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Hey Pandas, What Technology Do You Think Is The Most Overrated Or Overused? (Closed)
There are many technologies that everyone uses, even when there are many better tools for the same purpose. What is the biggest one?
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#1
AI, hands down.
Every new product or update now includes some fancy schmancy AI feature that no one wants, never works as advertised and slows everything to a crawl. My gosh-darn toaster needs no intelligence.
Final score:
12points
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 week ago
Honestly i like using it for getting and checking sources for work
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#2
Apparently there is such a thing as a 'smart' water bottle that tracks your water intake via Bluetooth. But hey, it also lights up with rainbow colors.
Final score:
6points
Sarah Belt 1 week ago
As someone with alexithymia, I could use this. And the lights would help draw my attention.
#4
Autocorrect. No, I didn't mean to type : You are my worst enema.
Final score:
5points
#6
I was going to say smart TVs but it is already on the list. I'll go with built-in navigation systems in any vehicle. Phone projection has always worked better in most cases and can potentially have other integrated features as well. The phones are faster, can be updated much more easily, and preserve more individual choice in the apps.
Final score:
4points
Bored Sailor 1 week ago
Agreed here, I did not want it but another feature so that came with it. My Jeep's navigation system has to have at least 20 year old data and only updates if paid. Waze and Google maps are free.
#7
Touch screens for every function in cars. Companies do it to 1) Save money, and 2) Provide a certain aesthetic that appeals to people who like "form over function".
My friend's husband has a Tesla and says she has to go into the touchscreen to open the glove box!
It's dangerous and inconvenient for the driver. I have a 2020 Leaf and it is a really great car. It has every button and k**b you would ever want on the steering wheel or dashboard (except for some reason a button to pause music, there is just one to mute everything, which would include map navigation).
It also has a touchscreen for many additional things you would only ever fiddle with when parked (like the million settings it has, Android Auto, etc.)
Final score:
3points
#8
E-Cigarettes.
Jokes on you, Imma live longer than you. I smoke O X Y G E N.
Final score:
3points
#9
Self checkout machines at stores.
I understand that the idea of it is to act as a glorified self checkout lane, but I feel like it takes way longer to finalize a sale on a self checkout lane than it would a regular checkout lane.
Plus, one issue that tends to arise is that self-checkout lanes, at least whenever I do grocery stores requires a cashier to approve any discounts that I might need to get approved, and that sometimes takes minutes. However, at a regular checkout lane, the discounts get approved way quicker.
Final score:
3points
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 week ago
Its nice when i have 1 item and dont want to deal with people
CG (Submission author) 1 week ago
My issues are that I don't usually have 1 or 2 items, and that I usually have to use the self checkout by default, as the check out isles are either full, or closed.
Load More Replies... Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 1 week ago
That does tend to be frustrating i see it, id still rather self checkout personally... if it didn't need employee help constantly
WednesdayAddams'HashbrownOrder 1 week ago
I like them if I have just a few things. I just want to have a choice if I'm not feeling like checking myself out.
Glen Ellyn 1 week ago
At my local grocery store, they're fine if you have only a few things since often the cashiers are ringing up full or almost full carts with more people in line, too. I get a bit annoyed when someone uses the self-checkout with a full cart. THAT'S when it takes forever for others to checkout. A cashier is going to be so much faster than that person who's fumbling through their cart.
DeoManus Argentem 1 week ago
I love self-checkout! The only occasional issue if if I buy alcohol - my main grocery stores deals with it excellently (I just scan the alcohol before anything else, and by the time I've scanned the rest it's already approved by the clerk using a handheld, so no delay). Another store I go to rarely is annoying because I have to wait for the attendant to come over, check my ID, login, and approve it on the terminal I'm using.
DC 1 week ago
This is just another way of abusing automation to replace somebody's job, who then doesn't have a job anymore. Therefore, I refuse to even use these, it's betrayal of the working class once again, and as I consider myself a member thereof, I won't. Fück these things, really ... pay the cashiers, instead, and pay them decently, and you'll see that them being respected, results in them working motivated, and that, in a good relationship between customers and staff. I have never seen the machine anticipate a smile, or appreciate me wishing it a nice evening. Ok, I have used these about two times just to have tried it out, ... it sucked. Somebody had to come and rectify the stupidity of that hightech checkout equipment, and thereby, it wasn't even faster, but took like forever, and annoyed the cashier who was assigned to look over six self-checkout lanes. Just ... just don't ever use them!
#10
GPS. I've seen people rely on GPS in places they know very well, or should know well enough to not use it.
I've had to redirect cab drivers to routes I knew were fast and/or smoother, just to get into an argument about it because it's not what their GPS says.
There have been times people have been led to dead ends, closed streets, traffic jams or gone down a more confusing, longer path because they relied on GPS over their better judgement.
Final score:
3points
Charity Angel 1 week ago
I use my sat nav in places I know because it can tell me if there are issues on the route. But I will also ignore its routing if it's being stupid. And the number of conversations I have with it about wtf it was thinking about a diversion route... (Usually single track, poorly maintained)
#11
Apps for everything... Being able to connect anything and everything to the network... Lights, fridge, thermostat, etc... Leave me be in my old ways...
Final score:
2points
Daniel Atkins 1 week ago
Oh the mobile apps to set up a printer. Let me download software from the website that is user friendly for set up. Any mobile app takes twice as long as any software loading on the computer.
#13
Maps that place the user in the center with their direction of travel headed to the top, instead of having north at the top. It’s worse- if possible- when people follow step-by-step narration so they don’t even know where they are. Read the map and have it pulled up if you need it.
Final score:
2points
Andrew Keir 1 week ago
Apparently people do get confused on a North-up map when they're travelling south and need to make a turn. If it looks 'left' they turn 'left' , especially when they've been used to "heading-up' maps.
#14
Hand mixers. My old one broke on Thanksgiving. Hubby decided to buy me a new one. It has 5 speeds. Its a hand mixer. Im whipping taters, not doin Motocross.
Final score:
1point
#15
Smart Phones. I will agree that a cell phone can be lifesaving, but why must I be online all the time? My totally unfashionable flip phone will allow me to make or receive calls and messages. That's it. And I love it.
Final score:
1point
Sarah Belt 1 week ago
I read waaay more now that I have a smart phone - news & novels. It's a tool, use it responsibly.
#16
Google Docs
Final score:
0points
Sarah Belt 1 week ago
If it's an important document, I'll use it to run spellcheck and grammar check. It seems better than Word at catching the types of mistakes I make. But otherwise I prefer offline Word.
#18
Voice jail.
Final score:
0points
#19
I'm going to sound like some old geezer for this... but honestly, the Internet as a whole. I remember life before it, and it was generally better, in a lot of ways. For example, if someone wasn't feeling well, they went to a doctor to find out. They didn't rattle off a whole host of various diseases that they found by googling their various symptoms. News didn't travel half as fast, so police had more time to actually investigate crimes. As opposed to having to deal with internet sites like reddit going on witch hunts and sending them in entirely the wrong direction, like what happened with the Boston bombing.
Final score:
0points
Charity Angel 1 week ago
I don't know - I like being able to have an educated discussion with my doctor because I've been able to find information about my rare autoimmune endocrine disorder. My neurologist I think did inwardly roll his eyes when he realised I read journal articles (sometimes even for fun. Or I used to before my brain started rotting), but he also upped his consulting game rather than dismissing me out of hand (which has happened more than once). Yes, there is an awful lot wrong with Dr Google, but there's also a lot right about it - especially if you're not a cis, hetero, able-bodied, white guy and therefore are much less likely to be taken seriously by a doctor.
What do you think ?
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