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Why You Should Buy the Dumbest Appliances You Can Find: Against the internet of things.
Popular Mechanics ^
| April 29, 2017
| David Owen
Posted on 05/01/2017 11:39:15 AM PDT by C19fan
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I am very utilitarian about appliances and like. Do the job you were built nothing more nothing less. Superfluous features just mean more things that can break.
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:39:15 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Couldn’t agree with you more.
What the %$#& do I need a programmable coffee maker for.
I have the cheapest 5-cup Mr. Coffee. I figure that if I can’t roll out of bed, put in the water and filter and measure two scoops of coffee, I don’t DESERVE my morning cup.
Yeah great, can’t open a can of beans at 3am because the internet is down and it can’t scan the label for marketing purposes.
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:43:32 AM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%fe)
To: C19fan
I don’t need the damned refrigerator to have an opinion on what i eat!
And I don’t need the Dish Washer bitching about me not pre cleaning my dishes either!
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:43:49 AM PDT
by
GraceG
("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
To: C19fan
Like the refrigerator that’s linked to the Internet.
Just... why?
Are you saying I’m too stoopid to look in my refrigerator and figure out where to buy eggs?
And now I’m off to go get my 3D TV....
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:44:34 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
("Juuuust a bit outside...")
To: C19fan
To: C19fan
“I am very utilitarian about appliances and like. Do the job you were built nothing more nothing less. Superfluous features just mean more things that can break.”
Precisely what I was going to post. The more gadgets the more that can and will go wrong.
To: C19fan
We got an LG smart tv and it asks me to agree to T&C’s before it will turn on the microphone. I decline. I also cover the camera. Physically.
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:46:00 AM PDT
by
Mr. Douglas
(Best. Election. EVER!)
To: dsrtsage
Pictured above: Dishwasher, coffeemaker, and Sandwich maker!
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:46:04 AM PDT
by
GraceG
("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
To: C19fan
“I am very utilitarian about appliances and like. Do the job you were built nothing more nothing less.”
I take it you do not have a smart phone?
I got a garage door with wifi because my wife and I would always forget if we checked the door closed.
It also has a motion detector to turn the light on when we go into the garage.
To: C19fan
aside from spying on me, i remain skeptical that i want a machine to call a repairman for me and incur charges for me because of the new form of planned obsolescence.
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:46:12 AM PDT
by
camle
(keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
To: C19fan
When I was with Whirlpool they were exploring the IoT concept with cooking products.
Just another feature to fail and to get hacked into.
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:46:56 AM PDT
by
Paul46360
(What??ME worry?)
To: C19fan
Knowing the government is spying on me through my appliances kinda make me feel important.
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:47:42 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(Don't mistake your dorm political discussions with the desires of the nation)
To: C19fan
I don’t want “Hot Tea. Erhl Grey”
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:47:46 AM PDT
by
Vendome
(I've Gotta Be Me - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wH-pk2vZG2M)
To: GraceG
you better DUCK before the pot gets throwin at you.
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:47:48 AM PDT
by
Paul46360
(What??ME worry?)
To: GraceG
I believe my mother often referred to herself as, “Chief cook, maid, and bottle washer.”
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:49:13 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
("Juuuust a bit outside...")
To: kosciusko51
This is gonna trigger so many pierced multicolored haired SJWs.....
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:49:31 AM PDT
by
GraceG
("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
To: Paul46360
[ you better DUCK before the pot gets throwin at you. ]
What do you mean thrown at me, I would be throwing it at myself :)
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:50:26 AM PDT
by
GraceG
("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
To: C19fan
Anyone have any good suggestions about a good, powerful, but simple dishwasher?
Mine is getting a bit old...
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:51:21 AM PDT
by
GraceG
("It's better to have all the Right Enemies, that it is to have all the Wrong Friends.")
To: GraceG
Can’t quite tell if you’re looking for a new wife or if you seriously need data.
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posted on
05/01/2017 11:53:20 AM PDT
by
Obadiah
("Juuuust a bit outside...")
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