That looks like a timer, possibly from another device. “Living Room Display” makes me think it’s from a display of some sort - possibly a Nest Hub? Did you maybe set a timer at some point and it misheard the length and set an absurdly long timer?

are they just… using it till it evaporates?

Yes, but I’d say it goes further. Using it until it evaporates isn’t a side effect of some other cooling process. Evaporating the water is the cooling process.

Assuming they haven’t mugged me, I’d just sign into one of my accounts with my yubikey.

Agreed. I’m not saying that “collapse is imminent is accurate”, but don’t act like these are mutually exclusive when the idiom “a candle that burns twice as bright burns half as long” is accurate (to itself - literally the candle).

Being able to feel pious about it is a nice bonus, though, lol

University of Michigan

Signal is gaining the network effect. Session is not. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good enough.

I think the idea is that for one, the front screen can be smaller and more easily used because the main screen is bigger. On the other hand, the main screen is bigger, allowing it to act as a tablet without having to carry a second device. On top of all that, it still fits in your pocket.

I worked at an ISP. The DHCP server we use for our DSL offering was made in the 90s and hasn’t been updated since.