Rekall Incorporated@lemm.ee to Hardware@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoXiaomi touts new crowdfunding project as World's Smartest Coffee Makerwww.notebookcheck.netexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down11
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minus-squaresuperkretlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoI don’t want a “smart” coffee maker. A coffee maker’s job is to heat water and push it through a filter holding coffee.
minus-squareALQ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoA smart coffee maker is the person who makes sure I get to drink coffee. It’s me. I’m the smart coffee maker. Yeah, they can keep their data-harvesting stuff to themselves; no thanks.
minus-squaresuperkretlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 days agoA smart coffee maker is the history PhD working as a barista.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 days agoHell, my Espresso machine has minimal electronics (techically the LED indicators are electronic, as is the thermister that controls heating). Nothing else.
I don’t want a “smart” coffee maker.
A coffee maker’s job is to heat water and push it through a filter holding coffee.
A smart coffee maker is the person who makes sure I get to drink coffee. It’s me. I’m the smart coffee maker.
Yeah, they can keep their data-harvesting stuff to themselves; no thanks.
A smart coffee maker is the history PhD working as a barista.
Hell, my Espresso machine has minimal electronics (techically the LED indicators are electronic, as is the thermister that controls heating). Nothing else.
My espresso maker: