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I know it's heartbreaking to accept, but there are some problems in the world that apps cannot help with.

by gwn7 4y ago

fuzzfactor 4y ago
Roger. It's equally true that humans still hold the key to collaboration no matter how shitty the software tools try to be.
themitigating 4y ago
Why would anyone think otherwise? Why would it be heartbreaking? Edit: The parent was sarcasm, I jumped to a conclusion because I see so much hatred for tech
- monsieurbanana 4y ago
  That might have been sarcasm
  - gwn7 4y ago
    Thank you
- gwn7 4y ago
  It was a sarcastic comment alluding to the caricature of the tech bros who see nails everywhere for their hi-tech hammers.
mistermann 4y ago
"cannot help with" seems very unlikely to me, especially if "apps" is not constrained to that which currently exists, but even if constrained. Can you (or others) list a few examples?
- gwn7 4y ago
  I'm speaking in the present tense. Even if "apps" would be able to solve all our current problems in a hundred or a thousand years [1][2], I really don't have anything to say about that. I have no idea. [1]: Which imo would be delusionally optimistic to believe in [2]: And which would surely create new types of problems in the process > Can you (or others) list a few examples? For starters, the posted article illustrates one example.
  - mistermann 4y ago
    "there are some problems in the world that apps cannot help with" --> "able to solve all our current problems" I wonder if an app could help with this process that sits very deep in the stack, and has zillions of other services running on top of it.
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andirk 4y ago
Apple c. 2010 disagrees [0]. They registered "There's an app for that" as a trademark. I lost my phone in an Uber yesterday so now I have no apps. [0] https://www.wired.com/2010/10/app-for-that/ https://www.wired.com/2010/10/app-for-that/
- gwn7 4y ago
  Oops, isn't there an app to recover lost phones in Uber cars?
  - Tijdreiziger 4y ago
    https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/ https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
    - gwn7 4y ago
      Finding and recovering are different things ;)
6510 4y ago
If you have infinite monkeys with type writers and sufficient time, other problems will seem insignificant.
- gwn7 4y ago
  If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.

I know it's heartbreaking to accept, but there are some problems in the world that apps cannot help with.

by gwn7 4y ago

I know it's heartbreaking to accept, but there are some problems in the world that apps cannot help with.

Roger. It's equally true that humans still hold the key to collaboration no matter how shitty the software tools try to be.

themitigating 4y ago

Why would anyone think otherwise? Why would it be heartbreaking? Edit: The parent was sarcasm, I jumped to a conclusion because I see so much hatred for tech

monsieurbanana 4y ago
That might have been sarcasm
- gwn7 4y ago
  Thank you
gwn7 4y ago
It was a sarcastic comment alluding to the caricature of the tech bros who see nails everywhere for their hi-tech hammers.

mistermann 4y ago

"cannot help with" seems very unlikely to me, especially if "apps" is not constrained to that which currently exists, but even if constrained. Can you (or others) list a few examples?

gwn7 4y ago
I'm speaking in the present tense. Even if "apps" would be able to solve all our current problems in a hundred or a thousand years [1][2], I really don't have anything to say about that. I have no idea. [1]: Which imo would be delusionally optimistic to believe in [2]: And which would surely create new types of problems in the process > Can you (or others) list a few examples? For starters, the posted article illustrates one example.
- mistermann 4y ago
  "there are some problems in the world that apps cannot help with" --> "able to solve all our current problems" I wonder if an app could help with this process that sits very deep in the stack, and has zillions of other services running on top of it.

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andirk 4y ago

Apple c. 2010 disagrees [0]. They registered "There's an app for that" as a trademark. I lost my phone in an Uber yesterday so now I have no apps. [0] https://www.wired.com/2010/10/app-for-that/ https://www.wired.com/2010/10/app-for-that/

gwn7 4y ago
Oops, isn't there an app to recover lost phones in Uber cars?
- Tijdreiziger 4y ago
  https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/ https://www.apple.com/icloud/find-my/
  - gwn7 4y ago
    Finding and recovering are different things ;)

6510 4y ago

If you have infinite monkeys with type writers and sufficient time, other problems will seem insignificant.

gwn7 4y ago
If my aunt had balls she'd be my uncle.