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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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[–] thirteene 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Op is describing the early stages of Internet of things https://aws.amazon.com/what-is/iot/

The general idea is that every Device can communicate with every other Device. Bluetooth was added to everything in hopes that we could better automate every aspect of our lives when a critical mass of devices can talk to each other. The Bluetooth receiver in your alarm clock tells your coffee machine to start remotely. But we quickly realized that the overhead isn't worth the payoff. But up until that point we made Bluetooth glasses, beanies, dash buttons, replaced inafred in most devices, power tools and appliances. It wasn't that bad, but there were moments when you would pick up a smart nose trimmer and wonder why they included it.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

And in the mid 2010s it got worse where everyone and their mother put bluetooth in anything and everything. IoT became accessible, only to be used in the dumbest way to try and get rich from Kickstarter.

[–] EvilLootbox 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

only to be used in the dumbest way to try and get rich from Kickstarter

Followed of course by an obligatory Shark Tank appearance asking $2 million for 4% of their product where all profits go to the Zuck (the cost per customer acquisition is the entire margin and its all spent through facebook and ig ads)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

The goal isn't to make money now, it's to have growth, the sacrosaint nectar of gods, to be bought and have a big payout.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I got an oral thermometer with Bluetooth.

It doesn't have any sort of a display on it. The only way to use it is with their app.