kcarruthersWhy is “wifi enabled” a filter option for a new oven? 👀
HB Lab
rusty@kcarruthers see Stage 2
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Likely Jan Lukas@mativity @kcarruthers @MacropodCare
Very good but let us also not forget that somewhere around panel one's timeline, someone figured toasters needed to be *streamlined*.
To this very day I cannot fathom what land/air speed designers felt toasters would commonly need to achieve. 🤔😳😂
Monika Viktorova@mativity @kcarruthers given how things are going it’ll all be “makes toast only when your monthly subscription is paid on time”
Jeff Markel@mativity @kcarruthers cf “Unauthorized Bread” by Cory Doctorow @pluralistic
kmetz@mativity @kcarruthers but first, you have to consent to cookie use (for every toast due to a neglected firmware bug)
Zombie Byron KilbournAll I can think of is Talkie Toaster from Red Dwarf.
Tom Hannen@Kilbourn @mativity @kcarruthers I urge you to ask Alexa whether she’d like some toast..(I hope they paid grant/naylor)
DrYak@mativity Also, @pluralistic 's "Unauthorized Bread"
Michal Měchura@mativity @kcarruthers The overengineering of everyday things.
Albert Cardona“Unauthorized bread” by Cory Doctorow comes to mind. What a story. A dystopia that hits you because it’s all too real.