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Kids, watches were devices that boomers, like Walter White, used to tell time before iphones.
by hirundo 5y ago
Kids, watches were devices that boomers, like Walter White, used to tell time before iphones.
- izzydata 5y agoWe have smart watches now thank you.
- dchuk 5y agoI know you’re joking, but once I accidentally broke a 200 something day streak of activity on my Apple Watch, I chucked it and went back to (modest) collection of real watches. No one needs yet another notification device, and the activity tracking stuff isn’t as valuable as people make it out to be. Just break a sweat everyday and you’re good. (Yes, the health monitoring stuff is wonderful)
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- toastal 5y agoI 'downgraded' to a cheap Casio late last year and I think i'm better for it.
- JohnBooty 5y agoYeah "dumb" watches for me have been a real oasis in a world of increasingly obnoxious technology!
- bluGill 5y agoThat activity monitor caught my mom's cancer early enough that it was treatable. My looked at the activity, said no way, checked and her heart rate was too high so went in to get it checked. Most activity monitoring isn't useful but the exceptions are very valuable.
- mikepurvis 5y agoI've been cynical about wearables over the years, but the fitbit I received for Christmas has not only stimulated me to take more walks, the sleep monitoring functionality has made me much more intentional about my setting myself up for good sleeps. And it wasn't at all an issue to disable all the notifications stuff from it so that it's a monitoring device only. I know I'm still in the honeymoon phase with it, but overall I really have been pleasantly surprised.
- dghlsakjg 5y agoI am definitely more active as a result of owning my apple watch. My health is noticeably better. I get that it doesn’t work for everyone, and that’s fine. Ironically, I like my Apple Watch because it gives me a lot of the things that my phone does without being so distracting. I can leave my phone behind and go walking while listening to an audio book, and have access to trail maps if I’m going somewhere new. I can see altitude, compass, Sun up and sun down all without having to use a phone, all of which I use on a weekly basis.
- boring_twenties 5y agoOops, my battery died and now I have no idea what time it is.
- andy_andy_ 5y agooh, like a watch
- pgalvin 5y ago2-10 years is very different from 1-2 days though! (Not to mention solar watches)
- dalkvist 5y agoI have a solarwatch that I can't use in the winter time, after moving up north, not enough sun light to keep it charged =p
- rwmj 5y agoI'm surprised, my solar G-Shock [GAW-100B-1AER] never dips below "H" charge even on the darkest winter days.
- JohnBooty 5y agoYou can charge them under a lamp, too! Regular indoor lighting charges them too, but slowly My Citizen and Seiko solar watches are good for months after getting a full charge... they say ~6 months and that seems about right
- ginko 5y agoI have a citizen eco drive solar watch i got 16 years ago. Never needed to change or recharge the battery. And I live in Norway just below the arctic circle so artificial light must be enough to charge it.
- cialowicz 5y agoExcept the battery on a quartz watch lasts years, and the battery on an Apple Watch lasts 12-18 hours. Never mind that most mechanical watches are self-winding.
- oh_sigh 5y agoYou might need to update your heuristics, because most kids these days haven't watched a show that ended almost a decade ago.