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Sounds like you’re just terrible at gotchas
Sounds like you’re just terrible at gotchas
They do not use wifi. They use BLE over short range, or LoRa or FSK on 900mhz over long distances. If you wanted to see them you’d probably need a scanner built specifically to find them but idk if anyone has made one.
The connection isn’t for you. It’s so the TV can fingerprint the content you watch, and then send that utilization data back to the company.
You don’t need much bandwidth to do this.
So with no wifi connection, and a blueray player, if you play Star Wars, they can fingerprint a few frames, send them back to Roku or whoever over sidewalk via your neighbors ring doorbell, and know you played star wars… Even with your completely offline setup
Not anymore with sidewalk and other similar corporate networks bypassing any requirement for the consumer to connect the TV to wifi
Rugrats: The Search for Reptar
If you’re into custom mechanical keyboards it certainly feels like some of us are acquiring new keyboards every month even if we’re not wearing em out…
PIP is code for “we are now gathering evidence so when we fire you, we have proof we had cause if you try to sue us”
Install the rtsp firmware, run the cams on a network without internet access, run zoneminder or other CCTV software to self host the video feeds… if you want object detection you can add it on but you’ll need a processor like a coral device.
All Rush. All the time. No exceptions.
Terra Nova was awesome… at least… I thought so.
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What do you think of the arduboy?
So what you’re saying is… we are going to enter a dark age… and we could use a Foundation to lessen it’s impact on humanity?
Grape Nuts… But substitute milk with Egg Nog.
My wealth and treasure? It can be yours if you want it! Search for it! I left everything in that one place.