• ayyy@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    Knowing when the washer is done with a polite buzz on my wrist is way better than not hearing a beeper from 3 rooms away. It also reports your energy and water usage so you can learn about where you use resources.

    There’s a lot to be gained from smart appliances, it’s just that our current system makes the manufacturers adversarial to the users unfortunately.

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      4 hours ago

      I wonder what happened to the capability of people to remember a time and read a watch.

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        4 hours ago

        If your washer and dryer are running for a fixed amount of time instead of monitoring the status of the clothes you are wasting valuable resources.