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The chunky mustard yellow all-metal box that cranks my garage door open — the Model 455 by Automatic Doorman — was made, by my loose estimation, sometime between the fall of Rome and 1975. When I realized that my mother’s memory was starting to get a little wonky and that she would need reminding about appointments, medication, and other things, the answer turned out to be Amazon’s Echo Show 8. It was programmable, so I could wash my rice, stick it in the cooker, and know that when I woke up late for class, I could still whip up some ochazuke or oatmeal for a quick, cheap, and nutritious breakfast.
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