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When the first one runs out, replace it with the second, and go buy another. You have a buffer to remember to buy the item for your backup inventory.
by delinka 9y ago
When the first one runs out, replace it with the second, and go buy another. You have a buffer to remember to buy the item for your backup inventory.
- rdiddly 9y agoAnd the remembering is done by means of a list on your phone. When you run out, add it to the list. When you're at the store, check the list. Not techy enough for ya? Think of it as preserving state and passing it across time from "the you who knows" (senses a need) to "the you who does" (is at the store). Or as asynchronous communication with yourself.
- Kiro 9y agoOr I just buy the automatic laundry soap ordering thing.
- ggcdn 9y agoAnd if you want to get even more techy, get a google home and say "hey google, add soap to my shopping list"
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoI wondered, can you do that? Because there are a million kinds of soap. Can you say "Hey google, add tide xt extra bright in the HD bottle" and it understands?
- mrguyorama 9y agoIf a "home automation" product can't add arbitrary text to a shopping list (something my phone could probably have done in 2004) then what use is it?
- TeMPOraL 9y agoDo you happen to sell "Tide XT Extra Bright in the HD bottle" soaps? Because if not, why would you even suggest that? :P. I mean, seriously, I know what soap I want to buy when I'm shopping. It might be a different one every week. And I definitely don't want my automated solutions to vendor-lock me.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoOh - I thought it would actually order stuff, not just put it on a list. But if its just making a list, then what's the point? I can write on the slip of paper on the fridge anyway.
- rdiddly 9y agoThe list idea was part of the "you really don't need this overwrought solution" thread. Oops I gave away the agenda!
- jrowley 9y agoWhy not have the detergent bottle automatically add itself to your list on your phone when it runs out - it doesn't need to actually buy it on amazon. Seems convenient to me.