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Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by sithadmin »

jaynos wrote: post #92
makecheck wrote: post #23

I remember seeing a commercial for those things where they drafted the Top Chef brothers, and even in the commercial it looked extremely awkward to use. "Oh, let's just look up something...(walk over...bend down...glance at screen...slowly punch things in...)." Even if it were the best thing ever, I know technology and I know that fridges last years longer than any gadget ever has. Any choice of touchscreen, OS or ev…

Same reason why GPS feature in a car is useless. I'm using google maps on my phone anyway due to the better interface and constant updates.

Though I generally use Waze for plotting a course to an unfamiliar destination, I still heavily use my car's GPS nav system.

Rather than relying on it for guidance, I use it as a reference for routing around small inconveniences (road work/construction, accidents, etc.) on familiar routes. I've found it quite useful in this regard, and the large screen size definitely comes in handy for at-a-glance usage.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by kelukelugames »

begriffs wrote: post #94

I guess we know our place socially don't we? "The upper-class kitchen, designed to be entered only by servants, is identifiable at once: it's beat-up, inconvenient, and out-of-date, with lots of wood, no Formica whatever, and a minimum of accessories and labor-saving appliances like dishwashers and garbage disposals. Why tolerate these noisy things when you can have a silent servant do precisely what they do? The upp…

I started reading Class over the weekend. I feel depressed because it described all of my middle class insecurities. I earn almost as much money as my doctor friends, but I'm desperate to prove that I am an equal.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by fixermark »

watty wrote: post #72
Eric_WVGG wrote: post #45

I was impressed and a little amazed by how deadpan and serious the messages in the discussion are… nobody stops to reflect on the sheer insanity that we’re all giggling at over here. I assume, anyway, eventually my attention wandered and I skipped to the end, where a charming young lad does indeed go unhinged over “samsucks” and heroin-addicted mothers.

I'm more amazed by how everyone on HN is so shocked by a computer on a fridge. We live in an age where powerful computers with touchscreens can be had for tens of dollars... what's so shocking about an underpowered computer on a fridge? What's so shocking about wanting it to function as advertised?

Mostly the expectation that it would function as advertised, I assume. I imagine that flies in the face of the experience of a lot of people on HN. ;)

It's also a little funny that the report ends up on the Google product forums, given that Google doesn't make refrigerators. Such is life in the Internet of Things world though; when the network breaks, everyone and no-one is to blame.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by Raphmedia »

EliRivers wrote: post #84
Raphmedia wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Mounting strips. $1 at the store.

Those don't fit an iPad, and if you try to make it fit, you'll invalidate the warranty. You'll have to buy the special ones that fit iPads, at the Apple store. 50 dollars. Per strip.

Sorry, we are not talking about the same product. I am talking about rolls of strong double-sided foam tape.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by stenius »

sithadmin wrote: post #101
jaynos wrote: post #92

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same reason why GPS feature in a car is useless. I'm using google maps on my phone anyway due to the better interface and constant updates.

Though I generally use Waze for plotting a course to an unfamiliar destination, I still heavily use my car's GPS nav system. Rather than relying on it for guidance, I use it as a reference for routing around small inconveniences (road work/construction, accidents, etc.) on familiar routes. I've found it quite useful in this regard, and the large screen size definitely comes in handy for at-a-glance usage.

What kind of navunit do you have? I wouldn't count on mine for anything helpful and it requires a sat radio subscription to get traffic updates.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by nkrisc »

Splines wrote: post #55
dasboth wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The marginal utility of having a refrigerator connected to the Internet is not something I ever thought someone would have to estimate.

I have a "smart" washer and dryer. I booted the companion app up, briefly considered what I was actually trying to do, and abandoned the whole thing. At least the things work just fine in an unconnected state. Not to be all "get off my lawn", but some things don't need to be smart.

This is why I go out of my way to be appliances that have no "smart" capability whatsoever. They're useless and I'll probably never use it. I got my 55" TV for hundreds of dollars cheaper than the comparable "smart" varieties, simply because it only did the one thing it was any good at anyway: displaying video output.

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by jonknee »

jaynos wrote: post #92
makecheck wrote: post #23

I remember seeing a commercial for those things where they drafted the Top Chef brothers, and even in the commercial it looked extremely awkward to use. "Oh, let's just look up something...(walk over...bend down...glance at screen...slowly punch things in...)." Even if it were the best thing ever, I know technology and I know that fridges last years longer than any gadget ever has. Any choice of touchscreen, OS or ev…

Same reason why GPS feature in a car is useless. I'm using google maps on my phone anyway due to the better interface and constant updates.

I do appreciate my car GPS for when I'm outside of cell range though (which is frequently--mountains and radios don't work well together).

Re: Can't sign in to Google calendar on my Samsung refrigerator

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Post by prutschman »

qb45 wrote: post #35
ohitsdom wrote: post #2

"Samsung support only advised to restart the refrigerator and check timezone..." What a time to be alive.

I'm not an old fart by far , but even I have never imagined rebooting a refrigerator. I'm floored. It sounds like some obscure IT insider joke except that this time it's for real. I don't know what to expect next.

"They put computers into everything, refrigerators, telephones Toothbrushes, damn it, why can't they leave 'em alone I'm tellin' you now, I don't care how when or why The day my television crashes someone's going to die!" -- Reign of Error by Sudden Death
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