Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoHow I hacked my washing machinenexy.blogexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYou can get smart couches right now.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoYes, but a couch doesn’t stop functioning as a couch if the smart functions stop working.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoNeither does a smart washing machine.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIf the motherboard takes a shit? A washing machine will absolutely stop functioning entirely. A couch is still a couch.
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThat could happen to the washing machine whether it’s “smart” or not.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoA proper older washing machine doesn’t have a motherboard.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAnd there’s my point. A couch is still a couch, smart features or not.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoAnd a washing machine is still a washing machine, smart features or not. Every washing machine is going to have a controller board that can break.
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI guess you’ll need to go back at least 40 years. Even so, if the belt or motor breaks then the washing machine doesn’t work either.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoWell sure, but my original point was that a “smart” couch still functions perfectly fine as a couch with or without its “smart” features.
You can get smart couches right now.
Yes, but a couch doesn’t stop functioning as a couch if the smart functions stop working.
Neither does a smart washing machine.
If the motherboard takes a shit? A washing machine will absolutely stop functioning entirely. A couch is still a couch.
That could happen to the washing machine whether it’s “smart” or not.
A proper older washing machine doesn’t have a motherboard.
Yes it does
And there’s my point. A couch is still a couch, smart features or not.
And a washing machine is still a washing machine, smart features or not. Every washing machine is going to have a controller board that can break.
I guess you’ll need to go back at least 40 years. Even so, if the belt or motor breaks then the washing machine doesn’t work either.
Well sure, but my original point was that a “smart” couch still functions perfectly fine as a couch with or without its “smart” features.