On Sat, 10 Jun 2023 19:35:10 -0400
Dan Purgert via Dng <dng@???> wrote:

> On Jun 07, 2023, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 7, 2023 at 4:24 PM Simon <linux@???> wrote:
> > >
> > > o1bigtenor via Dng <dng@???> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I'm trying to educated myself on networking and am finding, so far at
> > > > least, that this is considered specialist only country. So when I
> > > > start asking questions I get ignored because my questions are too
> > > > basic (so they're considered boring) yet I can't find answers.
> > >
> > > I would imagine you are suffering from the “don’t know enough to be
> > > able to ask the right questions” problem.
> >
> > Exactly!!!!
> >
> > IOT sounds useful until one realizes that its mostly about wireless signaling.
> > Don't think that that's a good idea in my design.
>
> No it's not. It's just that in many cases, the "things" (such as
> lightbulbs, etc) are easiest to mass-market with wifi. I mean would you
> want to run ethernet cabling to every "IoT Lightbulb" you want to put in
> your house?

Hi,

I really cannot find any good reason why I would want to connect
any "T" to the "IO" be it a light bulb, door lock, fridge, heater,
TV, car, etc, besides being spied even more than it is already done
with my smartphone and PC.
In the future possessing a classic light bulb will be a sign of political
opposition, but anyway it will work only if the smart light bulb holder
allows it, if the smart wall switch recognizes your fingerprint or voice,
if the smart electric power meter thinks you have paid enough....
BTW the smart door lock don't lets me in today and the f...ing car
says it will not drive me autonomously to sea because the AI
thinks it is better that I go the the mall to enjoy the targeted
shopping experience.

"O tempora, o mores"

Ciao,
Tito

> On the other hand, the "things" can also be HVAC units or other "big
> appliances" that're hardwired in; and it's probably easy enough to run
> an ethernet cable there.
>
> > [...]
> > I commented because using a search engine I was not able to find a definition.
> > Understand it may be common practice but I'd never seen such symboling
> > in mathematics - - - - likely its mostly a 'programming' thing.
>
> Computer Science tends to still be under the mathematics department in
> many universities ;) . Math classes would probably use '≠' though (in
> case that doesn't come through, unicode codepoint 2260, "Not Equal")
>
>