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Would this necessarily be considered inaccurate?

kcplate 5y ago
No, but then again I can say “Hey Siri” and pretty much set any sort of reminder, alarm, and a dozen other things without needing to watch a nearly hour long video teaching me how to use a piece of software that basically sets reminders and alarms. On my iPhone, I learned how to set an alarm and reminder by reading a single sentence that said “To set a reminder, say something like: “Hey Siri, set a reminder to buy Mabel’s Birthday cake at Joe’s Bakery next Monday at 2pm”. Not only do I get my reminder, but I also get directions to the bakery no matter where I am. So, I’ll give the landlord some grace. He makes my life pretty easy.
- mrmonkeyman 5y ago
  You are vastly understating the power they have over you and your devices. You are not a tenant, you are a serf and Apple is not your landlord, it is your master. You have reliquinshed all control, for what, exactly? Getting directions to the bakery and being able to talk to your phone like 10yo. Yey, I guess?
- 29083011397778 5y ago
  Perhaps not the take Apple would appreciate, but this reads like the first half of a parable about reading into, and learning about, nuance to me. It takes dramatically longer, is much harder, and there's a shortcut in the form of "Hey Google, who invented the telescope?" Not to say the shortcut isn't useful, but practicing the long way can pay dividends - especially if the shortcut may give a not-quite-right answer [0] [0] http://thelongnose.com/blog/2013/4/29/multiple-simultaneous-invention http://thelongnose.com/blog/2013/4/29/multiple-simultaneous-...
  - kcplate 5y ago
    Point taken…and now I have about an hour more free time to go learn to play the hurly gurly.
- tobr 5y ago
  > I can say “Hey Siri” and pretty much set any sort of reminder, alarm, and a dozen other things without needing to watch a nearly hour long video I appreciate what you’re saying, but on the other hand, last time I checked Siri could only set one timer at a time.
  - kcplate 5y ago
    I am pretty sure that in the real world a single timer at a time covers about 99%+ of the “timer” use cases. Besides I can set reminders to essentially act as a timer if I really wanted more than one. But it’s certainly good to know that there is a wonderfully complex app out there with 32 years of development behind it that I can rely upon if I ever really need two timers and want to irritate a developer by running it on a platform they don’t approve of…

No, but then again I can say “Hey Siri” and pretty much set any sort of reminder, alarm, and a dozen other things without needing to watch a nearly hour long video teaching me how to use a piece of software that basically sets reminders and alarms. On my iPhone, I learned how to set an alarm and reminder by reading a single sentence that said “To set a reminder, say something like: “Hey Siri, set a reminder to buy Mabel’s Birthday cake at Joe’s Bakery next Monday at 2pm”. Not only do I get my reminder, but I also get directions to the bakery no matter where I am. So, I’ll give the landlord some grace. He makes my life pretty easy.

mrmonkeyman 5y ago
You are vastly understating the power they have over you and your devices. You are not a tenant, you are a serf and Apple is not your landlord, it is your master. You have reliquinshed all control, for what, exactly? Getting directions to the bakery and being able to talk to your phone like 10yo. Yey, I guess?
29083011397778 5y ago
Perhaps not the take Apple would appreciate, but this reads like the first half of a parable about reading into, and learning about, nuance to me. It takes dramatically longer, is much harder, and there's a shortcut in the form of "Hey Google, who invented the telescope?" Not to say the shortcut isn't useful, but practicing the long way can pay dividends - especially if the shortcut may give a not-quite-right answer [0] [0] http://thelongnose.com/blog/2013/4/29/multiple-simultaneous-invention http://thelongnose.com/blog/2013/4/29/multiple-simultaneous-...
- kcplate 5y ago
  Point taken…and now I have about an hour more free time to go learn to play the hurly gurly.
tobr 5y ago
> I can say “Hey Siri” and pretty much set any sort of reminder, alarm, and a dozen other things without needing to watch a nearly hour long video I appreciate what you’re saying, but on the other hand, last time I checked Siri could only set one timer at a time.
- kcplate 5y ago
  I am pretty sure that in the real world a single timer at a time covers about 99%+ of the “timer” use cases. Besides I can set reminders to essentially act as a timer if I really wanted more than one. But it’s certainly good to know that there is a wonderfully complex app out there with 32 years of development behind it that I can rely upon if I ever really need two timers and want to irritate a developer by running it on a platform they don’t approve of…