‘Tesla Syndrome’ Explains Why Tech Is Making Us Miserable::There’s a class war that’s leading to worse innovations—but it’s not between the sides you think it is.

    • ∟⊔⊤∦∣≶
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      191 year ago

      I honestly want to smash my stupid fucking stove top with it’s bullshit touch buttons that decide to activate when I happen to move a hot pan across them. I would smash it if I wasn’t renting.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        My dishwasher has that. Every time I stand at the counter, it turns on and off and starts by itself. I hate it.

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      181 year ago

      Oh god. New stoves don’t have knobs? Are they touchscreens now too? I will pretend I did not just read that information and be a ‘old man yells at cloud’ when the time comes to buy a new stove.

      • Da Bald Eagul
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        31 year ago

        Our electric cooking plate is touch only, and our oven has touch buttons in combination with physical dials for temperature/timers.

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      1 year ago

      Bought a microwave with analog dials a little while ago. Surprisingly rare and more expensive, but operating microwave is never easier now compared to inputting numbers on a shitty keypad. Just turn the power level knob and the timer knob and it’s on.

      • @TitanLaGrange
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        31 year ago

        Yep, two simple mechanical knobs is easily the best microwave oven interface. Although I do like the fancy Samsung microwave I have that is almost completely silent and lightweight, I think it uses an inverter instead of a chonky HV transformer. I wish I could get a combo of that inverter with a couple of simple knobs for controls.