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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-10-19 16:22:54 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
      
   > On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 19:20:29 -0700, Bobbie Sellers   
   >  wrote:   
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   >> 	Some people could use AI in the kitchen though because I have one friend   
   >> who cannot boil water because he forgets to deal with it. Residual   
   >> brain>damage from a childhood accident.   
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   > Yes -- despite my rejection of the wired home in general, the wired   
   > home as a medical appliance [1] could indeed make sense in some cases.   
   >   
   > [1] One of my colleagues at work had a Really Big Monitor to   
   > accomodate her visual problems. Closed caption was developed to   
   > accomodate hearing problems. Some of these have migrated to computers.   
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   > A wired home to help some individuals with daily tasks could also be   
   > seen as a form of  accomodation, rather than medical equipment as   
   > such.   
      
   There is a use for some app-controlled things when it comes to someone   
   with a disablity. There's zero point in something like an   
   app-controlled kettle since you still. have to fill it with water and   
   once boiled pour it into the cup.   
      
   Most of these "smart" / "AI" / "connected home" gimmicks are purely for   
   the more-money-than-sense brigade who are too lazy to move their fat   
   backsides off the couch to turn on a light switch or whatever.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)