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I no longer object to all of these smart version of anything devices.
The people who buy them are so stupid that any help they can get, even from an air-fryer, will be welcome
That could become a new catch-phrase: so stupid he/she takes advice from an air-fryer.
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My pita father-in-law recently changed his home wifi setup after getting a new 5G gateway. There were 62 devices of which 20 or so required a manual operation for the new config. (I suggested renaming the SSID and password on the new router, but a tech from the new provider told him not to  ) This included 3 Alexa devices, 3 ring doorbell/cameras, 2 door locks, stove/range, refrigerator, thermostat, garage door opener, iPad, iPhone, Macbook Pro, Surface Pro, toaster, smart things hub, and a couple of TVs...there's some I'm forgetting but you get the idea.
BTW, that new gateway was providing some really impressive throughput numbers: 430Mbps down and 140Mbps up.  (and that was hitting a tower 100 miles away) 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
"Hope is contagious"
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Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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kmoorevs wrote: and that was hitting a tower 100 miles away
I didn't think 5G had that range. From a Verizon page: Quote: In general, the 5G Ultra Wideband network’s signal can reach up to 1,500 feet without obstructions.
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This is probably why my hot tub does not have a wifi interface. It is the ONLY thing I wish I could control on the way home.
"Hey Siri, set the hot tub temp to 101."
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that! 
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I don't even have a normal air fryer! 
Are those things any good?
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Why do you want to fry air?
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Joke or honest question?
Just in case, FYI, air fryer are cooking implement. Useful for those old fashioned of us who cook our own meal ourselves! 
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Super Lloyd wrote: Joke or honest question?
You seriously need to ask that?
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Yeah - some people really don't know what an air-frier does. Personally, I prefer my fried foods to be fried in Crisco.
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yes, no, maybe.
It's basically a small convention oven (heat plus circulating air)
I'd rather be phishing!
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This is a good time to remind everyone that the "S" in "IoT" stands for Security.
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And I'm so excited because I have so much work to do and nothing says procrastination better than watching Tim Cook breathlessly talk about power chargers or the new shade of chartreuse for their phone cases.
Ah, technology.
Update: So the iPad Pro is to be the replacement for the Macbook. No one's come out and said it, but with the M1 chip, 2Tb storage, 16Gb RAM, thunderbolt over USB-C: it's a touch-enabled Macbook.
cheers
Chris Maunder
modified 20-Apr-21 14:01pm.
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If that's all that clowns like this talked about, listening to their blather wouldn't be half as bad.
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Help, my mother wants an iPhone to use WhatsApp
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MMmmmmm, purple... 
TTFN - Kent
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I like the colors, maybe not for me, but I find them to be nice.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Chris Maunder wrote: iPad Pro is to be the replacement for the Macbook
Is that an oversized tablet or an undersized PC?
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Chris Maunder wrote: Update: So the iPad Pro is to be the replacement for the Macbook. No one's come out and said it, but with the M1 chip, 2Tb storage, 16Gb RAM, thunderbolt over USB-C: it's a touch-enabled Macbook.
My girlfriend is "touch-enabled". My PC isn't. It does a command line, which she doesn't.
How much better is your programming with that "touch-enabled"?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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If you inform to the police about dumb criminals, are you likely to need a witless relocation program?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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So witty I nearly felon the floor! Barring any objections I only need worry when this sentence ends.
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If you inform the police, you are.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I have about 500 lines of C++ code devoted to representing and manipulating them. It's rectangles everywhere.
I blt a bitmap - source rectangle for copy window, destination rectangle for destination blt position and size, plus flipped if the rect is flipped, clipping rectangle for clipping the output to a window, and an offset rectangle for correcting for partially "offscreen" blts.
It's rectangles all the way down. Overlapping, containing, rotating, intersecting, confusing rectangles. 
I'm going to need a lot more coffee.
Ode to two humble points
That leave my mind all disjoint
Apparently simplicity's a sin
Where do I even begin?
Real programmers use butterflies
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honey the codewitch wrote: It's rectangles all the way down
You should be using Turtle (logo programing language)[^] ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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