Asimech @Asimech@mastodon.social

I suffer from, among others, light sensitivity.

So if you don't like dark UIs you're not getting any sympathy from me.
In fact, if you like joking about dark UIs/themes being awful/barbaric/whatever I'll likely just mute you because F off.

"Come for the cute animal et al. boosts,
leave for the whinging about video game textures or whatever."

Well, I presume it's more convenient for the manufacturer because I can come up with no other reason for it.
It can't be cheaper because the cheaper models have ordinary looking knobs.

Oh, also the knobs for the oven can go inside the case. All it does is make it look "neater" and make the knobs feel like they won't last more than a couple of years.

The button interface is a goddamn farce.
Having to press on the hob and then on the power up/down button makes it extra annoying to have to near constantly adjust the heat between "will boil over and "will spend half the time not boiling" settings when you're cooking medium to small batches.

And it makes an ear-piercing beep each time you press anything.

There's no benefit to the interface over knobs. It's just more convenient for the manufacturer.

The large hob is on the back corner.
The pulsing heat control has way, way too slow cycle so making small batches means they stop frying/boiling for a second, then go on high heat for another and then stop again.

There are 10 settings (apparently there's a "P" setting on all hobs) b/c 1-3 are for "keeping the food warm" but the pulse thing means it just reheats the food a bit every second.
Nothing stays boiling at 5
So it's really just 5 or 6 useful settings.

It's such a shitshow I can't stop going over all the problems with it.

It shouldn't exist. No-one, ever, should buy that bloody thing or its ilk.

Its only positive sides are "it's better than nothing" and "it's easier to clean than ceramic hobs".

I've reached the point of anger and frustration with my stove where I have difficulty sleeping because I can't stop thinking about how I'll have to cook again tomorrow using it.

And how I have to babysit the temperature constantly because the pulsing heat control was designed by someone who either only cooks large batches of food at a time or never cooks at all.

"Being anti-surveillance is a privileged position.
Also benefits of surveillance are a fact, while downsides are only theoretical."
- A take so hot and woke it's dying of hypothermia