{"id":5342,"date":"2026-01-02T17:51:45","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/?p=5342"},"modified":"2026-01-02T17:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T17:55:31","slug":"real-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/2026\/01\/real-touch\/","title":{"rendered":"Real Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m super early thinking about appliances and whatnot for my house, but I&#8217;m looking around, pondering.<\/p>\n<p>I peruse at all those touchscreen-based temperature controllers, those Bluetooth-infused radiators or coffee machines or cooking tops and I&#8217;m like HAHAHAHAHA. Never.<\/p>\n<p>I want switches. I want buttons. I want the satisfaction of using my fingers to turn on\/off something. I want zero updates and internet-deprived appliances, yes. 1,000%.<\/p>\n<p>I found this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubinetterie3m.it\/it\/design\/watt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shower mixer tap<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.q-bic.it\/portfolio\/watt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/see\/uploads\/big\/f95e0c030c10484656e55eb5e73d7c09.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/see\/uploads\/big\/5afc8d02edb1e05e86ca51cb8908a1c7.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Isn&#8217;t it cool? Hi-Fi looking switches. Fantastic grip. Satisfying click sound and textured contact. Perfect rotary control. Probably lasts for a hundred years before it needs to be replaced. I&#8217;m sold.<\/p>\n<p>Germany will provide the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berbel.de\/produktwelt\/kochfeldabzuege-kochfelder\/kochfeldabzuege\/downline-infinity-pro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">best cooking top<\/a> I have ever seen. It&#8217;s just induction with built-in ventilation (no hood to install\/plan, yay!) but instead of having those sad touchscreen controls, there&#8217;s the option to use rotary knobs to control the burners!!!<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/see\/uploads\/big\/a6b4348838508aac3b24514ca332c2dc.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t cook well if I can&#8217;t rotate heat up and down, it is a law of Physics. Sorry.<\/p>\n<p>Touch is great. Touch is real. Touchscreens and internet-connected appliances are cheeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m super early thinking about appliances and whatnot for my house, but I&#8217;m looking around, pondering. I peruse at all those touchscreen-based temperature controllers, those Bluetooth-infused radiators or coffee machines or cooking tops and I&#8217;m like HAHAHAHAHA. Never. I want switches. I want buttons. I want the satisfaction of using my fingers to turn on\/off [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5342"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5342"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5345,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5342\/revisions\/5345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}