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Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Post by coryrc »

Osiris wrote: post #175
nixpulvis wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Stovetops haven't been a thing in most homes in over a decade. Everyone either heats up frozen meals or "cooks" separated ingredients in a special MealWave oven. True chefs are underrated for some reason that I still don't fully understand. Luckily the world is burning, so many people just cook on the sidewalks. The smart cooks learned that the solar panels get pretty damn hot, so they've been hijacking the roofs. El…

Citation? Every home I've ever seen has a cook top. Everyone has pots and pans. What am I missing?

It's a fictional story about the future, like the one starting this thread. Took me a second too.

Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Post by Larrikin »

Whenever I see these I just open the door and let all the cold air out while I look and encourage anyone I'm with to do the same. The prices are still on the inside so we just comparison shop with the door open. Eventually they will realize they're losing money through cooling cost and replace these monstrosities.

Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Post by failwhaleshark »

jasonwatkinspdx wrote: post #150
burnt_toast wrote: post #127

The year is 2050 and your dingy old toaster has finally given up it's last crumbs. You hop onto Amazon in hopes of finding a suitable replacement as there's no longer any box stores you can travel to. Dumb appliances have been phased out and newer internet connected appliances have taken over. It's better for the consumer they claim. Not wanting an overtly fancy contraption you pick a no frills unit that includes a t…

The opening of the Philip K Dick story Ubiq has a scene very much like this.

Cool. It reminds me of one of the characters from Shooting Fish (1997) who has a penchant for "psychoanalyzing" mid-century electric appliances so he can repair them. And, Brazil with needless complexity everywhere.

Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Post by rhino369 »

pydry wrote: post #27
armchairhacker wrote: post #11

Seriously though, how does someone even come up with something this dumb? How does one go about thinking of and actually implementing this? How did the development process go through without someone interjecting "why the fuck are we spending $1000s on 6ft LEDs when we can just use glass?"

I would imagine this is the kind of thing you'd commission if your job title was, say, chief innovation officer at a soft drinks company. What else would you do?

try to find a artificial sweetener that was indistinguishable from sugar. That would be the holy grail for soft drinks.

Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Post by downandout »

rdiddly wrote: post #43
foxfired wrote: post #26

I do not blame cooler screen for selling this technology to anyone. But I want everyone to consider how much it takes to bring about a technology like this to a grocery store. If this is any of the big chain groceries, the manager doesn't even have the authority to put a sticker on the glass door. This was vetted by hundreds of people and none of them thought... glass? Business class tickets were purchased, hotels we…

It's an ad platform plain and simple; that's the whole value proposition. So I imagine every pitch, every meeting was about that. And every store that uses it will be doing it to get a cut of the ad revenue. It's true that it's lousy at being glass, but that's like saying smallpox blankets were a lousy way to make friends with Native Americans. The shittiness of it, in other words, was the goal all along, and any res…

I would imagine that the other benefit to this besides advertising is dynamic pricing. The prices are listed on the screen, and can thus be updated at will. They might raise the price of a bottle of Coke with the temperature outside, for example. Doing this with old school price tags requires manual labor. This would be much easier.

Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Post by makeitdouble »

I’m lost in these comments. It’s been years that opaque vending machines representing pictures of the content at eye level are out in the world [0] and there’s so many people reacting as if that is the rubicon that should never be crossed.

I’m not in favor of more animated shinny ads shoved into our eyeballs, but we already had the screens everywhere and there already seemed to be no way to go back without town regulation.

If having them in front of a vending machine makes people go berserk, it might be a good thing, but it still blows my mind it’s the straw that would break the camel’s back.

[0] https://www.pinterest.jp/pin/177821885259694953/

Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Post by failwhaleshark »

hkmurakami wrote: post #190
burnt_toast wrote: post #127

The year is 2050 and your dingy old toaster has finally given up it's last crumbs. You hop onto Amazon in hopes of finding a suitable replacement as there's no longer any box stores you can travel to. Dumb appliances have been phased out and newer internet connected appliances have taken over. It's better for the consumer they claim. Not wanting an overtly fancy contraption you pick a no frills unit that includes a t…

But can I cancel my pro subscription without calling a support number? If so I may accept my dispotian fate with Grace and resignation.

You will be billed only 19.99/month for life and continue receiving the complementary Modern Strokers' catalog at no additional charge.

Edit: or you can switch to The Daily Cannibal. The freedom of choice is yours to enjoy.

Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Post by ekianjo »

burnt_toast wrote: post #127

The year is 2050 and your dingy old toaster has finally given up it's last crumbs. You hop onto Amazon in hopes of finding a suitable replacement as there's no longer any box stores you can travel to. Dumb appliances have been phased out and newer internet connected appliances have taken over. It's better for the consumer they claim. Not wanting an overtly fancy contraption you pick a no frills unit that includes a t…

no camera on the toaster? no dystopian enough.

Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Post by falcolas »

seventytwo wrote: post #183
readams wrote: post #135

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You forgot the part where it refuses to toast your unlicensed bread.

Every slice has unique nooks and crannies to create a 2D pattern, allowing for DRM and personalization!

…Are they selling NFTs for the finished, unique works of “art”?

Re: Sorry, we replaced that old technology, “see-through glass”

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Post by rapind »

burnt_toast wrote: post #127

The year is 2050 and your dingy old toaster has finally given up it's last crumbs. You hop onto Amazon in hopes of finding a suitable replacement as there's no longer any box stores you can travel to. Dumb appliances have been phased out and newer internet connected appliances have taken over. It's better for the consumer they claim. Not wanting an overtly fancy contraption you pick a no frills unit that includes a t…

I use to be so enthusiastic about technology. Now I almost dread the next innovation for how it will inevitably find it’s major use case in advertising. I swear I’m turning Luddite.
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