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"Samsung support only advised to restart the refrigerator and check timezone..."

What a time to be alive.

At first I thought it wouldn't be so bad to pull over for a software update, but then I remembered I'd forgotten to charge my book and cigarette.

No joke, I occasionally get a (barely noticeable) nagging feeling to check the battery level while reading a book now.

I've seen people and have caught myself too, trying to swipe and enlarge stuff on paper, and also to click and tap. And when writing with pen 'n paper, I often want to undo and look for the C-\ for a moment.

I'm not an old fart by far, but even I have never imagined rebooting a refrigerator. I'm floored. It sounds like some obscure IT insider joke except that this time it's for real. I don't know what to expect next.

"The trial period for your Freezer™©® has expired."

"Your ice maker comes free with licenses for up to 1,000 cubes a year! For only $8.99 a month, you can enjoy up to 5,000 cubes. Add crushed ice for an additional $2.95. Cancel anytime."

Don't give them any ideas.

I think there's an episode in a Ray Bradbury short story where a character argues with his door because it won't let him in because he hasn't paid the subscription for his door lock.

The take away is that IoT under capitalism is going to suck.

I think that somewhere deep in some R&D department someone has already been paid for this exact idea and few others of this kind.

Maybe even Intellectual Ventures has a patent on it.

Your refrigerator has been infected by fridgilocker. Send $5 in bitcoin to this address or your food will rot.

That'll happen for sure. Oh yes it will!

For the protection of your food, Miniplenty requires the installation of a new security certificate in your refrigerator. Your fridge has been locked for your safety. Thank you.

Thanks, Chrome

"Please stand by for message from our sponsors who help keep your food fresh."

<VideoAd2>...

If it means the fridge is free, I'd be happy to add some firewall rules upstream :)

If you're not paying for it, you are the product. Now, please get back into the fridge.

"Our partner advertisements could not be loaded. Please contact customer support before using your refridgerator."

Many PR departments can ward off an angry mob. But an angry, hungry mob...

> I'm not an old fart by far, but even I have never imagined rebooting a refrigerator.

I have a mini fridge in my shop that is usually unplugged and has some weird problem with the temperature sensor relay jamming closed the first time after it is plugged in after a period of being off. "Rebooting" it seems to work.

"They put computers into everything, refrigerators, telephones Toothbrushes, damn it, why can't they leave 'em alone I'm tellin' you now, I don't care how when or why The day my television crashes someone's going to die!" -- Reign of Error by Sudden Death

That's a good one, thanks. Reminds me of Leech Axxs :)

Now it just needs *coin mining malware. Cooling included.

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