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'Unprecedented' Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across Europe as hackers activate automatic defrosting — delivery and store prices also impacted by incident (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 1 point 1 week ago (6 children)

not if your washing machine is anything above basic, in which case the time estimate at start is not reliable because it changes depending on conditions

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago (4 children)

    This guy gets it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (3 children)

    BTW I don't have a smart washing machine but I do have home automation through Home Assistant and I've added an automation that tells me when the washing machine has finished, how long it took and how much energy it used. It's very useful to me, also because it sets a periodic reminder to unload the washing machine. Just by using a zigbee smart outlet.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago* (2 children)

    Same. Seriously.

    Except my plug is Matter over Thread.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    I used to have the same for the dishwasher, but then I got one that opens its door automatically at the end of the cycle, so human intervention was less necessary. And I've got a timer that shuts off power to my "smart" tv after 30 minutes of inactivity because fuck letting it use 25W continuously.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    It doesn't change that drastically in my experience, generally with full loads and a small selection of programs we regularly use. The dryer OTOH can often be done much sooner and the displayed time is more of an upper limit.

    A simple timer still gets the job done when we're chaining laundry, don't need to maximize uptime by the minute. My devices are fine offline.

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