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British gas starts to turn off Hive smart home devices forever in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I happened to be on the Homecare service, and I started an online chat with them to improve the discount and got sent the new hub for free. So it means I get a couple of years to plan my connected lights and heating system away from them without it being a today problem. Glad I never went beyond a smart lightbulb that was on special offer at the time with them.

no way........ in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

I’m just going to say : double ended fleshlight…

I'm trying to prove a point. Without looking it up, what are these? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But are you old enough to remember Tom Cruise discussing them in the film Cocktail? (in the cinema on the original release‽ )

Do you tend to say "can" or "tin? Is this a regional thing? in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can of beans and a tinny?

Red sky at morning, sailors take warning in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Red sky in the morning, shepherd’s warning. Red shy at night, cowshed’s alight.

This was probably the style they were going for but... this bothers me :/ in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

getting shoeboxes and boxfiles

Alphv ransomware group claims to have hacked Reddit, threatens to leak data unless money paid and API changes reverted in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

I read that to mean Reddit didn’t try to identify the stolen data, rather than the exploitists. Is that right?