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Courtney Rosenthal 11h ago

"But it’s alarming how easy it is for smart device makers to decide that your property won’t work. There’s no easy solution to this problem. "

Uhhh ... yes there is. Use standard protocols or open the APIs. Every device that requires vendor-managed cloud control should be considered as having a limited lifetime, which could blow at any moment.

(I put my Dreo fans and Roborock vacuum in this category. i priced that into my initial purchase decision.)

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/07/belkin-shows-tech-firms-getting-too-comfortable-with-bricking-customers-stuff/

#iot #smartHome

Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers’ stuff

There’s no easy alternative, and IoT customers are paying the price.

Ars Technica

Norcal Gma 2 11h ago

I took two pictures of Summer on our walk that might be my new favorites.
I am glad she isn't bothered by my phone in her face. She is a good sport.
I especially love the photo with all paws in the air. Summer is a high flying dog.
#Summer #DogsOfMastodon

Extreme Electronics 17h ago

Validate your mastodon account by

Posting a picture of a shark or elephant stuffie.

Talking about #gravy

Installing Linux instead of "anything else"

Detailing in depth why AI doesn't work.

Posting 20 photos of your dog or cat.

Adding ALT text to all pictures.

Fed verse chick may not respond.

Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!14h ago

Everybody's been saying that the only warning system left for #Texas is Ted Cruz fleeing the state, so there needs to be a new system based on that.

Here it is!

@mrundkvist I'm getting a little tired of reading about all the studies that show UBI works well and pays for itself. I wish we'd stop studying and start implementing.
@grrlscientist

GrrlScientist ⧖ Ⓥ 🇺🇦17h ago

Who fucking cares if poor people abuse the system? Rich people do it every fucking day and y'all ain't bat an eye."

#poverty #WarOnPoorPeople #racism #misogyny #GreedyBastards #politics #FascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #Nazis #tyranny #ProfitsOverPeople

Inspirational Skeletor💀1d ago

@scar And here's where you switched to your personal email account and got abusive, presumably because a little voice in the back of your head told you it might be a bad idea to be abusive to people from your work email.

@scar Here's my reply to that. Again, no swearing or name-calling.

@scar And here's your last reply to me, which is totally normal and not at all the type of reply you get from an internet kook (ooh, a lawsuit threat! how original and not something I've ever encountered before, having been active under my own name on the internet since 1987!).

@scar As for why I took the time to send you my last email above? Again, not that it is any of your business, but I sometimes like to give people who are rude to me a chance to reconsider their life choices and learn something from the exchange.
On one or two occasions, this has even resulted in an apology.
You chose a different path.
I'll give you a couple days to reconsider before I forward our entire exchange to your employer, as I said I would if you continued to abuse me.

@scar However, anything more you have to say to me, you'll have to say here rather than in email, because I've blocked both of your email addresses.
And if you double down here and continue to insist you've done nothing wrong, I'll block you here as well.
Your choice.

𝖘𝖈͈̺𝖆𝖗 Jul 6

@jik Ask a disinterested third party then: https://pastebin.com/nYhnV4H5

Analysis of the ExchangeIt appears that both parties contributed to the esca - Pastebin.com

Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time.

Pastebin

@scar Seems pretty accurate and totally unbiased and disinterested! lol

@scar And with this, your most recent response, you've made it 100% clear that you are totally invested in not admitting any fault here or learning anything from this exchange, and therefore there no longer anything to be gained from my interacting with you, so 👋. *plonk*

Philip Mallegol-Hansen Jul 6

@jik Gotta love the classic misinterpretation of the first amendment as well.

It means I can be a dick to you and you have to take it (No, because you aren’t the government limiting his speech), but it doesn’t mean you are allowed to complain to my employer (Of course you can).

@philip Yes, this guy managed to hit quite a few of the butthurt internet kook greatest hits.

Philip Mallegol-Hansen Jul 6

@jik Two other things come to mind:

The use of snowflake as an insult to me implies something about the person's political allegiances.

1. I wonder if he realizes that FOSS is itself a political movement, one that may be incongruent with his other views.

2. If not for the fact that they're an active threat to life, it would be hilarious that the people who use snowflake as an insult seem to be the ones to stomp their feet like a child when they don't get what they want.

𝖘𝖈͈̺𝖆𝖗 Jul 6

@philip @jik@federate.social Actually it means I can't be punished by my employer for being a dick in personal time, to someone who was first being a dick to me. It doesn't give Jonathan a right to complain in a malicious attempt to interfere in my job, that's likely illegal. Yes anyone can break the law & cause serious damage to the victim in the process. It's shortsighted however & the punishment in return is severe, albeit slow. Your encouragement to break laws likely violates Mastodon's TOS, as well.