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Probably they should have reached out to smart people from somewhere available who could come up with some sort of booking systems like all shared loundry servi

Probably they should have reached out to smart people from somewhere available who could come up with some sort of booking systems like all shared loundry services of residential houses do in Sweden since perhaps the 70's and before. https://www.thenewbieguide.se/laundry-in-sweden/ https://www.thenewbieguide.se/laundry-in-sweden/ You do not need pocket device for such. Do you really say that in the university - supposedly filled with loads of smart people - no-one was able to come up with a solution for this trivial problem before Steve Jobs introduced the smartphone? Wow!

codeulike 3y ago
Thats interesting about the Swedish system, I've never seen that before. Do you really say that in the university - supposedly filled with loads of smart people - no-one was able to come up with a solution for this trivial problem before Steve Jobs introduced the smartphone? Wow! Not sure if you're familiar with UK Universities in the 90s, but no-one was spending much thought making laundry easier for the students. Or making anything easier for the students, for that matter. Least of all the students.
SenAnder 3y ago
Plus reporting which laundry machines are in use, and paying for their use, are two different things, so an app could show you which machines are available, but the machines still let you pay with coins. The GPs argument is similar to how full anti-user lockdown of devices is justified for some minor security benefit that could have been achieved without said lockdown.
Findecanor 3y ago
It is becoming more common that this function is part of an apartment building-wide electronic lock system. Still using the same model but using a RFID key fob which also opens many other locks: front entrance, mail box, basement, etc. There is often a web interface to the booking system in addition to a wall-mounted terminal in a hallway. But using that terminal is often more convenient, as you'd often pass it twice every day anyway and you'd only need the key fob to "log in". (I have worked on developing such a system, but before that I had been a regular user of a competitor's system in my apartment block for years)

codeulike 3y ago

Thats interesting about the Swedish system, I've never seen that before. Do you really say that in the university - supposedly filled with loads of smart people - no-one was able to come up with a solution for this trivial problem before Steve Jobs introduced the smartphone? Wow! Not sure if you're familiar with UK Universities in the 90s, but no-one was spending much thought making laundry easier for the students. Or making anything easier for the students, for that matter. Least of all the students.

SenAnder 3y ago

Plus reporting which laundry machines are in use, and paying for their use, are two different things, so an app could show you which machines are available, but the machines still let you pay with coins. The GPs argument is similar to how full anti-user lockdown of devices is justified for some minor security benefit that could have been achieved without said lockdown.

Findecanor 3y ago

It is becoming more common that this function is part of an apartment building-wide electronic lock system. Still using the same model but using a RFID key fob which also opens many other locks: front entrance, mail box, basement, etc. There is often a web interface to the booking system in addition to a wall-mounted terminal in a hallway. But using that terminal is often more convenient, as you'd often pass it twice every day anyway and you'd only need the key fob to "log in". (I have worked on developing such a system, but before that I had been a regular user of a competitor's system in my apartment block for years)