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Re:Avoid the Nightmare Bicycle by konmaz on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @03:23PM (#43259454)
The same applies to air fryers with touchscreens and "smart" cooking programs. We only need 2 options like power and time like a microwave.
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Re:Avoid the Nightmare Bicycle by cirrus3 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @03:35PM (#43259560)
I think the microwave ones are useful even if they are just presets for time and power.

With a new bike, you can get a feel very quickly for what "5th gear" works well for and experiment with it and get immediate feedback and try other options pretty much no downside.

With a microwave, I don't necessarily want that level fine grain control. I probably just want to eat and not ruin my food and I certainly don't want to spend time running experiments. Having a preset at least gets you in the ballpark.

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