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Random thoughts, articles and projects by a chronic overengineer.

Even just establishing a connection can take a long time; it requires high transmission powers depending on where your access points are set up; it’s all less than ideal. I have several Eve Energy “smart plugs” in my home, and since they are always connected to power, they function as a Thread repeater 4, expanding your network’s reach without you doing any work! For once, there’s an “I agree to the End User License Agreement” checkbox on that page you ignored, but even more obvious: the specification PDF document is password-protected, DRM’ed, and heavily watermarked.

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