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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges

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  1. 9cb14c1ec0 · · focus · HN ↗
    Meanwhile, my non-smart fridge continues to run just fine. Why do we need smart fridges? That was always a bad idea.
    1. Legend2440 · · focus · HN ↗
      The trouble is that 'smart fridges' turn out to be just a regular fridge with an android tablet on the front. Which is useless.

      I would love a fridge with a camera inside and a smart enough AI to tell me (1. what's in the fridge (2. how long it's been there and (3. what I've eaten from it. Some companies have tried making this kind of fridge, but AFAIK they don't work very well.

      1. anentropic · · focus · HN ↗
        Why not just open the door and have a look in the fridge?
        1. phoghed · · focus · HN ↗
          Why not do the more labor intensive, higher energy use, higher friction, less convenient version of anything? Why automate anything?
          1. jjulius · · focus · HN ↗
            Why the blind insistence upon automating everything?
            1. phoghed · · focus · HN ↗
              It’s not blind insistence, and that framing reveals a real lack of imagination on your part in my opinion. A truly smart fridge that had an inventory of all my stuff, knew expiration dates, etc. hooked up to my chat agent would be wonderful.
              1. elzbardico · · focus · HN ↗
                You must live a pretty uninteresting life if you think such a minor thing would be wonderful.
                1. phoghed · · focus · HN ↗
                  Why?
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