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A washing machine for human beings, from 1970

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Re: A washing machine for human beings, from 1970

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Post by rootusrootus »

devit wrote: post #176
xg15 wrote: post #112

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That sounds like that one guy a few years ago who wanted to replace all kitchen cupboards with dishwashers. Gonna steer clear of those directions. All things in moderation, etc.

I think this works. You can buy two small dishwashers, keep clean stuff in one, dirty in the other, then run the dirty one and swap. Or you can also just have one plate and wash it by hand after every meal.

Flashback to boot camp, we did this with our clothes. One set (well, actually several) of perfectly folded never-used clothes in the wall locker (ready to be inspected by the drill instructor, of course), one set of clothes on your body, and one set in the laundry bag. They did laundry often enough that you could get by with just wearing every set of clothes for two days. Gross, but we collectively decided to hold our nose and say nothing about the aroma of our teammates in return for not having to tweeze t-shirts.

It worked until the drill instructor noticed that the clothes in the wall locker weren't aging.

Re: A washing machine for human beings, from 1970

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Post by iancmceachern »

eru wrote: post #167
iancmceachern wrote: post #139

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Yes. Imagine bath water but with the same amount of dirt that would be in 50 gallons in a bath in 5 gallons in this thing. It would be 10x grosser.

What kind of crazy big baths are you taking?

If you google "average bath size" you find 30-70 gallons. 50 is right in the middle.

Re: A washing machine for human beings, from 1970

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Post by csomar »

freediver wrote: post #9

Truly remarkable creative thinking in a way that does not exist today. This was a year after humans landed on the Moon, and I can understand the inspiration that drove the 70s.

Just look at the old design/production and the new one. Japan has simply regressed in design and manufacturing. I'll not pretend that I know why, and I don't think anybody does. But they had a nice run during which they got "dreamy" about the future and then... the bubble burst.

Here hoping that China gives us another run since the US of A has decided the take the back seat, financialize everything and put MBA/Bureaucrats in every corner of the process.

Re: A washing machine for human beings, from 1970

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Post by toast0 »

bayindirh wrote: post #94
eru wrote: post #90

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Well, even if the city doesn't re-use the water, it doesn't just disappear.

Yeah, but getting rid of chemicals and returning it to a non-poisonous state for the nature is a big plus. You can't dump everything to the soil and say "that's your problem now, nature. Cope!".

Assuming you use the same amount of soap and what nots, and get the same amount of dirt and debris off your body, the more water you use during a shower, the easier it is to process the water at your sewage treatment plant, if your waste water is treated.

If your waste water isn't treated, and is discharged to water ways as-is, the more water you use, the more dilute your pollution.

If you've got a septic system, I dunno? Probably doesn't help, but if your system is well sized, no big deal? Some of your outflow probably recharges aquifers, so it's kind of circular (although a lot of the outflow evaporates, so less directly circular there)

Re: A washing machine for human beings, from 1970

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Post by voidfunc »

nameequalsmain wrote: post #58
ExoticPearTree wrote: post #41

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For a man sure, you can do your hair in 2 minutes. But if you’re a woman it is going to be a multiple of 15 minutes.

I'm a man but washing and using conditioner will take a lot longer than 2 minutes. I have very long hair though.

It's really more of a long-hair vs short-hair thing than a gender thing.

I've had short hair and right now I have long hair. Long hair is a bitch between washing and drying.

Re: A washing machine for human beings, from 1970

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Post by krapp »

mikeweiss wrote: post #186

My question is why don't we have self cleaning bathrooms yet. Imagine a starbucks restroom that cleans it's self every few hours or so.

Paying someone with a mop and broom minimum wage to clean the bathrooms and everything else is always going to be more cost effective.

You aren't making money on customers or employees using the toilet so there's no incentive for investment beyond the bare minimum. Businesses wouldn't have bathrooms at all if it were legal.

Re: A washing machine for human beings, from 1970

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Post by ponderings »

mikeweiss wrote: post #186

My question is why don't we have self cleaning bathrooms yet. Imagine a starbucks restroom that cleans it's self every few hours or so.

I think you can just buy them in japan.

I've had this vision where we create a niche in a building for restroom placement by fork lift. For the low end ones the interior can be 3d printed melted down and recycled. They can be pressure washed with high pressure steam.

For the high end ones you can have the marble finish with gold trimmings then when it tickles your fancy have it replaced with a different color marble, different light and different ornaments.

You can do various lease formulas where you get to enjoy the fancy designs until you [need to] downgrade to the economy version.

That formula could also allow exotic designs that wouldn't sell as permanent installations. You could have a different marvel character theme every week/month while you wait for the steam punk and Victorian units to become available. Star wars, startrek etc. I mean, you wouldn't want a ycombinator themed restroom permanently but for a week or~so it would be hilarious.

https://google.com/search?q=themed+restroom&udm=2

Re: A washing machine for human beings, from 1970

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Post by ponderings »

krapp wrote: post #187
mikeweiss wrote: post #186

My question is why don't we have self cleaning bathrooms yet. Imagine a starbucks restroom that cleans it's self every few hours or so.

Paying someone with a mop and broom minimum wage to clean the bathrooms and everything else is always going to be more cost effective. You aren't making money on customers or employees using the toilet so there's no incentive for investment beyond the bare minimum. Businesses wouldn't have bathrooms at all if it were legal.

I went to the toilet in a very understaffed kfc and it was so dirty that I will never eat there again. The kitchen cant possibly be any better than the restroom.
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