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I think I will stick to my dumb watches, thanks. Mechanical or quartz.
I always see the software working people go nutty for the new hardware and dohickies.
Meanwhile a lot of people I knew who worked on hardware live in the woods "off grid".
I know a hardware guy that lives on a farm and uses raspberry pi for his garden hoses.
Yeah that tracks. Doubt they are buying the apple solution for water management.
I tried to set it up but couldn't keep it from leaking and spent more than I would've on a smart hose timer.
Programmed with an open source application, no doubt.
My dream life.
Eventually I hope to get my garden smartened up with water and rain sensors and an open sprinkler controller.
If by "software" you mean Web or Java or something like that, then, well, for the purpose of this conversation they are enthusiasts.
While people working on hardware are forced to get some understanding of how the world around us works.
I think the difference is simply between who has to go on site to fix an issue and those who "theoretically" could.
So true. The more I work with all these services and social networks the fewer of them I have. More to the point, I have bunch of devices around my home which are IoT and similar but almost none have access to internet, printer included. Funny thing is, my friends keep asking why am I slowly removing my presence from all of tech even though I am on forefront of it... but when I go and explain how each search can be exploited and abused they laugh and say naaah that will never happen or "I don't have anything to hide"... and it keeps happening and privacy keeps leaking.
Some people have a hard time imagining bad outcomes or "thinking like a bad guy". I guess that's why infosec people are needed lol.
(Almost) my entire house is smart, but nothing talks to the cloud anymore.
So nobody can get that data except me. Some exceptions are that I dont have or want smart locks, that just seems to insecure and unreliable.
Though in IT, I do have a (limited) smart home but also old tech like a 40s Western Electric phone, a few 1920s-40s typewriters, a few vintage woodworking tools, myriad vintage and new fountain pens (I use them to take notes... you know, on paper gasp). I have and wear lots of budget watches (err, but, one at a time) ... from the 1890s - present, mechanical and quartz.
The nicest oldest ones are a 1895 Elgin hunter pocket watch (ladies size 6) and a 1930s Hamilton open face size 10. I often wear vintage wristwatches: Bulova, Elgin, Waltham, Timex, and Seiko. I have more modern ones including Fortis, Orient, Casio, Bulova, and more.
My G Shock is super reliable and will never need a battery. No way I'm swapping it out for some fragile piece of junk screen that mostly displays a clock that dies every few days.
Yup, some great g-shocks out there. I have dw5600. Awesome watch. Some day I will get the 5610.
I have had the same automatic (self winding) for over a decade. Wear it almost everyday, it gets beat up and used hard but still works great. And no batteries is nice.
Nice, what brand?
I like mechanical watches a lot although I don't like the service cost lol.
Well this one is more of a happy accident. It is a Fossil, and was a warranty replacement for a battery watch I bought. Have had not much luck with the battery Fossils but they seem to make a solid (or did not sure if they still do) automatics.
Sweet. I've heard good things in the past about 'em over on watchuseek forum.
This is peak "smart" watch for me: Sony-Ericsson MBW-100
Having something similar with modern technology the battery life would be much longer, I don't need a wrist phone.
I wear a Shark Leash every day. I lost my Apple Watch and haven’t missed it at all.