Post AdcvAM0d1c5FSy93Ro by jackyan@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #AdZEmiTJYfv40UR2A4 by pseudonym@mastodon.online
2024-01-06T06:36:21Z
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My million dollar idea I want someone to steal and do, so I can be a customer."Dumb Stuff" we sell electronic appliances that aren't Internet connected. That's all.That's it. That's the pitch. I would buy the <bleep> out of this company if their electronic gadgets were even half way decent, and repairable.Electronic, no wifi, regular screws to open it up. That's it. Do those three things, and you can be sold by this store.I will pay this business to curate and find these devices for me.
(DIR) Post #AdauMh58Uh49OqMMr2 by Linux_in_a_Bit@linuxrocks.online
2024-01-07T06:35:27Z
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@pseudonym https://www.subzero-wolf.com/You're welcome :blobcatafternoon:
(DIR) Post #AdavtEbjTudybBgesC by pseudonym@mastodon.online
2024-01-07T06:52:42Z
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@Linux_in_a_Bit Thanks!
(DIR) Post #AdcuPk89WaumfPRFwW by Npars01@mstdn.social
2024-01-06T07:14:35Z
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@pseudonym Our parents had household appliances that lasted decades and were repairable and maintainable. Just hauled a 3 year old Samsung smart fridge to the dump. They stopped making the parts to fix it after 10 months. The dump didn't want it because it contains little that is recyclable.Imagine this. A fridge that can't cope with moisture, variations in temperature, vibration from doors opening & closing, the plastic cracks with the slightest thumping, and costs a fortune to buy
(DIR) Post #AdcuUHfskbrPrONf1s by knightlie@social.vivaldi.net
2024-01-06T08:57:59Z
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@pseudonym I have a phrase for almost all modern tech - "it's not about you." They're not selling TVs so we can watch shows, they're selling TVs that report everything we watch. They're not selling "home assistants" to BE home assistants, they're selling them to sell us more stuff. They're not selling printers to print pages, they're selling them to sell overpriced ink.It's not about you.
(DIR) Post #AdcuYZBFbdPXJQ5xDM by Ea7krc@mastodon.sdf.org
2024-01-06T08:45:39Z
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@Npars01 @pseudonymDo you remember when electric kettles had replaceable elements!
(DIR) Post #AdcuYaYgTzkXaO4BNY by markmason@mas.to
2024-01-06T11:03:03Z
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@Ea7krc @Npars01 @pseudonym #Dualit make kettles with replaceable elements. They are very expensive. I think that is what is missing from this equation. Reparable dumb tech is expensive, it was always expensive. That stuff that lives on from decades ago cost your parents 10 times what a similar products cost today.
(DIR) Post #Adcv1JeyOG1FZdhqwi by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2024-01-08T05:52:10.508366Z
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@markmason @Ea7krc @Npars01 @pseudonym Which also reminds me of how I hate how nearly all product reviews are done on brand new products rather than ones that are 1 or 2 years old, where then the math would be much easier to do.
(DIR) Post #Adcv5l5kLDproJLcMC by BernardSheppard@mastodon.au
2024-01-06T20:58:22Z
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@jsstaedtler @jackyan @pseudonym "Honest John's HDMI Cables":"Why, yes, since you ask, you are connected to an HDCP compliant device"."Yes, of course the copy protection bit is on"."Yes, this cable does offer Ethernet over HDMI (editor's note: author couldn't be arsed looking up the correct terminology). I am sorry, it appears that when I try to resolve sony.com, I receive an NX_DOMAIN response from the authoritative server".
(DIR) Post #Adcv5nObm46yxOBi2C by BernardSheppard@mastodon.au
2024-01-06T22:07:55Z
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@jsstaedtler @jackyan @pseudonym And further: Belkin could make and sell these: "Why get your nerdy nephew to set you up with a pihole with dynamic block lists when you can pay for a over-priced Belkin cable that will become obsolete as soon as the vendors realise that the firewalled addresses are hard coded" - buy a Belkin dumb cables subscription plan for only $29.99 per month and we will send you out a new HDMI cable every second month with updated firmware to address the latest threats to your viewing pleasure.There you go - I have gone full circle and enshittefied my solution, but that is globalisation for you.I will open source the build plans though so you can make your own.
