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Re:Why Nothing Works Anymore by Bartweiss on Thursday February 23, 2017 @02:47PM (#13717087)
I once saw a soap dispenser which had gotten stuck in a loop.

If no one caught the soap, it fell past the sensor, triggering another soap release, and so on.

I'm sure it was a special case, some obscure failure of the repeat-dispense lockout or something. But I couldn't help marveling at how much effort had gone into making such a singularly crap product; it was behaving worse than would even be possible for a lower tech device.

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Re:Why Nothing Works Anymore by agency on Thursday February 23, 2017 @02:50PM (#13717120)
Reminds me of this marvel of modern engineering: http://imgur.com/Na9jGYR
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Re:Why Nothing Works Anymore by taco_emoji on Thursday February 23, 2017 @05:21PM (#13718384)
I drive past a spotlight every day on my way home from work which just flashes on and off the entire time. I'm quite sure it's because the dusk-to-dawn sensor senses dark, turns on the light, which then hits the sensor and turns it off again, ad infinitum.
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