smart bed
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It isn't?
EDIT: After some searching, turns out it is not.
https://www.eightsleep.com/uk/
What kind of a moron would spend £3000 on something that then needs a subscription to work?
I know, right? Thermostats have worked since (and were invented some time in) the 1600's, but now... no, no no... we've got to loop in "the whole internet" as a dependency (not to mention one's smartphone, and probably a payment system for an ongoing monthly subscription). Even with the incentive of being continuously paid, they can't keep it working, because it has gotten too complex and greed has gummed up the gears.
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"AI controlled" 🤪
When did having basic microprocessors become AI controlled?
The new term for algorithm these days is AI.
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Why the fuck would anyone buy this?
I hate that there is (apparently) an actual market for this product. We live in a society of idiots.
Uhh no offense to you since I kind of included you in the idiots category there.
Frankly, I was super reluctant even back then, but I'm not the only one in the household so my vote is not the only one that counts.
In terms of water based temperature controlled bed, there were two options at the time I could see, Chilipad and Eight Sleep. I favored the local controls of Chilipad, but reviewers really seemed to prefer the Eight Sleep for noise and comfort of the pad, and at the time they were fairly competitive price wise with the cloud based control at the time being a nuisance, but not enough to overcome the review advantage Eight Sleep had. Also Eight Sleep had mattress included back then and that was a plus for them, since we needed a new mattress anyway.
I will say the comfort of the temperature control is fantastic, after trying a lot of solutions to try to get it done, water actually got it there. I am a big fan of the general product category. If one is into sleep tracking, I suppose this is the most comfortable way to do it, though I don't understand the general value of that use case personally.
Now, I'm still not happy about the cloud control facet, but I'm tolerating it so long as it is free. If they shut down my grandfathered status, then I'm going to FreeSleep up my device. If it should stop working, then I'll probably go ChiliPad if they haven't gone as badly. I can't imagine selecting Eight Sleep at it's price point and subscription model at this point in time, but back then it seemed a competitive choice.
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Shoots self in foot
Bleeds out and dies
Fuckin AI
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... Maybe unplug it?
Makes me recall something from years ago. My future ex-wife at the time was telling me about the drama when someone she knew's car key's battery had gone flat and they couldn't get into their car, and had to call RACQ etc.
I said 'you can still just put the key in the lock and turn it, you know?'. That apparently hadn't occurred to them.
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This is beyond "white people's problems". This is rich idiot's problems.
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For a minute, I thought this was satire.
I was certain it was until I read the reply below
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Correct, this could be used in the dystopian scifi genre.
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The new term for algorithm these days is AI.
AlgorIthm
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For a minute, I thought this was satire.
Right? We all know there's no such thing as a too-cold bed.
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Meanwhile, I built the bed I sleep in. Literally. My bed is made from solid Douglas fir and southern yellow pine, hand made into a proper bed frame that will last multiple lifetimes if taken care of. Want the bed heated/cooled? Fill a rubber bladder with hot water or ice. There. No fucking app required.
We sleep on a mattress laid on a base with no frame, and it's perfectly fine. We took the habit while in Japan, where we used a futon. Now I can't imagine climbing in a bed. The only problem is the giant centipedes
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I believe the problem is that it's actively cooled, so it won't get hotter under a blanket.
He could always unplug it though...
Mental note: tie string tether to my Pod 3 power cord.
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If you can't hack the bed I'm not sleeping with you ever again
Is your futon open source ? I have driver issues with my stack of hay
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Meanwhile, I built the bed I sleep in. Literally. My bed is made from solid Douglas fir and southern yellow pine, hand made into a proper bed frame that will last multiple lifetimes if taken care of. Want the bed heated/cooled? Fill a rubber bladder with hot water or ice. There. No fucking app required.
I might have to do this.
I have been building stuff outside with treated lumber this spring, but working on some furniture would mean smaller projects with more attention to quality and detail.
Sounds zen as fuck!
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The cooling functions sounds great, without the supscription ai shit
Yeah, this sounds like a great idea, with some AI bullshit thrown in.
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It isn't?
EDIT: After some searching, turns out it is not.
https://www.eightsleep.com/uk/
What kind of a moron would spend £3000 on something that then needs a subscription to work?
A Tech Youtuber who probably got it in a sponsorship deal for free
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"AI controlled" 🤪
When did having basic microprocessors become AI controlled?
wrote on last edited by [email protected]When we started letting tech-bros on social media hype up AI like it would be the savior for all humanity and in just a few short years we'll all be sailing on our AI-powered yachts with AI-powered martinis and sacks of AI-powered cash from our AI-powered stock trades.
Then when they started getting snippy and biting back and saying how it "democratizes art" and it lets us spend more time working so the AI can do our art and writing, we didn't laugh and then drive them into the FUCKING SEA, instead we all politely respected their opinions and now we have at least a decade of useless, incremental "advances" to products we don't want.
You can love AI all you want, but the moment you go to bat for the corporate slop being pushed on us, you're one of them.
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Meanwhile, I built the bed I sleep in. Literally. My bed is made from solid Douglas fir and southern yellow pine, hand made into a proper bed frame that will last multiple lifetimes if taken care of. Want the bed heated/cooled? Fill a rubber bladder with hot water or ice. There. No fucking app required.
Username definitely checks out.
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This is beyond "white people's problems". This is rich idiot's problems.
wrote on last edited by [email protected]Not even first world problems, this is rich fuck problems lmao.
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Right? We all know there's no such thing as a too-cold bed.
Having slept outside in -40, in an unheated (there were attempts but the too late and too small a stove to make a difference), windy tent, when I had to open my bedroll with significant amounts of violence to even have a "bed" to sleep on — I would humbly like to disagree.
Even though some of these summer nights I would definitely want an actually cool bed, never have I ever dreamed of having to sleep in those circumstances.
No such thing as too cool — but definitely a thing as too cold.
