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curiousObject • today at 2:19 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

>”a smart fridge is a half solution at best”

A car is a half solution to going to work. A stove is a half solution to preparing food.

Half solutions are what people need. They’re the solutions we are using every day.

There is this huge problem with advertising that makes consumers think a half solution is a 100% solution. Most smart product makers do that trick. But, apart from that problem, ‘the perfect is the enemy of the good’

Edit: but no way would I buy any smart or connected fridge from Samsung. I don’t anticipate that being a positive experience


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dns_snek • today at 2:51 PM

> A car is a half solution to going to work.

> A stove is a half solution to preparing food.

A working grocery tracking system is a half-solution to effortless shopping.

A half-working grocery tracking system is useless, much like a car without an engine.

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dieselgate • today at 2:54 PM

“Half solution” seems like an odd way to say tool?

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