|
Groovelord Neato posted:How was that not a red flag to anyone. He isn't even that old. People delude themselves into thinking their idiocy is eccentric and cool.
|
#
?
Aug 27, 2020 14:48
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 11, 2024 05:41 |
|
|
I regret opening YouTube on my phone back when Quibi was doing their stupid ads. They were so bad I wouldn't have checked it out even if it had been successful.
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2020 08:43
|
|
|
Guess which company is joining with Microsoft to buy the US arm of Tiktok. Did you guess Facebook? Snapchat? MySpace? No, you fool, it's... uh... (checks madlibs) Walmart!
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2020 09:46
|
|
|
adoration for none posted:Guess which company is joining with Microsoft to buy the US arm of Tiktok. They'll also be uniquely situated to make instamerch when tokkers blow up overnight. Now at WalMart, exclusive tees featuring 'MyBallzItachi' and "NuttGirl"!
|
|
#
?
Aug 28, 2020 16:04
|
|
|
 *uncontrollable cringing*
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2020 06:29
|
|
|
I don't go in for  "lifehacks".I only support neat tricks that they hate. 
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2020 08:33
|
|
|
super sweet best pal posted:I regret opening YouTube on my phone back when Quibi was doing their stupid ads. They were so bad I wouldn't have checked it out even if it had been successful. Lol just lol if you're not running adblockers on your phone and accessing YouTube through the browser instead of the app.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2020 09:59
|
|
|
You can also use an alternative youtube client like NewPipe, at least on Android.
|
|
#
?
Sep 1, 2020 13:11
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/Gizmodo/status/1301734235338932226
|
|
#
?
Sep 4, 2020 14:44
|
|
|
Turns out the Nespresso capsules I bought don't work in the Nespresso Vertuo machine at my new office. The AUDACITY of changing your machine's standard to break the existing pods is pretty drat amazing, did Apple build this?
|
|
#
?
Sep 4, 2020 18:50
|
|
|
VideoGameVet posted:Turns out the Nespresso capsules I bought don't work in the Nespresso Vertuo machine at my new office. From what I read, it was because Americans prefer drinking larger coffees than the markets where the older Nespresso equipment is most popular. So they introduced a new system of larger pods specifically for the US market. (but yeah, they should at least let you trade in your old supply or something)
|
|
#
?
Sep 4, 2020 22:21
|
|
|
Snackmar posted:From what I read, it was because Americans prefer drinking larger coffees than the markets where the older Nespresso equipment is most popular. So they introduced a new system of larger pods specifically for the US market. (but yeah, they should at least let you trade in your old supply or something) Can they build an adapter?
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2020 01:58
|
|
|
HootTheOwl posted:Can they build an adapter? Coffee dongles
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2020 20:35
|
|
|
VideoGameVet posted:Turns out the Nespresso capsules I bought don't work in the Nespresso Vertuo machine at my new office. remember when keurig added literal drm to the loving pods so you could only use their official pods on 2.0 brewers
|
|
#
?
