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I have zero TVs, IoT devices, home automatons, etc. I generally dislike anything that beeps and anything with LEDs. Though I built my own house, I don't even ow

I have zero TVs, IoT devices, home automatons, etc. I generally dislike anything that beeps and anything with LEDs. Though I built my own house, I don't even own a microwave. The stove is gas. I like candles. In winter we heat with firewood. Though I have ornamental gardens (that I am expanding to a garden of 100 roses), and an orchard, I have no watering lines timers. I water everything by walking around and pointing at it with the hose. for what are called computers: 1 desktop - a 2021 box that I built (this replaced a 2013 box) 1 laptop, 1 phone (a pixel 7), 1 camera (Leica Q2) (well and a Praktica MTL5 made in East Germany) And one kindle. And an iPad, for work testing. I'm a web developer. I love technology. I think what you have should be as good as you can make it for yourself. But it has to feel and serve very human purposes to be worthwhile. I don't think many gadgets do that. Many devices, especially modern ones, take the liberty of interrupting you often. I do not wish to be interrupted.

bomewish 3y ago
This is hilarious. I got halfway through this and thought “this sounds like Simon Sarris” then looked at the id.
Chris2048 3y ago
> I do not wish to be interrupted. Don't you have to interrupt yourself to remember to water the garden?
- joshxyz 3y ago
  i think he meant to be intwrrupted with technology.
- DiggyJohnson 3y ago
  Interrupting yourself is just individual agency. Nothing like being interrupted by an external device.
- sophacles 3y ago
  No. Watering the garden doesn't have to be done at an exact time. It can wait til the end of some other task. It can wait til tomorrow. Hell, depending on where you live it can wait a week.
  - jedberg 3y ago
    Hey I just wanted to thank you, your comment reminded me to plug in my car (which, like watering, doesn't have to be done at a certain time but does have to happen before bed). If I hadn't plugged it in my wife would have been stranded tomorrow after she got where she was going.
    - sophacles 3y ago
      Hooray I helped on accident!(by which I mean: you're welcome :D) Glad she didn't get stranded.
sunnybeetroot 3y ago
Be careful with the firewood, there may be a link between lung cancer and fireplaces https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37542784/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37542784/
- Gigachad 3y ago
  Also gas stoves
  - sunnybeetroot 3y ago
    Looks like you’re right https://www.npr.org/2023/06/16/1181299405/gas-stoves-pollute-homes-with-benzene-which-is-linked-to-cancer https://www.npr.org/2023/06/16/1181299405/gas-stoves-pollute...
    - erikerikson 3y ago
      Come to the induction side, it's amazing and eventually just normal. I truly love our cooktop and am sad using anything else. I no longer need a slow cooker, I can keep a steady simmer for days, and nothing gets a faster boil.
      - southernplaces7 3y ago
        Any particular devices you recommend? I'm not quite sure of what you're referring to with induction, or how it works well as a slow cooker? Honestly curious.
        erikerikson 3y ago
        See Wikipedia for a bit more detail[0] but induction cooktops use a magnet to directly heat your cookware. They can heat faster and more exactly while remaining more consistent over time. They are safer because the cooktop surface is not heated and is often actively cooled but also because they can detect the pan being removed or not really being on the burner and disable themselves after a bit. The magnet gives far greater control over the results for better range. With electric coils and gas, I rarely had the consistency or stability of the high/low temperature that is trivial on my induction stove which allows me to use it the same way I use use a slow cooker. You may need new cookware since it'll need to be magnetic/ferrous. I've had a few issues with the Samsung we bought (not nearly as many as the other Samsung appliances we bought at the same time. So I wouldn't necessarily suggest that brand specifically and I don't remember the brand names I used in the UK before returning to the US. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_cooking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_cooking
sailfast 3y ago
Not sure if you've tried it, but central heating doesn't really interrupt you too much. ++ Would recommend over firewood (assuming you're actually on a grid)
- t0bia_s 3y ago
  Heating by gas is 6 times more expensive than heating by wood here.

bomewish 3y ago

This is hilarious. I got halfway through this and thought “this sounds like Simon Sarris” then looked at the id.

Chris2048 3y ago

> I do not wish to be interrupted. Don't you have to interrupt yourself to remember to water the garden?

joshxyz 3y ago
i think he meant to be intwrrupted with technology.
DiggyJohnson 3y ago
Interrupting yourself is just individual agency. Nothing like being interrupted by an external device.
sophacles 3y ago
No. Watering the garden doesn't have to be done at an exact time. It can wait til the end of some other task. It can wait til tomorrow. Hell, depending on where you live it can wait a week.
- jedberg 3y ago
  Hey I just wanted to thank you, your comment reminded me to plug in my car (which, like watering, doesn't have to be done at a certain time but does have to happen before bed). If I hadn't plugged it in my wife would have been stranded tomorrow after she got where she was going.
  - sophacles 3y ago
    Hooray I helped on accident!(by which I mean: you're welcome :D) Glad she didn't get stranded.

sunnybeetroot 3y ago

Be careful with the firewood, there may be a link between lung cancer and fireplaces https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37542784/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37542784/

Gigachad 3y ago
Also gas stoves
- sunnybeetroot 3y ago
  Looks like you’re right https://www.npr.org/2023/06/16/1181299405/gas-stoves-pollute-homes-with-benzene-which-is-linked-to-cancer https://www.npr.org/2023/06/16/1181299405/gas-stoves-pollute...
  - erikerikson 3y ago
    Come to the induction side, it's amazing and eventually just normal. I truly love our cooktop and am sad using anything else. I no longer need a slow cooker, I can keep a steady simmer for days, and nothing gets a faster boil.
    - southernplaces7 3y ago
      Any particular devices you recommend? I'm not quite sure of what you're referring to with induction, or how it works well as a slow cooker? Honestly curious.
      - erikerikson 3y ago
        See Wikipedia for a bit more detail[0] but induction cooktops use a magnet to directly heat your cookware. They can heat faster and more exactly while remaining more consistent over time. They are safer because the cooktop surface is not heated and is often actively cooled but also because they can detect the pan being removed or not really being on the burner and disable themselves after a bit. The magnet gives far greater control over the results for better range. With electric coils and gas, I rarely had the consistency or stability of the high/low temperature that is trivial on my induction stove which allows me to use it the same way I use use a slow cooker. You may need new cookware since it'll need to be magnetic/ferrous. I've had a few issues with the Samsung we bought (not nearly as many as the other Samsung appliances we bought at the same time. So I wouldn't necessarily suggest that brand specifically and I don't remember the brand names I used in the UK before returning to the US. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_cooking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induction_cooking

sailfast 3y ago

Not sure if you've tried it, but central heating doesn't really interrupt you too much. ++ Would recommend over firewood (assuming you're actually on a grid)

t0bia_s 3y ago
Heating by gas is 6 times more expensive than heating by wood here.