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    Casio has released a ring in the form of its iconic watch

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    188 points prvt | 17 comments | 16 Nov 24 14:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source | bottom
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    myself248 ◴[16 Nov 24 16:39 UTC] No.42157276[source]▶
    Six digit, not six segment. Each digit has seven segments.

    I've seen this a LOT lately, when did everyone forget what segments were?

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    ok_dad ◴[16 Nov 24 17:27 UTC] No.42157585[source]▶
    Young people may not have ever seen a display like that.
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    meowster ◴[16 Nov 24 17:31 UTC] No.42157609[source]▶
    They most likely see displays like that on microwaves.
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    1. nefrix ◴[16 Nov 24 17:38 UTC] No.42157657{3}[source]▶
    In grandma’s kitchen.
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    2. saltcured ◴[16 Nov 24 17:52 UTC] No.42157766[source]▶
    I understand a grandma could have had a microwave. After all, I remember radar ranges with mechanical timers that were already relics when I was a child. But, now you've got me wondering what kind of VR/holographic microwaves kids are buying.

    My latest bought a couple years ago still has a 7-segment vacuum fluorescent display. And a digital encoder knob and buttons rather than membrane controls. And a "cyclonic" inverter, which from the marketing diagrams, you would think can bend reality to your whims.

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    3. dmd ◴[16 Nov 24 18:05 UTC] No.42157864[source]▶
    I'm 46 and my grandma had a microwave by the time I was cooking in her kitchen in 1984.
    4. meowster ◴[16 Nov 24 18:47 UTC] No.42158249[source]▶
    TIL I'm a grandma.
    5. 01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[16 Nov 24 19:06 UTC] No.42158415[source]▶
    Did air fryers already displace microwaves? I've missed the last couple meetings
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    6. throwaway494932 ◴[16 Nov 24 19:29 UTC] No.42158575[source]▶
    Microwaves are great a two things (and little else...): warm up liquids and make popcorn. Neither are properly done by an air fryer.

    I have both tools and they have completely different uses.

    edit: both sport 7-segment digits though

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    7. jimmydddd ◴[16 Nov 24 19:57 UTC] No.42158786{3}[source]▶
    I think maybe the original killer app for microwaves was baked potatoes? An hour to cook in a conventional oven. 5 minutes in a microwave. But maybe no one eats those anymore?
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    8. shrx ◴[16 Nov 24 22:40 UTC] No.42160054{3}[source]▶
    Also defrosting
    9. SoftTalker ◴[16 Nov 24 23:48 UTC] No.42160624[source]▶
    > radar ranges with mechanical timers

    Those were the best. Dead simple to operate. That said I still have the Goldstar microwave I bought over 30 years ago, which has a keypad and digital timer.

    10. wormius ◴[16 Nov 24 23:51 UTC] No.42160639{3}[source]▶
    Tina's. Burritos.

    I am a worm of class.

    11. kalleboo ◴[17 Nov 24 00:03 UTC] No.42160717[source]▶
    > But, now you've got me wondering what kind of VR/holographic microwaves kids are buying.

    Our microwave has a fully graphic, monochrome LCD. And Wi-Fi. Of course. https://kalleboo.com/microblog/posts/109720164680381672.html

    12. silisili ◴[17 Nov 24 00:06 UTC] No.42160736{3}[source]▶
    Technically popcorn is just warming up liquids as well. I'd say that's all it's good at, which happens to have a handful of usecases(some frozen meals, popcorn, melting cheese, heating leftovers).
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    13. ok_dad ◴[17 Nov 24 02:46 UTC] No.42161583{4}[source]▶
    Technically all microwave oven use is warming up liquid if you want to get down to the basics.
    14. emchammer ◴[17 Nov 24 03:03 UTC] No.42161669[source]▶
    One of my friends owns a normal-looking radar range kitchen oven. It can cooks with both the convection oven and the microwave at the same time. It is from the 1970s and has all mechanical dials. It has a metal rack inside and you can use any cookware, without a metal lid I guess.
    15. Izkata ◴[17 Nov 24 07:32 UTC] No.42162578{4}[source]▶
    I haven't tried that, but my guess would be the same problem as most solids in a microwave - uneven heating / cold spots. That's why liquids and popcorn work so well, liquids mix themselves up and the unpopped kernels fall to the bottom of the bag.
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    16. CTOSian ◴[17 Nov 24 09:40 UTC] No.42163090{5}[source]▶
    I have one (800w) that takes about 5min to cook a potato (200gr), the manual suggests "once the potatoes are cooked, wrap them in tin foil for at least 5 minutes to cook through" but I just cook one wrapped with baking paper.
    17. acuozzo ◴[18 Nov 24 14:08 UTC] No.42172383{4}[source]▶
    I eat one on most nights. I wouldn't without my microwave oven.