The Empire of Brittle and Shiny
So I knelt to the gods’ will, and also next to the electrical plug. Unplugged, replugged, and it took me about a minute to assess the state of it. Because… a computer also has a boot time.
The quite reactive Nanoleaf service, after a few extra manipulations, sent me a fresh component, that still refuses to connect to my phone or wi-fi, but at this point I was just asking for my bed light to be back. And it was. The hours of my life dedicated to trying to get this to work weren’t, they never will.
Hardware problems keep me up at night. Especially this load of internet of shit that the industry keeps spitting out because an obscure board can not get over being passed the hype and needs badly to follow the innovation imperative.
Ironical thoughts set aside, the only thing that seems to work quite ok is my Roborock vacuum cleaner, whose only drawbacks were to absolutely need me to have an account and have once “eaten” and stripped an electric cable. At least, this thing saves me time.
Unlike what you believe the initial meaning of SaaS is not “Shit as a Service” but “Software as a Service”. I also like “Software as a Sévice” ; “sévices” (always plural) meaning “abuse” in French.
