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   From: dtravel@sonic.net   
      
   On 10/20/2025 8:03 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > On 10/20/25 16:58, Your Name wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-20 15:22:58 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
   >>> On Mon, 20 Oct 2025 15:39:39 +1300, Your Name    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>> On 2025-10-19 16:22:54 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
   >>>>> On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 19:20:29 -0700, Bobbie Sellers   
   >>>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>>    
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> 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.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 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.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>> I could say the same about such "innovations" as 3D BD Players and   
   >>> associated TVs, TVs with enormous screens, and other tech stuff which   
   >>> is useful in itself but subject to "improvements" nobody really cares   
   >>> about except "the more-money-than-sense brigade", as you so aptly   
   >>> describe them.   
   >>   
   >> Yep. All these fools buying 4K and now 8K TV sets just to be "first",   
   >> because  there was/is very little actual content to play on them at   
   >> those resolutions anyway and brodacast TV networks won't have any such   
   >> content for years yet (if ever).   
   >>   
   >> Realistically, few people would notice the difference unless they   
   >> stick thier nose against the screen.  :-\   
   >>   
   >      Well before I was swindled in May 2025 I wanted a 32 inch TV/   
   > Monitor but that   
   > is unlikely to happen in the next 10 years.  Late next month I go to   
   > have my cataracts   
   > inspected and maybe I will have surgery which might improve my vision to   
   > the point   
   > I can productively and comfortably use my 14 inch laptop.   
   >      Right now I tend to see double when playing GMahjongg, makes it   
   > hard to tell   
   > when I am looking at two or three horizontal strokes on a tile.   
   >   
   I had lens replacement surgeries for cataracts a little while back.   
   Huge improvement.  A bit time consuming because they did one eye at a   
   time with recovery in between but ultimately was well worth it.   
      
   --   
   I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky   
   dirty old man.   
      
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