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The Man Amazon Erased (www.tabletmag.com)

submitted 9 months ago by lostwonder@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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A man who got kicked off a service because of an alleged remark.

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[-] superfes@beehaw.org 12 points 9 months ago

If I ever get into smart home crap, I'll definitely be aiming for a local network solution >_>

[-] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 9 points 9 months ago

Go Home Assistant. They're getting closer to having an offline voice assistant too, so soon you won't need to use rhasspy or another open source solution.

I'm in the process of developing a whole home HAL9000 system.

[-] DarkenLM@artemis.camp 1 points 9 months ago

Remember to be very specific about what he can lie about.

[-] don@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

Better make sure your HAL has no concept of pod bay doors.

[-] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 9 months ago

Their first mistake was forgetting the 0th Law of Robotics.

[-] peter@feddit.uk 7 points 9 months ago

Ikea's line of smart home stuff is the best generally available consumer friendly smart home stuff I've seen so far. All zigbee based, hub isn't required, has local control and open APIs.