Post #2253280

2024-03-29 18:51 UTC

An actually smart appliance would be a dishwasher that had exactly one button marked &quot;start&quot;, and could figure out the minimum time, water and soap to do the job, and do it. This is exactly the opposite of the &quot;smart&quot; we&#39;re seemingly getting.

Replies (13)

@Teyrnon@dice.camp 2024-03-29 19:13

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp How about all the usual mode buttons to one side and a nice prominent Auto-Detect button next to an equally large start button?

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@michaelgemar@mstdn.ca 2024-03-29 19:26

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp Amen.

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@pancaitiff@dice.camp 2024-03-29 19:28

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp For me a smart appliance would be one that stops the incessant "I'm finished" beeping when I yell from another room, "I know you're done. Shut up I can't get there yet!"

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@aral@mastodon.ar.al 2024-03-29 20:04

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp ~ 32:40 ;) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6mD5sK82Ne8?t=32m40s

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@olena@mementomori.social 2024-03-29 21:42

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp same for washing machines. I anyway don’t even remember when was the last time I washed something not on a ‘delicate’ cycle with additional rinsing.

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@Lprazdnik@mindly.social 2024-03-29 23:07

@objectinspace@freeradical.zone @LeviKornelsen@dice.camp We'll probably get there soon. At one point an appliance was considered to be smart because it wouldn't start unless the door was closed. Time to raise the bar.

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@phwolfe940@denton.social 2024-03-30 02:11

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp About 30 years ago, we had a fax machine with two buttons, "go" and "stop." It was a real tank.

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@violetmadder@kolektiva.social 2024-03-30 03:09

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp Trouble with the "precise fill" setting on our washer is, it locks the damn lid so I can't use the pouring water to rinse the soap cup. I hate machines that try to nanny me. They're so unnecessarily expensive, and fiddly-- my father went through all kind of shenanigans trying to repair their washer, the bit that broke was plastic and is no longer manufactured, can't we just go with a standard/modular format for a lot of these parts? And why not rig it so you can run it with pedal power when the electricity goes out, or just for exercise? During the bad fires this whole city was down for a week-- those times will be getting more common.

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@pteryx@dice.camp 2024-03-30 04:52

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp Then there's "tries to outsmart you". You know, "Have you tried Feature Q?"/"Feature R isn't enabled! Don't you know it should be?!"/"Feature S has detected that you made a decision we disagree with and has overridden your intent."

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@Jgmeadows@mstdn.ca 2024-03-30 11:11

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp “Smart” devices dedicate their brains to one task; how to extract more private information, and then $$$ from the user of the device.

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@themamiyaman@mstdn.plus 2024-03-30 11:22

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp Not to mention washing machines.

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@AlienAnomaly@mastodon.scot 2024-03-30 12:13

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp Every male earthing on your planet already has that. They all use the same setting for every wash anyway.

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@flippac@types.pl 2024-03-31 18:11

@LeviKornelsen@dice.camp Most "smart" is a typo and is actually "shart"

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