Old control engineers will also be familiar, I know the old koyo line of plcs is octal based (even though the modbus addressing isn’t).

Que the offspring*

I played the power stone demo a bunch on my Dreamcast as a kid.

Forgotten laundry leads to mildew. Plenty of home assistance scripts out there to remind users to empty washer/dryer.

Makes sense for manufacturers to want to build this feature into the appliance itself.