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Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by brewdad »

kragen wrote: post #316
derefr wrote: post #299

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> I'm guessing that most rich people do not want the inside of their mansions to appear on a YouTube channel, especially one about mansions. 1. He doesn't film these walk-throughs himself. Real-estate agents film walk-throughs of these places to try to get them sold (it's well worth it for the commission they'll make), post them publically, and then he reviews those videos. 2. The homes in the walk-throughs are alway…

A lot of truly rich people live in houses that haven't been on the market for generations, or centuries, or ever. The particular hectomillionaire's vacation home I spent a few months in wasn't one of those (he's self-made) but also didn't have the kinds of features you're talking about at all. No separate hidden "main fridge", no butler's pantry, no second kitchen, no kitchen island, no great rooms, no panoramic pict…

My in-laws live near but outside of a community that has been vacation homes for the 0.5% for over a century. Those homes never go "on the market". The owners will quietly put the word out and a year later someone new is spending a month of their summer there.

It used to be industrial powerhouse families. Today, it is more likely to be a hedge fund manager.

Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by brewdad »

pixl97 wrote: post #496
makeitdouble wrote: post #300

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Commercial products usually require knowledge (expertise?), and have their own limitations. Even repairability can be an issue in a different way. I don't know for dishwashers, commercial printers are expected to be serviced by the maker or affiliated business and getting parts as a mere peasant can be pretty complex. Surely rich people can just throw money at a contractor, but that's not what we're talking about I t…

I mean, repairing anything requires knowledge. The problem with most home devices is they are not repairable at all and you can't get parts. While I'm a computer farmer for my day job, I can repair a vast amount of different devices as long as they don't take specialised equipment like vacuum pumps. And while I don't consider myself a rich person, between my wife and I we're in the higher income brackets in the US, I…

The good/bad part of modern consumer appliances is that they are largely giant computers with fewer mechanical parts to fail. They can be more reliable but when something breaks, it almost always requires replacing a main board that costs 25-50% of the replacement cost of the entire unit.

I've had two boards die on appliances this year. Fortunately, warranty coverage paid for the parts. So now I have a practically new refrigerator and furnace. At least until they fail again in 3-5 years.

Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by ryukoposting »

elymar wrote: post #465
ryukoposting wrote: post #384

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I have a similar dilemma with my car. I drive a 25-year old Lexus with a bizarre electrical glitch. The ABS sometimes goes off as you come to a stop, for no reason at all. It only ever happens below ~10mph, and only when decelerating gradually. Never happens under heavy braking. It's not a safety hazard, and honestly you get used to it. Yet, anyone who test drives this car will run for the hills because it feels spoo…

Check your wheel speed sensors.

I've had 2 dealers and an independent mechanic check them, and they all swear the wheel speed sensors appear to be reading just fine. One dealer has a crusty old Lexus-specific diagnostic tool that indicated it may be the ABS control module, which is a part that hasn't been made in over a decade.

Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by dramm »

pndy wrote: post #459
dramm wrote: post #242

Zero chance I'll purchasing any household device from Samsung. Not with all the crapware and spyware they pile onto their systems. Zero chance I'd purchase a household appliance with a large screen. WTF would I want that for. More garbage annoying crap and more to go wrong. The never ending chimes about everything on our Mellie clothes dryer was annoying enough... (and oh it wants to connect to the WiFi? Good luck wi…

> The never ending chimes Have you ever heard Samsung washing machine doing Franz Schubert's The Trout at the end of cycle? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TpRsLdKVAg

I had an old Samsung washing machine and it was annoying with chimes, maybe it was not Schubert or I never realized it.
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