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.

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

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.

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

Year or two? This is Nintendo. The OLED version will probably come out in 4 or 5 years.

Is that what that noise is? I thought it was a wood chipper filled with babies and cats.

I mean, the company is literally named after this fucking thing from LOTR. These people are comic book level evil.

Yeah man, reverting back to the old stabilized rent control policies and opening a city owned wholesale grocers, and making DoorDash pay minimum wage. Socialism as in Norway, not Stalin.

Stalin was the dude who purged all of his dissenters from his party, implemented mass deportations, and threw people in lawless gulags. Kind of like America’s current president.

I love lamp

Call it a “Tyson Meat Processor’s sweat n’ spicy Jack Link’s wiener bun Doritos meet stick”

Like a Doritos meat stick

The edges are not rough. They are smooth and greasy.

Halo

Fatal flaw is that 343 Industries sucked in comparison to Bungie, and released such shitty products that the player base has fallen through the floor.

I miss couch co-op.

Mom: “we have Arnold Schwarzenegger at home”

Me if loratadine didn’t exist.

I WOULD pay extra for that.