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Re:Point – A smart house sitter by swamp40 on Monday November 03, 2014 @11:12AM (#8551523)
As a fellow embedded design engineer, I would advise you to read up a bit on the Greek gods Hubris and Nemesis.
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Re:Point – A smart house sitter by k0ngo on Monday November 03, 2014 @11:50AM (#8551799)
I wouldn't call it hubris when we're saying that we know of these aspects, consider them our most important design constraints and do our very best to address them. Not being a native English speaker, it perhaps didn't come through humble enough :)
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Re:Point – A smart house sitter by gress on Monday November 03, 2014 @11:43AM (#8551737)
So you're suggesting they just give up?
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Re:Point – A smart house sitter by swamp40 on Monday November 03, 2014 @12:23PM (#8552035)
No, not at all - I'm just saying it is a mistake to laugh at Belkin's misfortunes.
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