(DIR) Post #AdcvAJuAqdjSwN6s6q by jackyan@mastodon.social
2024-01-06T06:52:46Z
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@pseudonym Iʼd buy from these folks. Would love a computer printer that prints. No scanning, no wifi, no Bluetooth. Just hooked up via a cable and does a great job printing.
(DIR) Post #AdcvAKy6tUTWErxWsq by pseudonym@mastodon.online
2024-01-06T07:07:27Z
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@jackyan Exactly. I want my printer to put ink on thin slices of dread trees in a pattern I specify, I want my toaster to warm bread the right amount, and my TV to display video signals sent to it.
(DIR) Post #AdcvAM0d1c5FSy93Ro by jackyan@mastodon.social
2024-01-06T09:49:01Z
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@pseudonym I’m with you, brother, on all three. I still have a “dumb” TV and a “dumb” toaster and my printer is 17 years old with no scanner and no fax. Long may they all live—at least till this shop opens.
(DIR) Post #AdcvAN399jgyh4Ka0m by jill_the_pill@nutmeg.social
2024-01-06T13:36:38Z
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@jackyan @pseudonym We still have a dumb car and are hanging onto it until the fad passes, if ever it does. It has 225,000 miles and a cassette player. And a hole in the floor, but we had a guy weld a plate over the hole!
(DIR) Post #AdcvAOYjXmYLNK7Jsu by jackyan@mastodon.social
2024-01-06T13:48:12Z
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@jill_the_pill @pseudonym This car sounds awesome with a really reliable engine! May I ask what it is?Mineʼs “dumb”, too, though I went all modern with a CD player!
(DIR) Post #AdcvAPIomRPrgFg7iS by dalias@hachyderm.io
2024-01-07T01:58:50Z
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@jackyan @jill_the_pill @pseudonym Any one from that era has a standard form factor modular "car stereo" slot you can fit whatever you like into. 😎
(DIR) Post #AdcvFr9ceitVVbyYJE by jill_the_pill@nutmeg.social
2024-01-06T14:01:22Z
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@jackyan @pseudonym Toyota Highlander hybrid 2006 — it has a CD player too!
(DIR) Post #AdcvFsBQpTw4hVpVlg by szescstopni@qoto.org
2024-01-06T23:27:19Z
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@jill_the_pill @jackyan @pseudonym That's a good car. None of my cars are that young :) But one does have a hole in the floor – on purpose, to drain water. Rural life is tough but fun.
(DIR) Post #AdcvJX8R1pPyZxAp72 by julescelt01@universeodon.com
2024-01-06T19:59:30Z
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@markmason @Ea7krc @Npars01 @pseudonym Yes, it was probably close to that. A new toaster in 1938 was about $2, the difference is; that toaster still works. I inheirted my grandparents Sunbeam T9. I have had 2 other toasters that have had the wires break in just a few years of use. Today's manufacturing is based on planned obsolescence.
(DIR) Post #Ak6tqZ8AIMtpByYJH6 by clacke@libranet.de
2024-07-20T03:19:45Z
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@pseudonym Renewed relevance today with the largest IT incident in history.
(DIR) Post #AlSYnM5QYk9Q6mX92e by MichaelBishop@mastodon.world
2024-08-04T17:47:20Z
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@pseudonym i have a 60 yr old toaster that still works and will out live me.
(DIR) Post #AlTcdqRRRHfaKdVkO0 by kaaswe@swecyb.com
2024-08-29T17:07:37Z
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@pseudonym I miss buttons, a car with buttons to push and levers to slide to control heat and volume. A proper on/off button with a spring.Keyboards that makes noiceHead phones with cable