[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 5 months ago

I remember buying a Meater thermometer. I thought it was so cool to be able to monitor your cooking temperature from my phone.

But then I learned two things:

  • your phone needs to be within Bluetooth range of the thermometer
  • your phone must send the data to their cloud, only then for you to go to their app to read the data

There is no way for you to read the data locally.

I sold it and replaced it with a fully local thermometer that works without Bluetooth. Sure it can't show it on my phone but damn if I am going to let a company chain me to their data center just so I can read a fucking thermometer.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 100 points 10 months ago

Mike Rowe.

Had a really good following when he did Dirty Jobs and then did a hard pivot to conservative, anti-union, pro-profiteering talking head.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 98 points 1 year ago

Back in the old days of Fark, I remember there used to be a flowchart of people's reactions to mass shootings:

  • Mass shooting happens
  • initial reaction: guy is a terrorist Muslim and we need to bomb some country in the middle east.
  • news shows it's a white guy
  • "Oh my...how sad. He must have been really struggling."

I feel like the right has replaced the second step with whatever out group they are trying to target.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 97 points 1 year ago

“Unfortunately, when you find something like that in your garden, you’ve got to do something… but obviously it was a bit of a waste of a day, in terms of barbecues.”

Man has his priorities right.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 94 points 2 years ago

She did fuck all with her initiative. Her slogan "Be best" was a dig at Michelle Obama's "Be better" simply so that she could one up her.

She is against cyber bullying the same way I'm against carbs.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 2 years ago

Hulk Hogan is a Republican?

Why is it always washed up actors or once-famous-but-not-so-much-now people that are Republicans?

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 91 points 2 years ago

The funny thing is that NOAA and NWS are part of the Department of Commerce, the department that directly works with businesses to ensure that goods and services can plan for the weather. They track ocean currents, wind patterns, and yes temperature changes.

The accuracy of their models have become so good that we have pretty darn good forecasting now.

All so that Walmart can buy shovels in time for the next snow storm.

Yet they want to do a way with the agency because climate change is now a woke issue.

Talk about biting off your nose to spit at your opponent.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 97 points 2 years ago

OP: not only was this a great solve, you wrote this very well.

If you haven't already, I'd do a RCA for your company and send it to your manager and manager's manager.

And keep a copy for yourself.

There aren't many engineers that can code and write well.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 94 points 2 years ago

They obviously look at child porn. If they had nothing to hide, they would volunteer!

I say it's time to investigate each politicians phones and computers and then install monitoring software.

For the children.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 2 years ago

His wife forced him to install security cameras in every room of his apartment and banned him from going anywhere after work. She knew his schedule and expected him home immediately after work ended.

This is so toxic. Not saying cheaters get what they deserve but if you can't trust your husband, I think you have bigger problems than infidelity.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 2 years ago

He later provided more information to the creditors’ lawyers, listing 60 transactions on Amazon, multiple entertainment subscriptions, various Apple services and products, Uber rides and payment of some of his business partner’s personal credit card bill.

This is all the shit that conservatives give millennials grief for.

Stop eating avocado toast and going to Starbucks, Rudy.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 95 points 2 years ago

It was sad when the Physics Girl took Shell's money to shill hydrogen fuel cells.

I get you need to eat but still....a very shitty move.

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