Comment on Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline

MourningDove@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• zaphod@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  acoustic vacuum

  Not a native speaker, is this even a word?

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  • GiveOver@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Never heard it before. Maybe they’re trying to make a metaphor, like an acoustic guitar = basic, electric guitar = smart. Maybe mistranslation.

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    • MourningDove@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Acoustic as in- unplugged.

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      • GiveOver@feddit.uk ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Ah, I get ya. I was close!

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    • dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      probably tongue in cheek. Like a “boneless” couch. It’s just a memory foam couch, but people call em boneless

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  • m532@lemmygrad.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    My last vacuum was probably an “acoustic vacuum”, it was ear-shatteringly loud.

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  • MourningDove@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s a joke. Like vacuum unplugged?

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• surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  If you’re opposed to modern conveniences, get a broom.

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  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Brooms are technology too, they were just invented thousands of years ago. They need to just switch to dirt floors like God intended. Oh wait, floors are technology too.

    Yeah, everyone has to choose what “modern” means to them I guess, but I think people who are happy to use smartphones and computers but draw the line at robot vacuums are kind of silly. There’s a difference between the original post’s (very reasonable) desire to have a disconnected robot vacuum that can’t collect data, and the further level of derision that seems to come up anytime anyone wants to use any kind of convenience or time-saving device.

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    • MourningDove@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Okay buddy. Cool story. Enjoy automation freeing up all that time to spend staring at a screen and smugly missing the point.

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    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I’m anti-cloud connected devices, too, but the right answer is getting one that’s local or disconnected. Guess they were too dumb to figure that out, and making fun of people who make the compromise on it maintained their ego.

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  • MourningDove@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Reliance on automation will never end well. Just saying. This should have been expected.

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    • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Good luck on your journey to live a tech free, pre-industrial life. Sounds unpleasant.

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      • MourningDove@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        And good luck to you on your journey to avoid the concept of nuanced discussion in every conversation you have.

        Sounds pleasanter.

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• Jela@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The thing is… I like vacuuming my home when I’m away from home, and that’s a lot harder to do manually…

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  • Tollana1234567@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    frees up time to do other errands, barring your home isnt a mess and you have to do it manaully anyways.

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  • surph_ninja@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    It’s such a game changer, it’s damn near mandatory for pet owners.

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