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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 chrisbennet »

capableweb wrote: post #8
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…

Hear hear! Cars and technology has a lot of catching up to do when it comes to safety. For example, I recently changed from Android to iOS for a better driving experience (I thought) since Android Auto was a bit laggy. While CarPlay is more fluid seemingly (which could also be from the hardware upgrade), what's worse is the UX downgrade that happen when I went from Android Auto to CarPlay. I have a million of example…

I use Waze (on the iPhone) and it doesn't have that problem.

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

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Post by option_greek »

matsemann wrote: post #20
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…

Ah, I get the same urge using Google Maps on my phone. Want to reach through the screen and slap the developers. So slow, so many key presses. So often it changes something up so I have to re-learn. So often it makes wild guesses that are completely off what I'm actually trying to achieve. Have to press back button a hundred times to get out of whatever it's showing me, whops one too many, app is now closed, have to…

Not to mention, when we click the start button for navigation why the heck do they not increase the speaker volume, handle brightness, rotate the screen automatically? There could even be a setting for it. Sometimes I feel like a robot repeating the same useless clicks all over again every time I navigate.

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

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Post by petepete »

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…

The GPS in my car does that, it's so annoying. I like to leave it on 'map view' where it shows current location and the street name at the top, and every time it starts I have to 'ok' a disclaimer telling me to focus on the road.

Infuriating.

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

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Post by reportgunner »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #32
blitzar wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can I roll over my unused opens from today to tomorrow?

No, but eventually the regulators will catch up and force the fridge companies to simply charge you by the second for the time the doors are opened above some generous free plan.

Fridge with a robotic hand that passes you things through an airlock so you never have to open the fridge doors again.

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

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Post by bellyfullofbac »

Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #68
blitzar wrote: post #26

I think this guys point is that he needs everyone to know he paid an extra $2,000 for a 'smart' fridge. All while mentioning that he doesnt want or like the 'smart' bit.

> a) our fridge broke last year early pandemic & our landlord replaced it, we didn't really have a choice

Ha, the rental apartment of the future (the fantasy version where humanity actually did something about climate change and we didn't all die) needs a "Reset apartment to factory settings" when a new tenant comes in.

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

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Post by mkr-hn »

dTal wrote: post #54
mellavora wrote: post #15

"Does anyone want any toast?" (oblic. Red Dwarf ref)

One wonders how such a perfect satire of smart devices was written 30 years ago. Was the trend visible even then?

The hazards and wonders of home automation/smart homes and artificial home assistants have been a topic of sci-fi for ages.

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

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Post by schelling42 »

adriand wrote: post #60
shellfishgene wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some cars in arab countries have a feature where the "travel prayer" is recited via the speakers upon starting the car. It takes about one minute [1]. Fortunately our company car hat a button to turn the feature off. Of course we always turned it back on to annoy the next (non-muslim western) car user. Saudi airlines also plays the prayer (or used to?), however by someone with a really deep voice and with cave-like r…

That is very funny but speaking in practical terms, and not about UX, how does a feature like this work in practice? Does Allah respond to prayers emitted by electronics? Or is the idea that the human is supposed to recite the prayer along with the recording?

The idea is to use some peoples receptivity to religion for shifting their awareness to the risks of traveling. It can also help to center thoughts, calm down, and increase mindfulness while steering the motorized vehicle, therefore decreasing traffic accidents. (I wonder whether there are studies on if this actually helps.)

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

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Post by em-bee »

eric4smith wrote: post #3

It should lock you out for a configurable time after "n" opens. It can lock the door in the night after dinner to prevent midnight snacking by the kids (or parents). And should tweet to your account to shame you publicly after "n" number of opens. What's the IP address of your fridge (just curious)?

our freezer does that, every time after you open it, it somehow reduces the pressure (maybe it tries to suck out the warm air) making the door hard to open.

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

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Post by mkr-hn »

madaxe_again wrote: post #7

41 times in a day is a lot of door opens, and suggests they need a separate beverage fridge. That should’ve been the message - give the customer a solution, make a sale - but instead, they just went for shame. Folks really underestimate how much opening them door (and then usually leaving it open while you deliberate) wastes energy, and food. If I’m cooking three meals in the day, the fridge gets opened maybe five ti…

That little fridge might be a lot less efficient than the big fridge. Some of them use as much or more energy than a big one. You might waste more energy running it and re-cooling it every time you open it for a drink than you would opening the big fridge for drinks even if it's more efficient under the test conditions they use to rate its efficiency.

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

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Post by smoyer »

bvm wrote: post #9

I am somewhat impressed that he's managing to open the fridge 44 times a day. Is he using it as a filing cabinet?

This feels like it would be pretty dependent upon the number of people in the household. I'm sure our family has higher than average door openings because our fridge does not have in door water/ice dispensers.
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