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

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Post by bellyfullofbac »

weird-eye-issue wrote: post #191
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 most unrealistic part is saying it took a few hours for it to arrive. I think delivery will be much faster by then.

The Oculus VR goggles (who has a TV anymore?) serving you Facebook ads also has attention sensors (hey it's already on your head, so it was easy to add that 5 cent brain-wave sensor!), and if your brain ever thinks "Hey, that looks interesting", they'd just tell the poor Deliveroo "contractor" to drop off the device at your house, for a "Free 7 day trial. Throw it in trash if you're not interested!".

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

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Post by scioto »

falcolas wrote: post #209
seventytwo wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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”?

Toast is licensed, not sold. You are given a perpetual non-exclusive license for use of resultant toast. Upon termination of contract, you are to return all toast in its original form to the licensing entity (whoever it is this week).

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

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Post by ChoGGi »

eitland wrote: post #307
lotsofpulp wrote: post #289

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have never seen anyone in America keep their butter on counter and not in the fridge. I have lived in 7 states in both coasts and upper Midwest. Generally, I assumed if it’s in the refrigerator in grocery store (which butter is) then it goes in refrigerator at home.

How do you spread the butter then? Or do you mean something else than butter? I grew up on a farm and the first first 15 or so years of the life ordinary butter was the onlh alternative. It had to be kept in a jar at the counter or it would become unusable.

Thin slices, then spread those.

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

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Post by kwere »

emptyparadise wrote: post #301
rzzzt wrote: post #268

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A QR code is baked on the backside on it in the bakery. People with too much time (and bread) on their hands soon figure out which spots you need to darken with a clothes iron so the checksum still matches and the toaster accepts the slice.

The toast is coated with special chemicals which will cause the body of anyone whose genetic code does not match the license owner to reject it.

>The toast is coated with special chemicals which will cause the body of anyone whose genetic code does not match the license owner to reject it.

welcome to paradise!

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

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Post by ChoGGi »

chakhs wrote: post #311
sillysaurusx wrote: post #153

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Eh, that’s also how projects happen at all, though. The failed ones seem like it was for the sake of someone’s ego. But you need a bit of ego, in a big corporate setting. I think TFRC was an ego project, rather than an egoless project. Yet TFRC was a wonderful project that happened to work; if it failed, it might seem like an ego project with no point. I don’t like saying “you need ego,” but it also seems true that y…

What is TFRC?

tensorflow I believe

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

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Post by oldgradstudent »

DenverCode wrote: post #260
bcrosby95 wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

2 years later, Amazon discontinues updates on the toaster. No one notices, but it still toasts. 8 years later, people hack them and cause them to burn down some houses. Of course, it was the owner's fault - they were running a discontinued toaster that wasn't receiving software updates anymore.

WD's My Toaster

WD My Toaster Live!

The My Toaster is just a regular USB toaster.

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

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Post by swiley »

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…

> none of them thought... glass?

I would bet that lots of people did think glass but were convinced by the social inertia that glass must have some issue that makes it inferior.

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

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Post by brailsafe »

PostOnce wrote: post #106

Brick & mortar retail is trying its very hardest to kill itself. The bigger a tremendous fucking hassle it is to go to the store instead of ordering online, the fewer people are going to come in. Supermarket window : "we now use anti-shoplifting face and license plate tracking" [e.g. auror.co ] Supermarket aisle : can't see any products, have to open every door to look at actual products instead of TV ads Supermarket…

I'd argue that the design of cities to optimize for nothing and emphasize driving long distances to the store is a greater contribution, but I see your point ;) Though that's not retail's problem, that's the city's problem.

It takes me 5 minutes to walk to my grocery store at most. Hard to beat

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

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Post by loughnane »

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 is reminds me of the centrifugal bumblepuppy in brave new world.

It’s a contraption that exists because there a rule that each new version of a thing must consume more resources than what can before.

You know, for the economy.

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

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Post by Someone »

whoisburbansky wrote: post #187
bcrosby95 wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

2 years later, Amazon discontinues updates on the toaster. No one notices, but it still toasts. 8 years later, people hack them and cause them to burn down some houses. Of course, it was the owner's fault - they were running a discontinued toaster that wasn't receiving software updates anymore.

This sounds eerily like the WD hard drive debacle going on right now.

Yeah, and the fault clearly is that, after discontinuing updates, they still supported the device in their cloud. They should have bricked the devices, removing write support ;-)

I’m not sure whether to add that smiley here. That would have been a big middle finger to their customers, but the alternative they chose turned out to be worse for many customers. Maybe, the rule should be “if a product requires a subscription, the product should be free”?

In WD’s case, it surprised me their cloud still supported a device they stopped supporting in 2015.

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