Thread: Who would have thought

An air filter is the least of your worries. There are fridges that can monitor yourfood and will alert you when your running low on milk etc. They can alert you when expiration date is near and even order your groceries online for you.
https://www.samsung.com/uk/refrigera...idge-freezers/

Originally Posted by markbignosekelly

An air filter is the least of your worries. There are fridges that can monitor yourfood and will alert you when your running low on milk etc. They can alert you when expiration date is near and even order your groceries online for you.
https://www.samsung.com/uk/refrigera...idge-freezers/

We have some excellent technologies but you really have to wonder if it is necessary to use it everywhere just because we can.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

We have some excellent technologies but you really have to wonder if it is necessary to use it everywhere just because we can.

Bob

Technology is both a wonderful and terrible thing. Look how far surgery has come, space technology, access to the world, the fact I’m conversing with you half way across the world on a phone via a CPU would have been virtually impossible not that long ago. Then again we have people who literally can’t live without their phone, People being murdered because social media fans the flames of certain movements agenda. Companies knowing everything about our lives and making us believe we can’t live without them.

Forgot, my boss brought a toaster for a silly amount that monitors the bread for “that perfect evenness of toast.” It can program different peoples preferences and you can pre load and operate from your phone so you have it ready for when you get in.

I'm amazed at all kinds of different technologies that have emerged during the last couple of decades. So many of them are truly remarkable. But I can't help but think there might be more important issues than toast and fridge contents these great creative minds could be tackling.

We recently bough a new car, it came loaded with all kind of electronics that are flat out annoying.

It shuts off if you stop at a light or traffic for a few seconds, super annoying. It restarts automatically. You can turn it off, but not permanently you must turn it off every time you restart the car.

Then there are all the warning electronics, steering wobbles if you get close to another lane, light flashing and buzzers if another car get close to you, and worst, some times if you change lanes with out signaling, the car breaks suddenly, super dangerous and scares the crap out of you.

Had I known this I would not have bought the car. I hear a lot of this is California mandatory, the Nanny State on steroids. All the safety equipment is dangerous, in my opinion.

I can only imagine what the repair bill will be when it breaks, or the starter will need replacing.

When I buy another car, I may have to buy from out of state.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

When I buy another car, I may have to buy from out of state.

I recently came to the same conclusions when looking for a new vehicle. The only way to minimise, not eliminate, all the electronic gizmos is to buy the entry level model.

Good luck with that. I doubt you will find much difference in another state or another country for that matter. The only solution may be to buy a 10 year old vehicle. I doubt you will find much difference in another state or another country for that matter. The only solution may be to buy a 10 year old vehicle.

Bob

I'm old enough to remember when seat belts came out. Most refused to wear them. They were a pain and were confining and uncomfortable and no ones gonna tell me what to do when I'm in my car. They had to legislate seat belt use and there are still plenty of folks who don't wear them.

Folks complained about cost when they put in padded dashes and safer glass. I mean I'm never gonna get into an accident.

Pretty much every safety item has been met with resistance. I guess it always will.

As far as baking soda in the frig goes, I've used that for years and it's minimally effective.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I'm old enough to remember when seat belts came out. Most refused to wear them. They were a pain and were confining and uncomfortable and no ones gonna tell me what to do when I'm in my car. They had to legislate seat belt use and there are still plenty of folks who don't wear them.

In the UK, compulsory wearing of seatbelts became law 30 years ago. One of my neighbours was an anaesthetist. I remember him telling me that one of the unintended consequences was a shortage of organ donors within months.
In 50 years of driving I've driven most types of car, light truck and motorcycle. I still repair and drive vehicles made from the 1950s through to the present day.
My daily drive is a 2019 Toyota Corolla Hybrid with ABS, stability control, lane departure warning, reversing camera, auto dip headlamps etc., It makes driving a pleasure. Maybe it's different in the US, but I can turn off proximity sensors, lane control etc., at the touch of a button.

I bought a new stove last year and couldn't figure out why they had an internet connect. It is so you can email it your recipe and it will preheat the oven for you. I can't imagine anything more ridiculous on a stove. More irritatingly I think it will set the timers and turn it off for you. I'd be so pissed if I had to remember the oven turned itself off after I peak and see it needs a few more minutes.