I try to plug it in without closely inspecting the port because I can with just about every other type of port. It’s easy to plug in an HDMI, Display Port, or Ethernet cable on the first try because of the asymmetrical shape, and things that use barrel plugs like headphone jacks just don’t care about orientation. USB-A is one of the few port types that combines the worst of both worlds.

You can also get a roll of like 50 reusable microfiber cloths from any home store for less than ten bucks. They work just as well as any overpriced branded duster wipes, and are washable/reusable as an added bonus.

You mean, the couple of seconds it takes trying to plug in a USB-A the wrong way, having to flip it over, discovering you had it the right way the first time because USB-A ports are bastards, and having to flip it over again?

Sure, yeah, that’s all well and good, but like, the dude has said multiple times that things worked for him and his partner, and there’s still half a dozen people in the thread assuming the worst and telling him all the ways he should have lived his life. It feels like some sort of moral superiority contest, and it’s gross.

Is it? I was just in London a couple months ago, the amount of people smoking and vaping there was honestly shocking.

Why are there so many people in this thread telling this guy what his vegan gf actually thought

Stop projecting. You don’t always need to be right. It’s ok for other people to have different experiences from you.

Yeah if your vacuum does enough for you with its Internet access restricted, then there’s probably no good reason to install valetudo. I chose to install it on mine because 1. paranoia, 2. I don’t have a good firewall solution set up yet, and 3. a lot of features on my vacuum are disabled if it can’t phone home, but valetudo re-enables those features.

What’s a sensible solution to the problem of unhygienic customers then

I literally just installed this last weekend, so the docs are still pretty fresh in my mind. I still recommend you go read through that site to get the full picture and make your own informed decision, but here’s my tl:dr.

Valetudo, first and foremost, is intended to enable select models of vacuum robots to operate cloud-free. It’s not intended (nor is it feasible) to offer feature-parity with the manufacturers’ firmware/apps/cloud services. But in my limited experience, the only feature my robot is missing after installing valetudo is the ability to live-stream video from the onboard camera, which isn’t a big deal at all for me (and is something that the dev specifically won’t support). Everything else works flawlessly so far. It also allows you to configure just about anything the robot supports configurability for, like pathing algorithm adjustments, obstacle avoidance sensitivity adjustments, and a whole host of other things. I’m not sure if the manufacturer’s app even allows that level of configurability (because I never installed it), but I definitely feel like I have full control over my robot, and it functions flawlessly at performing its job of keeping my floors clean.

I think the biggest thing to be aware of is the rooting/installation process may require some soldering (not of the robot, just some through-hole soldering on a separate breakout board to make connecting to the robot’s debug port more foolproof), and requires comfortability in a Linux terminal. If those things aren’t in your wheelhouse, I’d say this project probably isn’t for you.

Why yes indeed, he put that thing down, flipped it, and reversed it.

If you have a robot vacuum, and the robot vacuum makes a persistent map (as opposed to the older “dumber” models that just bounce around randomly), they all send that map back to some remote server. In fact, most of those robots won’t even enable the mapping feature unless they’re connected to the Internet (which is absolute bullshit considering most of those robots generate, process, and store that map locally, so there’s literally no reason to send it off somewhere).

So your options are to just use the robot without ever connecting it to the Internet and be happy with the reduced featureset, root the robot and install Valetudo on it, or just vacuum manually. But until manufacturers are forced to let us actually own the smart devices they sell is, under no circumstances should you ever let one touch the Internet.

Don’t worry, the normies don’t want to infiltrate your space either

I see, so quite an old company then. (Access, IBM server and sharepoint, etc) Not something a newer company would be using.

Oh you sweet sweet summer child

That’s right, it goes in the square hole

When talking about supplements, grams of protein in relation to grams of food is irrelevant.

There is a very large contingent of people who believe animal protein is superior to plant protein in every way, shape, or form. So this result isn’t obvious to them.

Textured vegetable protein, a vegetable-based/vegan replacement for ground meat

Rinse your carrot before eating it you acorn

Sure, I’m not under the impression that the solution is simple or quick. Still worth working towards improvements anyways though, don’t you think?