I still think my 2012 Macbook Pro with the Highres screen was peak Apple. It’s been downhill ever since, but the current releases of macOS and iOS are a an extra special kind of crap. The worst part: it’s still miles ahead of Windows.

That’s great until Google finds that one picture of your child at the pool and immediately deletes your CSAM-harboring filthy account.

My home assistant tracks the power usage of my washing machine (via a Tasmota plug) and notifies me when the power goes under a threshold for a few minutes. Which happens at the end of the washing cycle.

No instruments, just a microphone to talk to ChatGPT.

Wonder how long it takes for the first Tesla driver to total his car this way…

I’m happy with Amcrest cameras (good video stream, accessible via web browser), my old Foscams also still work well. Just put them in a VLAN without Internet access to make sure they don’t phone home.

Yup, same here. I guess a zigbee stick is next…