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Having suffered an expensive microwave with a dreadful UI - I love this concept.",{"id":57,"by":58,"text":59},"6026130","blowski","As an example, amongst the buttons on our old microwave: * a picture of a whole chicken * one ice cube * two ice cubes * something that might have been a burger or a slice of…",{"id":61,"by":62,"text":63},"6030189","DigitalSea","Being able to scan a barcode and know how long food should be cooked for? It just makes sense and I wonder why it hasn't been thought of before. I think this is a genius hack and…",{"value":65,"source":66,"evidence":67},"Dislike of poor microwave UI and wish for a simpler interface.","inferred",[68,69],{"id":53,"by":54,"text":55},{"id":70,"by":71,"text":72},"6026441","wikwocket","As someone with a passion for good UI, this is infuriating. We've had microwaves for 50 years; their UI should be solved by now. 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One thing I would like to point out is that microwaves come in different power levels. A large one may be 1200W while a small dorm microwave may be 750W.…",{"value":117,"source":50,"evidence":118},"Good hardware hack for the Raspberry Pi",[119,120],{"id":82,"by":83,"text":84},{"id":78,"by":79,"text":80},[122,133,140],{"value":123,"source":50,"evidence":124},"Internet-connected appliance is a security risk",[125,129],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"6026213","negativity","There are 4 really bad ideas from the article: ``` 1. Clock is automatically updated from the internet 2. 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