minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Are there any common household items or products that you think are designed incredibly poorly?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 days agoIt’s usually because of cheap electrolytic capacitors. Letting a $10+ item die because they were too cheap to pay $0.25 instead of $0.15 for a properly rated component. linkfedilink
minus-squareooterness@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Google will use machine learning to estimate a user’s agelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·11 days agoThat’s weird, the computer says everyone was born January 1, 1900. linkfedilink
It’s usually because of cheap electrolytic capacitors. Letting a $10+ item die because they were too cheap to pay $0.25 instead of $0.15 for a properly rated component.