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AI-powered laundry-folding robot company has filed for bankruptcy

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Re: AI-powered laundry-folding robot company has filed for bankruptcy

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toomuchtodo wrote: post #49
jetrink wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People don't comment on it out of politeness, but they do notice. Then, consciously and unconsciously, they draw negative inferences about you. They might suspect that you are not well organized or that you are lazy. You are free to be unbothered by that fact, but their reaction to your appearance is outside your control. It is a slight headwind in your life that makes your interactions with people more difficult tha…

Surround yourself with better, less shallow people.

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Re: AI-powered laundry-folding robot company has filed for bankruptcy

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Post by goldenkey »

bobbylarrybobby wrote: post #31
anonytrary wrote: post #26

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As a single male with extremely few material possessions, I'm one of those people that does my own laundry but never folds their clothes. I used to watch my mom fold our clothes when we were little and seemed like a waste of time. Seeing as I wear extremely casual clothes, this isn't a problem for me. If I wore more formal clothes, I would fold/hang those. I just leave my clothes in my basket and pick out what I need…

Aren’t your clothes wrinkled?

I always get poly blend shirts, so this isn't an issue. And with the ripstop cotton canvas shorts I usually wear, its not an issue either.

Re: AI-powered laundry-folding robot company has filed for bankruptcy

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Post by sauravt »

Someone should make a solar powered washing machine that runs off the grid and doesn't need to be fed with a water supply (recycles its own water usage, use UV beams to kill germs) Only external inputs are detergant and sunlight, output is dirt and heat.

Re: AI-powered laundry-folding robot company has filed for bankruptcy

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Post by scandox »

dallen33 wrote: post #29
thaumasiotes wrote: post #21

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> A washing machine and dryer cuts this to a couple hours a week. Maybe if you're doing a single person's laundry. Our family laundry is a job for more than a couple of hours.

I do the laundry in our home of 4 people, and not counting the time spent in the washing/drying machine, I probably spend (at most) an hour a week folding.

Yes but this is an argument about the whole job. Washing, drying, folding and ironing. It's basically the worst thing in the universe. I can be philosophical about death...but not about laundry. In my Utopia everyone wears a kind of biodegradeable body wrap...and slippers.

Re: AI-powered laundry-folding robot company has filed for bankruptcy

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Post by EliRivers »

peter303 wrote: post #16

You have to admit the washing machine is one of wonders of the modern world, yet taken for granted. Until they were invented, a wife or servant essentially devoted most of a whole weekday to washing clothes. A washing machine and dryer cuts this to a couple hours a week. Clever people seek to cut this time even further.

Related, the late Hans Rosling on washing machines; "I was only four years old when I saw my mother load a washing machine for the first time ever. That was a great day for my mother."

https://www.gapminder.org/videos/hans-rosling-and-the-magic-...

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Post by new299 »

dallen33 wrote: post #29
thaumasiotes wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> A washing machine and dryer cuts this to a couple hours a week. Maybe if you're doing a single person's laundry. Our family laundry is a job for more than a couple of hours.

I do the laundry in our home of 4 people, and not counting the time spent in the washing/drying machine, I probably spend (at most) an hour a week folding.

As far as I can tell, based on the statistics I can find, you are somewhat of an outlier:

https://www.bls.gov/TUS/CHARTS/HOUSEHOLD.HTM

This data doesn’t break the statistics down by family size, but it still comes out at 2h a week for woman. The data includes all individuals older than 15.

I suspect that the a average amount of time spend by families (particularly families with young children) would be much higher. Possibly up to an hour a day.

I would be interested in seeing statistics on this.

Re: AI-powered laundry-folding robot company has filed for bankruptcy

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Post by EliRivers »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #49
jetrink wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People don't comment on it out of politeness, but they do notice. Then, consciously and unconsciously, they draw negative inferences about you. They might suspect that you are not well organized or that you are lazy. You are free to be unbothered by that fact, but their reaction to your appearance is outside your control. It is a slight headwind in your life that makes your interactions with people more difficult tha…

Surround yourself with better, less shallow people.

One could argue that the people who notice are better people. Turning one's personal preferences into morality doesn't really help.

Re: AI-powered laundry-folding robot company has filed for bankruptcy

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Post by ahje »

anonytrary wrote: post #26
peter303 wrote: post #14

I dread laundry. Its one of signs you are still alive and soiling clothes. Some males never do laundry their entire lives. Their mothers do it until they marry. Then their wives and daughters.

As a single male with extremely few material possessions, I'm one of those people that does my own laundry but never folds their clothes. I used to watch my mom fold our clothes when we were little and seemed like a waste of time. Seeing as I wear extremely casual clothes, this isn't a problem for me. If I wore more formal clothes, I would fold/hang those. I just leave my clothes in my basket and pick out what I need…

Try rolling your clothes instead of folding them. It's faster, and while it's not as wrinkle free as folding, it'll do the job just nicely for t-shirts and pants.

Re: AI-powered laundry-folding robot company has filed for bankruptcy

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Post by Spare_account »

aiyodev wrote: post #39
peter303 wrote: post #14

I dread laundry. Its one of signs you are still alive and soiling clothes. Some males never do laundry their entire lives. Their mothers do it until they marry. Then their wives and daughters.

There’s no need to make such a sexist statement. I have cleaned my own clothes since I was a child. My wife had never done the laundry until she moved in with me.

I didn't read it as sexist in itself. It wasn't advocating for a female bias in laundry work, it was highlighting that the female bias does still exist in some households.

I can contribute, like you have, that in my household the balance is different. This doesn't refute the observation, though.

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