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1. 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.

         1. 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

            1. scrollaway · 1790324038 · focus · HN ↗

               To add to it… I can’t find the video of it right now, but a while back I saw people taking a stopped escalator, and the escalator failing into an open hole essentially. Since then I’ve started following said recommendations on not using stopped escalators.

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