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Five product types, each with a smart one to avoid and the dumb ones to buy instead.

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Product type Every thing rated by how few ways it can fail.
B · Hall of smart-shameHall of smart-shame Oh no, you didn’t? Smart, connected and under attack.
C · Level 0Level 0 · No electricity Dumb as a rock No plug, no password, no problem.
D · Level 1Level 1 · Electric, no logic An electric rock Needs power, nothing more.
E · Level 2Level 2 · A quiet chip Dependable doofus Fine with a microchip, as long as it keeps its mouth shut.
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Lead type

Notebook

#N/A

We looked. Sorry.

Paper does not come in electric. We checked twice.

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Typewriter

4

Calculator

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Planner

#N/A

We looked. Sorry.

An electric diary is a desk lamp pointed at a diary.

#N/A

Still nothing.

The planner is two cells to the left. It already works.

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Focus timer

#N/A

We looked. Sorry.

An electric timer without a chip is a clock with a motor. The tomato is one cell to the left.

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