• maniclucky@lemmy.world
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        5 hours ago

        I did a little “is shit rotting in your fridge?, also inventory” thing for senior design. It was a cursed project for a variety of reasons, but even what we did was a stretch in terms of utility.

        If only we had known that the girl that came up with the idea was actively detrimental to everything she was even adjacent to

        • ctrl_alt_esc@lemmy.ml
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          1 hour ago

          There’s a super easy way to find out the answer to that question that does not require a screen… it’s incredibly innovative and kind of magic though, so I understand it’s not everyone’s first thought.

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      I keep racking my brain on this one. Unless it’s doing advanced things like automatically tracking fridge inventory and helping build shopping lists, there’s literally no point. Analog controls work fine, even for fancier fridges with integrated ice makers.

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          2 hours ago

          And even that one is not a good use case really because of the location.

          The counter makes a lot more sense for a recipe screen, and turns out a tablet is good at that.