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...
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...
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
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...
It is astounding the lengths that Trump's fans will go to excuse his idiocy.
With a deadly disease threatening enormous numbers of people, is it too much to ask that the 'leader of the free world' stick to medically sound advice? Or even just talk in full sentences rather than spew word...
I ran across an interesting analysis of the rate of spread of the virus:
https://rt.live/
Be sure to read the Lean More link as it explains why the shaded areas on the individual state graphs are key to understanding.
Wish I could find a similar analysis for Canada.
Craig
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