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It would be exactly as ergonomic as their keyboards are, and it would fix an annoyance. And I think that's by far the most likely outcome.

It would be exactly as ergonomic as their keyboards are, and it would fix an annoyance. And I think that's by far the most likely outcome.

Hit the button on the side of your mouse, turn the flashlight on. That'd be awesome.

Hit the button on the side of your mouse, turn the flashlight on. That'd be awesome.

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Put it between every toilet and the wall or under every sink. I don't have any of this stuff, but for insurance reasons, I had to get myself a home alarm system from SimpliSafe recently. Not a sponsorship. It's like pick whatever of these sensors you want. And they have water leak sensors for some relatively tiny amount of money. So I'm like, all right, I'll get six of them.

Put it between every toilet and the wall or under every sink. I don't have any of this stuff, but for insurance reasons, I had to get myself a home alarm system from SimpliSafe recently. Not a sponsorship. It's like pick whatever of these sensors you want. And they have water leak sensors for some relatively tiny amount of money. So I'm like, all right, I'll get six of them.

I put them everywhere, like under each sink and in every bathroom and also, of course, the water heater.

I put them everywhere, like under each sink and in every bathroom and also, of course, the water heater.

Yeah, I believe it's custom because there's like a base. There's like a simple safe home base thing that all their stuff talks to.

Yeah, I believe it's custom because there's like a base. There's like a simple safe home base thing that all their stuff talks to.

Yeah, that's the thing. It's like once you are in the system, like, you know, once you have their hub and you have their app set up and you have their alerts set up, you might as well, like, you know, because you're not, like, you know, paying a monthly fee per sensor or anything. So, like, you might as well spend an extra 17 bucks to get a few more of them and chuck them around the house.

Yeah, that's the thing. It's like once you are in the system, like, you know, once you have their hub and you have their app set up and you have their alerts set up, you might as well, like, you know, because you're not, like, you know, paying a monthly fee per sensor or anything. So, like, you might as well spend an extra 17 bucks to get a few more of them and chuck them around the house.

Like, anywhere that that could be useful, anywhere that, like, you know, a water leak or something like that, that's useful information to know. And it's part of the advantage of like, I think one of the lessons we've learned with smart home gear so far is Wi-Fi is bad. Smart home gear can be very useful. The less that's on Wi-Fi, the better.

Like, anywhere that that could be useful, anywhere that, like, you know, a water leak or something like that, that's useful information to know. And it's part of the advantage of like, I think one of the lessons we've learned with smart home gear so far is Wi-Fi is bad. Smart home gear can be very useful. The less that's on Wi-Fi, the better.

The most reliable and most useful smart home things tend to be ones that have some other kind of protocol they speak that is not Wi-Fi. And that usually requires a hub somewhere. And this is part of the promise that Thread is trying or purporting to solve or to unify all these standards into one new standard, XKCD style.

The most reliable and most useful smart home things tend to be ones that have some other kind of protocol they speak that is not Wi-Fi. And that usually requires a hub somewhere. And this is part of the promise that Thread is trying or purporting to solve or to unify all these standards into one new standard, XKCD style.