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

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Post by foepys »

DanBC wrote: post #86
return1 wrote: post #83

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"washing" is a euphemism for pressing a button, though

No, for many people "washing" is a euphemism for gathering clothing from various rooms, sorting it into different loads (hot wash, cool wash, whites and colours), loading the machine with clothing, loading detergent (and buying the detergent), pressing the button (while selecting a program that doesn't destroy the clothing), taking the clothing out of the machine and putting it in the dryer or hanging it on the cloth…

As someone who is washing his own laundry since he was able to reach the detergent in the cupboard, it's literally a push of a button after turning a wheel to select the program. You can make anything sound complicated by listing every little step necessary to perform a task but that doesn't make it hard.

You buy detergent when you buy toilet paper, you throw your cloths into a hamper to not have to run around to gather them, and you hang them on a line in max 10 minutes. Ironing is something you don't need to do unless you want to buy cloths that require it.

Just because something might be done primarily by women it's not sexist to call it easy.

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

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Post by sadris »

thaumasiotes wrote: post #20
sadris wrote: post #7

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Yes. I believe they shifted to putting it in your car in driveway

> I believe they shifted to putting it in your car in driveway Huh? How is that supposed to help? People aren't less likely to steal a package out of your car than out of your driveway.

I didn't say in driveway. I said in car.

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

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Post by notacoward »

belorn wrote: post #90
DanBC wrote: post #86

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, for many people "washing" is a euphemism for gathering clothing from various rooms, sorting it into different loads (hot wash, cool wash, whites and colours), loading the machine with clothing, loading detergent (and buying the detergent), pressing the button (while selecting a program that doesn't destroy the clothing), taking the clothing out of the machine and putting it in the dryer or hanging it on the cloth…

Almost every single step of those are optional depending on the people in the household. For us everyone is responsible to bring their clothes to the wash baskets and sort based on temperature. Very few modern clothing require cool wash, and in my household we don't own any. Very few white clothes and discoloration from washing whites with colors is so minimal with modern clothing/washing machines so we don't bother.…

You seem to have missed folding, which is both the most labor-intensive part and the one OP was about. Also, who nags the kids (or other adults) to do their part? That's work too.

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

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Post by return1 »

tropdrop wrote: post #89
return1 wrote: post #83

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"washing" is a euphemism for pressing a button, though

This is a gross oversimplification, especially washing in a family (> 1 person). 1. Sorting - when you buy clothing, do you take handling instructions into account? Accounting for handling is very hard! Good luck shopping online, hunting through instruction tags hidden on sides of clothes, all while keeping price reasonable. I do not like shopping, so I choose the first thing that looks ok and is comfortable - I am o…

Steps 1 and 6 are optional overcomplications, unless you wear fancy/sensitives on daily basis. Lining up clothes, 5 minutes max and they can ‘fold’ and straighten right on the line - I regularly pick my jeans and t shirts right off the hanger. Sure you can spend hours doing it by the book, but that s a choice, no longer a necessity

The thing thats terrible time sink is ironing

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

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Post by belorn »

notacoward wrote: post #94
belorn wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Almost every single step of those are optional depending on the people in the household. For us everyone is responsible to bring their clothes to the wash baskets and sort based on temperature. Very few modern clothing require cool wash, and in my household we don't own any. Very few white clothes and discoloration from washing whites with colors is so minimal with modern clothing/washing machines so we don't bother.…

You seem to have missed folding, which is both the most labor-intensive part and the one OP was about. Also, who nags the kids (or other adults) to do their part? That's work too.

If someone want their clothes folded they fold them when picking them up from the clean pile.

Not going to comment what parents with children should do, at what ages and so on. That is just begging to get into a discussion where everyone just disagree with each other.

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

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Post by snaky »

microcolonel wrote: post #95
islon wrote: post #93

While a "AI-powered laundry-folding robot" company files for bankruptcy there's a guy making money selling onions on the internet.

AI-powered laundry folding robot company.... folds! hah!

And Samsung Galaxy Fold doesn't.

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

#100

Post by notacoward »

belorn wrote: post #97
notacoward wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You seem to have missed folding, which is both the most labor-intensive part and the one OP was about. Also, who nags the kids (or other adults) to do their part? That's work too.

If someone want their clothes folded they fold them when picking them up from the clean pile. Not going to comment what parents with children should do, at what ages and so on. That is just begging to get into a discussion where everyone just disagree with each other.

> If someone want their clothes folded they fold them when picking them up from the clean pile

It's still work, isn't it? When it gets done is irrelevant.

My larger point is that your "it's not that hard" is only true in a very narrow set of circumstances that I'm skeptical exist even for you. Many problems seem simple if you constrain the variables tightly enough. But in the real world, not everyone dresses exclusively in clothes that don't wrinkle if left alone after drying, or work in jobs where looking like a hobo is acceptable. And anyone who claims that every family member including children automatically does their part in a complex series of steps without any goading at all is either deceiving themselves or trying to deceive others. The discipline is being enforced, and we don't all have the privilege of turning a blind eye while partners do it.

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