Brinens and Things

Weird MSL (Metric as a Second Language) problems: this smart thermostat has no option for "display indoor temperature in Fahrenheit and outdoor temperature in Celsius".

I understand why they didn't include that option! The vast vast majority of people would find it very confusing!

But it *is* how I actually think, and now I have to decide which compromise to go with.

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(Currently leaning towards Fahrenheit, since the indoor temperature is in larger font and overall more central to the purpose of the device than the outdoor temperature. Also I do often use outdoor Fahrenheit when it's warm, so the weather display probably won't trip me up in the summer.

Also also, we haven't decided yet if we're actually going to allow the device Internet access long-term: I'm not sure it would be very useful given our lifestyles, so it might just be needless attack surface. We're going to leave the Internet access on for a bit while we get used to the device and see if it comes in handy.)

Comments on my own posts:

[arguably cw: ableism] The one about the term "hyperfixation" [two comments]

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Comments on other people's posts:

[cw: corporate bullshit] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by prokopetz) Suspiciously polished websites shilling for fellow suspiciously polished things. (Update: Dad and I (and maybe Brother) are going to give a cloud-free RoboVac to Mom as a joint gift on the first night of Hanukkah.)

[cw: food, unsanitary] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by sojournthemoon, a fictional character whose author is luminousalicorn) Obstructed melioration: not just for Amentans. [two comments, sort of]

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Links:

[mild cw: apocalypse] [The Prepared; Wayback] (by Josh Centers) Ever wanted to email people over a radio transceiver? (Since you're reading *my* blog, I'm guessing you probably have.) Turns out it's possible! Takes hundreds of dollars of equipment, a ham license, a pain-in-the-ass setup process, and an agreement not to use encryption of any kind when communicating this way, but if you're sufficiently determined it *can* be done!

(Am *I* sufficiently determined? Not at the moment. A future me with less on her plate might be, though, if a better method hasn't come along by then.)



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Comments on my own posts:

Comment and Link Roundup: April 12, 2021

[arguably cw: apocalypse, poverty] Shining a light on the availability of energy efficiency [three comments, not counting the postscripts]

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Comments on other people's posts:

[WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by ms-demeanor) Discord is going downhill, like so many instant-messengers before it.

[cw: death, apocalypse] [Dreamwidth; Wayback] (OP by contrarianarchon) The inherent value of life.

[cw: apocalypse, drugs, (arguably) discourse] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by rustingbridges; partially in response to cthulhubert and alarajrogers) Gold and disaster-hedging. [four comments]

[cw: amnesia, (fairly mild) death] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by the fittingly-named existentialterror) qntm's fiction is very good at being the kind of thing that it is, and that is the best that can be said about it. (Read his time-travel meta, though.)

[arguably cw: amnesia] [WordPress (Tumblr)] (OP by eightyonekilograms) Audio-processing while exercising.

[Blogspot; Wayback] (OP by Michael Mock) Unpacking the references in tea names.

[cw: scrupulosity] [AO3; Wayback] (OP by cthulhuraejepsen) A possible ending to A Common Sense Guide to Doing the Most Good.

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I like that my laptop's power cord has a blue glowing ring near the tip, to make it easier to find if it falls out (or is deliberately sitting disconnected) in the dark. A small thing that makes life just that little bit easier, and shows careful thought put into the design.