Sep 5, 2020 23:59
|
|
|
Any off-the-shelf coffee-maker is so much better than any of these stupid coffee pod machines. They're a total scam.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 02:19
|
|
|
people that get them for home use truely are the worst, but i can sort of see their utility for offices, hotel rooms/lobbys, waitin rooms.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 02:30
|
|
|
adoration for none posted:Any off-the-shelf coffee-maker is so much better than any of these stupid coffee pod machines. They're a total scam. I've been using a french press that I picked up at Ikea for like $15 over a decade ago (and a $300 burr grinder lol). But seriously......it's just a good way to make coffee.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 04:39
|
|
|
Shugojin posted:remember when keurig added literal drm to the loving pods so you could only use their official pods on 2.0 brewers Are Keruigs connected to the Internet yet, and if so will they release DLC to enhance the coffee-making experience? Capitalism seriously can't be satisfied with making a loving thing (even if that thing is so poorly made and guaranteed to be obsoleted either in reality or through bullshit marketing) and just sell it. Eventually you can't wring any more sales and the endless growth profit gods demand you invent zanier and zanier schemes to get people to buy the loving thing they already have or get people to buy the loving thing they don't need. Thankfully tech allows you to just add all manner of useless and pointless poo poo to what is basically an already perfected product! Lyndon LaRouche fucked around with this message at 08:09 on Sep 6, 2020 |
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 08:05
|
|
|
There's almost never such a thing as perfected product though, as evidenced looking at the evolution of, well, most everything across the last thirty years.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 09:57
|
|
|
Motronic posted:I've been using a french press that I picked up at Ikea for like $15 over a decade ago (and a $300 burr grinder lol). But seriously......it's just a good way to make coffee. If you have hereditary high cholesterol like I do and you drink multiple cups everyday, be aware that brewing methods without paper filters will let cafestol and kahweol through. They're terpenes that have been shown to increase serum cholesterol.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 10:22
|
|
|
paperwind posted:Are Keruigs connected to the Internet yet, and if so will they release DLC to enhance the coffee-making experience? The best example of this is still lightbulbs. Beside efficiency, they have been pretty much perfected. But wait! How about people turn them on with their phone! But it gave the world this comedy gold so its ok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BB6wj6RyKo
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 10:33
|
|
|
why not just.... do a pinhole button???
|
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 10:40
|
|
|
Mega Comrade posted:The best example of this is still lightbulbs. Beside efficiency, they have been pretty much perfected. But wait! How about people turn them on with their phone! Maybe it's because I write precisely the sort of embedded garbage code that goes into these things, but a) dismissing the massive and very expensive research and advances in lighting technology (and power factor and similar PSU/regulation improvements) as "efficiency" is a bit disingenuous, even if the driving motivation is precisely that; and b) people have been trying to make smart lightbulbs for a long time (so, uh, 40 years since it became feasible, though dynamic lighting without digital control is obviously much older than that; for digital see the DALI protocol by the digital illumination interface alliance from the 90s in current use, recently having a second revision, or the protocols pŕeceding it that are also still in use) and the smartphone (and voice-activated ones) is just another evolution of that. Even things like movement-activated lights - these days they are often radar-based thanks to inexpensive chips and technology improvements, which results in a much more pleasing performance than classic pir lights (which are based on heat sensing). e: Buttons are actually pretty finnicky and require fairly expensive mechanical testing, not to mention, well, where are you going to put it on a lightbulb? Generally you want people to keep their hands away from the socket and the bulb can get quite hot. They could have made the process quicker (ZigBee bulbs do it via a couple rapid on/off switches) but I imagine it's a tradeoff between making it accident- and child-proof (a particular problem with the zigbee bulbs as children like clicking switches repeatedly), simplicity and not taking too long to do. And let's be honest, how often do you want to reset your smart lightbulb settings anyway? Private Speech fucked around with this message at 11:33 on Sep 6, 2020 |
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 10:44
|
|
|
paperwind posted:Are Keruigs connected to the Internet yet, and if so will they release DLC to enhance the coffee-making experience? Even without the internet connection, Keurig added barcode scanning to their pods / machines to make sure you aren't being a filthy pirate and trying to use your own coffee in them ages ago.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 12:45
|
|
|
Considering how much waste those things generate, I support any and all gouging measures to slow down consumption.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 14:22
|
|
|
KozmoNaut posted:If you have hereditary high cholesterol like I do and you drink multiple cups everyday, be aware that brewing methods without paper filters will let cafestol and kahweol through. They're terpenes that have been shown to increase serum cholesterol. Fortunately I do not but wow - I had no idea. So even those reusable gold filters would be the same.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 14:42
|
|
|
Private Speech posted:
It's this plus dealing with line dropouts and other power disturbances that looks just like someone flipping the power on and off to the processor. That's why there are repeated sequences and different rates. How pissed would you be if your lights flickered for a few seconds because of some utility wonkiness and then every bulb in your house reset?
