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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by cortesoft on Saturday May 07, 2022 @11:30AM (#31295322)
The fact that it takes 3 seconds to grab a pod and put it in verse 10 seconds to get the correct amount of powder is not nothing.
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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by wyre on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:28PM (#31296037)
How do you live your day where 7 seconds is a a significant amount of time?
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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by cortesoft on Saturday May 07, 2022 @04:31PM (#31298291)
If we do one dishwasher load a day, that is 42.5 minutes saved a year. I value my time at around $150 an hour, which means unless the pods cost me more than $100 extra a year, the trade off is worth it.
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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by Reason077 on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:40PM (#31296158)
It's not a question of where you live, but of how much you value your time.

It's been estimated that Elon Musk's time, for example, is worth around $22,000 per minute. So if he's wasting 7 seconds messing around with his dishwasher, that's a lost opportunity cost of $2566.

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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by jhgb on Sunday May 08, 2022 @06:23PM (#31308636)
At that point, you save money by paying a servant. Not by messing around with a dishwasher yourself.
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