This is why I go the extra mile to keep iot out of my life. Especially in cars , which is getting hard, but I figure my future cars I'll likely retrofit something old. Newest I'll tolerate is 2014, with no touchscreen.

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[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

How the fuck can a faucet be smart? It's a valve! It turns one way, or it turns the other way! It is only slightly less dumb than the counter top!

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 19 points 1 week ago

But what if the valve was actuated electronically with no manual access?

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah but what if you could make it worse? What if you could add the garbage motion sensor that takes ten hand waves to get working? Or add a touch screen that showed you visually how hot or cold the water was and could also show you ads?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)

No, we sell water usage data to water companies, so they know when to put water in the pipes!

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[–] philpo@feddit.org 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And this is why KNX and Home Assistant are a good idea.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago (5 children)

It's like the forcefields in the brig on Star Trek. Extremely stupid to not also have bars as a backup in case they fail.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 18 points 1 week ago

I don't understand the idiots who insist on unredundant designs. Especially when it comes to handles. They've literally killed people with that decision.

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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Terminally online, even for #2

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[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Day 3,801 of thanking God I was born a Luddite

Anyone who thought their toilet would be improved by having an internet connection deserves this

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[–] VerbFlow@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

"oNe dAy wE wiLL aLL livE iN a sMaRt hOmE. tEcHnOLoGy aLwAyS iMpRoVeS"

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

Maybe it needs a connection cause it takes a picture of your feces and sends it to an AI analysis service. If anomalies are detected, it tells you that you should take the stool sample to a laboratory for further study, then lets you flush. Poof, smart toilet. I could see people with too much money buying this.

Edit: Thought about it some more.. why stop at feces images? Why not also have a high resolution camera pointed at your anus taking crowning shots and analyzing those. Tell users if anythings wrong. The future is ~~bright~~ brown boys. The future is brown.

Edit2: You could even have motion based security.. alert if anyone broke in through your bathroom. Cameras in toilets people! What could go wrong?

Edit3: Hear me out. User controlled bidet mode + anus camera. Take out your phone and clean your ass in first person. Score points if you clean your whole ass and compete on an online scoreboard. Tech sure is amazing.

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[–] NeilBru@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago

"Dumb" is the new "smart".

[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

And yet I hear dumbshits bragging all time about how alexa controls my (insert thing that definitely does not need automation here).

These sort of people never think beyond tomorrow and it shows.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

they can always ask chatgpt how to fix the problem

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago

Home assistant everything is a yaml away

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What's "Skynet" mode, lol?

[–] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

Footage from a robot in skynet mode:

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!it's from the movie Runaway 1984!<

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