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 14:46
|
|
|
PhazonLink posted:people that get them for home use truely are the worst I feel that this fact needs emphasizing
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 14:48
|
|
|
Motronic posted:Fortunately I do not but wow - I had no idea. So even those reusable gold filters would be the same. Yes. You can use them for non‐coffee brews, but I would not use them for coffee.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 14:50
|
|
|
Mister Facetious posted:Considering how much waste those things generate, I support any and all gouging measures to slow down consumption. The thing is, the "pirate" Keurig stuff tended to be refillable pods that you could put your own coffee into and clean, so you end up with zero waste. Moving to requiring Keurig-brand pods only increased the waste of those things.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 18:42
|
|
|
I'd like to have smart lightbulbs for changing color temperature and dimming them somewhat at night. With regular bulbs/switches, it's just like, you can either have them at full white-rear end blast, or darkness.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 20:14
|
|
|
TacoHavoc posted:It's this plus dealing with line dropouts and other power disturbances that looks just like someone flipping the power on and off to the processor. That's why there are repeated sequences and different rates. How pissed would you be if your lights flickered for a few seconds because of some utility wonkiness and then every bulb in your house reset? I would be more pissed that I spent a bunch of money on a gimmick tbh
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 20:28
|
|
|
enki42 posted:Even without the internet connection, Keurig added barcode scanning to their pods / machines to make sure you aren't being a filthy pirate and trying to use your own coffee in them ages ago. nah, when the entire 2.0 thing blew up horribly they nixed the drm and got rid of it when your rights management can be foiled by a literal piece of foil it was time to give up the game enki42 posted:The thing is, the "pirate" Keurig stuff tended to be refillable pods that you could put your own coffee into and clean, so you end up with zero waste. Moving to requiring Keurig-brand pods only increased the waste of those things. eh there were some reusable ones, but there were also a ton of companies who basically made their own not-Keurig branded pods that were just as bad PhazonLink posted:people that get them for home use truely are the worst, but i can sort of see their utility for offices, hotel rooms/lobbys, waitin rooms. the reason they have any sort of residential business is because they conquered the poo poo out of the business world by getting rid of the maligned office coffee pot
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 21:02
|
|
|
Mega Comrade posted:The best example of this is still lightbulbs. Beside efficiency, they have been pretty much perfected. But wait! How about people turn them on with their phone! Well, before LEDs got involved. LEDs are efficient and last longer.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 22:04
|
|
|
The idea that light bulbs are a "finished" technology is completely absurd, as already pointed out. And out of all the "smart" tech, light bulbs are one of the most sensible ones to be smart. Being able to turn lights off and on remotely, getting usage statistics, getting end of life alerts, etc are all perfectly useful additions that aren't just your fridge pinging you to buy milk.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 22:32
|
|
|
Papercut posted:The idea that light bulbs are a "finished" technology is completely absurd, as already pointed out. And out of all the "smart" tech, light bulbs are one of the most sensible ones to be smart. Being able to turn lights off and on remotely, getting usage statistics, getting end of life alerts, etc are all perfectly useful additions that aren't just your fridge pinging you to buy milk. How many of those uses need to be provided by something built into the bulb, though? Instead of decoupling it from the part that's gonna need replacement anyway
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 22:34
|
|
|
Papercut posted:The idea that light bulbs are a "finished" technology is completely absurd, as already pointed out. And out of all the "smart" tech, light bulbs are one of the most sensible ones to be smart. Being able to turn lights off and on remotely, getting usage statistics, getting end of life alerts, etc are all perfectly useful additions that aren't just your fridge pinging you to buy milk. You want smart switches not smart lightbulbs. Smart lightbulbs add a shitload of new failure states. Smart switches break into regular switches.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 22:35
|
|
|
It's all a system, whether you build it into the luminaire or the ballast/drivers or the controls. And even aside from "smart" features, the point still stands just in regards to lighting elements, illumination tech has been improving dramatically in our lifetimes.
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 22:41
|
|
|
What I want is something that sticks a serial bus over the power line rather than having to rely on wireless and have to connect to and deal with each one individually
|
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 22:52
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 11, 2024 05:41 |
|
|
Watermelon Daiquiri posted:What I want is something that sticks a serial bus over the power line rather than having to rely on wireless and have to connect to and deal with each one individually you want IEEE 1901
|
|
#
?
Sep 6, 2020 23:27
|
|