I find this somewhat disconcerting

[greengeezer]

I picked up my phone this morning and it was playing a slide show of photographs. Beautiful pictures of trees and forest scenes. Even had a title: “Among The Trees.”

After a few pictures went by, I recognized the photographs being my own yard and from my stored images. The phone did this all on its own. My phone is a couple years old and I don’t believe it has any AI functions. It is alive!!

 

[i am herdman]

They are. Have a conversation about a product with your phone near. You will start getting ads in social media about it. They do a dump of data nightly and they are using the algorithms.

 

[greengeezer]

Much like the thermostat in my house. I was wondering how Honeywell got information to send me an energy report each month. I finally realized that the thermostat was ratting me out, using WiFi to send in heating and cooling information to the manufacturer.

 

[greengeezer]

Traitor.

 

[30CAT]

Traitor.

75?!

Good gracious! 🔥

 

[greengeezer]

75?!

Good gracious! 🔥

I like 74-75 in the winter and 73 in the summer. I’m not going to be cold, I’m not going to be hot, I’m going to be just right no matter how much it costs.

 

[30CAT]

I like 74-75 in the winter and 73 in the summer. I’m not going to be cold, I’m not going to be hot, I’m going to be just right no matter how much it costs.

68-70 year round for me.

I have central air, but in my bedroom I run a window unit on top of central, every night, year round. I like between 58 and 62 sleeping temperature.

 

[greengeezer]

Yeah. Sleeping is a different story. I turn down the heat, open the window, and pile on the blankets. I can’t breathe sleeping in a hot room.

 

[Marshall Jeff]

I like 74-75 in the winter and 73 in the summer. I’m not going to be cold, I’m not going to be hot, I’m going to be just right no matter how much it costs.

When my dad retired, he got a place and put double insulation in it with a powerful wood burning stove and an industrial-strength air conditioner.

 

[i am herdman]

I like 74-75 in the winter and 73 in the summer. I’m not going to be cold, I’m not going to be hot, I’m going to be just right no matter how much it costs.

I would roast at 75. I wore shorts and a thin golf shirt today inside with temp set to 70.

 

[greengeezer]

I probably have too much glass for the climate where I live. Once it starts getting into the lower 20s, my house becomes a little chilly.

 

[-CarlHungus-]

Geez we know you can’t cook and you are a handyman extraordinaire. You’re all man.

But this 75 degree thermostat has me questioning everything.

 

[greengeezer]

Until I think up a better excuse, I’m blaming acute skin thinning caused by advanced aging. Yeah, that’s what I’m going with.