Powered off last VM of old network. Everything is now hosted on rented bare metal. Provided nothing breaks in the next two weeks, I'll delete that VM and migration will be done.
I'll keep one tiny VM as offsite DNS, occasional mail relay, and troubleshooting host.
LG Smart TVs, Including OLEDs, Now Show Screensaver Ads
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/09/26/lg-screensaver-ads
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@daringfireball no way, I am not going to connect my TV to the Internet.
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@robert I don't know because my beloved LG TV hasn't touched the internet in 4 years.
@daringfireball Same (ATV + LG), but there is one problem -- LGs have a "Hey, LG" type listener, that try as I might cannot be disabled! And since it's offline, it produces an error ever time it accidentally gets triggered. POS
Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app
“You’ve just lost a LONGTIME and very faithful customer."
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@arstechnica Seems when something has the word smart in it 's name it's target demographic is often someone who's not smart at all.
@arstechnica This is so ridiculous that I wrote a 'Modest Proposal' for my books to satirize it. See if you can get the joke: https://inkican.com/modest-proposal-update-to-inkican-terms-of-service/
@arstechnica This step has been anticipated by every person who has ever read a sci-fi dystopia or cyberpunk novel. Which is why if the ad copy includes "app" or "register", I do not buy. A potentiometer dial control and mechanical shutoff timer is fine, thanks.
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Any product that requires an app to work doesn't belong to you, no matter how much you paid for it.
eo_XX-UTF8, but that's just a guess.