Why. Why? Why? Why! WHY! Why. Why? Why!!!
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Samsung’s latest stick vac can alert you to calls and text messages
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Lets just go back to monkey.
(…and, many hundreds of fruit later…gambling!) 😌🍌🍌
its the latest craze u know...
I assumed wrong, apparently.
Though maybe I'm rough on the engineers with that, it might not have been their idea at all. Just a directive from above to stuff AI into everything.
Me in 2025:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=5M_hmwBBPnc&pp=ygUNSmVmZiBnZWVybGluZ9IHCQliAAYKOfT1XA%3D%3D
It's the 2025 version of 'lets put a clock in it'
it's just a theory but it doesn't make any less sense than the idea that someone thought this would be useful IRL to someone.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/18/24133854/samsung-six-day-executive-workweeks-crisis-management
Zawinski's law http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/Z/Zawinskis-Law.html
"HELLO?!"
"it's 2 am and she back!"
Oh hell no!
in a horror movie.
https://youtu.be/5M_hmwBBPnc?si=di6B1jA5G380_hUz
"Bespoke furnishings" or "bespoke accessories."
Almost as if bespoke is a word for bespoke, i.e. a store bought word that sounds fancy.
Vote with your wallets people!
Some dishwashers lock features behind wifi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M_hmwBBPnc
Good thing the world is falling apart, eh?
"soz we permanently bricked your washing machine babes but we no longer support your version of WashApp lol"
https://dzone.com/articles/zenith-space-phone-early-iot-example
That old Maytag or Electrolux is going to work forever, and will be repairable forever. And it only does what it needs to, and nothing else.
It’s powered by an AI agent please buy it
#SmartAppliances
Maybe they sell better if they talk.
Or talk dirty?
😂
Maybe they sell better if they talk.
Or talk dirty?
"The person you are calling has their phone on silent. Would you like to turn on their vacuum?"
they were working on early 'smart home' devices.
they had a few dumb concepts like an alarm clock that triggered the coffee maker, and I saw they were doing R&D on a wireless remote control heating blanket.
you're under it.
it's plugged in anyway for the heat.
and if you lose the remote, it's useless.
hilariously, I find that there's a substantial number of the remotes - without blanket - for sale today on ebay.
It's like tech bros do brainstorming sessions to get as many ideas out as possible, but skip the step of picking out the good ones.