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@burger_jaap@mastodon.social
2026-02-20 06:16:18

“How many people does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
The answer – in SAPN’s case study – is an electrician, a plumber and software techs, who now all need to work together to ensure the home management system can control the proverbial lights.”

Using a physical, rather than a more futuristic virtual home management system also sent the project on an unexpected journey – it’s taking a lot longer to fit homes out with a physical device, up to four hours on average, than doing this remotely. It’s a situation that compares to the old joke, how many people does it take to screw in a lightbulb? The answer – in SAPN’s case study – is an electrician, a plumber and software techs, who now all need to work together to ensure the home managemen…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange
2026-02-16 17:39:55

Someone please explain this to me

Bathroom vanity light fixture with the diffuser cover removed. I turn on the switch and three of the four light up, little if any light comes from the one second to left. I turn off the switch and that bulb lights up a bit despite having no power, before going out
@theodric@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-04 22:37:57

Something happened in Ireland!!! 😱😱😱😱
irishstar.com/news/ireland-new

Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone during Zelensky's arrival in Dublin
The drones had their lights on, prompting security forces to suspect that the aim was to disrupt the arrival of Zelensky's plane into Dublin, The Journal reported

@fgraver@hcommons.social
2026-02-04 06:13:46

There Are Four Lights: Star Trek’s Unwitting Allegory for Domestic Abuse reactormag.com/star-treks-unwi

There Are Four Lights: Star Trek’s Unwitting Allegory for Domestic Abuse - Reactor
The parallels are unmistakable, once you consider Picard's final confession.

@blakes7bot@mas.torpidity.net
2026-01-31 10:25:27

Series C, Episode 04 - Dawn of the Gods
ORAC: The chances are that had the game continued as it should have done, I would have won control of the galaxy on a probability of ten thousand four hundred and fifty to one.
TARRANT: Orac, it was only a game.
blake.torpidity.net/m/304/19

Claude Sonnet 3.7 describes the image as: "The image shows hands interacting with a transparent acrylic or plastic device that appears to be some kind of experimental apparatus or musical instrument. The hands, wearing a light green or mint-colored sleeve, are manipulating controls or components inside the clear box, which contains various tubes, wires, and electronic elements. Some small red lights are visible inside the device. The apparatus has multiple cylindrical components arranged inside…
@fgraver@hcommons.social
2026-02-04 06:13:46

There Are Four Lights: Star Trek’s Unwitting Allegory for Domestic Abuse reactormag.com/star-treks-unwi