great, more space trash

Yeah it’s intellectual property, and we do have a copilot account, but would you trust something not 100%-local? When they run out of tokens they go to Gemini or GPT anyway.

I’ve done useful things with LLMs, some of which I probably wouldn’t have done without it. I’m sure things would be different if frontier models’ token weren’t subsidized by investors, but I’ve been running local models as well and they aren’t useless.

What scares me is people blindly using these tools without hesitation, completely outsourcing their thinking to them. I work industrial process automation and that approach scares me a lot, in my field code is generally not complex, but you have to understand how the system responds to every action, that’s difficult for humans, I can’t imagine a text model doing great at that.

And I’m disgusted at colleagues just copy pasting our IP into random cloud-based LLMs, makes me want to bang my head on the wall.

I got one used for 600€ not long ago, sold my 6900XT for 450€, very happy

Distribution not retail

Control systems need to be gated behind a properly secured SCADA server, then you can monitor whatever you want by connecting to your company’s VPN.

I used to have the same for the dishwasher, but then I got one that opens its door automatically at the end of the cycle, so human intervention was less necessary. And I’ve got a timer that shuts off power to my “smart” tv after 30 minutes of inactivity because fuck letting it use 25W continuously.

As in for example this case isn’t covered

BTW I don’t have a smart washing machine but I do have home automation through Home Assistant and I’ve added an automation that tells me when the washing machine has finished, how long it took and how much energy it used. It’s very useful to me, also because it sets a periodic reminder to unload the washing machine. Just by using a zigbee smart outlet.

Very limited scope

Stuff like eWon routers are everywhere, they’re basically openvpn (thank you open source devs, of course we won’t contribute shit or share any of the money you made us) devices that connect to a bunch of central servers and allow you to tunnel to them. Compromise such a system and you’re spoiled for choice on what to hit.

not if your washing machine is anything above basic, in which case the time estimate at start is not reliable because it changes depending on conditions

It’s fucking stupid, you don’t use the manufacturer’s systems for that, or you’ll need one system for the fridges, one for the ovens, one for the lighting… You’re supposed to connect them all to YOUR control system, over isolated VLAN/LANs and then secure your system only.

There’s nothing as far as I know, even in industrial settings. Some companies are better than others, and some fields are better than others, but at the low level everyone does whatever the fuck they want. Always-connected teleservice routers and similar devices are everywhere, with outdated firmwares just waiting to be hacked. It’s improving but very slowly.

you’d have to be delusional

or racist. Maybe without even realizing

I Guess it makes more sense for a dashboard that is used by a mounted screen, especially if you want to impress guests (or just like pretty screens)

I’ve always liked looking at these, but I know I’d quickly replace them with something more information-dense

I’m fine with anything between 14 and 28 depending on wind, but 21 is bliss