Comment on Google says it can’t fix Pixel Watches, please just buy a new one | With no official repair program and no parts, broken Pixel Watches are just e-waste.

• M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I always see the software working people go nutty for the new hardware and dohickies.

  Meanwhile a lot of people I knew who worked on hardware live in the woods “off grid”.

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  • ______@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I know a hardware guy that lives on a farm and uses raspberry pi for his garden hoses.

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    • M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah that tracks. Doubt they are buying the apple solution for water management.

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    • JackbyDev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I tried to set it up but couldn’t keep it from leaking and spent more than I would’ve on a smart hose timer.

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    • TheBat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Programmed with an open source applicy, no doubt.

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    • agent_flounder@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Eventually I hope to get my garden smartened up with water and rain sensors and an open sprinkler controller.

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    • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My dream life.

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  • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    If by “software” you mean Web or Java or something like that, then, well, for the purpose of this conversation they are enthusiasts.

    While people working on hardware are forced to get some understanding of how the world around us works.

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    • M0oP0o@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I think the difference is simply between who has to go on site to fix an issue and those who “theoretically” could.

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• MeanEYE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  So true. The more I work with all these services and social networks the fewer of them I have. More to the point, I have bunch of devices around my home which are IoT and similar but almost none have access to internet, printer included. Funny thing is, my friends keep asking why am I slowly removing my presence from all of tech even though I am on forefront of it… but when I go and explain how each search can be exploited and abused they laugh and say naaah that will never happen or “I don’t have anything to hide”… and it keeps happening and privacy keeps leaking.

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  • agent_flounder@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Some people have a hard time imagining bad outcomes or “thinking like a bad guy”. I guess that’s why infosec people are needed lol.

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• noobnarski@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  (Almost) my entire house is smart, but nothing talks to the cloud anymore.

  So nobody can get that data except me. Some exceptions are that I dont have or want smart locks, that just seems to insecure and unreliable.

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• agent_flounder@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Though in IT, I do have a (limited) smart home but also old tech like a 40s Western Electric phone, a few 1920s-40s typewriters, a few vintage woodworking tools, myriad vintage and new fountain pens (I use them to take notes… you know, on paper gasp). I have and wear lots of budget watches (err, but, one at a time) … from the 1890s - present, mechanical and quartz.

  The nicest oldest ones are a 1895 Elgin hunter pocket watch (ladies size 6) and a 1930s Hamilton open face size 10. I often wear vintage wristwatches: Bulova, Elgin, Waltham, Timex, and Seiko. I have more modern ones including Fortis, Orient, Casio, Bulova, and more.

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