A very merry unbirthday to us

Yes! I built my own variant using their tool (removing the weird italic l etc). I love it.

No. Domain knowledge goes a long way. I use one of these IRL frequently. Searching online is trivial when you know which terms to use (spoiler: it’s “tvättstuga tidsbokning digitalt”).

Radiolab made an episode about this in 2018: https://radiolab.org/podcast/gonads-xy

OP’s picture doesn’t show it, but to the left of the buttons there is a field for contactless keys to “log in” to the booking system. This means that residents will bring their key chain up to the panel every time they want to use it, potentially scratching its surface. Additionally, some people will use their keys (which they already have in their hand) to push the buttons to avoid germs, especially after the pandemic. You frequently see small dents in heavily used buttons like this (elevators, booking panels, door buttons…).

And if there are no laundry time slots available when you need one, you might punch the panel… People are people.

The manufacturer’s site even lists “robust design against vandalism” as a feature.

I found the manufacturer(-s)

https://safeteam.se/vi-erbjuder/passersystem/tvättstugebokning/

Vi erbjuder elektronisk tvättstugebokning av följande fabrikat:

• Aptus
• RCO
• ASSA
• Axema

Of these, Aptus/ASSA are the ones making these particular panels:

https://www.assaabloy.com/se/sv/solutions/products/digitala-losningar/flerbostad/bokning

The product specification doesn’t say anything about the buttons though, but I bet you can ask Aptus/ASSA about it.

Hey, reviving this to recommend Gram, an AI-free Zed fork, instead

The ones that come to mind are not forks but whole new projects aiming to improve way more of the fundamental issues in VSCode, like Zed Gram (https://gram.liten.app/)

OUTER WILDS.

It’s a fantastic exploration game if you go in blind and I wish I could forget it all and explore it all again.