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It’s my first language. Why is it funny to you? I’m dead serious when I say that “years” implies more than two in almost all contexts.

If someone said “that’s years ago” I’d assume 5+. If someone said “it’ll be years before that’s released” I would again assume 5+.

To be two I would expect “that’ll be out in a couple of years”, or “in a year or two”.

For this ring I would write “battery life is between 12-15 hours of use, which will typically last about two years under normal use”

About the only thing I use it for is stopping a timer - it’s great for that.

I feel like this should be promoted or made clearer on the product page - this is how I think many people would prefer to use it, provided it could trigger voice input on the pebble/device/other watch - for example, as a Siri trigger.

I’d be interested to see a battery-less ring that uses the mechanical energy of the press to power a BLE transmitter to trigger voice input on a watch. I feel like it’s much safer, plus it has no fixed lifespan.

Given that the user will typically have their watch on them as well, why not make the ring a battery-less BLE transmitter that triggers voice input on the watch? It’s still one-handed operation, but now the battery life is infinite since there’s no battery? The disposable ring seems like a solution in search of a problem to me, unfortunately.

Example button: https://core-electronics.com.au/self-powered-wireless-switch...

I imagine the reason is reliability, but USD$99 plus international shipping every two years isn’t worth that to me, sorry.

Aside: I loved my kickstarter pebble and my steel, btw!

Don’t be :) learning is lifelong

I would always say “two” when talking about such a small quantity. “Years” is misleading, as evidenced by many other comments here.

“The battery lasts two years”

I almost never want to take a note though, I usually want to perform an action.

Recording a note isn’t high friction in my opinion though: “Hey siri make a note XYZ”. Admittedly I don’t create or use notes like this, but I use reminders a lot and I’ve never felt like there was friction: “hey siri remind me to call Dave when I get home”

I have an ultra 2, and I typically hold it about 5-10cm from my mouth when I try to use raise-to-speak. Maybe that approach will help you?

I’m not talking grammar, I’m talking convention.

Think of it more like this: If I was selling you a car and said it would last for years, then would you expect it to fall apart after two years? I certainly wouldn’t. When talking about small quantities we tend to specify an exact number (two, three), however as the range becomes larger and less exact we use generalities (years). Because of this “years” would typically refer to a span of at least 3-5 years, and I would argue even longer.

I thought you might find it interesting to know that it’s “wont” instead of “want”, when saying “wont to do”

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wont

Also: I agree with your concern

It says two years of average use.

“Two” is not “years” in my opinion. “Years” implies at least 3-5.

This makes it a non-starter for me. It feels utterly wasteful, and I’m basically paying USD$100 for a ring subscription every two years, plus international shipping. I can’t support that, sorry.

I’ve never had that issue with my Apple Watch. Granted, apple are a world-class developer (arguably), so their stuff might be more reliable, but I use raise-to-speak and hey siri with my watch all the time.

As I once heard: when the lever pops, the panties drop.

Not my classiest comment, but I figured someone would get a chuckle from it.

From memory there was no dedicated event separator, it just went straight from the last character of the event to the first character of the timestamp of the next event. I think there was an XML payload in the event somewhere too?

Fortunately I didn't have to edit the log in-place as we were ingesting it into Splunk, so I just wrote some parsing configuration and Splunk was able to munch on it without issue.

The spiciest file I've ever had to deal with was an 18TB text file with no carriage returns/line feeds (all on one line). It was a log generated by an older Nokia network appliance. I think I ended up 'head'ing the first 2MB into another file and opening that, then I could grok (not the AI) the format and go from there.

I use google and ChatGPT for totally different reasons - ChatGPT is generally far better for unknown topics, which google is better if I know exactly what I’m after.

If I’m trying to learn about a topic (for example, how a cone brake works in a 4WD winch), then ChatGPT gives me a great overview with “ Can you explain what a cone brake is and how it works, in the context of 4WD winches?” while google, with the search “4wd winch cone brake function explained”, turns up a handful of videos covering winches (not specifically cone brakes) and some pages that mention them without detailing their function. ChatGPT wins here.

If I were trying to book a flight I’d never dream of even trying to use ChatGPT. That sort of use case is a non-starter for me.

Unfortunately those don't contain the specific issues the OP mentioned.

Absolutely. MacOS treats the user like a child (Windows isn’t much better, but it is better), and Linux doesn’t have all the domain integration features and breadth of software that Windows brings to the table. I’m extremely comfortable on Linux at home, but I use Windows at work.

Well, kind of.. the commands on Mac OS all just a little bit different and a little bit janky. I still had to relearn all the common commands I use in order to function. I survived 6 months before I went back to a Windows/WSL combo.

I don't disagree, but at least give me an option like windows does.

It's a failing that I need to pre-empt every situation where I don't want the machine to sleep and run a tool to prevent it from sleeping, when I could usually just say 'don't sleep when I shut the lid'.

The gen 3 hand from Optimus (Tesla) has 22 degrees of freedom in the hand and 3 in the wrist - it's more than capable of twisting a screwdriver or holding a knife well enough to cut a tomato. Like I said, it's a software problem - there's a reason the optimus robots are being tele-operated at their demos. The hardware is capable enough, it's just that the control software isn't up to the task yet.

I've never used sleep on my laptop. I always have the lid set to 'do nothing' when closed (i.e., stay on and keep running). In the past I gave up on using a macbook for many reasons, but a key one was that I couldn't keep the machine on when closing the lid. I can't fathom having to reconnect terminal sessions or other similar connections every time I want to move from one meeting room to another. Carrying my laptop awkwardly with the lid open between rooms just seems silly. I just close my lid and let the laptop keep running and then hibernate at the end of the day, resuming the next morning. True instant-on, and no downsides to me.

Yes, I’ve eaten it as soup for decades. It’s great with some pasta mixed through it too.

Well sure, but you asked about the vision not the current state.

I have very little doubt that they’ll be making burgers within 10 years. The hardware is already capable I think - it’s mostly just a software problem now.

If you can have one robot do multiple tasks at 80% of the capability of a special-purpose robot, then that’s a win. Buy a fleet of them and just repurpose them as necessary.

If they’re humanoid then they can already use tools, equipment, and access methods we already use for ourselves.

What part of the vision doesn’t make sense?

Am I the only one who doesn’t know what MCP is/means? Of course I’m about to go look it up, but if someone can provide a brief description of what it is then I’d be very appreciative. Thanks!

If you worked on the Zen, then thank you. I had many good years of service from mine. Cheers!