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Re:My toothbrush streams gyroscope data by echelon on Saturday October 24, 2020 @06:49PM (#24882521)
How does this stuff get funding?

Why do humans use their brains for this?

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Re:My toothbrush streams gyroscope data by jaifraic on Saturday October 24, 2020 @07:24PM (#24882695)
Because other humans pay money for this.

And we're probably not that far away from Health Insurance Companies using your toothbrush's data to calculate your rates.

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Re:My toothbrush streams gyroscope data by burrows on Saturday October 24, 2020 @09:29PM (#24883184)
Am I playing poker with my insurance companies?
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Re:My toothbrush streams gyroscope data by taneq on Sunday October 25, 2020 @02:51AM (#24884324)
In that insurance is a game of hidden information, yes.
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Re:My toothbrush streams gyroscope data by tomgp on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:32AM (#24884987)
The problem being solved isn’t how to have cleaner teeth, it’s how to sell people more expensive toothbrushes when the existing options do the job perfectly adequately.
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