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‘Tesla Syndrome’ Explains Why Tech Is Making Us Miserable (www.thedailybeast.com)
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‘Tesla Syndrome’ Explains Why Tech Is Making Us Miserable::There’s a class war that’s leading to worse innovations—but it’s not between the sides you think it is.

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[–] redcalcium@lemmy.institute 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Bought a microwave with analog dials a little while ago. Surprisingly rare and more expensive, but operating microwave is never easier now compared to inputting numbers on a shitty keypad. Just turn the power level knob and the timer knob and it's on.

[–] TitanLaGrange@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, two simple mechanical knobs is easily the best microwave oven interface. Although I do like the fancy Samsung microwave I have that is almost completely silent and lightweight, I think it uses an inverter instead of a chonky HV transformer. I wish I could get a combo of that inverter with a couple of simple knobs for controls.