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 threadGlyphJun 6, 2024
@foone 8 years old?!! Is it in an industrial laundry facility in continuous 24/7 use? Are your clothes made exclusively of tungsten ring mail? What HAPPENED to this thing?
Show threadAlice Averlong🏳️‍⚧️
@glyph well it's 8 years old and we've been in this house for 3 years. So apparently the first 5 years were filled with the previous renters fucking it up
Jun 6, 2024 at 4:45amWeb
Show threadGlyphJun 6, 2024
@foone “What did we do with the dryer? What dryer? Oh! You mean the wrench tumbler?”