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Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by croon »

WesolyKubeczek wrote: post #48
teekert wrote: post #2

It should also have an arm on the door to slap your hand when you open it for the 41st time in a day. I mean, that's insane, you deserve a slap. Btw, this reminds me a bit of my parent's Renault that would tell me every damn time I started it to follow traffic regulations. I wish I could slap that car and it would feel it. And then there's my father-in-law's Mazda, which has a GPS system that sometimes finds him 200…

> Btw, this reminds me a bit of my parent's Renault that would tell me every damn time I started it to follow traffic regulations. There are people who would benefit from this reminder. They, however, tend to not drive Renaults, but Audis and BMWs. > Do people even use the stuff they make themselves? Last I’ve heard they were using A/B tests to choose between crazy features and batshit insane features to maximize eng…

> There are people who would benefit from this reminder. They, however, tend to not drive Renaults, but Audis and BMWs.

I've had this game with my wife while driving somewhere for the last 10 years.

I see someone doing a dangerous pass, driving (way) too fast, cutting someone off too quickly, tailgating, etc, etc, etc, and before I can tell the brand/model, I tell my wife "It's one of those again" (and I would also include Mercedes here), and in 95% of cases I'm right.

I'm not saying every driver of those brands are guilty of it, but the guilty drivers are swallowed by the brand owner group in the Venn diagram. At least locally in my experience. It's fascinating.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by gonzo41 »

dTal wrote: post #53

The problem here isn't that the fridge is tracking door opens. That seems like a good application for a "smart" appliance - tracking how usage patterns affect its internal state and holding a dialogue with the user. The problem is that it used email , which comes across as passive aggressive in the same way it would if a human did it. If it just showed a notification on a screen, I don't think we'd be having this dis…

It'd be better if it along with other devices could set a family meeting and your smart TV could replay clips of your miss use to use whilst alexa chides you. It'd be like a family meeting almost.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by croon »

aspaviento wrote: post #58
teekert wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm thinking, all a glass bottle of Ketchup needs is a smart fridge able to detect that last bit and warn you about how hard it will be to get it out and offer advice on how to do so. Maybe some gamification could be thrown in, get more kudos the less you leave in? Yeah I'm filing patents and will contact Heinz... Think about the opportunity for notifications!

What about... turning it upside down and let graivity do its job?

Maybe the bottle can include a time crystal that could advance the time by an hour so you don't have to wait for gravity.

I'd honestly rather buy ketchup in a refill bag for my plastic bottle than a glass bottle.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by pvaldes »

Pretty dystopic feeling.

Another early case of machines intelligence replacing man while still learning the stuff. Is a global plague if we think in how many things stopped being smart of logical in the last years. Enter your phone here to do anything (unrelated with phones) is one of my favorites.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by mellavora »

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #18

How long until some manufacturer sells a basic fridge and then a 'frequent use service pack' monthly fee that lets you open the door more than the standard number of times a day?

How do you get to the verification can if the fridge won't open?

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by mschuster91 »

teekert wrote: post #2

It should also have an arm on the door to slap your hand when you open it for the 41st time in a day. I mean, that's insane, you deserve a slap. Btw, this reminds me a bit of my parent's Renault that would tell me every damn time I started it to follow traffic regulations. I wish I could slap that car and it would feel it. And then there's my father-in-law's Mazda, which has a GPS system that sometimes finds him 200…

> Do people even use the stuff they make themselves?

Yeah, and usually the devs know that what they have done is sub-optimal at best... but that doesn't count against the dominance of marketing or legal in decisionmaking.

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by kwhitefoot »

aaronmdjones wrote: post #65
hamburgerwah wrote: post #37

I am mystified by people that will give appliances access to a network.

Appliances are starting to come with their own integrated 3G/4G modems these days. You don't need to give them access to anything; they already have it.

Really? Why would they spend the money to do that?

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by ghostDancer »

helsinkiandrew wrote: post #18

How long until some manufacturer sells a basic fridge and then a 'frequent use service pack' monthly fee that lets you open the door more than the standard number of times a day?

That reminds of Ubik and the toll doors. http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/content.asp?Bnum=1615

Re: Our fridge just emailed us to say we opened its door too many times

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Post by mysterydip »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #13

Be glad it doesn't (yet) shame your eco-ignorance on Facebook, doesn't tell your insurance company you occasionally buy bacon and doesn't call the police for you infringing their intellectual property by refusing to buy new genuine filters often enough. "Smart" home devices which are not open-source and not under your full control are a horror. I would break it open and remove the WiFi antenna if I had no choice of b…

There's still time. In another tweet he had a picture of the fridge updating firmware. Who knows what would happen if this process failed, or the company mistakenly sent out a bad one.
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