Sometimes the subbers will rewrite the subs so there’s not too much to fit on the screen at a time.

A lot of older Kung Fu films were dubbed into English by having the scripts massively re-written so the new words kinda matched up with the actors’ mouth movements. But the subs often seem to follow the original scripts, which can be confusing if any plot points or names got changed.

I did notice that some of the images were a bit on the heavy side and accounted for by far the most of the resources. You did a good job of keeping the scripts under control 😀

HN: 7 resources, 56KB This: 47 resources, 4.7MB

That certainly is modern UI 😀

The market is responding as it normally does: by focusing its efforts on where the profits are. Fridges last long enough to keep nearly every consumer from worrying about this factor when making their buying decisions.

The fact that you don’t like the outcome of the workings of the free market doesn’t mean there’s a massive conspiracy against you, just that you don’t represent a profitable market segment.

> devices with 1950’s technology.

I think it’s worth pointing out that this a good sign that compared with modern equivalents they suffered from being some combination of expensive, large, noisy, inefficient, limited functionality, prone to failure, etc etc.

Consumer white goods have always been designed to hit a price point with just enough quality and durability that customer complaints and warranty costs stay at acceptable levels. As production techniques, technologies and material science improved over the decades those price points have come way down.

In the fifties a counter top microwave would have cost you $500, which is about $5,500 nowadays. At that price it would have to have been a buy it for life purchase. Now you can buy a microwave for $50(!), one-hundredth of the original price, and it still lasts about as long.

I suspect that there aren’t many people who develop the same “feeling” for their washing machine as they do for their leather wallet or their Opinel knife, and so there’s less emphasis on long life in white goods, though as you point out, a few manufacturers do still push that aspect.

If I had a strong feeling for that aspect, I’d generally look at German brands who still do a lot of their manufacture in house.

Edit: just had a look. My dishwasher is Siemens, the cooker is AEG, the washing machine is LG, and the fridge is some budget brand, which all gives a clue as to their relative priority in this household!