[sushisource]

Technology was also a hell of a lot less complicated until recently.

[drdaeman]

This. We haven't really had software until just slightly more than half a century - and now everything but a kitchen sink has a microprocessor, running some sort of firmware. Which is never sold, merely leased^W licensed.

[vineyardmike]

Off topic but..

> and now everything but a kitchen sink

My kitchen sink has a processor in it.

[guntars]

That’s hilarious. What is it processing?

[vineyardmike]

https://www.moen.com/smart-home/u-by-moen-smart-faucet

Alexa controlled sink :)

"Alexa, give me one cup"

Stupid I know

[wott]

Like the others, I guess: streams of wata.

[nanomonkey]

Garbage disposals are often called food waste processors.

[Koshkin]

Perhaps. On the other hand, moving complexity from hardware (in whatever form) into software has proved beneficial.