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No Connection, No Flush (lemmy.ml)
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[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like the beginning of the Cory Doctorow novella “Unauthorized Bread.” Cloud service goes down and the main character’s toaster won’t work without them.