• @Cosmos7349
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    tbf peak engineering usually survives without too much needed design changes. For instance, pencils and paper have looked the same for quite a while now. And the Dyson hand dryer’s engineering is even peakier than those. It’s so refined that I think it’s reasonable that it’d keep the same form through the year 2255.

    edit: I didn’t think I needed this because I was comparing the invention of the Dyson hand dryer to the invention of the pencil… but uhhhhh… /s

    • @ummthatguy
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      236 months ago

      I thought most hand dryers were bacteria traps? Unless they’ve made some changes since.

      • @Cosmos7349
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        216 months ago

        I didn’t say what it was engineered for

        • Norgur
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          106 months ago

          There is just a little transporter there, storing all pathogens in the pattern buffer. Patent goes to a Mister Oberin or something.

      • @P1nkman
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        6 months ago

        Oh, they are. It’d be cleaner to lick the general toilet seat than to lick your finger after using one of these. I don’t use them at all.

        • @ricdeh
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          56 months ago

          Your hands are supposed to be clean from washing with soap and water. The dryer is just there to make your hands dry because moving around with wet hands isn’t very comfortable.

      • @[email protected]
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        56 months ago

        It’s possible that the Dyson driers do a miny Baryon sweep of your hands…except it doesn’t ablate your hands off.

        • @ummthatguy
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          66 months ago

          Watch out for “Tuvok”

          • @aeronmelon
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            26 months ago

            Hu-vok tried to laser-torch Picard. He will not be missed.

        • @aeronmelon
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          26 months ago

          Disclaimer: “Minor ablation may occur.”

          • @[email protected]
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            This needs to be a Lower Decks episode.

            Mariner: Why don’t you use the Dyson dryer?

            Boimler: Because they don’t really get your hands dry. I end up using a paper towel anyway. Besides, I don’t want to accidentally slice my hands off.

            Mariner: Quit being a baby. I just finished tuning it. Give it a try.

            Boimler: sigh fine. The Dyson dryer cuts his hands clean off.

            Beat

            They both start screaming

    • @almar_quigley
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      126 months ago

      These dryers are no where near peak design. They are disgusting bacteria traps. If your conducting scientific experiments then maybe.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      56 months ago

      They’ve already changed the design of these dryers so that the water from your hands is sprayed on the floor instead of collecting at the bottom of the dryer.