Gotcha, thank you.

Fair enough, I hadn’t considered homelessness by choice.

I know homeless people can and sometimes do have jobs, but assumed their income would be insufficient to require interacting with the IRS. Thank you for expanding my perception.

File taxes? I admit I’m fairly ignorant of the plights of any unhoused person … And any complex tax situation, TBH … but it seems like most of them would be under the income threshold that would require filing of taxes.

edit: s/and/any/

The simplest examples I can think of would be:

• you meant to before you left but forgot
• weather conditions changed so your house temperature needs changed
• you want the house to be warm or cool when you get home, similar to the main benefit of remotely starting a car

I know many dumb thermostats support scheduling, which might preempt the last one, but if - again - you forgot to set that up or you didn’t know when you were going to be home, it would be a boon to have a way to address that.

Also, most of the smart thermostats I’ve seen have temperature threshold alarms. If a fire starts, you would get a notification and hopefully be able to do something about it. Or if the climate control system fails while you’re out, you can respond as appropriate.

I agree that there is no biological imperative for smart home equipment, but I have appreciated mine many times; and I mostly self host, so in theory I’m not giving away data. To me, the only downside is the cost, which comparatively isn’t really all that bad in many cases.

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Someone fighting with Gru, perhaps.

Isn’t WhatsApp owned by Meta? “Objectively” is a bold choice here.

So, so many commas.

Gasp - mongeese!

We’re having sloppy joes!

In the days of old when knights were bold and toilet paper wasn’t invented, they’d wipe their ass with a piece of grass and walk away contented.

… Why? His content can be enjoyable, but I’m not sure it relates here.

Little Johnny was a scientist, little Johnny is no more …

A lot of YouTubers seem to have recently claimed that their landlords are anonymous corporations with no clear individual proclaimed as owner or responsible party.

I’m not alarmed. You’re alarmed.

They fly now.

Either I’m missing the joke or you forgot something.

Ah, I apologize. I definitely was not fully awake when I read your original comment.

I’ve played Helldivers 2 with no obstacles and no additional setup.

I’m sorry, as much as I’d love to, I don’t have an answer to this.

edit: corrected a word.