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So this may at some point be a good thing. It seems like it's pretty lightly used now. Although, actually, I have some Eve sensors that have Thread support. I'm not sure if they're using it, but they have it. So I don't know. But anyway, everything that is... not Wi-Fi smart home is almost always better. It is usually, like, usually the devices themselves are cheaper per device.
So this may at some point be a good thing. It seems like it's pretty lightly used now. Although, actually, I have some Eve sensors that have Thread support. I'm not sure if they're using it, but they have it. So I don't know. But anyway, everything that is... not Wi-Fi smart home is almost always better. It is usually, like, usually the devices themselves are cheaper per device.
Usually they are more reliable. They usually have better battery lives if they are battery powered. They usually have longer ranges. Or, you know, in the case of these things, like, if you're not speaking Wi-Fi and going on Wi-Fi frequencies, you can probably use lower frequency radio waves, which penetrate walls better, have longer range. So...
Usually they are more reliable. They usually have better battery lives if they are battery powered. They usually have longer ranges. Or, you know, in the case of these things, like, if you're not speaking Wi-Fi and going on Wi-Fi frequencies, you can probably use lower frequency radio waves, which penetrate walls better, have longer range. So...
Basically, getting off of Wi-Fi is better in almost every way for smart home devices that are not cameras. Cameras, unfortunately, need the bandwidth of Wi-Fi, but everything else usually doesn't.
Basically, getting off of Wi-Fi is better in almost every way for smart home devices that are not cameras. Cameras, unfortunately, need the bandwidth of Wi-Fi, but everything else usually doesn't.
We also didn't mention this yet, but we did a new member special.
We also didn't mention this yet, but we did a new member special.
So it's about how we make the show, all the organizational techniques we use to prepare very well in advance for making our show.
So it's about how we make the show, all the organizational techniques we use to prepare very well in advance for making our show.
Oh, we have so many. So many names were suggested for John's app. I made myself kind of a top list. Have you made one or do you want to? Do you want to hear mine?
Oh, we have so many. So many names were suggested for John's app. I made myself kind of a top list. Have you made one or do you want to? Do you want to hear mine?
There's no theatrics in that. You got to have like a countdown from worst to best.
There's no theatrics in that. You got to have like a countdown from worst to best.
i do uh from uh least favorite to most but i think these are all excellent that's why they made the list um jonathan lacore copyright uh like two words copy and then like right as in the opposite of left copyright um jonathan augusto's storage liberator ben curtain that's a reference which is amazing that's a that's like an extremely inside joke for an app that you're But that's a reference.
i do uh from uh least favorite to most but i think these are all excellent that's why they made the list um jonathan lacore copyright uh like two words copy and then like right as in the opposite of left copyright um jonathan augusto's storage liberator ben curtain that's a reference which is amazing that's a that's like an extremely inside joke for an app that you're But that's a reference.
It's a great name. Tom English suggested Space Finder, which I think is pretty straight. I did like Graham Kay's Storicusa. That's excellent. Jack Wellborn's File Marshall is also excellent. I also wrote down Ivanka Arbelgunde's Doopnukum. But my favorite, which I don't think you said, was via email by Sean Flynn, Forage Space.
It's a great name. Tom English suggested Space Finder, which I think is pretty straight. I did like Graham Kay's Storicusa. That's excellent. Jack Wellborn's File Marshall is also excellent. I also wrote down Ivanka Arbelgunde's Doopnukum. But my favorite, which I don't think you said, was via email by Sean Flynn, Forage Space.