Home of the Future

by | Sep 15, 2018 | Jim's Take on the Market, The Future | 8 comments

A fridge with internet, cameras and microphones!  Thanks daytrip:

8 Comments

  1. Susie
    Susie on September 15, 2018 at 9:38 am

    We’re buying a new fridge for the new home, Jim. We found a Samsung one with internet, camera and microphone. Cool features (great if you’re at Costco and forget what’s in your fridge).
    We seriously looked at it (price: $2,300) but salesman said it had ice issues that cost about $800 to fix. He said we could get a $200 warranty to fix it. We said, “Nah!”

    We bought a SS 5-door Kitchen Aid fridge with amazing features and 25.8 cubic feet space (price: $3,100). Also had countless 5-star reviews. I buy lots of fresh food so wanted the bigger interior space.

    All the cool features are awesome but who wants a $800 repair bill on that “futureristic” fridge?

  2. Brian
    Brian on September 15, 2018 at 1:08 pm

    I’m predicting an eventual resistance to all these “smart” appliance integrations. Once the Chinese hack the LG mainframe and melt all the ice cream in the United States people will be clamoring for the ole General Electric compression coil dumb fridge.

  3. Daytrip
    Daytrip on September 15, 2018 at 9:55 pm

    “Once the Chinese hack the LG mainframe and melt all the ice cream in the United States people will be clamoring for the ole General Electric compression coil dumb fridge.”

    I hope it happens. It would be the next best thing to a world war to finally bring all Americans together. The enemy of the enemy of my Hagen Daz is my friend.

  4. Eddie89
    Eddie89 on September 17, 2018 at 10:23 am

    I’m glad the video was not too crazy on the “house of the future”, like other videos I’ve seen. Where actors are wearing foil clothing and trying to convince H.A.L. to open the garage door!

    Technology changes so fast, that most devices are obsolete as soon as you take it out of the box!

  5. Daytrip
    Daytrip on September 17, 2018 at 6:09 pm

    One attempted meme I despise is “the internet of things.” It’s the tard notion some corporate douche would entitle a shiddy PowerPoint presentation to kiss up to his techno-gaylord boss. It reeks of dysfunction all over the place. The precocity of nerds is still surprising. Contrary to popular myth, many nerds didn’t get beat up in high school for no good reason. Some of them really had it coming.

  6. Native San Diegan
    Native San Diegan on September 17, 2018 at 6:37 pm

    I think it may be another part of our lives where we will need to choose between convience and privacy. Will the smart devices collect data and sell it and are the features good enough that people will not get too concerned about this.

  7. Daytrip@sbcglobal.net
    Daytrip@sbcglobal.net on September 17, 2018 at 9:52 pm

    “Will the smart devices collect data and sell it and are the features good enough that people will not get too concerned about this”

    I think the baseline character test has been given and logged. When a sudden rush of seratonin is involved, Facebook has demonstrated that the majority of Americans will sell their mom. “It’s okay! You’ll be safe, mom! Probably. Selfy before you go! Smile! Atta girl! That’s my momma! Take her away, guys!”

    I believe there exists a serf/slave gene. For those who have it, it must be expressed. They gotta serve somebody. They just gotta. It’s a holy quest for them.

    So… we’ll have talking homes, when the price is right.

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