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This is sort of a "what's a computer" question. I find that for a number of specialized digital interfaces, I don't want natural language. I don't want to stand

This is sort of a "what's a computer" question. I find that for a number of specialized digital interfaces, I don't want natural language. I don't want to stand there and talk to my microwave, I just want to punch in the number. I'd say about half the time I sit down at my TV I don't know what I want to watch, I want to scroll through some options. It feels like the more specialized the purpose, the less likely I am to want to talk to it.

omeid2 3y ago
> It feels like the more specialized the purpose, the less likely I am to want to talk to it. This is the essence of it; and it follows not just for "shouldn't be a computer" appliances but also software. People in tech tend of to forget about the array of hyper-specialist software that exists in the wild, from little point of sales to industrial machines. I have little interest in talking to a coffee machine or automated transport ticket machine. Flat White. Day ticket. That would do, thanks.