So, you're going to install a laser? You need one to get the accuracy you're talking about... (and line of sight, etc...)

I had a Nest for several years in an older house. It was pretty good and I only had a few problems with the 'charge by thermostat loop' power system it uses. But nothing that wasn't fixable with some extra wiring. That was right up to last year when it stopped heating at 11pm on a 20deg F night. I have to give kudos to Nest support, who was on the phone to help me diagnose it for about 45minutes in the middle of the night. Unfortunately, they gave me an option to try and run it, but sent me a replacement unit 2 day shipping. They said installed unit might not work and I may have to swap it out for another thermostat until the replacement came. It didn't work about 4 hours later and I had to swap the thermostat. I really liked the remote access, but I never did swap the new Nest they sent me back to that house.

The Nest is 'hardwired' with batteries... It's a device that can charge it's internal batteries off the thermostat loop. As long as things are working, it behaves largely like a wired device (because it is.)

Or weren't you talking about the Nest? I'm a little confused about your point...

So wrong...

So, just uninstall that update?

Good question, maybe it's just because in this day of worrying about drones they wanted to be extra careful. They shouldn't have had any trouble under 400 ft, but 100mph can be an issue. It also depends on where they are located to do the testing. They mention that they must stay in contact with the FAA probably means they are close enough to an airport or area with controlled airspace. So they are probably just getting pre-approval to stay out of trouble and reduce the risks they will cause an incident with aircraft.

Actually, not always... Not all jailbreaks remove app sandboxing by default. They allow the user to pick apps that can be allowed access outside the sandbox, but they don't have to remove app sandboxing for all apps. (But it depends on which jailbreak we are talking about. There have been versions that remove all sandboxing.)

You better stop driving your car then.

That depends on area. If you review the FIOS forums, you'll find that some areas they will setup ethernet from the ONT and some they will not. At least in our area, they do not setup that way by default. Of course, you are free to put another router behind their router.

2020, the next next space odyessy.

I think you need HAL in a hidden room.

Given the comments and where we are? Hahahaha. I think we know.

That makes a lot more sense....

Wow, really? So you have access to a usable 3D printer for metals, but not a basic machine shop? I'm missing something here.

Hahahaha, well, no. Your headline is not nearly as sensational!