Talking about a 20 year old dishwasher in the https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31555629 post I doubt this company will still sell you a cartridge in 20 years making it yet another paper weight although it would still function.
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#12I see the point of that dishwasher for someone who doesn't have easy access to a sink like a student in a dorm, but I can't fathom why you'd put one in a house or apartment. With such a tiny capacity you're better off hand washing.
I feel like my full size dishwasher doesn’t hold enough dishes…
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#13>Detergent DRM The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. (...) The continued development of technology will worsen the situation.
That quote (and the work it is taken from) is becoming more relevant by the day. I am very pessimistic about the future and I don't believe that we can fight against the enormous power that technology gives to those that can use it on a massive scale. I just hope that the eventual dictator will be a "soft-hearted leftist" and decide to turn the world into a huge human zoo, instead of some sadistic overlord that will…
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#14I am, more and more, deliberately choosing boring technology. Knobs in the car and on appliances. No screen interfaces. Low-tech where possible.
We just replaced our "high tech" Maytag dryer and its "advanced" feature set for a low tech SpeedQueen, the same dryers you find in most Laundromats. Why? Repairability. While we could _technically_ replace the burnt out fuse in the Maytag, it would take at least two hours for a skilled technician (translated to several days for me and my spouse spread across a few weeks) and frankly we want to repair and get back to life. After a few days of looking into the issue and considering the option, we bit the bullet and bought a new one. The old one just had too many fault modes to consider even if we did successfully repair it.
I take the same neo-Luddite view on a lot of recent "technology" improvements. The BoringTechnology.club website has the right idea.
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#15I see the point of that dishwasher for someone who doesn't have easy access to a sink like a student in a dorm, but I can't fathom why you'd put one in a house or apartment. With such a tiny capacity you're better off hand washing.
Exactly. And especially considering the costs, which would have been very easy to calculate before purchasing the thing.
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#16>Detergent DRM The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. (...) The continued development of technology will worsen the situation.
>The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
I'll take detergent DRM any day over being a medieval serf.
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#17>Detergent DRM The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. (...) The continued development of technology will worsen the situation.
Exactly I hate the industrial revolution. I much preferred getting a splinter and then dying of a bacterial infection a week later.
Edit: in case anyone was wondering, the industrial revolution, namely the dye industry, started mass production of antibiotics, without the industrial revolution = no antibiotics
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#18>Detergent DRM The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. (...) The continued development of technology will worsen the situation.
>The industrial revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. I'll take detergent DRM any day over being a medieval serf.
Same. But capitalism's driving force, profit above all, is simply going to consume everything in the end.
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#19Imagine how much we're wasting with inkjet printers.
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#20unnecessary DRM like this should be illegal
Precisely. Congress should get off their butts and decide what kind of washing machine America needs. I hate having to choose between glossy black and matte black finishes. Why won't Chuck Schumer help me?