My appliances are ‘smart’ but I didn’t bother actually connecting them to my WiFi. I guess preheating the oven remotely could be cool(?) but nah.
The stuff I do use…
The microwave above the stove can talk via Bluetooth(no app or phone involvement at all). Turn on a burner and you can set it to turn on the light and/or vent fan. Another nicety is being able to set the clock on the stove with the full keypad and it just syncs to the microwave.
My current microwave has a dial but also like 30-40 buttons and it’s a shit show.
To use the dial you first have to hit the ‘cook time’ button then turn the dial which only works in 15 second increments. Then you have to push the dial not once but twice before it starts…and if you tap it twice too quickly it won’t work.
Website shows they’re in 19 states currently and they’re rapidly expanding in my state.
They still make you jump through hoops to figure out what the upload speeds are for their plans.
Google just tore up all the streets in my neighborhood installing fiber. Just waiting on them to turn that stuff on. Not super pleased that it’s Google but Comcast lobbied and blasted commercials about the government owned infrastructure fiber provider in the area when they were considering bringing that to my city and got it shut down.
Google fiber is 5x the download speeds and 125x the upload speed…for less money? Absolutely.
I miss my old microwave. It had like 4 buttons and a dial. It had all the features I’d ever needed(defrost, power levels, sensor cooking(popcorn, reheat, etc)).
The best feature though was just the dial. You want to set time…turn dial. The faster you turned it the faster the time increased. It had single second accuracy if you turned it slowly. When you stopped turning it, a light next to the start button would start blinking practically screaming ‘press me’.
Didn’t matter if it was 33 seconds or 15 minutes. You could set time on that thing in 1-2 seconds and be gone.
Never had to explain how to use it. Everybody that came to my house was like…”how does your microwave work?…never mind, figured it out” in literal seconds.
A lot still do but they’re not what you’d traditionally consider a dipstick.
Waiting for this…
She does do that…
You might have the odd ball bike that uses a dry clutch system or has separate engine/transmission oil. Chances are you know if you have that kind of bike. Bathe a wet clutch in regular car oil and it’s usually gonna slip like crazy.
I know you’re right but gonna ramble a bit…
People still make stupid mistakes buying used because the issue is people wanting / buying far more vehicle than they can reasonably afford. Like you make 30K…maybe a 9 year loan on a 70K vehicle is a bad move.
I’ve had this conversation a handful of times with people that ‘like driving fast cars’ but aren’t really car people. They want to buy that used 50K M series BMW or AMG Mercedes 5-10 years later cause it ‘use to be a 120K+ car’. They then find out that the maintenance/parts costs are still that of a 120K+ car. Not to mention the reason it’s being sold now is it needs a 15K turbo replacement or the like.
Last year I bought a motorcycle and asked the dealer what’s the longest loan term they’ve ever got approved…15 years. For a powersport dealer! I didn’t even know that was within the realm of possibility. They don’t sell anything but toys.
My favorite is still Microsoft Zune… Which was a music store, music subscription service, a desktop app, and a physical media player.
It’s like they want their stuff to literally be unsearchable on the internet. Renaming Remote Desktop to Windows App is a prime example of this. Good luck trying to search for that and get what you want.