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[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Will AI and robotics take doing laundry away from me?

No? Just my job?

Thanks, I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

But you'll have more time to do the laundry!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It's these terrible single washer/dryer combos that are the cause of this pain. I can only assume their popularity is because they are small and cheap.

It may be the one thing America gets right - overwhelming people have larger washer / dryers with dedicated washing and drying sections. Takes up more space and I'm assuming requires hookups that aren't common elsewhere, but man, they are SO much faster and far more effective. You can be done with all your laundry in a couple hours tops - and I'm talking like 1-2 weeks of laundry all at one time.

Meanwhile we have one of these, and I feel like we're doing small loads of wash the entire week. And don't even bother with the dryer setting on it - for 90% of items, you're just spending 6 hours raising your electricity bill.

/rant

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

I had one back in the day which was the same load size as normal washing machine and had two modes of drying. First is like you say. The other, if you hook up an exhaust duct, dried clothes in the same time as a regular dryer.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I though the US is the home of washer/dryer combos? Never seen them in Europe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have never in my live seen a washer/dryer combo, but that does seem pretty stupid. Like just hang your cloth to dry, it's not that hard

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

But why bother? I have a machine like that. I can put my clothes into it for a short cycle while I'm running, and after one hour I can wear clean and dry clothes again. It works great. It saves a lot of time and effort.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Turn around, there's more laundr-EEEEE-ee-EE-eee-EE-ee-EEEE!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

”In your haste, you forgot dryer sheeeee-ee-ee-eee-ee-ee-eeeets…”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

But why the doggie so long

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

So true! Robots and AI, what really would impress is a machine that wash, dry and folds clothes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

You're a dog snake who has a washing machine in the clouds?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

That's not a washing machine, that's a swamp of sadness.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

"You must imagine Fuchur working the washing machine" – Søren Satre

Or something, I don't read books

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago