I like to call it the Hodor ant

the few that do use bluetooth to adjust settings.

That may be the intended use, but it does not imply the system is secure.

Here's an example of an insulin pump vulnerability from a few years ago that enabled attacks from up to six meters away. Think about how many potentially-compromised devices you're ever within six meters of. The vulnerability enabled remote control over the insulin pump, which IIUC can be deadly.

https://www.aha.org/h-isac-reports/2021-11-29-h-isac-tlp-white-vulnerability-report-researchers-identify-high-severity

My point being — it's not a good thing to be in the midst of a hacking epidemic! Real people will be harmed as a result of increased hacking.

But it's also not a bad thing

Say that to the folks with implanted medical devices

What does making a smurf mean?

This is the fediverse, so I can't completely rule out the possibility that you casually use the word smurf like they do in the show, and I'm supposed to fill in the meaning from context.

Or maybe it's just a reaally slow exponential backoff

1956 - Forbidden Planet (great sci-fi concept and earliest appearance of Leslie Nielsen I'm aware of)

1979 - Alien (sci-fi-horror fusion, strong female lead)

1984 - Gremlins (timeless practical effects, poorly-aged Chinese character)

1985 - Back to the Future (does it need a blurb?)

1994 - Dumb and Dumber (classic Jim Carrey, very quotable)

2000 - O Brother Where Art Thou (Coen brothers, Americana, great soundtrack)

2006 - Idiocracy (goofy concept, now a documentary)

My advice: don't try to control other people's behavior. Maybe discuss your personal choices and encourage folks to do the same once or twice, but if you try more than that you're gonna strain your relationships.

Nooo, don't open your visor! You're standing on the moon!

The son already fixed the circuit breaker problem by replacing the fuse with a screwdriver

It legit pisses me off when a site has the gall to claim I forgot my password. My password manager did not forget!!

What if we just took a little nibble?

How about the equivalent malloc(-1)?

Also, it's cheap to allocate memory if you never write to it. You should follow it up with memset() if you really wanna max out your Resident Set Size 🐏