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They're clearly under the control of Big Train, Loom Lobbyists and the Global Gutenberg Printing Press Conspiracy.

I've still not forgiven them for prematurely cancelling BoJack Horseman.

I'm a bit late to the conversation here, but I bought four of these car seat occupancy sensors - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/316523892197 - and installed them between the mattresses, one at butt level and the other at shoulder level on both sides of the bed - and connected them to an ESP32 on ESPHome. Works a treat. They're sensitive enough to momentarily disengage if someone rolls over or shuffles about if you need that, otherwise a generous bounce detection allowance smooths it out.

I use Brasso. I apply it with a toilet brush jammed into a drill.

But, yes, any self-driving cars should absolutely be required to have lidar.

So they think self-driving cars should have lidar, like a vacuum cleaner. They agree, and think it's a good idea, right?

I don't think you could find any professional in the field that would argue that lidar is the proper tool for this.

...then in the next sentence goes on to say that lidar is not the correct tool. In the space of a paragraph they make two points which directly contradict one-another. Hence my response:

What is your point here, exactly?

They could have said "oops, typo!" or something but, no, instead they went full on-condescending:

I think you're suffering from not knowing what you don't know.

I stand by my response:

arrogant sack of dicks

And while I'm not naive enough to believe that upvotes and downvotes are any kind of arbiter of objective truth, they at least seem to suggest, in this case, that my interpretation is broadly in line with the majority.

I've seen YaST used at a distance and I think it's up to the job of managing servers and headless systems but, seriously, it's not even close to Group Policy. I not trying to sound dismissive of alternatives - I really do want a FOSS replacement - but it is hard to overstate how flexible and granular Group Policy is.

I feel like a stuck record saying this, but if there was a serious contender to Group Policy on Linux I honestly think Windows in the workplace would be dead in five years.

Yeah, I remember this at the time and while a lot of people were relishing the schadenfreude, there was still the perennial point that when UI/UX is any more difficult than it needs to be for a loathesome person, it's equally difficult for everyone else, too. And when that UI is repsonsible for fundamental safety and it's overcomplexity results in confusion during an emergency... well, yeah, there it is.

"Vandalise Responsibly" isn't advice I ever thought I'd have to consider but I can't say I oppose it either.

Yeah, that is actually, legitimately, terrifying. It also shows how insulated from reality these people are. They haven't developed beyond being nasty schoolchildren becuase there was no impetus for them to.

"it with me now"

One pro of Withings is that they're French, so their policies on data in general are pretty great.

One con of Withings is that they're French, so it's not actually pronounced how you think.

Yes please. And cheese. And chips.

I think you’re suffering from not knowing what you don’t know.

and I think you're suffering from being an arrogant sack of dicks who doesn't like being called out on their poor communication skills and, through either a lack of self-awareness or an unwarranted overabundance of self-confidence, projects their own flaws on others. But for the more receptive types who want to learn more, here's Syed Saad ul Hassan's very well-written 2022 paper on practical applications, titled Lidar Sensor in Autonomous Vehicles which I found also serves as neat primer of lidar in general..

Fuck your cake. Fuck your natural resources. Fuck your bilungualism, affable manner, vast wildernesses and extensive waters. Keep them. We don't want them.

WE JUST WANT THE POUTINE.

...what is your point here, exactly? The stakes might be lower for a vacuum cleaner, sure, but lidar - or a similar time-of-flight system - is the only consistent way of mapping environmental geometry. It doesn't matter if that's a dining room full of tables and chairs, or a pedestrian crossing full of children.

One thing about the Pebble - and, I assume, these watches - is that they didn't have WiFi or LTE, only Bluetooth. So it wasn't possible for them to do any communication except through the apps already running on your phone. So, broadly, it's a no.

Preordered here too, for all the same reasons. I went for the Time2, even though it's not due to ship until later. I've waited nearly ten years, I can wait another six months...

Buy rechargeable. The rechargeable batteries sold at Lidl and IKEA are excellent in my experience and quickly pay for themselves. Just start cycling single-use batteries out as they expire and it's easier to keep track of who you're supporting with your purchase when it's a single annual purchase rather than something you buy every time you're at the supermarket.