I don’t use Haier products but a similar thing happened with Chamberlain when they blocked the MyQ integration even though it was using the legitimate API and not breaking any rules. No attempt to work with anyone in the HA community at all, just shut everything down.

On one hand, this means projects like Home Assistant are getting popular enough to have enough usage to effect these companies. So that’s great! In the long term, we’ll all figure out solutions, but in the short term it feels like an increasing fight between corporate and open-source control over smart devices.

IMO, it’s also worth the yearly cost for voice integration with Google Nest/Home or similar devices. Both can be done without paying but it’s so much easier and I know it’ll be supported over time.

There’s also a third audience most people don’t consider: everyone reading the thread that isn’t engaging directly.

You might not convince the direct ‘opponent’ in an internet debate, but can still make an impact on others that might be more open to listening to a new perspective.

It means the same as “spy”, in my experience.

By what metric is the US “the world’s leader”?

How would such a thing be financially viable? Once the ability to connect to any website exists, the physical cost to access everything else is essential nothing.

I know this from personal experience after reading the entirety of the Left Behind book series as they were published. At the start I was spending my summers in the equivalent of that Jesus Camp documentary, and by the time I finished was at the end of my personal deconversion journey and come out the other side as an opinionated college atheist.

So, yeah, quite terrifying to see that kink for the apocalypse continue to play out in front of us.

That video is included in the article, it’s just at the very bottom for some reason.

Russia and Iran have already won this round. Palestinians will be paying the price.

Hamas is not all Palestinians.

Source? Was it actually a BBC reporter or someone they were interviewing?

You should, sounds like you definitely contributed more to the benefit of human society than I ever have!

Good question, should ask Israel the same thing.

Or, counter-counterpoint, everyone and their dog knows that Israel is spying on everyone and their dog, so all communications by people planning this shit are kept to in person or paper. Anything that has to be transmitted electronically likely is said in code phrases that are agreed on in person.

This has been standard practice for anyone involved in the intelligence world for over a century, so I would sure hope so!

It’s still a huge intelligence failure, however, as infiltrating such groups is the primary focus of counter-intelligence organizations. This is also a long-standing practice, which is why all modern terrorist groups use compartmentalization to ensure nobody knows the entire plan.

Blowback like this is the hidden story of the modern age. Every world and regional power has attempted it and been burned, multiple times over.

Heck, one could argue it’s exactly what happened in 1776, and the trend has never stopped!

If someone is born in Gaza and wants to leave, you think they should be denied simply because of where they come from?

Not sure if you know this, but every single Palestinian is actually not an active member in Hamas.

They are also an oppressed people with no other options.

This is standard policy for Israel, the same entity that pretends giving people a ‘warning’ before blowing up their home is a good enough excuse.

Engines have to be replaced after a decade or more, that’s a huge expense that usually isn’t worth the value of the vehicle. How is this any different?

How is Apple going to monetize DuckDuckGo to make up for that $9 billion, without compromising their other efforts w/r/t user and data privacy?