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  • HomeKit Smart doorbell with Face ID expected by 2026

    sailorpaulsailorpaul
    Heat, heat, heat… if this doorbell can’t handle a south facing door location it will end up being a major black eye for Apple.  I have TWO south facing doors in SoCal that are blasted by the sun.  Dark gray doorbell cases often exceed 140 degrees (really, did nobody take thermal engineering ???)

    I have been thru SIX doorbells that failed,  One of the Aqara died this week.  Plenty of power: 24V 40VA transformer.  Great WiFi.  Even tried painting eone case white.  Sigh
    SmittyWheadfull0winewatto_cobra

  • What to expect from the iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Max

    sailorpaulsailorpaul
    No iPhone 14 mini ?   Never mind, just bought an iPhone 13 mini yesterday to help me make it thru the desert filled w oversized phones

    I don’t want an entry level phone.  I want as much of a beast as Apple can fit into the mini form factor.  
    lkrupp

  • Virginia launches first COVID-19 exposure notification app in US using Google-Apple API

    sailorpaulsailorpaul
    Arrrgh.  @heavypound is correct.   I appolgize and retract my early morning statement that we would try this in California for employee clusters -- self-reporting is not supported.  This app requires a six digit pin from VPH (virgina public health) upon confirmation of a positive test result.  

    1.  That is what I get for reading fast before dawn, before coffee and not attempting to submit a "positive" as a test.  

    2.  THE GOOD:  news coverage says that interoperability between countries (which also implies US states) is now automatically built into the API after feedback from EU countries.

    3.  THE BAD:  we are doing things state-by-state.
    caladanianwatto_cobra

  • Virginia launches first COVID-19 exposure notification app in US using Google-Apple API

    sailorpaulsailorpaul
    Our medical practice will recommend today that a couple of large local CALIFORNIA  employers have staff install this Virginia app ASAP.
    Best parts:
    1.  It works in any location.  
    2.  The API shares reported notifications “across countries” as a result of EU feedback.  Here in the USA that implies (not guarantees) cross-state functionality when/if other states catch up.

    Note the “works in any location” part of this design.  All you need is a meaningful pool of users such as:
    1,500 employees at California company A
    or 
    14,000 employees on the campus of California company B
    tenthousandthingsRayz2016jony0caladanianwatto_cobra

  • U.S. Senate, Google ban Zoom days after its launch of 'security council'

    sailorpaulsailorpaul
    dysamoria said:
    Can anyone explain to me how this previously utterly-unknown-to-me Zoom suddenly became the video conference product of choice before the current round of realizations about how shitty it is?
    Ease of install by remote users without tech support.  

    That is also a key source of their problems 
    apple_badgercgWerkswatto_cobra