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ranjit

time to post again the best user interface i've ever seen

youtube video screenshot, closeup of a shiny clean white control panel with two large buttons marked with up and down arrows and labeled "SPEED". A finger is pressing the down button. Next to that is an LED display showing 108.6 and labeled "ONIONS PER MINUTE".
75 comments
Ross A. Baker

@ranjit Good, but the down button is an unnecessary complication.

Nathan Wray

@ross @ranjit I doubt if it's actually connected. Like the turn signals on a BMW.

Tamar Yellin

@wren @ross @ranjit omg I had one as a loaner and I was soooo confused.

dr 🛠️🛰️📡🎧:blobfoxcomputer:

@wren @ross @ranjit Wait. In this theory, #BMW *drivers* are really nice but slightly naive people and the *cars* are to blame for making them appear to be assholes? Does this pass the smell test?

Nathan Wray

@davidr @ross @ranjit moreso that the manufacturer saves money by not installing something that will never be missed.

ADHDel-DRAFT-v10-final (2).doc

@vfrmedia @ranjit this may just be the best video I’ve seen so far this year.

Adam Conover

@vfrmedia @Ranjit the full video is just pure bliss. I’m levitating

Brittle Anxious Nonlinear Inco

@vfrmedia @ranjit What I really need is a large onion peeler the size of a small onion peeler

SuddenGenesis ııııÍıííí

@vfrmedia @ranjit they say it’s powered by an inverter drive. why not just install it the other way around to save time and energy?

Alex@rtnVFRmedia Suffolk UK

@SuddenGenesis @ranjit easier to control the motor speed / torque (and thus vary the number of onions processed per minute via the controller)

Michael Slattery

@vfrmedia @ranjit Fascinating that the automated process includes a human onion-positioner.

aman kohli

@vfrmedia @ranjit love it. Wish there was one for domestic use.

Quixoticgeek

@ranjit anything to avoid using the metric system... :P

Seth Tisue

@ranjit I can’t possibly fit that many onions on my belt

ranjit

@SethTisue the style of the time is an onion bandolier

Michal Nemecek

@ranjit how much is that in cheeseburgers per bald eagle?

mike

@ranjit My pressure cooker has a button for “TASTE”. It has three settings, press it once and you get “MORE TASTE”, press it twice and you get “LESS TASTE”.

Athena L.M.

@ranjit could only be better if the "SPEED" label read "ONIONS"

Morning Song

@ranjit "What's your OPM rate look like?"
"Oh, about 108, 109..."
"Whoa, that's a little high there, friend."

phooky

@ranjit [me, in tears, desperately mashing the "less onions" button] stop, please stop

Steffan Ziegler

@ranjit for some reason the up arrow for speed terrifies me. how many more onions do we NEED?

Jonathan Clede

@ranjit I don’t know what this machine does, but 108.6 onions per minute sounds pretty good to me! 🧅

Rebecca

@ranjit There must be some way we can replace *all* user interfaces with this, regardless of whether it makes sense or not

kiki

@ranjit bookmarked this for my hci lecture!

T J Bombadil

@ranjit Cations, Anions, Onions... Must be some part of chemistry I missed.

the hatter

@ranjit This one is probably more generally useful though.

David P

@ranjit former Australian PM Tony "Onion Enjoyer" Abbott needs to know this.

That time then Australian PM Tony Abbott bit straight into a raw brown onion. Image is an uncomfortable close up of Abbott biting into the onion. He has dead empty eyes as usual.
bean-feast

@ranjit i'm sorry, three digits is not covering my onion per minute requirements.

ranjit

@mumbly_joe what if you turned on the machine for just 1.1 seconds

Draco Metallium
@ranjit
This has to be an incredibly mind destroying job.
A worker that expends its day placing onions one by one inside the machine.
rainstitcher

@ranjit curious what .6 of an onion looks like, considering they come in different sizes? 🤔

xaph but smaller 🐁

@ranjit the down button seems unnecessary. i can't think of any circumstances under which you'd want *less* onions per minute

Reiner Bühl

@ranjit "Onions per Minute" is one of these quirky US Imperial measurements I guess? 😛

Karl Baron

@ranjit Americans will do anything to avoid using the metric system

ranjit

@AlesandroOrtiz and yet somebody is pushing the fewer onions button 😢

Eugene Parnell

@ranjit @christineluc As a Wallace & Gromit adventure it pretty much writes itself.

SuddenGenesis ııııÍıííí

@ranjit “your honor I only understand units of onions per minute so you’re gonna have to the speed limit conversion calculation for me”

Eaches

@ranjit OPM is the best unit of measurement

Dan Price

@ranjit ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT POINT SIX ONIONS PER MINUTE

I don't know what this machine is, and I don't want to. Whatever it is, the reality won't compare to the daft scenarios my brain is cooking up.

Nick

@ranjit

I'm glad they're on the down button, over 100 onions/min is way too much.

Ajax B.Coriander

@ranjit ah yes, the device that controls the amount of Onion articles that become real.

winter éclairwolf :trans_furr_white:

@ranjit this is a screenshot from Look Around You and you can't convince me otherwise

Elsa Star Trewyn

@ranjit I'm at a loss figuring out what this machine does, so I asked ChatGPT for a machine response:

ChatGPT:

Once upon a time, there was a small village known for its love of onions. The villagers used onions in almost every dish they cooked, and they were very proud of their local onion crop.
One day, a young farmer named Jack decided to put the village's love for onions to the test. He wanted to see how many onions he could peel in one minute. So, he stood in front of a large pile of onions and started peeling.
To everyone's surprise, Jack was able to peel 108.6 onions in just one minute! The villagers were amazed and couldn't believe their eyes. Jack had broken the previous record of 102 onions in one minute.
News of Jack's feat quickly spread, and people from far and wide came to see the onion-peeling prodigy. Jack became a local hero, and the village was now known as the home of the fastest onion peeler in the world.
Jack was invited to participate in the annual Onion Festival, where he would compete against other onion peelers from different villages. Jack trained day and night, determined to maintain his title as the fastest onion peeler.
On the day of the festival, Jack stepped up to the challenge and once again peeled 108.6 onions in one minute. The crowd erupted in cheers, and Jack was declared the winner once again.
From that day on, the villagers celebrated Jack's achievement every year, and his record of 108.6 onions per minute still stands to this day. And every time someone visits the village, they are reminded of the story of Jack and his love for onions.
Brian Dear

@Ranjit That does it. My next band name is Onions Per Minute.

The Secretbatcave

@ranjit @clive quick! Knock down the OPM, we have a level three crying event

Timothy Wolodzko

@ranjit Why aren't we using onions per minute as a measure more broadly?!

Trammell Hudson

@ranjit do not turn off the onions or the internet

control panel with "Internet: On/Off" and the label "Internet switch must be on at all times"
Kraz

@Ranjit This would make an excellent reaction image when people mistake something from The Onion as true.

Suitably ballyhooed

@ranjit turning a big dial taht says "Onions per minute" on it and constantly looking back at the audience for approval like a contestant on the price is right

Peter Drake (he/him)

@ranjit "Onions per minute" is a good metric of how weird the news is: how often does it generate a real headline that looks like it came from The Onion.

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