• peoplebeproblems@midwest.social
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      8 days ago

      Toaster. You put bread in, you push a button, you get toast out.

      Simple. Stupid. Cheap machine. Capable of doing one thing well.

      It’s a great insult.

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      8 days ago

      Clanker is so ick. Especially for protocol services like an AI or bot where the only moving parts are the fans and pumps server-side.

      Toaster is cool, but describes an early model of robot in Battlestar Galactica because it had a bread slot face. But it stiil works and for non-physical bots too, since it implies they generate ridiculous amounts of heat to do a simple task.

    • thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org
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      8 days ago

      when I first saw this reply, it was only a few minutes old and I think or I hope I was the 2nd or 3rd upvote on it. Now its the most popular comment on this and I am glad to have been in consensus on it.

      Toasters is the best phrase for this