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Santiago
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Anybody else have this problem in Baja?
Conversation this morning with Siri:
Me (after realizing I had driven way pass the usual Friday morning donut shop: "Hey Siri, closest donut shop"
Siri: 'I found one, Howard's Donuts on Sunrise Blvd, 1.5 miles away; will this do?"
Me: Yes
Siri: OK, would you like to call or get directions?
Me: Directions
Siri: Where would you like to go?
Me: ?? Howard's Donuts
Siri: Howard's Donuts on Sunrise?
Me: YES!!
Siri: I found Howard's Donuts, it gets good reviews. Would you like to call or get directions?
Me: WTF?? "Direction please"
Siri: Where would you like to go?
Me, after pulling over: "you dumb piece of crap A.I. junk, HOWARD'S DONUTS!!
Siri, after a long pause: "I found one on Sunrise, gets good reviews, would you like to call or get directions?"
Me: (%^&*%$#@$%^*((&^%$#
Siri: "Sir, there is no need to talk to me that way"
Me: "why you sorry sack of ......" as I chuck the iPhone 12 mini that cost damn near $1K into the middle of Sunrise Blvd and watch an early morning
cement truck roll over it.
Good, I hear the new iPhones are better anyway.
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AKgringo
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" I hear the new I-phones get good reviews! Would you like to call, or get more information?"
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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JZ
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Samsung with Google assistant >>>> iPhone.
iPhones are for women and children who are easily bamboozled by marketing over who has the best technology.
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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by JZ  | Samsung with Google assistant >>>> iPhone.
iPhones are for women and children who are easily bamboozled by marketing over who has the best technology.
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Shorty mcjizzy,
Why do you feel compelled to insult iPhone users as being women and children? In your world view manly men use the crappy tech?
iPhone rules the world for one reason, it is better user experience. People willing pay more for iPhones because the software and hardware package is
simply better than the rest.
Woke!
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Prefered gender pronoun: the royal we
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JC43
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Smart iPhone users are the smartests -- they think! That`s the only reason why they call themself smart. I do not have an iPhone. That´s why I am
turning around when I missed the shop and be in the shop of my choice in no time. Using iPhones is making people dummer today than people were in the
old days. Because `Thinking´ is no more! And "common sense" is not a content of the brain these days.
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motoged
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ | Samsung with Google assistant >>>> iPhone.
iPhones are for women and children who are easily bamboozled by marketing over who has the best technology.
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Great info, Slick. I would much rather have you try to bamboozle Nomads... 
Don't believe everything you think....
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John Harper
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Sounds like some of you need a shot of tequila, and chill out.
John
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AKgringo
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A good thread, with it's root in humor!
Would it be too much to ask that others respond in kind, and ignore posts that want to preach or argue? 
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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BajaTed
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The map girl is my first AI relationship. It started on a dark country road... Love is strange.
Es Todo Bueno
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Skipjack Joe
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I thought this was the best comment.
It's not the phone itself but the software that's at fault. I would have kept the phone and waited for a version upgrade. I think the same upgrades
get rolled out to all the models so perhaps replacing iphones won't fix the problem.
The google map navigation available on iphones is worth the money of the phone just by itself. And the cameras have revolutionized image taking by the
public. No way would I go back to the days before smart phones. In terms of universal usage it's probably the greatest technological innovation of
this Century.
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Santiago
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| Quote: Originally posted by JC43 | | Smart iPhone users are the smartests -- they think! That`s the only reason why they call themself smart. I do not have an iPhone. That´s why I am
turning around when I missed the shop and be in the shop of my choice in no time. Using iPhones is making people dummer today than people were in the
old days. Because `Thinking´ is no more! And "common sense" is not a content of the brain these days. |
I resemble that remark.....However in my defense, I have stopped buying stuff on Amazon. Somehow sending more $ to J Bozo irks me. We all have our
own limits, that's mine.
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SFandH
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Or the greatest curse. I don't like the technology, too insidious. I have an old smartphone that I turn on only when my wife and I are apart, in case
she needs to call.
IMHO ebook readers (Kindles) are the greatest tech innovation. Vise grip pliers and Gorilla Tape are right up there too.
[Edited on 9-17-2021 by SFandH]
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John Harper
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| Quote: Originally posted by SFandH |
Or the greatest curse. I don't like the technology, too insidious. I have an old smartphone that I turn on only when my wife and I are apart, in case
she needs to call.
IMHO ebook readers (Kindles) are the greatest tech innovation. Vise grip pliers and Gorilla Tape are right up there too.
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Two tools I tell my students in Auto Tech I never want to see them use are Vise Grips and an adjustable (Crescent) wrench. Unless you absolutely,
positively have no other choice.
