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Rumpole Jan 30, 2023

This is accurate ;)

(via https://marketoonist.com/2023/01/evolution-of-smart-products.html)

Evolution of Smart Products cartoon - Marketoonist | Tom Fishburne

One of the most popular cartoons I ever drew was about the Internet of Things, right after Google announced the acquisition of Nest in early 2014. “I think my Nest smoke alarm is going off,” one character tells another. “Google Adwords just pitched me a fire extinguisher and an offer for temporary housing.”

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Simon B Jan 29, 2023

@baekdal There is way too much unneccessarily smart products nowadays. The manufacturers of them should at least make it so they are usable when the "smart" functionality breaks!

Invincible_Fall in me Jan 29, 2023

@baekdal the toastmeister - my husband does not cook much, but he does make a mean toast.

jsl Jan 31, 2023

@Invincible_Fall @baekdal
And that's the point with smart products: hubby/ butler/ the guy in the café around the block from your office (select as appropriate) just _know_ if we want toast today and on occasion slide in a slice of raisin bread to make our day excellent. No smart product will be able to come near that level of understanding our bread-based needs! *leaves to make a thick slice of buttered toast*

Invincible_Fall in me Jan 31, 2023

@jsl a great observation

Scot Close Jan 29, 2023

@baekdal
The talking toaster in Red Dwarf is great.

DasFaultier Jan 30, 2023

@scotclose @baekdal Yeah Toastie rocks! "Aaah, so you're a waffle man!"

Josef 'Jeff' Sipek Jan 29, 2023

@baekdal Could be worse... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec #RedDwarf

Does Anyone Want Any Toast? | Red Dwarf | BBC

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BeeCycling has moved Jan 30, 2023

@jeffpc @baekdal One of the Red Dwarf scenes I know pretty much word for word. 😆

dfwilkin Jan 30, 2023

@beecycling @jeffpc @baekdal Ah - so you're a waffle man?

Sterling Jan 30, 2023

@jeffpc @baekdal
Toastercide 😂😂😂😂
The accent just makes it funnier.

eL_ABC Jan 29, 2023

@baekdal 👏🏻👏🏻

ideaPDish Jan 29, 2023

@baekdal
Glad you proposed a toaster... I'l drink to that.

Citroen_2CV_Rules 🇨🇦 🇺🇦Jan 29, 2023

@baekdal and bloody brilliant

🐾 ⎇Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal The urge was irresistible, I apologize for my crimes

Soulfire the Wolf Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal tbh the data-driven one doesn't sound half bad

WesDym Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal Cory Doctorow wrote a short story about this very thing.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/

Unauthorized Bread: Real rebellions involve jailbreaking IoT toasters

Cory Doctorow's book, Radicalized, is up for a CBC award. To celebrate, here's an excerpt.

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LisPi Jan 30, 2023

@wesdym @baekdal I was hoping someone had linked that.

Mike McCulloch Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal
Just give me the darned toast!

smartwatermelon

@baekdal @briankrebs here's a classic short story following that progression...
"The Toaster" by Piers Anthony

https://dl038.pdfslide.net/file_download/file1/57ade4b51a28abbe3aa81dbf?ext=txt&vaild=c4d6a63bda9f3b480c4f26ad97611b6e07068e8819356c148b5e7535b7af7ea7cc68d674f2a33ab4dbdcdd205ab3ba9a9d62a41fe5baea4e9c1b62378e58a28elieDpSfT2bLetji%2FdkOAQ35jGew4FnCL2teMu3VzV%2Bmb2tBaIBix8V4k6L%2FKoj0Db7OoK8ksF0vilzky3bE5Qrbr8y3Puyy3YtgvvXgn22Y%3D

JohnRaymond Peterson

Coincidentally I posted a blog today that included the video of your last "product" 🤣

Check it out
https://tinyurl.com/JRP-689

A.I. Paranoia ?

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Gen X-Wing Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal smuckers? That would have been topical. No it would be some idiotic ad for something I loath.

Jim Hughes ☢️Jan 30, 2023

@breadbin @baekdal based off your shopping history, most likely adverts for more toasters

Hairy Larry Jan 30, 2023

I had a smart TV once and I hated it. I spent all my time watching Discovery Channel and Ted Talks because I didn't want my TV to think I was stupid.

ShadSterling Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal I still want the toaster that could burn drawings into the slices.
I want to burn my todo list into a loaf of bread, so instead of crossing things off I can eat them

PeterD 🇩🇪 🇨🇦Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal Love it! That is how I feel lately after a lifetime spent with #computers, #DataProcessing, IT and now #AI. #UGH

Everett Palmer Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal too true!

stoicmike Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal I have a coffeepot I love. It has nothing but an on/off switch. Hard to find, but they still make them.

