• Wirlocke@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    I wonder if we’ll start seeing these tech investor pump n’ dump patterns faster collectively, given how many has happened in such a short amount of time already.

    Crypto, Internet of Things, Self Driving Cars, NFTs, now AI.

    It feels like the futurism sheen has started to waver. When everything’s a major revolution inserted into every product, then isn’t, it gets exhausting.

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      2 months ago

      Internet of Things

      This is very much not a hype and is very widely used. It’s not just smart bulbs and toasters. It’s burglar/fire alarms, HVAC monitoring, commercial building automation, access control, traffic infrastructure (cameras, signal lights), ATMs, emergency alerting (like how a 911 center dispatches a fire station, there are systems that can be connected to a jurisdiction’s network as a secondary path to traditional radio tones) and anything else not a computer or cell phone connected to the Internet. Now even some cars are part of the IoT realm. You are completely surrounded by IoT without even realizing it.