Also you are the product from data collection, the device’s planned obsolescence/inability to be repaired, surcharges for in-iOS transactions, and so on, but I guess that’s not the exact framework of this question.
Better. Than. Android.
But the margins are obscene for sure.
A) if you trust your ISP less than you trust the VPN provider. Think about that for a bit, because there’s a lot of marketing from VPN providers about how they protect privacy, but how much of it is true? Most browsing data is encrypted today anyways. B) you want to pretend you’re in another country for licensing reasons. C) you travel to places where you don’t trust your ISP and/or use free wifi.
Buying protein in bulk saves a lot over the supplement store.
I buy iPhones. I’m not sure they’re overpriced but they sure are pricey.
There’s also the Fucker family. At one point they controlled 2% of Europe’s GDP. They changed their name to Fugger too, for some reason.
They were the ones selling the indulgences that led Martin Luther to kick off Protestantism.
At one point (I can’t find the reference now) they effectively owned parts of South America as well.
Yeah it’s just time and motion. I don’t like it to be honest, but my sensors are either not great or in a bad spot. I am interested in the mmWave sensors but not rushing.
One reason that’s in favour is that people who cannot WFH benefit because there’s fewer people clogging up the commute. I always bring this up with people who say “must be nice but I can’t build a house/save patients/etc. from home”. Some people like that feel that because they need to be somewhere, office dwellers should too. But it actively makes their life more difficult!
There is a reason that cloud services are popular with businesses. How does self-hosting this provide value to your customers in line with the time that you spend on IT tasks instead of your product? Do you have enough faith in your build that it will be secure and reliable? If you have downtime, does your business have flexibility to accommodate you doing IT work for hours without loss of revenue? If you go on vacation, who is on call?
I’m not saying you shouldn’t, but do consider the time investment and risks. There are alternatives to M365 and Google.
The way I have it set up, HomeKit (hey siri) has full control over the stuff people want to control. So hey Google open the blinds/turn on the lights always works. But the blinds might still close 30 seconds later if that’s when the trigger occurs. Homeassistant is my coordinator.
Generally there’s limited use of HomeKit in my house because there’s a lot of automations. HomeKit only is a bunch of switches. I would set up Google the same way.
I don’t have smart switches if I can’t easily come up with a good automation - either motion based (which doesn’t work if the sensor doesn’t face enough of the room or if there isn’t enough motion to trigger it eg sitting in office chair) or time based (you positively know that between x and y hrs you need the lights on). And the automation needs to be pretty reliable; if I’m overriding constantly I’ve done it wrong. The convenience factor of being able to turn it off from my bedroom doesn’t add up in my case.
I also expose some switches to HomeKit that toggle things eg a water recirculating pump to toggle before starting the shower for instant hot water. But I’m a nerd.
Run everything through HA as the first step, and the frontend that your family uses is somewhat secondary.
I use HomePods and the home app as a front end. I assume you can do the same idea with Google.
There’s nothing wrong with setting up smart switches and using the physical buttons. If you don’t have an automation set up for the activity of the moment, just hit the button. That’s how it should work.
For me, I think the number is around USD5 million. The number will go down over time.
A financial advisor you pay is working for you
One who is “free” is a salesperson.
There’s good and bad advisors on both sides, but it’s important to know. There’s people out there paying over 5% management fees.
A guy with good grades was accepted into a prestigious architectural school.
He works for a local brewery now.
Pfsense is shady on the OSS side these days. I think. I haven’t gotten into the drama. Opnsense is a popular fork.
Vegetable oils for cooking are oxidizing but will oxidize slowly, like raw linseed or tung oil. It may have a slight odour as it may go rancid, though probably not significant. Mineral oil is a different kind of oil with a different purpose and won’t harden.
Yes. If there’s another open source project that has the coverage I’m not aware of it.
The venn diagram of anti vaccine and anti fluoride people is damn near a circle in my experience so my gut says put the fluoride in.
Don’t forget Britain too. They’re not as poor as Spain and Portugal by a long shot but because they had colonies, their manufacturing didn’t need to be competitive, and when the Germans developed industry, the British couldn’t compete. Still can’t.
That’s not to excuse colonial behaviours but to say that Europe is strong because of it is a misstatement.
Recently resurrected a nano; it’s 20 years old. Works fine, but I haven’t done the music transfer yet.
My full size iPod though won’t boot. Just clicks and reboots constantly. I think the hard drive is toast.
Well, yeah that’s the point. ಠ_ಠ
Yeah, I just don’t have the time or interest to spend weekends messing around with the device I need to stay in touch with work and family. It’s just not worth it. De-googling android is just way too much work.
The majority of the android base are dirt cheap phones in third world countries serving as data collection and advertising platforms to communities that can’t afford anything else.