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pcaashaug | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 The thing is that creating the back-end of simple shit that just works is really difficult and takes a lot of work and ettort. Fiat incentivizes cheap, quick and easy solutions. Bitcoin fixes this with #POW
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TheGuySwann | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +4 
 I wasn't even meaning applications or software, I was meaning truly simple fucking tools and devices that used to be common like washing machines, dryers, cars, etc. A dryer is the dumbest machine in the world, and they've made it into the most pointlessly complicated bullshit that could even be conceptualized. And a basic option literally *doesn't even exist anymore.* 

Its like they outlawed common sense.
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stacksatsio | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Had our broken dryer looked at by an 80-something Vietnamese bloke who used to build them in a factory, not worth replacing the heating element. His advice was to buy the cheapest one with no electronics just physical controls, and “never buy a washer/dryer”. He said that like 5 times and was quite adamant about it, garbage products apparently that break all the time.