• Prox@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Why even add that complication of a secondary device? Programmable coffee makers are like $30 and they last forever. I’ve been using my Walmart cheapo machine for 20+ years. This is a totally solved problem.

    • unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml
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      17 hours ago

      The only innovative thing most companies’ R&D budgets support is making stuff spy on you using either WiFi or GPS. And old solutions are a no-go, of course. They’re people with standards, you see.

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      2 days ago

      Less to the point of buying this setup to start with, but repurposing an existing one using far less components.