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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges

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tacomagick · 1790257240 · focus · HN ↗
Why is the fridge's cooling system is one with the smart features? They should be kept completely separate
1. thiht · 1790260994 · focus · HN ↗
  I like how escalators gracefully degrade to stairs, and electric toothbrushes to regular toothbrushes. That a smart fridge can't act as a dumb fridge is absolutely ridiculous.
  1. vel0city · 1790269207 · focus · HN ↗
    Escalator manufacturers actually don't recommend having people use stationary escalators as stairs, as they're potentially in a problem state and may experience additional failure and become very unsafe.
    If you have an option of regular stairs or stalled escalators, use the stairs.
    thiht · 1790287526 · focus · HN ↗
    Ngl, I’d like to see a broken escalator failing more than being stairs. I don’t know if manufacturers tell that as an abundance of caution or if they even say that, but a broken escalator becoming a danger seems highly unlikely to me
    vel0city · 1790288118 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE2Lv-t9BHk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qE2Lv-t9BHk
    <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krXj69fJjgA" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krXj69fJjgA
    If the brakes aren't operating properly the stairs could start moving uncontrollably.
    thiht · 1790312778 · focus · HN ↗
    Wow that’s terrifying
    vel0city · 1790337971 · focus · HN ↗
    Don't get me wrong, these kinds of things are very rare, and are extremely unlikely even with a stalled one. I'm not trying to suggest every stalled escalator is a death trap waiting to happen. If there's really no other option I'd probably feel fine using them as stairs. There's a lot of safety planning that goes into escalators.
    But the thing is, you don't know what it's state is, and it's clearly not in the "everything is OK" state. At least if it's running you can guess the operator is intending for you to use it.

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