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> I wonder if they could use the ambient light sensor to determine if the person is inside or outside Maybe they are they next to a window or under a sky light
by MisterTea 4y ago
> I wonder if they could use the ambient light sensor to determine if the person is inside or outside
Maybe they are they next to a window or under a sky light.
> or if they could use location data to figure out that 'this Apple Watch is in the middle of a large field, so he must be outside'.
Could be in a tent or other temporary structure.
- gnicholas 4y agoYep, there will always be exceptions. But taking the median of a decently-filtered set could work. And Apple obviously has a team of folks working on this to come up with something smarter than some random HNer (me) who's just shooting from the hip).
- techbio 4y agoYou said a thousand words worth with "bimodal".
- MisterTea 4y ago> And Apple obviously has a team of folks working on this to come up with something smarter than some random HNer (me) who's just shooting from the hip). Don't talk like that, its a self defeating mindset. You are likely as competent as most Apple engineers (the 10x benefit from less inhibitions and tons of energy. The people working at apple are like most of us here, curious and driven. Apple has a lot of money to throw at people who bring in experience whereas you and I are individuals who do not work in the field of "figuring out where things are using computers." So we obviously are not experts in the field and not familiar with existing and emerging solutions for the problem.