- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- technology@beehaw.org
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/22763407
Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/22763407
Major AWS outage takes down Fortnite, Alexa, Snapchat, and more
Wait does the alarm on Alexa rely on the server side? 💀🤡
A frustrating number of devices rely on cloud connectivity for astoundingly rudimentary tasks.
I was once at a friend’s house for a game night and it was really cold; everyone was under blankets. I asked to turn up the heat and they said, “The internet is down, so the heat doesn’t work.” 🤯
There’s way too much stuff that relies on internet access. If I’m at home, and my washing machine (which is also at home) wants to tell me when it’s done, why does that need to use the internet?
I try to stick to Zigbee or Z-wave devices where possible, since they’re guaranteed to be local-only. If I need access when I’m away from home, I connect with a VPN to access Home Assistant.
I’ve got a Zigbee power metering plug on our washing machine. Set up an automation for it to notify us when it’s done. Just that sold my wife on HA, she’s asking for other things like this now.
So, the automation is when the power usage suddenly go way down, It is considered done?
They don’t rely on the server to sound an already scheduled alarm but they do rely on the server to set the next one for a repeating alarm.
Lmao that’s dumb
Man, if only there were some way to push a schedule to a device, then it could use its own clock to know when to go off
But that technology is too advanced for Amazon
there were reports of roombas not getting up because us-east-1 was down, don’t be so surprised