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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 20:32:25 JST Ars Technica

   Can you manage your house with a local, no-cloud voice assistant? Mostly, yes.

   If you're tired of Alexa and Google listening, local voice is a real thing now.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/can-you-manage-your-house-with-a-local-no-cloud-voice-assistant-mostly-yes/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Freevolt (freevolt24@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 20:58:04 JST Freevolt

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     @arstechnica I wonder the ubiquitous connectivity thing can be a hype that spanned almost two third of the century.

   • André van Schoubroeck (grombeestje@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Feb-2024 21:04:32 JST André van Schoubroeck

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     @arstechnica The ESP32-S3-BOX-3 has been out of stock for months now.

   • Fardels Bear (riggbeck@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 01:04:29 JST Fardels Bear

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     @arstechnica

     For thousands of years, people were able to 'manage' their houses with the aid of hands combined with buttons, levers, mechanical appliances etc.

     Have we de-evolved to become so stupid as to need electronic assistance?

   • antony (dhdn_ck@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 01:56:57 JST antony

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     @arstechnica The convenience of life brought by science and technolog

   • Darwin Woodka (darwinwoodka@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 02:27:21 JST Darwin Woodka

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     @arstechnica if I don't want to talk to other people on my phone why would I want to talk to my house?

   • antonyshen (antonyshen@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 02:38:31 JST antonyshen

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     @arstechnica 😄

   • Lucy (lucy519@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 02:49:51 JST Lucy

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     @arstechnica Hello

   • Randall Gross (tarkloon@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 15-Feb-2024 04:29:41 JST Randall Gross

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     @arstechnica Yes, but until someone releases HOS (home operating system) and the HC (Home computer) we will still be somewhat at the mercy of cloud services for our home automation…