AI powered microwave.
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You see this is how they getcha yeah yeah yeah we have popcorn buttons. Sounds fun right? Sounds like the future? But every packet of popcorn says "do not use the popcorn button" on it and sometimes the button makes perfect popcorn, sometimes it burns your house down.
Not so excited now are you?
@futurebird heh I’d be surprised if two vendors would even agree on suitable settings. Plus you need different for different packaging sizes anyway.
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You see this is how they getcha yeah yeah yeah we have popcorn buttons. Sounds fun right? Sounds like the future? But every packet of popcorn says "do not use the popcorn button" on it and sometimes the button makes perfect popcorn, sometimes it burns your house down.
Not so excited now are you?
@futurebird @mirabilos WARNING: DO NOT PRESS THE TORMENT NEXUS BUTTON REPEAT DO NOT PRESS THE TORMENT NEXUS BUTTON
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@futurebird heh I’d be surprised if two vendors would even agree on suitable settings. Plus you need different for different packaging sizes anyway.
The buttons used the humidity or the frequency of pops to time it perfectly, but some packaging styles make this not work.
But if you pop it in a paper bag it works great most of the time.
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I'd never heard of this before, so I had to check for myself. I just never had the desire to use the popcorn button, I was always a 'wait until it stops audibly popping' sort of girl.
And damned if it's not right there.
(Now I have popcorn, at least.)
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You see this is how they getcha yeah yeah yeah we have popcorn buttons. Sounds fun right? Sounds like the future? But every packet of popcorn says "do not use the popcorn button" on it and sometimes the button makes perfect popcorn, sometimes it burns your house down.
Not so excited now are you?
Ok but where do you stand on the reheat button?
At work a grad student introduced me to it because our work microwave looks like it’s having an issue when using the reheat button (no numbers or words just a blank screen with a cursor tracing the outline of the screen), I use it routinely at home and work but wonder if 1 min pulses might be better .
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AI powered microwave. Everyone must be laughing at this. This is such a joke.
People don't even use the damn popcorn button and that ... kind of works.
@futurebird do you find microwave ovens simple?
i use them very seldom, and usually someone has to help me. last time i managed to get the thing spinning, but on zero watts. the knobs look like on a scope, except they are not marked usefully?
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@futurebird @troublewithwords was Magnetron an autobot or a decepticon? I get them mixed up.
@llewelly It's both in this case, this is an autobot pulling a decepticon @futurebird @troublewithwords
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You see this is how they getcha yeah yeah yeah we have popcorn buttons. Sounds fun right? Sounds like the future? But every packet of popcorn says "do not use the popcorn button" on it and sometimes the button makes perfect popcorn, sometimes it burns your house down.
Not so excited now are you?
@futurebird @mirabilos It seems to me that almost everything built "to help you", especially the "press one button and voila!" type conveniences, are inherently dodgy. I love tech, but don't trust it much. I can make my own popcorn, correct my own writing, lock my car doors when needed, etc. I prefer rock solid surety over supposed convenience.
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You can't have any popcorn until you enter the wifi password and download the new firmware.
This is the definition of HELL.
@futurebird JUST FOR THAT I'm gonna make some popcorn. Because I can.
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What is it with the microwave popcorn producers always telling you to "For the love of God, do not use the popcorn button!"
Every package says to not use it. What's up with that?
@pseudonym You're in luck! @TechConnectify did an incredibly detailed deep-five into this exact question.
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I'd never heard of this before, so I had to check for myself. I just never had the desire to use the popcorn button, I was always a 'wait until it stops audibly popping' sort of girl.
And damned if it's not right there.
(Now I have popcorn, at least.)
@theogrin @pseudonym @futurebird
I feel obligated to share this technology connections video where he talks about why the popcorn button exists -
@polinamials @futurebird I get that all the time, in various forms, from my home automation. It does no good to argue and it does not take instruction well. Right now it is sulking.
@meltedcheese @polinamials @futurebird there will come soft rains
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@deborahh @huntingdon @futurebird
Or a replacement computer panel for a new microwave -
@futurebird I’m not laughing, necessarily, depending on the “AI” tech being used.
I have rice maker we bought when we lived in Japan, 2009-2011. It uses “fuzzy logic “ to make what you want and it makes PERFECT RICE every time, regardless of the type of rice or if the water amount is not exactly right. Fuzzy logic has been around since the ‘80s. (Same tech controls where to position elevators in skyscrapers).
@meltedcheese @futurebird The tech behind the simpler rice cookers and how they determine when it is done is ridiculously straightforward and simple: they have a temperature sensor and as soon as they detect the temperature rising above 100 degrees C, they click off or to warm because that means there is no longer water absorbing the heat.
And it usually ends up making perfectly steamed rice, no matter what type of rice you're using. -
Ok but where do you stand on the reheat button?
At work a grad student introduced me to it because our work microwave looks like it’s having an issue when using the reheat button (no numbers or words just a blank screen with a cursor tracing the outline of the screen), I use it routinely at home and work but wonder if 1 min pulses might be better .
@MCDuncanLab @futurebird I just use watts and time…
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@futurebird @mirabilos It seems to me that almost everything built "to help you", especially the "press one button and voila!" type conveniences, are inherently dodgy. I love tech, but don't trust it much. I can make my own popcorn, correct my own writing, lock my car doors when needed, etc. I prefer rock solid surety over supposed convenience.
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@meltedcheese @futurebird The tech behind the simpler rice cookers and how they determine when it is done is ridiculously straightforward and simple: they have a temperature sensor and as soon as they detect the temperature rising above 100 degrees C, they click off or to warm because that means there is no longer water absorbing the heat.
And it usually ends up making perfectly steamed rice, no matter what type of rice you're using.@fskornia @futurebird Sounds like you know your basic physics and how to cook perfect “simple” rice. Not sure exactly what “simple” means other than you know exactly what you want, each time every time. People have been making rice for eons. There are many types of rice and many different types of outcomes one may desire, as in a recipe, or hope to avoid. Managing these myriad factors to achieve perfect results is where the tech helps.
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AI powered microwave. Everyone must be laughing at this. This is such a joke.
People don't even use the damn popcorn button and that ... kind of works.
@futurebird I feel useless like the 9 on the microwave.
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