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Keep in mind, some people literally can't get off their butts to turn the lights on. And if you have lost your sight, being able to play a tune on demand via a
by reddog 7y ago
Keep in mind, some people literally can't get off their butts to turn the lights on.
And if you have lost your sight, being able to play a tune on demand via an Echo voice command is a miracle. So is being able to listen to a podcast or audio book. Or being able to ask how old Tom Brady is, how many tablespoons in a quarter cup, what's the weather next week and how far it is between Dallas and Austin.
- rorykoehler 7y agoEdge cases which almost definitely don't apply to the people they are talking about.
- dredmorbius 7y agoTrue. But also edge cases for which mass-market development would likely be infeasible. The reality of market-capitalist R&D orientation is that if you want to support legitimate-need edge cases, at reasonable per-unit cost, a mass-market deployment is all but inevitable. A reality I'm less than gruntled with.