The entire selling point for the Nest thermostats was the remote connection.

While you are right that it remains "fully functional except for the ability to connect", what you're really saying is that it is now as functional as a thermostat that costs an order of magnitude less.

The Dumb Thermostat also has the advantage of being simpler to recycle, and lacking the risk of the electronics degrading.

> Except, for security purposes, it can't be used with third-party encryption.

Hmm... For... security... purposes.

Whose security?

OTOH, does that mean we don't have to participate in wars either?

Any particular reason to want him to face more charges? Consider:

- He's 18 now. He started this when he was 16 or so.
- 4 years is about a quarter of his life-to-date. And he's been in jail for some months already, if you were inclined to quibble.
- He is (apparently) cooperating with authorities to track down those who hired him.

Questions:
- Do you think that throwing him behind bars for 8 years, or 12, or 20, would make him less, or more likely to re-offend? Do you think he would come out of prison with a better or worse outlook?
- Do you think he would continue cooperating with authorities, if you sent him through the courts again after having pleaded?
- Do you think that society would be safer, were he to have a longer sentence?

Failing rehabilitation and safety concerns, what you're left with is vengeance. Putting him in jail for a longer time isn't going to make the people he swatted any less traumatized. (The reports don't say his swatting resulted in deaths, so I don't say "less dead".)

He's already ruined his life. He'll be a convicted felon until he is dead, with all the limitations society puts on them. You want him to stay in jail longer, simply to inflict more pain?

They'd have to replace the dwarf under the table!

Play a Dungeons and Dragons game using a LLM as a DM.

Tell us how much you like the experience afterwards, okay?

> That's why they're not doing another one, it's just massive.

The word I heard is that after BG3 came out, someone (IP owner, distributor, owner-of-the-studio?) wanted microstransactions added to it. The Studio said, "Nope, we're done, we're outta here" in response.

From some of the reporting, though, I'm thinking that that may be just another rumor. Publicly, they have stated (via IGN) that they "just weren't feeling it", and wanted to pivot to something else.

Whether that is "just saving face" (for someone) or not, it's what they've said publicly.

And "Right Now" is better than "Right".

"... unless someone is going to sue us, in which case I will throw you under the bus."