I miss real newspapers. That was the high point of my day many days. Come home, relax in an easy chair and read the paper. I do not miss the accumulation of old newspapers.
________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2026 11:02 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] OT - business idea In the olden days, when we went away on vacation or for the winter, we left a key with a neighbor. Now everyone assumes they have their smart home devices, their cameras, their robot lawnmowers and snowblowers and vacuum cleaners and pet feeders. But what happens if there’s a storm or power outage and maybe someone just needs to power cycle the modem or router? Or reset a circuit breaker or GFCI? Without Internet, all those smart devices are offline. Seems like we need a service that you pay monthly and give them a key, and if necessary they will send a human out to your house. Actually so many people have a door lock where you just punch in a combination, you might not have to give them a key. This seems to go with rent-a-human type services to close the door on Waymo robotaxis, or help your food delivery robot cross a street. I’m old enough to remember when you’d pay a neighbor kid to take in your newspapers, mow your lawn, feed your fish. But of course there are no newspapers any more. And nobody pays kids to mow lawns any more. Do most kids never have a part time job until they graduate from high school (or college)? That seems like an abrupt transition. Especially if all the jobs are remote now. Who is your mentor, ChatGPT?
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