We really do live in a boring dystopia

    • edent@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Not everyone has the same level of mobility that you do.

      Incidentally, do you get off your arse to change the volume on your TV?

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    1 year ago

    I work in IT and I keep a baseball bat handy in case I suspect a device has gone online.

    However what a ridiculous situation on Amazon’s part and it raises a bigger question. Even if this guy was 100% a racist shitbag, should he have had his Amazon account suspended unilaterally in the first place? Should someone have their bank account closed too then? How about utilities? I obviously am not agreeing with someone being racist but think that allowing corporations to impulsively take punitive actions is a slippery slope. Next thing we know, Amazon will be offering capital punishment as a service.

    I’m of the opinion the “smart” home thing was just unintentional secondary, I can’t imagine them being smart enough to do so on purpose.

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          My bedroom lighting setup doesn’t even use ZigBee

          Its all theatre DMX lighting > ola (open lighting architecture) > ArtNet > home assistant.

          It’s slightly jankier than if I had built a direct ola > Hass plugin but it works quite well

          I also only run lighting, and control my Chromecast on my Home assistant - and both are turned off at the power supply when I’m not home, it isn’t accessible outside the LAN (except through a zerotier VPN, though I probably should turn that off as I don’t use it much)