What a business mind!
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people get wrinkly, slow, and sometimes stupid when they're about to run out
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Lopatir wrote:
people get wrinkly, slow, and sometimes stupid when they're about to run out
Ah, two great minds, a single thought between them. ;)
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My car has a flat tyre warning. I saw it one day and drove in to work wondering what the hell that light meant. When I got in to work I read the manual, then I looked at the tyre and realised the significance of the light. These sorts of things are only useful if you know what they mean. No I am not going to read the whole of my car manual - I simply don't have the time.
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GuyThiebaut wrote:
then I looked at the tyre and realised the significance of the light.
Hopefully you'll never have to replace the damn sensor. It turns out to be some self-contained wifi thing that communicates with your car's computer. Mine broke, factory fresh they're like $600, not including the cost of getting the stupid computer to recognize the device. Sometimes the cost of technology outweighs the simpler task of walking around the car every morning and visually inspecting the tires. And what's worse, is now, whenever I get to 60 or 65 MPH, the stupid computer loses the connection for some reason and the low pressure indicator starts flashing then goes steadily on. So the end result? Money spent to ignore and idiot light. Who's the idiot, eh? ;)
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
I'm still waiting for a refrigerator that can tell me I'm low on something and to make a grocery list for me, email it to the store, and either have the bag waiting to be picked up or have it delivered at home. Now THAT would be useful tech. :sigh:
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GuyThiebaut wrote:
then I looked at the tyre and realised the significance of the light.
Hopefully you'll never have to replace the damn sensor. It turns out to be some self-contained wifi thing that communicates with your car's computer. Mine broke, factory fresh they're like $600, not including the cost of getting the stupid computer to recognize the device. Sometimes the cost of technology outweighs the simpler task of walking around the car every morning and visually inspecting the tires. And what's worse, is now, whenever I get to 60 or 65 MPH, the stupid computer loses the connection for some reason and the low pressure indicator starts flashing then goes steadily on. So the end result? Money spent to ignore and idiot light. Who's the idiot, eh? ;)
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Exactly! ...and that's a huge bill! I park my car every evening so that I have to walk around it looking at the tyres before I drive off. The day the light came on, I had looked at the tyres beforehand - so the one positive side is that the gauge does detect a slow puncture. The false positive on the light sounds like a real pain.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
Apology if someone already mentioned this but... Soda cans are designed to make the loudest noise possible when you pull the tab, in order to get the attention of others and suggest to them that it's time to get a soda for themselves.
On the other hand, you have different fingers. - Steven Wright
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I'm still waiting for a refrigerator that can tell me I'm low on something and to make a grocery list for me, email it to the store, and either have the bag waiting to be picked up or have it delivered at home. Now THAT would be useful tech. :sigh:
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Marc Clifton wrote:
m still waiting for a refrigerator that can tell me I'm low on something and to make a grocery list for me
[Samsung - Family Hub 2.0 28.0 ](https://www.bestbuy.com/site/samsung-family-hub-2-0-28-0-cu-ft-4-door-flex-french-door-refrigerator-with-apps-black-stainless-steel/5728818.p) Getting closer, though I am still torn if this is a feature I actually want. The amazon "buttons" or whatever they are called, are pretty handy for one touch ease of ordering products I consume.
Common sense is admitting there is cause and effect and that you can exert some control over what you understand.
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Apology if someone already mentioned this but... Soda cans are designed to make the loudest noise possible when you pull the tab, in order to get the attention of others and suggest to them that it's time to get a soda for themselves.
On the other hand, you have different fingers. - Steven Wright
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Simple Human[^] liners do something similar. When you're getting low in the pack there's a sticky note / tag on of the bags to remind to get some more. It's catchy.
Jeremy Falcon
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When my printer gets low on ink, the print job starts to look bad! If only it could remind me when it gets low on paper. :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I like them. I'm not too too much into designer stuff, but having trash bags that just fit the can is awesome. No more having to tie off overly large trash bags to fit the can.
Jeremy Falcon
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
The little red "oil" light on a car I once had. Came on to tell me that the engine had just burnt up and was quitting. It was right.
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
When you get to the bottom of a bacon cheeseburger, there are vegetables. :)
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
When the Volkswagen Beetle was designed (before WW2), every corner was cut to keep the cost down, so it could really be a "car for the people". One of the sacrifices was the fuel gauge; the driver was expected to know how far he had been driving since the last tank filling. But not quite: The fuel tank was split in two: When you filled it up, about five liters flowed into a side tank, but normally it wouldn't flow out of there. If you ran out of fuel out on the highway, you could flip a little handle to release the side tank into the main one. It was sort of like a separate reserve fuel tank kept in the trunk, but this one you never forgot to fill up, you avoided spilling fuel when you had to make use of it, and you never left it in the garage. Every car should adopt that solution! (or at least every car made for use outside of inhabited areas)
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When the bottle of ketchup is almost empty, it makes a 'squirty' sound with a lot of air.
Tim Carmichael wrote:
When the bottle of ketchup is almost empty, it makes a 'squirty' sound with a lot of air.
I've noticed it also tends to be a lot messier and go everywhere you don't want it to go.
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And spreading disease ... with a disposable tissue, you throw away the bug ridden paper instead of carrying it around with you to infect others with. But me? I use "proper" cotton hankies myself ... :laugh:
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And then you give it to your spouse to wash in the laundry. Yuck!
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And then you give it to your spouse to wash in the laundry. Yuck!
:laugh: I do the laundry! And most of the cooking. She handles the important decisions: declaring war on other countries, repelling alien invasions, that sort of thing. We can't clutter her up with trivial implementation details!
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I just noticed recently that when a box of Kleenex is near empty, the color of tissue changes to peach to remind users that it is time to buy a new box. What a smart idea. Do you know any other examples like this?
TOMZ_KV
My beer starts to get warm as it gets emptier so I know to go and get another one.
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One thing the mechanic told me when he was replacing the wheel was "Don't use the quick tyre inflation fix tool!" as it will fill the tyre with gunk and require the tyre sensor to be replaced. So not only do I not get a spare tyre but if I use the kit that is meant to reinflate the tyre I also have to fork out a large quantity in dosh to replace the sensor too - that's a definite fail on the p[art of the manufacturer.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
You call it a fail. The manufacturer is pleased with people paying large sums of money for otherwise easily avoidable damages.
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When the bottle of ketchup is almost empty, it makes a 'squirty' sound with a lot of air.
Tim Carmichael wrote:
When the bottle of ketchup is almost empty, it makes a 'squirty' sound with a lot of air.
And if you're in a restaurant everyone snickers at you.
Sometimes the true reward for completing a task is not the money, but instead the satisfaction of a job well done. But it's usually the money.
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You call it a fail. The manufacturer is pleased with people paying large sums of money for otherwise easily avoidable damages.
I am not sure it is easily avoidable as they don't supply you with a spare tyre as it helps to keep the road tax lower(the weight loss in the car keeps emissions down) and saves them the money in supplying you with a spare tyre.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
