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I’m so tired of feeling powerless in my own home.

I bought a smart lock + keypad to make my house feel more secure and under my control… and instead, the app won’t even let me connect it unless I enable location AND precise location just to use Bluetooth.

For a basic Bluetooth connection.

Why?

I’m someone who keeps location OFF for everything — I don’t even use it for maps. So yeah, this is a huge deal to me. It feels invasive as hell that a device I bought for my own front door suddenly wants access to where I am with pinpoint accuracy.

And before anyone says “that’s just how it works,” no — needing that level of permission for something this simple feels wrong.

It seriously makes me feel like these companies care more about harvesting data than giving customers control over the products they paid for.

I wanted security. I wanted convenience. Instead I got another reminder that “smart” devices often mean giving up privacy.

Honestly? I’m beyond disappointed. This overpriced piece of garbage is one step away from the trash.

And to every company normalizing this kind of invasive nonsense: go to hell.

Estou em duvida onde fazer a pergunta no restaurante (vou dar a opcao dela escolher entre um chique e oq ela gosta e vamos sempre) ou em casa apos voltarmos do restante. Me ajudem porfavor

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I’ve got a ton of small laser-cut acrylic + wood scraps piling up from projects, and it feels insanely wasteful to just toss them.

Most pieces are around coin-size or a little bigger — awkward shapes, offcuts, leftover corners, etc. Not really usable for normal jobs, but still perfectly good material.

I’m trying to figure out how to turn this stuff into something actually useful instead of creating more random junk.

Main goals:

- Reduce waste

- Make something people would genuinely keep/use

- Show off material quality / laser cutting capabilities

- Maybe even use them as samples, promo items, or small sellable products

I’m specifically NOT looking for stuff that just becomes landfill with extra steps.

Ideas so far:

- NFC / QR keychains (not ideal as i would trash it)

- Cable organizers / labels (good for me at least)

- Bookmarks

- Mini rulers

- Sample tokens / collectible coins

- Tiny phone stands

- Plant markers

But I feel like I’m probably missing way better ideas.

If you had a steady supply of small acrylic/wood laser scraps, what would you make?

Useful, clever, profitable, weird, sustainable — all ideas welcome.

Would love to hear what other makers / designers / small business people would do with this.

Im asking here to not only get ideas as to give ideas also

World would be a better place if we could make less waste