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   gom (they/them) (hider@sonomu.club)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 21:27:55 JST gom (they/them)

   At some point in time, a group of people had a meeting in which it was decided that a kitchen #stove with a #touchbased only interface is a good idea. This is one of the worst examples of #design I can think of, and it should be more or less obvious to anyone who's familiar with the work of cooking meals (for more than one) each and every day. I'm pretty certain none of the meeting participants have any experience at all in that department.

   I guess there is such a thing as kitchen tech bros.

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     Flavigula (flavigula@sonomu.club)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 21:27:59 JST Flavigula

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     @hider

     Not to mention cats who walk on said touch controls.

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     gom (they/them) (hider@sonomu.club)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 21:28:03 JST gom (they/them)

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     • Luka Prin/ce Lucija
     • Flavigula

     @luka @flavigula Easy to wipe off, sure. But a design w/ removable mechanical knobs should be as easy to clean.

     Maybe there are less bad models than the one I have. But I find myself being hindered every day by this interface. When I cook it's like when I play music live - a lot of things happening simultaneously. Losing the tactility of mechanical knobs messes that up. Also: greasy or wet fingers is a common thing when cooking, I suppose, and that doesn't go well w/ touch surfaces.

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     Luka Prin/ce Lucija (luka@sonomu.club)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 21:28:04 JST Luka Prin/ce Lucija

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     • Flavigula

     @hider @flavigula I've been in a household with such electric stove for 15 years. for most of the time it's been 4 of us, including two boys for which we had to cook multiple times per day.

     I think it's not less useful than any other. it's very easy to clean.

     we have no cat, buy yeah there's a simple lock function.

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     gom (they/them) (hider@sonomu.club)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 21:28:06 JST gom (they/them)

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     • Flavigula

     @flavigula Right? Sometimes when I get up in the morning I see little paw prints all over the stove and get terrified. I know there are some built-in security functions for that, but still. Horrifying.

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     gom (they/them) (hider@sonomu.club)'s status on Thursday, 21-Mar-2024 21:28:09 JST gom (they/them)

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     • Luka Prin/ce Lucija
     • Flavigula

     @luka @flavigula Also: my orig toot wasn't meant to sound harsh against anyone liking their touchbased stove. The tone in my writing often lives somewhere between sincerity and understated self-deprecation/irony, but I am aware that it can come across as eg accusing. Sorry if that was the case.

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