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Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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Post by click170 »

MichaelGG wrote: post #5
sulami wrote: post #2

Why exactly do we need (to bypass) DRM on a coffee machine?

The video explained that clearly. New Keurig coffee machines, in order to bolster their own coffee sales, refuse to operate on non-Keurig cups. By bypassing it, consumers can buy equipment then put whatever they want in it, returning control to the consumer.

They don't just refuse to work with non-keurig k-cups, they refuse to work with version 1 k-cups from the old system.

Sucks to be anyone who bought more than a box before their machine broke.

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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Post by Groxx »

qsymmachus wrote: post #28

DRM-free dirt cheap coffee: 1. Bring water to boil in a pot 2. Add 2 tbsp ground coffee per cup of water 3. Kill the heat, cover for 5 mins 4. Pour into cup through fine colander or cheese cloth Seriously it's delicious and you already have the tools you need in your kitchen.

I'll recommend using a really-fine mesh filter, like this: http://www.amazon.com/Finium-Brewing-Basket-medium/dp/B0037S...

You get a little bit of super-fine dust through it, but it's reusable for years and lets all the yummy oils through.

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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Post by patejam »

dlitz wrote: post #70
jotux wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

NO. Don't dox people. Don't threaten to dox them. Don't encourage others to dox. We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by there actions. Think about that every time you start to grab your pitchfork.

Who said anything about doxxing? Cheap intimidation tactics aren't going to change anything. I don't care about these people's home addresses or even their contact info. I just want to know who they are so that I can avoid surrounding myself with people like them---people who won't/can't walk away from projects that harm end-users---and thereby avoid putting myself in situations where I would be pressured to do the s…

> Right now, writing code in PHP can hurt an engineer's reputation more than writing DRM code in any language. That's pretty ridiculous IMHO.

I mean, you just completely made that up.

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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Post by moron4hire »

qsymmachus wrote: post #28

DRM-free dirt cheap coffee: 1. Bring water to boil in a pot 2. Add 2 tbsp ground coffee per cup of water 3. Kill the heat, cover for 5 mins 4. Pour into cup through fine colander or cheese cloth Seriously it's delicious and you already have the tools you need in your kitchen.

When I first moved in with my wife (well, fiance at the time), I moved from a place where my roommate owned the coffee maker to a place where my "roommate" didn't drink coffee. I spent several weeks making coffee this way, too lazy to go buy a coffee pot.

To filter the coffee, I had a large mason jar in which I arranged four chopsticks sticking out in an upside-down pyramid, on top of which I cradled the bottom of a half-gallon milk jug in which I had punched several holes. The coffee filter went in the milk jug and the weight of the assembly pressed on the chopsticks, which then levered against the rim of the jar and braced against the side, creating quite a stable setup.

Yeah, too lazy to go buy a pot.

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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Post by Semiapies »

landr0id wrote: post #67
mwti wrote: post #43

My Keurig's electronics died and I was able to recreate them with an Arudino: http://i.imgur.com/1wWxu37.jpg With this I can customize the temperature and use PWM on the pump to adjust pressure/flow. :D If I had to use that 2.0 model I'd just lobotomize it right out of the box.

How did you go about reverse engineering it?

I'd be curious to read about that, myself.

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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Post by programminggeek »

You know what's better than using a Keurig? Get an Aeropress. It's easy, awesome, and tastes better than Keurig.

Also, Aeropress doesn't have all that not so eco friendly waste that Keurig's K-Cups have.

There is no DRM on Aeropress.

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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Post by a3n »

snarfy wrote: post #4

Another solution is to not buy Keurig machines.

I paid $11 for my drip coffee maker, in the local branch of a national chain grocery. I've had it for two years. It makes one to twelve cups of any kind of coffee you care to put in there, from $5 store brand to dont-even-ask café whose beans were grown on a free-trade farm in Guatemala under the supervision of the executive committee of Juan Valdez' estate's charitable trust and staffed by former independent coffee growing peasants who play guitar at night and wear neckerchiefs, and irrigated with water collected from jaguar kittens kept at a constant but humane level of annoyance.

It has never complained to me about anything.

Re: Keurig 2.0 DRM Bypass

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Post by jmccree »

fishtoaster wrote: post #37
qsymmachus wrote: post #28

DRM-free dirt cheap coffee: 1. Bring water to boil in a pot 2. Add 2 tbsp ground coffee per cup of water 3. Kill the heat, cover for 5 mins 4. Pour into cup through fine colander or cheese cloth Seriously it's delicious and you already have the tools you need in your kitchen.

For the price of a good fine colander, you could buy a $15 Mr. Coffee and automate much of this. People buying keurig machines aren't doing it because they don't know how to make coffee or think it's better tasting- they're doing it for the speed (30-60 seconds) and the convenience.

An old coworker tipped me off to the Bunn STX 10 cup maker that was $150 or so, I bought one, and ended up buying my parents one too. Makes an entire (great tasting) pot of coffee in 3 minutes, and thermal carafe keeps it warm for hours without burning it, some of the best money I've ever spent. If you drink a lot of coffee, it's hard to beat the cost effectiveness and convenience over time.

I can't understand the current fascination with single cup makers, but I grew up in a family that went through several pots a day at home. Perhaps as a starbucks replacement the economics work out.

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