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swamp40
on Nov 3, 2014
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Point – A smart house sitter
As a fellow embedded design engineer, I would advise you to read up a bit on the Greek gods
Hubris
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Nemesis
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k0ngo
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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 :)
gress
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So you're suggesting they just give up?
swamp40
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No, not at all - I'm just saying it is a mistake to laugh at Belkin's misfortunes.
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