Most phone apps are either/or . . . . On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote:
> Doesn’t that phone app require Internet though? Or is it cellular? > > > > *From:* AF <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *David Hannum via AF > *Sent:* Wednesday, April 8, 2026 1:50 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Cc:* David Hannum <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT - business idea > > > > Newer door locks have a phone app so you just have then holler at the > camera when they arrive and you hit the button on your phone and the door > unlocks for them. > > Actually, when I grew up, way out in the country, nobody even locked their > doors. I'd go over to the neighbors and just walk in and feed the fish > and change which lights were on in the house so it looked like somebody was > home! > > > > > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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? > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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