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That reminds me of another thing I wish was a universal standard for major appliances.

I’d like to see them all have a USB port. If you plug in a thumb drive the appliance should create a directory named with the appliance manufacturer and model and serial number. In that directory it should place a copy of its manual and other documents that normally come with it.



That's a very good idea. I'd love it if cars had this.


...or just have device side usb port that shows up as a mass storage device?


That would be pretty inconvenient for appliances in places that are hard to reach with a computer, but definitely an improvement over the status quo.




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