Many will say this list is…

It’s all about instilling Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt to gain from it.

Right now what they are gaining are lower overhead and when they re-hire they will be paying less for the same roles.

The ones that wear one boot inside another. Only a single boot on each foot suffices.

Try it in your terminal and come back here to tell us the results

Damn right it is!

There is always an alternate reality

They are soft material artifacts that protect and warm up the programmer’s feet.

It’s the name of a famous novel:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_(novel)

Touché! I was thinking Information Technology, but you win with Pennywise twist.

Which one is it?

“Ask me anything about it and I’ll try to answer”

OR

“Ask me anything about IT and I’ll try to answer”

Also makes cute sounds and blinks on special occasions

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Arc

Ugh! Now that you say that we are probably not far away from WiFi enabled ranges being a feature… that WHEN enabled will allow you to:

• Cook uninterrupted or at any time of that day
• Get discounted prices on gas
• Get discounts on home/renters insurance
• Receive discounts on range/oven cleaners
• Enable the back burners
• Enable broiling capability
• Allow in oven light to be turned on and off
• Claim warranties (as you suggested)

Thanks for that pov! I had not considered it and to my surprise I just thought of someone in my family that has the same type of worry you do, and that person would probably benefit from that kind of peace of mind like you suggested.

TIL - cool, makes sense.

It would make sense if we had a server that could fetch prices instead of opening up potential weak systems to the internet.

Bought “smart” LG fridge, range and dishwasher a couple of years ago and never connected any of them, they function like they are supposed to, refrigerate, heat food and clean dirty dishes. No need to connect.

Fridge manual explained something like “in case of peak energy consumption your smart energy company can send a signal to your fridge to not use power”. What the heck do I need that for? To find spoiled food and mold growing in the fridge later on?

Why does one need to connect a range to WiFi?

WTF is a “UE” error?

User Error, as always /s

It’s smart not to connect “smart” devices

The smart people don’t connect these “smart” devices to the network

Same here. Does not make a difference, and it is amazing that people’s egos are hurt or happy about it somehow. But upvotes and downvotes is what drives all other social media: egos want more likes, more subscribes, more “friends”, they want that tribal approval. I find the fediverse to be less infected with FOMO. Drama doesn’t go long around here, doesn’t stick because there are no stupid algorithms feeding more FUD. I am starting to believe that this is where the top 1% of the social media hang out and chill. Here there are people that stick around for interesting conversations as opposed to “look at me”.