I’m just this guy, you know?

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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • It doesn’t really, but I’m sure there are parents who are driving to work anyway, and walking or biking the kids would take even more time than the

    So I figured they’d just let the kids walk on their own because it’s only a mile and it would save the parents some time. (Plus they don’t have to go out in bad weather.) But then I remembered that even that isn’t allowed anymore.

    Then again, I’m old enough to have been a pedestrian latchkey kid and I’m pretty sure if I did that to my kids at the same age they’d be in the foster system.



  • Maybe the name is the problem. “Internet of Things” implies that “things” are connected to the “internet.”

    I could definitely see the utility of a toothbrush with a three-axis accelerometer that tracks its orientation to make sure I’m getting all of the surfaces of my teeth. But you can do that with Bluetooth, not wifi, and I don’t know why the app needs access to my phone book and a monthly subscription.

    If these things were built on open standards it might be better.