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One quote from the list of BOFH excuses (of the early 2000s, https://gist.github.com/chuckwagoncomputing/ff980f81482b5894c824 https://gist.github.com/chuckwagon
by segfaultbuserr 6y ago
One quote from the list of BOFH excuses (of the early 2000s, https://gist.github.com/chuckwagoncomputing/ff980f81482b5894c824 https://gist.github.com/chuckwagoncomputing/ff980f81482b5894...) was:
> Firmware update in the coffee machine
It isn't funny any more...
> https://support.smarter.am/hc/en-us/articles/115005135369-My-machine-is-stuck-in-update-mode- https://support.smarter.am/hc/en-us/articles/115005135369-My...
> In case your Smarter Coffee machine has become stuck while updating, please follow the steps below to manually perform the firmware update...
- Turn product off at the wall.
- Press and hold the 2 left buttons on the control panel.
- Turn the power on at the wall and keep holding the two buttons for 10 seconds.
- The "Update" screen should then appear. (Check this has appeared on the screen, good news if it has!)
- Connect to the "Update" network and wait for it to connect. (Check that the signal bars at the top of the iPhone screen are there, this can take up to 55 seconds)
- Open the Smarter app
- Select "update" firmware either via the 'pop-up' or from the 'About' page
- Select 'next', it will take you to the page where it tells you to connect to update network.
- Close and open the app ONCE.
- Press next
- It should update...
- Once it reaches 100%, the coffee machine screen will say "Loading" while it reboots.
- keeganpoppen 6y agoalright, that's it-- can we just burn it all down to the ground and start over?
- yetihehe 6y agoRegarding that burning - my home wood pellet furnace needed software updates after installation to start fully working. Good luck that I had mobile internet available.
- segfaultbuserr 6y ago> needed software updates after installation to start fully working Not too bad, at least it's a one-time job, better than some IoT thermostats that crash randomly in winter midnights and freeze everyone to death (figuratively)... > https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/fashion/nest-thermostat-glitch-battery-dies-software-freeze.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/14/fashion/nest-thermostat-g... > Nest Thermostat Glitch Leaves Users in the Cold > The Nest Learning Thermostat is dead to me, literally. Last week, my once-beloved “smart” thermostat suffered from a mysterious software bug that drained its battery and sent our home into a chill in the middle of the night.