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0 pointsidlewords2y ago0 comments

But how do you cancel without a cancel button?

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If you make a toast-related error, by inserting bread into the toaster and then deciding you don't actually want it toasted, you unplug the toaster.

As the elements cool, your bread returns to you, unharmed.

> unharmed

harmed to a degree that is proportional to the toast-decision-making latency of the operator

You move the darkness slider all the way to the "light" end for a second. For all the machine's faults, this one wasn't a big deal.

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If you make a toast-related error, by inserting bread into the toaster and then deciding you don't actually want it toasted, you unplug the toaster.

As the elements cool, your bread returns to you, unharmed.

> unharmed

harmed to a degree that is proportional to the toast-decision-making latency of the operator

You move the darkness slider all the way to the "light" end for a second. For all the machine's faults, this one wasn't a big deal.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse