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> The garage door opener works when you push a button. What button? I've got a detached garage, so it doesn't make sense to have a button inside. And when the
by khedoros1 9y ago
> The garage door opener works when you push a button.
What button? I've got a detached garage, so it doesn't make sense to have a button inside. And when the previous residents were (apparently) evicted, they took various keys, remotes, etc with them. I most certainly had to buy a remote and find my garage door opener's manual to get it working. Damned if I was going to pay a garage door repairman to come out and hit a few buttons for me.
- mikeash 9y agoThis scenario is covered under "If it doesn't work, you call a garage door or HVAC company and they fix it." Your typical HN reader is probably willing and able to reprogram the thing on their own, but this is not normal.
- khedoros1 9y agoYou say it's covered; I disagree, which is why I responded. HVAC? Maybe; it's sometimes hooked into the gas lines, with wiring through the walls and such. I feel like it's condescending to assume that most people would be unwilling or unable to pair a remote with a garage door opener, though.
- mikeash 9y ago"Condescending" may very well be accurate, but that doesn't make the statement wrong.
- khedoros1 9y agoDoesn't make it true either, and you're the one making the claim.
- mikeash 9y agoSure. I'm just describing what I've observed. If you don't think it's correct, that's fair. I'm just pointing out that whether or not it's condescending is a completely different question. I'll happily admit that I have a really bad attitude toward the general population's technical literacy or willingness to RTFM.
- c22 9y agoI was looking at an open house for sale earlier this year and the button to open the (detached) garage was under the edge of the counter in the kitchen like some sort of silent alarm panic switch.