Adam Honse Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal This is also accurate:

GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Jan 30, 2023

⬆️ Image description #Alt4You
The first 4 panels are the same
5 is replaced with “hack it”
6 is replaced with “runs doom”

quello che perde i pezzi Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal
- done on one side, please
- got your nationality and location
(google version)

Paul Bowsher Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal @ilmari https://youtu.be/LRq_SAuQDec

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dxzdb Jan 30, 2023

@boffbowsh @baekdal @ilmari howdy doodly do! Saved me a post! #RedDwarf

Thomas B. Rücker Jan 30, 2023

@attilakinali think big, think toilets! 😄

Attila Kinali Jan 30, 2023

@tbr AI toilets? 🙀

Arnd Bergmann Jan 30, 2023

@attilakinali @tbr don't worry, they are all fake: https://society.oftrolls.com/@derposti[email protected]/109672078422749752

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Sensoren an Pissoirs in Wahrheit Kameras, über die geschultes Spülpersonal zuschaut https://www.der-postillon.com/2019/01/sensoren-kameras.html

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Attila Kinali Jan 30, 2023

@arnd @tbr You mean, ChatGPToilet is all but a lie?

Pierce Nichols, Yak Barber Jan 30, 2023

@attilakinali @tbr Beats the inspection shelf.

regphunt Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal We're headed towards the $5.99/mo. one now.

Lunar Dog Jan 30, 2023

I wonder what @pluralistic thinks about this.

Markus Fritze Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal what is missing: Toaster stops working, because the company no longer exists…

In Search of a Better World Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal #RedDwarf already did it. #TalkieToaster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec&t=3s

Does Anyone Want Any Toast? | Red Dwarf | BBC

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[email protected]Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal going off the image generators, an AI toaster would give you Nyan Cat or some hideous toaster mutant with 30 fingers. And a blog post about ten ways to enjoy toast.

Donna Dechen Birdwell Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal NAILED IT!!

John Turiano Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal
Ha, this is perfect! It would be hilarious if it wasn't so true. This is our future...

GreenSkyOverMe (Monika)Jan 30, 2023

⬆️ Image description #Alt4You
EVOLUTION OF SMART PRODUCTS
1. Classic toaster: Makes toast
2. Wifi-enabled toaster: Makes toast after making you wait for a firmware update.
3. Data-driven toaster: Makes toast after watching how you like toast.
4. Toaster as a service: Makes toast for $5.99 a month.
5. Ad-supported toaster: MAKES TOAST AND LETS YOU KNOW THAT SMUCKERS IS ON SALE. (strawberry jam?)
6. A.I. (HAL): TOAST? IM AFRAID I CAN'T DO THAT, DAVE.

By: TOM FISH BURNE marketoonist.com

uɐᴉɹqoʇn∀🤖Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal AI: makes something vaguely toast-like with too many fingers.

LR Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal * makes toast but shames you for it

Sterling Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal
This is so .... soooooooooooooo good 👍.

DenisaurusRex Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal it seems the scenario where having the toast well done requires more expensive subscription level is missing

Amy Worrall Jan 30, 2023

Toxteth O'Grady Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal Which just goes to show how stupid the whole evolutionary approach is...

Michael Martine Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal #IoT dishwashers was part of the discussion on @gamesatwork_biz e402 published earlier today ! https://gamesatwork.biz Love this comic!

Games At Work dot Biz e548 — The Uncomfortable Valley

A weekly podcast and blog where we focus on metaverse & gaming technology in business, gamification and the business of games.

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Mycotropic Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal I bought a Haier stove and it was very unclear how the "wifi enabled" aspects worked. Plugged it in and my wifi told me that it was trying to access. There's no keyboard or anything on the stove but there's a QR code and there's an app which let me log on to wifi, the stove however was sending data constantly but the app wouldn't let me log in to the stove. So about 1/3 of the functions are app-only so I can't use them. A year later I have the wifi muted and I'll never buy Haier again.

Ian Irving 🇨🇦Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal see Cory Doctorow's @pluralistic Unauthorized Bread novella,. And I think I remember another short story from him about a DRM toaster

KayhrynTink Jan 30, 2023

Oh-ME-Goodness!

This almost made me ROTFLOL wet ME pants 😂

The Future of High Tech just isn't quite how WE imagined it back in the 40s & 50s.

Is ME right?

This is so applicable to every thing one wishes to do today from watching a show or movie to making yer next cup-O-coffee

All dem services want their *cut-O-de-action*

Fooey!

CFW (AK) 📡🏳️‍🌈Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal I said 30 years ago (cough) that a coffee machine needs exactly one button. (This was when I was confronted with a monstrosity that could wake you up with a jingle and freshly brewed coffee ... if you knew how to work the utterly incomprehensible UI.)

Anand R Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal @pluralistic Only the first one is still making toast after 1 year. The rest are all bricked for various reasons.

rainbowreckoner 🏳️‍🌈 🤔Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal this is great, and also I know all #BattlestarGalactica fans are lamenting the missed opportunity here 😂

The Lady Parabellum Jan 30, 2023

@baekdal "afraid I can't do that Dave " [sets fire to kitchen]