Recent content by pvrfan

Probably Matter over Thread? https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/3/23436897/aqara-matter-dates-update-hub-m3-thread Craig

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210512 Doesn't Android do something similar? Craig

Whatever ones you have, test them! The house 2 doors down was gutted last night. My neighbour woke up in time and got himself and his wife out. There is a language barrier but I don't think they were woken by a smoke detector so they were really lucky. Check'em. Craig

Google has quite the track record of losing interest in things and then abandoning the remaining users.  I, personally, wouldn't build a smart home based on the assumption that they will continue to develop or even support it in the future.   YMMV,   Craig

Another approach is to participate with SamKnows.  This is a project to sample and quantify real network speeds.  Participating users connect a SamKnows "Whitebox" to their network.  Periodically, it runs a speed test although it tries to avoid using your connection when you are.  Monthly, you...

This thread is repeating a lot of misinformation regarding Sidewalk.  A couple of major clarifications:       https://staceyoniot.com/planning-to-reject-amazon-sidewalk-do-it-for-the-right-reasons/   The linked article is well worth reading.     Craig NB: I personally won't be enabling Sidewalk...

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Step back for a minute.  Newspapers, radio, television, internet--they all monitor closely what their readers/viewers want.  Then they try to give that to them.  Media reacts to their market's taste.  If they don't, they lose their viewers/readers which leads to less advertising and/or...

  False:   https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-masks-no-longer-needed/   Craig

The virus is spreading massively in the USA despite (or because) your leadership wants to pretend otherwise.   How long until you have people gasping for their last breath, alone, in hospital corridors?   Craig

July 3, 2020:   Almost 55,000 new cases.   https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries    

July 2, 2020:   Over 57,000 new confirmed cases.   https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries    

This is utter bullshit.   If anything, the deaths attributed to Covid-19 are undercounted:   https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2020/04/16/tracking-covid-19-excess-deaths-across-countries   The CDC also has an analysis of excess deaths but it is pretty dense:   Excess Deaths Associated...

  This requirement is absolute?  Because it doesn't leave many options.   Craig