2026-03-07 01:43 UTC
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@ernestdeleon@noc.social 2026-03-07 02:42
@JessieHealdUK when I bought my last vehicle over a decade ago, I never thought to myself "this will be the last one." Now, I want to ride this thing until I can't drive anymore. I will keep fixing it until I can't get parts anymore.
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@bjb@fosstodon.org 2026-03-07 03:42
@JessieHealdUK @ernestdeleon I am going to take apart my broken dumb toaster oven and save the dial-style control knob before throwing out the rest.
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@ZS@techhub.social 2026-03-07 08:34
@ernestdeleon Surprisingly, I was able to get an EV that isn’t connected to anything - no mobile connection, and the only WiFi on it is for wireless CarPlay/Android Auto. Car doesn’t even have satnav. It’s brilliant. It’s a base model Kia Niro.
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@deepjoy@hachyderm.io 2026-03-08 15:12
@ernestdeleon I get the impulse but I went the other direction. Everything in my house is connected, it's just all local. Home Assistant, Zigbee devices, wired PoE cameras. Nothing phones home, nothing needs the internet to work. Modem dies? Everything still runs. I keep spares for anything that's a bottleneck, router, Zigbee hub, extra cameras. Swap and go. The problem isn't smart, it's cloud. Once you cut that out, connected stuff is actually great. Took me a few years of pain to get there though.