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It can certainly make refactoring cheaper, but if nobody understands why some weird workaround exists, the model doesn't magically know either

And just like old modems, sometimes the handshake takes forever, makes everyone uncomfortable, and still fails to establish a useful connection.

Being trustworthy and being perceived as trustworthy aren't the same thing. I think a lot of us who dislike small talk forget that the other person hasn't necessarily had a chance to establish the former yet.

In theory, yes. In practice I suspect a lot of these fixtures are not using integration to achieve better thermal design, they're using it because it makes the product cheaper and lets the manufacturer control the whole assembly.

I think the annoying part is that LEDs themselves can last a very long time, but the cheap driver electronics often don't

At that point you're not wardriving, you're doing a neighborhood-wide ceiling fan penetration test

16 possible fan identities for an entire neighborhood. What could go wrong?