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I found one good use for Siri so far: as a calculator. Much easier to say "square root of seventeen times five-eights?" than find the calculator app and key tha

I found one good use for Siri so far: as a calculator. Much easier to say "square root of seventeen times five-eights?" than find the calculator app and key that in there.

mikestew 10y ago
Yup, use it every time I fill up one of our vehicles to check MPG. "Hey, Siri, what's 174 miles divided by 12 gallons?" "Some pretty shitty mileage, mikestew. You should consider driving the Leaf more often."
- mikeash 10y ago
  It's funny you mention that, the cheekiness is one of the things that bugs me about Siri. Seems like every time I ask about the current temperature (one of my most common uses), Siri has to add some sort of snide comment about how hot or cold it is. It's cute the first hundred times, but then it gets old. I think it's to the point now where it actually makes me use it less because I just don't want to hear it.
  - mikestew 10y ago
    Your point stands, and the cheekiness gets to me a after a while as well, but let me be clear that I embellished a little, as she really just says "14.5". If Siri were as clever as I described, I might not mind it as much.
    - mikeash 10y ago
      Right, I know it's not that cheeky, but it reminded me of the real comments. I agree that it would be better if she were that clever. Part of the problem is that it's just so predictable. Whenever it's above room temperature, she'll say "Hot!" If it's below room temperature, she'll say "Brr." Some variety would really help.
      - mikestew 10y ago
        Yup, if I can imagine the if/switch statement that was written to get that response, then they shouldn't bother. NSSiriResponse *response = [NSSiriResponse new]; if (currentTemp < roomTemp) { // Randomly select a response from the pre-determined list response = responses.lookup(kCOLD_TEMP_RESPONSE); else { response = responses.lookup(kHOT_TEMP_RESPONSE); } [response speak]; I can't say that we've made giant steps since Eliza. :-)

I found one good use for Siri so far: as a calculator. Much easier to say "square root of seventeen times five-eights?" than find the calculator app and key that in there.

mikestew 10y ago

Yup, use it every time I fill up one of our vehicles to check MPG. "Hey, Siri, what's 174 miles divided by 12 gallons?" "Some pretty shitty mileage, mikestew. You should consider driving the Leaf more often."

mikeash 10y ago
It's funny you mention that, the cheekiness is one of the things that bugs me about Siri. Seems like every time I ask about the current temperature (one of my most common uses), Siri has to add some sort of snide comment about how hot or cold it is. It's cute the first hundred times, but then it gets old. I think it's to the point now where it actually makes me use it less because I just don't want to hear it.
- mikestew 10y ago
  Your point stands, and the cheekiness gets to me a after a while as well, but let me be clear that I embellished a little, as she really just says "14.5". If Siri were as clever as I described, I might not mind it as much.
  - mikeash 10y ago
    Right, I know it's not that cheeky, but it reminded me of the real comments. I agree that it would be better if she were that clever. Part of the problem is that it's just so predictable. Whenever it's above room temperature, she'll say "Hot!" If it's below room temperature, she'll say "Brr." Some variety would really help.
    - mikestew 10y ago
      Yup, if I can imagine the if/switch statement that was written to get that response, then they shouldn't bother. NSSiriResponse *response = [NSSiriResponse new]; if (currentTemp < roomTemp) { // Randomly select a response from the pre-determined list response = responses.lookup(kCOLD_TEMP_RESPONSE); else { response = responses.lookup(kHOT_TEMP_RESPONSE); } [response speak]; I can't say that we've made giant steps since Eliza. :-)