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I was wondering about the events you're monitoring home for while you're on holiday. Were you saying something more like cameras mean you don't have to do your

I was wondering about the events you're monitoring home for while you're on holiday. Were you saying something more like cameras mean you don't have to do your usual rounds on foot? Regardless, when I said "blank feed" I meant a scenareo where you're away and you don't know why the feed is blank. It's not the same as a non-existent camera: it's telling you there's a mysterious problem. Can you ignore the chance that it's an extremely urgent problem?

kube-system 1y ago
The cameras that people have on their homes are not necessarily places that they are at on a regular basis. Some homes are vacant, some are secondary homes, some are vacation homes, some are rentals, etc. I've had a couple failures over the past ~decade and it has never been "mysterious". If you don't panic and use context clues, there is always plenty of information. Pretty much any foreseeable urgent problem resulting in a failure would have produced some footage that indicates the issue. And non-urgent problems that result in failure are easy to detect. (e.g. if your UPS sends you an on-battery alert, and 5 minutes later your cameras fail, you just had a power outage) The only time that cameras go black without warning and it is warranted to panic is when you're the comic relief character in a bad horror movie.
- goopypoop 1y ago
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  - kube-system 1y ago
    You’re right that I don’t. But I gave you the courtesy of an answer, so I’m not sure why you are being hostile about it.
    - goopypoop 1y ago
      I don't see courtesy or an answer in your comment. I see a refusal to answer, in a condescending tone. I explained myself in good faith and you chose to educate me about the existence of property portfolios, following up with how, actually, my question is stupid. You refused to accept even the premise of any thing I've said. I believe I have matched your respect, but hopefully with more zing.
  - tomhow 1y ago
    Please don't post snarky comments like this on HN. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
    - goopypoop 1y ago
      OK, thank you

kube-system 1y ago

The cameras that people have on their homes are not necessarily places that they are at on a regular basis. Some homes are vacant, some are secondary homes, some are vacation homes, some are rentals, etc. I've had a couple failures over the past ~decade and it has never been "mysterious". If you don't panic and use context clues, there is always plenty of information. Pretty much any foreseeable urgent problem resulting in a failure would have produced some footage that indicates the issue. And non-urgent problems that result in failure are easy to detect. (e.g. if your UPS sends you an on-battery alert, and 5 minutes later your cameras fail, you just had a power outage) The only time that cameras go black without warning and it is warranted to panic is when you're the comic relief character in a bad horror movie.

goopypoop 1y ago
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- kube-system 1y ago
  You’re right that I don’t. But I gave you the courtesy of an answer, so I’m not sure why you are being hostile about it.
  - goopypoop 1y ago
    I don't see courtesy or an answer in your comment. I see a refusal to answer, in a condescending tone. I explained myself in good faith and you chose to educate me about the existence of property portfolios, following up with how, actually, my question is stupid. You refused to accept even the premise of any thing I've said. I believe I have matched your respect, but hopefully with more zing.
- tomhow 1y ago
  Please don't post snarky comments like this on HN. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.
  - goopypoop 1y ago
    OK, thank you