ashergm's comments

On: Coinbase Raises $75M from DFJ Growth, USAA, NYSE, and More

[ashergm]

I totally agree, especially considering USAA's reputation as a conservative player in the Banking world

On: Nest introduces their Smoke Detector

[ashergm]

The wifi repeater feature would be cool but I think it'd probably be a battery drain on the non-wired versions.

[r00fus → ashergm]

So they should only offer it on the wired ones. Would be quite a good sell, actually (probably best left as an unsupported "hack" so Nest doesn't have to provide support for failed wifi topologies).

[ashergm → r00fus]

I agree it probably should be left as an unsupported hack since it would be a support nightmare.

After thinking about it a bit I think that it'll never actually happen. It's a weird feature combination that would confuse non-geek consumers.

Who knows maybe Nest would want to reserve that kind of thing for another shiny new product to hang on your wall and could price at 150+

On: Meet the Nest Protect smoke and CO alarm

[ashergm]

Seems like having a built in motion-detector could be a good entry into home security as well.

On: We have detected a security breach. Services are temporarily suspended

[ashergm]

Interesting that instawallet goes down on the day the BTC:USD hits 106 on Mt. Gox

[digitalsushi → ashergm]

I am not a financial guy - just a web programmer - why is this interesting, please?

[wmf → digitalsushi]

If Bitcoins are worth more, criminals are probably willing to work harder to steal them.

[aneth4 → digitalsushi]

It's interesting in the way the weather is interesting.