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    Z-Wave is not dead

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    Using New Aqara FP1 presence sensor with good results

    Probably Matter over Thread? https://www.theverge.com/2022/11/3/23436897/aqara-matter-dates-update-hub-m3-thread Craig
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    setting charge parameters on cell phone for longer battery life

    https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210512 Doesn't Android do something similar? Craig
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    Test your smoke detectors

    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
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    Utilize existing hardlines with new smart system

    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
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    Measuring/monitoring internet speed?

    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...
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    ** Amazon shares your WiFi with others - security alert **

    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...
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    Facial Recognition

        Source?
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    Are you worried about the Coronavirus?

    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...
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    Are you worried about the Coronavirus?

      False:   https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fauci-masks-no-longer-needed/   Craig
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    Are you worried about the Coronavirus?

    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
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    Are you worried about the Coronavirus?

    July 3, 2020:   Almost 55,000 new cases.   https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries    
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    Are you worried about the Coronavirus?

    July 2, 2020:   Over 57,000 new confirmed cases.   https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries    
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    Are you worried about the Coronavirus?

    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...
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    Time To Rethink My TV Content Sourcing Options

      This requirement is absolute?  Because it doesn't leave many options.   Craig
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    Are you worried about the Coronavirus?

      Thank you for your valuable contribution to the conversation.     Craig
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    Are you worried about the Coronavirus?

    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...
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    Are you worried about the Coronavirus?

    False.  The death rate is very low under 40 but not zero:   https://www.statista.com/statistics/1106372/coronavirus-death-rate-by-age-group-italy/   Craig
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    Are you worried about the Coronavirus?

    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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