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Originally Posted by ownedbycats
Ironically, most of the "geekier folks" I'm acquainted with (sysops/IT people/programmers) avoid smart devices.
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Bingo!
I grew up in Snow/Winter storm country. My folks had more than a weeks Off Grid supplies (lots more, but things got real boring).
I've been lucky for years, without interruptions of more than a day. I know folk that went weeks (or never, lost everything) during the same event
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Which is also why my Media collection is physical.Things fail. Companies fail or go dark (outages).
I get to enjoy my entertainment, even when on Generator or battery.
I also have my entire Network and Cable Modem on UPS. (You should see the speed I get, when the neighborhood is stuck in the dark.)
So many people have given up on providing their own redundancy in the name of convenience. When Major disasters happen, it can be a long time on your own. Starbucks may be closed, but I can boil water in the fireplace and pour it over the grounds in the funnel from my coffee maker. (FWIW I was known at my last job as 'the guy who made coffee' (in a put the grounds in the filter and push BREW. That is right 2018 and half the folk could not even make a pot of coffee
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