Skynet is Coming

[BazyleParticipant @bazyle]

While in Korea I was in an hotel room helpfully equipped with a washing machine. Instead of symbols the settings were clearly written – in Korean text.

[Anthony KnightsParticipant @anthonyknights16741]

Posted by Hopper on 27/02/2021 09:19:49:

Then the old one is recycled. It's green, innit? Take a look at BMW recycling two year old cars and cry:

It would probably be "greener" to repair it, but in these days of double sided circuit boards with minature surface mount components that I can barely see, let alone identify, it's not really possible. It's 12 years since I retired so that's an epoch in the electronics game. Well before then, I stopped taking the likes of "Practical Electronics" when most of their projects comprised a PIC and a page of code. I have to admit that towards the end of my working life, I too became a board/equipment changer, but according to my friend who is still working, the new "engineers" can't even manage that.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Bazyle on 27/02/2021 14:01:58:

While in Korea I was in an hotel room helpfully equipped with a washing machine. Instead of symbols the settings were clearly written – in Korean text.

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Perhaps on the [reasonable?] assumption that guests would be in possession of a ‘phone App to OCR and Translate the text for them.

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