Xiaomi touts new crowdfunding project as World's Smartest Coffee Maker
Xiaomi touts new crowdfunding project as World's Smartest Coffee Maker
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I don't want a "smart" coffee maker.
A coffee maker's job is to heat water and push it through a filter holding coffee.
A smart coffee maker is the person who makes sure I get to drink coffee. It's me. I'm the smart coffee maker.
Yeah, they can keep their data-harvesting stuff to themselves; no thanks.
A smart coffee maker is the history PhD working as a barista.
Hell, my Espresso machine has minimal electronics (techically the LED indicators are electronic, as is the thermister that controls heating). Nothing else.
My espresso maker:
Let me guess, it will require an always-on internet connection...
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