obligatory technology connections comment
There’s a third video now (A condensed version I think)
Seconded, however:
WARNING:
if you go to Technology Connections YT channel, we are not responsible if when you find yourself watching a 6 hour play list on light bulbs
Or even worse, six hours of video making LED christmas lights look like the incandescent light from 30 years ago.
The subjects are interesting, the script is tight and packed with insight, and he uses the magic of buying two of them
I also have strong opinions about Christmas lights.
Unfortunately, they do not perfectly align with Technology Connections. We agree is almost all respects: flickering is bad, purple is not a valid Christmas color, white lights should be warm and not bluish. I just can’t agree about this one thing though, I LOVE the super saturated colors of LEDs for the red, blue, and green lights. I care much less about the saturation of the yellow and/or orange lights.
I agree with you, but my excuse is being in the southern hemisphere where Christmas lights must compete with summer evenings. The bold colours do better at early twilight
Indoors though I like the less saturated colours, and lack of options has had my tree lit with warm white only for the last decade - I get colour only where the white light plays off transparent and reflective baubles (decorations, I think they’re called in America) and tinsel
A long time ago, as I was getting ready to get dinner with a friend. I asked her if she could start my dishwasher. It was all loaded and just needed the detergent which was under the sink…well, we got back and the kitchen was flooded and filled with suds and bubbles. Turned out she used the dish soap next to the sink instead of the detergent. Cleaned it up, laughed, and was reminded of the different experiences we all have from people who grow up in more wealthy households.
It’s not just wealthy people who don’t load their own dishwashers. People who don’t own dishwashers are used to manually doing the dishes.
That’s super true! I’ve been renting for so long that it’s one of those conveniences that I love having, but I can get by totally okay without one (currently don’t have one). Growing up, chores were just normal things, but I meant so many people who never had to do them, and they had a lot of household experiences to gain later in life!
I ran out of dishwasher detergent one time. I KNEW you can’t use regular soap, but I said if I just use a tiny amount, I’ll rewash later if I have to. It can’t be THAT bad.
No.
No amount is ever the right amount other than none.
I almost always have two boxes of washing powder, when one goes empty I can replace it while using the other. I usually go shopping more often than I use a box of detergent
“Two is one, one is none.”
It applies to essential household commodities just like it does computer backups.
MIL does this on purpose. Fucking grinds my gears - I gave up on preaching that there is a reason for that little closed compartment.
Unfortunately the little door on my dishwasher sticks and won’t open 99% of the time so I have no choice but to chuck the pod in the bottom. It sucks, but my dishwasher works well in every other way and my dishes are clean enough so I’m not spending money on a new one until some other part of it breaks.
If you’re around, wait some minutes and throw it in after it would have opened.
Mine does that too. I have learned to put smaller things in the front and larger things (like upright plates) at the back and it seems to be working well.
I wish it was that easy, but mine slides vertically rather than flipping out so there’s nothing blocking it from opening. It seems to be the internal mechanism that isn’t doing its job.
Mine has that damn sliding mechanism too. What I found is that the track it slides on can get gummed up with detergent and get stuck. I really wish it had the swing door instead!
Also the dishwasher’s racks already have parts of the coating on them broken and the metal inside is rusting. Really annoying!
And next we’ll tell you what the little hatch labeled “rinse aid” is for.
In other news, major manufacturers are starting to ship appliances now without including any printed instructions. I can see that it’s just as well; it’s clear that nobody would read them anyway.
I do. And more importantly, I judge others by whether they do or not. Any manufacturer who doesn’t ship a manual will get permabanned by me.
Meanwhile, here I am still lamenting that they no longer come with circuit diagrams.
Surprisingly, a lot of them do. Check behind the toe kick or in a lot of machines, inside the control panel cover.
Really cheap appliances that are still entirely electromechanical might come with complete schematics, but I’ve yet to encounter an electronic one that does (where “complete” means “including the details of the PCB, not just treating it as a black-box component”).