So does this save us like another 0.001% of what Trump and the republicans just spent in their bill.

Sound about right for a government. No apps, just physical fobs.

These guys are fully bought into the MAGA madness. They literally think immigrants are invading, liberals control the weather, and Christianity should be a state religion.

What year is it?

Re the locks - my general thought is that if you really want to get into my house, you’re going to get into my house. A rock or brick is very effective.

Locks just lower the potential for easy crimes of opportunity.

Let’s say it’s $250,000 on average for these employees base pay + benefits. That’s about half a billion in savings.

Which is 0.0016% 0.016% of the $3Trillion dollars in debt the MAGAs just approved. So this basically saves us nothing and only hurts our ability to invest in technological innovation.

What a bunch of dumb fucks.

I ended up going down the matter, home assistant, HomeKit route so I have some options for local network control.

The best chatbot is Bluesky’s Gork

It’s better to just purchase a temperature probe with wifi. Those are handy as hell.

Connected HVAC can be pretty damn great depending on your house. It’s changed my energy usage a lot, and I like being able to adjust temps without walking downstairs in the middle of the night. Although having your thermostat lose cloud support ever 10-15 years is pretty shitty.

Connected doors are also great for handing out virtual keys and ensuring that stuff is shut and locked when you’re away.

Masked agents with assault rifles just swarmed into to pickup brown people in the park.

“Papers please.”

35% thinks the others made a huge mistake

35% thinks things are amazing

15% thinks they made a huge mistake

15% is distracted by Love Island and won’t wake up until the have to pay a medical bill or encounter ICE

Flavor Blasted Goldfish

Ranch, Nacho?

I want a Home Screen widget that shows me the 5 hashtags that are currently trending on Bsky or masto.

The point isn’t the letter. The point is to hijack the news cycle with a stupid letter.

I would argue under 60 = F is the norm. It’s even quite a common trope in movies / TV. Example:

https://collider.com/the-simpsons-bart-gets-an-f/

Maybe where you went to school. I always had Fs at 59% and under… just like in Wikipedia’s article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academic_grading_in_the_United_States

I attended and worked in a couple schools in the states. I saw some alternatives like pass / fail and SBG, but whenever it was the A-F system, 60% was a D-

I’m looking forward to Jurassic Park 9: The Secrets of Dumbledore

6/10 is a D, 5/10 is an F