What's dumb about smart teevees? The essential part has one lifecycle and the smarts have another. Better have the smarts outboard so they can be replaced when they're obsolete.

Imagine having to toss your car when it needs new tires.

Niue isn't a city (nor village). It's a country.

Ah, the famous country which has Pokemon, Disney, Star Wars etc. characters embossed at their national currency coins [1].

[1] https://www.procaffenation.com/niue-currency-cartoon-coins/

Saw him 234 nights ago. My date and I have each seen-heard him a few times before but none of them shared. We both thought it was an incredible show, which we wouldn't say about all of them.

This interviewer had good questions. Didn't know him, but was pleasantly surprised to read a bit about him.

I get a free assist over that paywall from my public library.

What is the significance of the 19th?

consider Postel's law

How many times in a day are you unpleasantly astonished by something made out of bits? (I'm working around one with a set screw now.)

it's not dead, it just smells funny

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Health → https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_HealthVault → Lydia

Isn't it just the difference between measuring and counting?

There's no occurrence of the word count here https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_and_precision.

We can count things and know that number exactly. We cannot measure anything to exactness.

an interesting chart on media bias now at version 5.1

https://www.adfontesmedia.com