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Cake day: September 20th, 2023
  • LemmyPlay@lemmings.worldtohomeassistant@lemmy.world•Correct way to control Sidewalk Heating MatsEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Speaking from experience, Zooz products have been very poor quality for me and not worth the trouble. I put those switches all throughout my house and now I’m having to replace them, one by one, to due to random failures or unreliable performance. I used a Zooz switch for an outdoor outlet (switch was indoors) and the thing stopped working but support wouldn’t do anything because it’s not a light, it’s going to an outlet. I supported them during their initial product launch, warrantied a lot of switches which helped their R&D, but customer support has 0 sympathy for me now that the warranty is over (they even disregarded the extended warranty they promised me). After all the work I’ve had to do tearing my outlets apart to replace their switches, it’s just not worth it. I wish I would’ve gone with a more expensive brand the first time, I would have saved a lot. If it’s not too late, I recommend looking beyond them.

  • LemmyPlay@lemmings.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•Israel-Gaza war: Recovered bodies show 'bloodthirsty' gunmen 'took time over torture' - and that Hamas has changedEnglish
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    10 months ago

    And to take it a step further, the murder of adults is just as bad as children as far as the decision making process is concerned. I agree that a baby is defenseless and morally there is an argument that it is more cruel to harm them directly, but what purpose does that distinction serve here? If we find out that 0 babies died by decapitation does that mean the violence against soft targets by Hamas is more tolerable? Or that Hamas looks less barbaric? There is a time and place where that granularity is important, like sentencing, but mainstream media is definitely not able to handle something that is so convenient to sensationalize. Essentially it becomes an emotionally charged statement that desensitizes us from the other significant acts of violence, and makes overlooking atrocities that much easier.