My parents have an alexa kettle that can only be turned on by speaking to alexa or using an app.
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My parents have an alexa kettle that can only be turned on by speaking to alexa or using an app.
So I can have tea as long as they have a wifi connection.
Welcome to the 21st century.
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My parents have an alexa kettle that can only be turned on by speaking to alexa or using an app.
So I can have tea as long as they have a wifi connection.
Welcome to the 21st century.
I was foolishly pressing the "on" button with my finger. Like a *peasant*.
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I was foolishly pressing the "on" button with my finger. Like a *peasant*.
Does anyone have any literature on why having these listening devices in your house is a bad idea?
My instinct is "it's obviously bad just cos" but that isn't exactly helpful.
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Does anyone have any literature on why having these listening devices in your house is a bad idea?
My instinct is "it's obviously bad just cos" but that isn't exactly helpful.
@miffyhelen "Enshittification" by @pluralistic sums it up really well!
It's not designed to make life better for you, it's designed to extract money from you. But it's marketed well, I guess.
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Does anyone have any literature on why having these listening devices in your house is a bad idea?
My instinct is "it's obviously bad just cos" but that isn't exactly helpful.
miffyhelen@beige.party no literature but the kettle is purely bad because the cloud connection provides exactly zero benefit to the end user.
Some other smart tech you can try to justify (e.g. ability to adjust home temperature while I am out of the house, etc.)
This kettle is smart for the sake of ticking a box and ultimately that makes the appliances dumber as a result
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Again, there's a big difference between making food for yourself at home and selling it to others.
But there are ways to appropriate culture even if you're not selling it. I mentioned in replies the practice of publishing recipes in blog posts, either naming the restaurant or just the dish. Even sharing the recipe with friends and family is performative. Making the food for dinner guests can be, too.
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A good story about reverse engineering is the Portland food cart where the creators literally spied on Oaxacan women making tortillas to learn their secrets.
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I mentioned in replies that as a member of the Palestinian diaspora, I make our food for friends and colleagues when they come to my house, but I don't normally give out family recipes. Those are for my kids, niblings, and future generations.
I recognise that this is different than running a restaurant. And that not all diaspora cultures hold onto recipes this way.
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Oh hell yeah. This is what’s been missing in my life.
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First and foremost is cultural appropriation. Food culture is an important part of retaining culture in diaspora communities, and different communities have different standards for sharing that culture outside the community. Especially when dishes are part of a cohesive whole, decontextualizing and commodifying those dishes can feel disrespectful and appropriative.
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