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> Mom putting the dishes in the dishwasher and programs the central processing unit to do the dishes and, while she’s at it, gives the unit new climate control
by outworlder 11y ago
> Mom putting the dishes in the dishwasher and programs the central processing unit to do the dishes and, while she’s at it, gives the unit new climate control instructions.
Yes, we do tell the diswhasher CPU to do the dishes, and we do tell the climate control system to use new settings. What they couldn't predict is that "CPU"s would become so cheap that they would be anywhere and have nothing "central" about them.
- evan_ 11y agoWhat I think is interesting is that people thought that a central CPU would be preferable to a mechanical timer with analog logic.
- outworlder 11y agoThey can be certainly more flexible, but for a dishwasher that's all you probably need. Except that nowadays it is cheaper to have a micro-controller and a few push buttons than the old-fashioned mechanical timer.