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

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188 points prvt | 9 comments | 16 Nov 24 14:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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nefrix ◴[16 Nov 24 17:38 UTC] No.42157657[source]▶
In grandma’s kitchen.
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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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1. 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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2. jimmydddd ◴[16 Nov 24 19:57 UTC] No.42158786[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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3. shrx ◴[16 Nov 24 22:40 UTC] No.42160054[source]▶
Also defrosting
4. wormius ◴[16 Nov 24 23:51 UTC] No.42160639[source]▶
Tina's. Burritos.

I am a worm of class.

5. silisili ◴[17 Nov 24 00:06 UTC] No.42160736[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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6. ok_dad ◴[17 Nov 24 02:46 UTC] No.42161583[source]▶
Technically all microwave oven use is warming up liquid if you want to get down to the basics.
7. Izkata ◴[17 Nov 24 07:32 UTC] No.42162578[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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8. CTOSian ◴[17 Nov 24 09:40 UTC] No.42163090{3}[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.
9. acuozzo ◴[18 Nov 24 14:08 UTC] No.42172383[source]▶
I eat one on most nights. I wouldn't without my microwave oven.