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A Linux-powered microwave oven

A Linux-powered microwave oven

Posted Feb 13, 2016 23:35 UTC (Sat) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: A Linux-powered microwave oven by raven667
Parent article: A Linux-powered microwave oven

> There is also a lot of advertising out there to convince people that every chore is just _too_hard_ and you need a much larger number of appliances than are really necessary.

Those "As Seen on TV" bits should be viewed in light of being targeted at those with disabilities or handicaps. The reason they show normal people purposefully failing is because someone with Parkinson's failing to cleanly break an egg is not something anyone wants to tape, be taped doing, or watch.


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A Linux-powered microwave oven

Posted Feb 14, 2016 2:51 UTC (Sun) by raven667 (subscriber, #5198) [Link]

That never occurred to me before but that makes a ton of sense, that also kind of tracks with the shows these ads run on


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