If you need something like those Dash buttons, you really need to learn to manage your inventories. Let's take paper towels for example. Always have two packs in your house. When the first pack is finished and you open up the second one, buy another pack the next time you shop for groceries or whatnot.
And since I'm talking to programmers here, the newly opened second pack becomes the first pack and the newly bought pack becomes the second one./sigh
I see no reason why inventory management and these are mutually exclusive. In fact, it seems like an ideal thing for inventory management.
If I am opening the last roll of papers towels, there is a very good chance I am already involved in some task. Do I stop that task and go do whatever is required so I remember to get towels next time I am at the store? More likely I keep going with the task and forget about the towels until we run out. The button would make it easy to order the towels without interru
Oh, that's an excellent idea. Make the whole thing open source and open hardware, 3D-printable casing, etc.
Use 12×12mm buttons and round button caps [ebayimg.com]. Just pick another colour than white for the button cap so Amazon won't complain about the "design trademark" and make the whole thing send something like an email so it's platform-agnostic.
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Can't you people plan ahead? (Score:3)
If you need something like those Dash buttons, you really need to learn to manage your inventories. Let's take paper towels for example. Always have two packs in your house. When the first pack is finished and you open up the second one, buy another pack the next time you shop for groceries or whatnot.
And since I'm talking to programmers here, the newly opened second pack becomes the first pack and the newly bought pack becomes the second one. /sigh
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I see no reason why inventory management and these are mutually exclusive. In fact, it seems like an ideal thing for inventory management.
If I am opening the last roll of papers towels, there is a very good chance I am already involved in some task. Do I stop that task and go do whatever is required so I remember to get towels next time I am at the store? More likely I keep going with the task and forget about the towels until we run out. The button would make it easy to order the towels without interru
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Oh, that's an excellent idea. Make the whole thing open source and open hardware, 3D-printable casing, etc.
Use 12×12mm buttons and round button caps [ebayimg.com]. Just pick another colour than white for the button cap so Amazon won't complain about the "design trademark" and make the whole thing send something like an email so it's platform-agnostic.