Alice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 2, 2024
I finally figured out what's wrong with my dryer!
There's no drum to put the clothes in. This is a rookie mistake, Samsung.
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 2, 2024
It's fun, I looked up the possible issues this dryer has: there's five wheels that can break, one belt, and four sensors.
I haven't gotten to the sensors yet but all five wheels are bad and the belt is gone
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
Supposedly there's a bolt in here somewhere
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
I'm not an expert but I don't think this wheel is in functioning condition.
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
Honestly the hardest part of repairing my dryer is that it's got a computer in it, and I gotta resist trying to run Doom on it
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024

I promised my roommates I wouldn't run Doom on it, but here's an idea:
The dryer has a moisture sensor, right? So it can tell how long it takes to dry a given set of clothes...

What if I made this into a keyboard?

Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
I just need to bin the different possible drying times and use them as input for a function that converts it to letters
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
So like, doing a load that takes 10 minutes to dry then a load that takes 30 minutes to dry: that's an A
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️Jun 3, 2024
Anyway back to slightly serious things: a few people asked how old this thing was but I didn't know at the time.
The answer is apparently 8 years old.
Show thread@stevewfoldsJun 3, 2024
@foone Maintain a 40 year old Sears Kenmore washer & dryer because no modern equipment will fit the space built in 1963.
Show threadprokyonid
@stevewfolds @foone I maintain a 40yr old Maytag dryer because it came with the house and being purely electromechanical with no computers at all, will almost certainly outlive me, provided proper care.
Jun 3, 2024 at 9:48pmWeb