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My Bathroom Mirror Is Smarter Than Yours

8 pointsby colbyaleyover 9 years ago

2 comments

kafkaesqover 9 years ago
<i>So I ordered myself a two-way mirror, a display panel and controller board, plus a bunch of components and arts &amp; crafts supplies.</i><p>My bathroom mirror is <i>way</i> smarter than his, because it doesn&#x27;t contain any components that will inevitably break (or need upgrading in a few years), besides the mirror glass itself; it isn&#x27;t connected to anything (and hence, is perfectly firewalled against the barrage of attacks that will inevitably befall this product once it is deployed at scale); and best of all: it doesn&#x27;t assault me with streams of utterly pointless crap (like what Donald Trump said most recently) first thing in the morning when I&#x27;m hungover and am trying decide whether to shave, brush my teeth, or hit the can first.<p>If this is the way Google product engineers think generally about people&#x27;s pressing needs are, and what our &quot;promised&quot; future looks like -- that company is definitely doomed.
Cpollover 9 years ago
Similar project: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;HannahMitt&#x2F;HomeMirror" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;HannahMitt&#x2F;HomeMirror</a>