while soaping up. Etc etc. I would teach my kids the same if I had any.
If I had a wife… Not a fight worth picking on her shower time. Better to join her and save water
@jester747 and yes I get you’re picking on “hot water heater” vs “water heater”.
The department of redundancy department apologizes for your mental anguish.
@jester747 @unksol
You mean the
“repetitive redundancy” department, right?
@jester747 @Kyeh I don’t think the joke works without something redundant in it
@jester747 @Kyeh @unksol
just pay your bill with money you took out of the ATM machine.
@chienfou you mean the mattress?
@jester747 there are numerous wifi shutoff valves on the market. You know if you don’t want to go down and crank the valve off yourself.
Anything that integrates with smarthings or other could be programmed.
Fine for educating children. Don’t accidentally freeze the wife. I’d just tell them they were done then turn off the hot water till they learned
@jester747 @unksol It works, irregardless of whether or not you consider it amusingly funny.
@jester747 @Kyeh …regardless…
@jester747 @unksol
Yeah, that’s part of the joke!!!
@Kyeh oh I got it. It’s still annoying. But sigh
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/irregardless
Frequently Asked Questions About irregardless
Is irregardless a word?
Yes. It may not be a word that you like, or a word that you would use in a term paper, but irregardless certainly is a word. It has been in use for well over 200 years, employed by a large number of people across a wide geographic range and with a consistent meaning. That is why we, and well-nigh every other dictionary of modern English, define this word. Remember that a definition is not an endorsement of a word’s use.
@unksol I deliberately used it because it’s redundant!
But I have to confess I stole “Irregardless of whether or not” from someone else. Kind a triple redundancy.
Also I don’t regard it as a proper word, myself.
@Kyeh it’s non standard so we get to frown disapprovingly. But well done
@jester747 @unksol
What do you mean “to heat your water” like the post after yours explained our water is either pumped from a self dug well (my dads house and has lower water presser) it were hooked up to city water and they have their own wells (my city has their own water system and it’s ranked really high in the nation but a lot better water pressure).
Anyways while I visited my brother in Portland (he lived in a apartment) it seemed just like home, where you could take showers as long as you wanted bc complex pays to heat the water. Anyways I’ve never heard of it being so expensive to heat water? Is really such a thing? I’m not being an ass I just don’t know.
@jester747 @Star2236 he was making a joke because I said “hot water heater” which is redundant. It was a fine joke I was a little slow too.
It’s just a water heater. I.e. heat the cold water going into it. Not heat already hot water. See the discussion above about grammer. Lol
If you have multiple people in the home it is of course possible for someone to use more hot water via a long shower than the water heater is sized for/can keep up with and you can get a “cold” shower
@jester747 @Star2236 also it’s not an expensive thing and this is an engineered well. Like most of rural America it is an independent well but not a self dug one. The water table just happens to be low and under high pressure where as out west for a home well you could be drilling 100s or thousands of feet and guessing…
And then what you pay for wasting water on states with a drought. Heating it is not the primary issue other than the formentioned “who used all the hot water!”
A smart duster. Something that goes around, dust and polish’s the furniture. I hate dusting.
@Star2236
I’m with you… I envision sort of a Roomba crossed with a drone… That would be awesome (cue the bot)
LEGOS! EGGOS! STRATEGO! AWESOME!
They should put some 5G tracker chips in the vaccjne so that if something should happen to you, like a heart attack or an accident, when you get to the hospital, they can detect it and give you priority over unvaccinated-by-choice patients.
I would consider a dog it it was smart enough to use a litter box instead of bitch at 5 AM
@unksol they do sell fake grass mats that are like doggy litter boxes. You would still have to clean it up later though, and of course train the dog to use it. Unless the dog just wants to run around and sniff and didn’t actually need to go out.
@remo28 I know but a dog is not a one man operation. It requires walking and feeding every day and and.
A single cat is a one man I cqn be gone for a week op. Although the current 7 cat situation is not. But. It’s still 7 cats <= one dog workwise
@remo28 @unksol
depends… outdoor dogs vs outdoor cats is a toss up. You can leave for several days and if you have the correct set up either will be fine.
@chienfou @remo28 I don’t have outdoor cats. Although they were all outdoors when they needed some help. If I had a barn I’d probably have some barn cats but still TNR.
An outdoor dog I would assume would be a farm/range dog and that’s a whole different thing than most domestic dogs.
Average indoor cat will be fine with enough food and water and litter box indoors. Just might agressivly snuggle when you get home.
@chienfou @remo28 @unksol
I had all 4, after I got back after being out of town for 2 weeks (they were parked at someone else’s house), who believed they had to be on me or near me 24/7 for a good 2 weeks. Now I am back to 1-2 (at a time - they time share) trying to sleep on my bed at night.
OMG! THIS!!!
Why hasn’t this happened already?