A kid snapped a stud on his Toyota Supra intake manifold (after not following my instructions) so I had to use a Vise Grip to extract it. I just told
them "you will likely need one when you don't follow directions the first time."
John
[Edited on 9-17-2021 by John Harper]
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AKgringo
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Android or iPhone?
I don't have either! My old Motorola flip phone (TracFone service) used to receive, but not place calls in Mexico, but on a Baja trip in 2013, I
found that was no longer the case.
For my next trip in late 2014, I bought an ATT pre-paid "smart phone" for $30, and I am still using it today. It is a Microsoft, Lumina 640, and has
been incredibly durable!
If you are not living on the edge, you are taking up too much space!
"Could do better if he tried!" Report card comments from most of my grade school teachers. Sadly, still true!
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John Harper
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo | I don't have either! My old Motorola flip phone (TracFone service) used to receive, but not place calls in Mexico, but on a Baja trip in 2013, I
found that was no longer the case.
For my next trip in late 2014, I bought an ATT pre-paid "smart phone" for $30, and I am still using it today. It is a Microsoft, Lumina 640, and has
been incredibly durable!
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I have a friend like that with a flip phone. He refuses to learn how to text, and I refuse to exchange voicemails. Needless to say, haven't heard
much from him in a while.
John
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SFandH
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| Quote: Originally posted by John Harper | | Quote: Originally posted by SFandH |
Or the greatest curse. I don't like the technology, too insidious. I have an old smartphone that I turn on only when my wife and I are apart, in case
she needs to call.
IMHO ebook readers (Kindles) are the greatest tech innovation. Vise grip pliers and Gorilla Tape are right up there too.
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Two tools I tell my students in Auto Tech I never want to see them use are Vise Grips and an adjustable (Crescent) wrench. Unless you absolutely,
positively have no other choice.
John |
Sounds like rounding off nuts by improperly using versatile tools is a debate for another thread. Sorry I went off-topic.
Back on topic.
I'm a high-tech guy. The first code I wrote was 45 years ago and I worked 32 years straight in the microcomputer software business.
I really think the coupling of powerful, handheld, battery-operated devices that are within arm's reach 7/24, with AI software is frightening. I can't
articulate exactly what my fears are, but the idea doesn't sit well with me. It's addictive, mind-overpowering.
That's why I'm looking forward to going to my winter home in BCS for 6 months where there is no cell signal, no Internet connectivity. I have to drive
to town to go digital.
Six months living an analog life sounds (is) really good to me.
[Edited on 9-17-2021 by SFandH]
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Paco Facullo
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Funny story of Siri,
My first iPhone was a 7 max , It had the button that you pushed to open it, well apparently, I would hold the button too long and Siri would always
ask me "How can I help you ?"
I didn't want or like Siri at all, I simply wanted to open the phone.
But she kept coming on ( I hadn't figured out to just push quickly )
Well, she was peeING me off big time, SO's I finally yell at her
" Go "F" yourself, eat SH*T and DIE !!!"
She comes back at me with ,
" I hope that you don't speak to your Mother with that mouth "?
She earned a LOT of points that day....
Since I've given up all hope, I feel much better
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: Originally posted by SFandH | | Quote: Originally posted by John Harper | | Quote: Originally posted by SFandH |
Or the greatest curse. I don't like the technology, too insidious. I have an old smartphone that I turn on only when my wife and I are apart, in case
she needs to call.
IMHO ebook readers (Kindles) are the greatest tech innovation. Vise grip pliers and Gorilla Tape are right up there too.
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Two tools I tell my students in Auto Tech I never want to see them use are Vise Grips and an adjustable (Crescent) wrench. Unless you absolutely,
positively have no other choice.
John |
Sounds like rounding off nuts by improperly using versatile tools is a debate for another thread. Sorry I went off-topic.
Back on topic.
I'm a high-tech guy. The first code I wrote was 45 years ago and I worked 32 years straight in the microcomputer software business.
I really think the coupling of powerful, handheld, battery-operated devices that are within arm's reach 7/24, with AI software is frightening. I can't
articulate exactly what my fears are, but the idea doesn't sit well with me. It's addictive, mind-overpowering.
That's why I'm looking forward to going to my winter home in BCS for 6 months where there is no cell signal, no Internet connectivity. I have to drive
to town to go digital.
Six months living an analog life sounds (is) really good to me.
[Edited on 9-17-2021 by SFandH] |
Isn't posting on Bajanomads the same? Actually more addicting than using an iphone. Iphones aren't that great for surfing the internet. Social media
is the most time consuming addiction we may now have.
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SFandH
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Yup, but nothing like it is going to be. There's no AI here. it won't be long before there will be silicon-based Bajanomad or Facebook members, like
Data in Star Trek without the human form.
I hope it's not a troll.
[Edited on 9-17-2021 by SFandH]
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JZ
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| Quote: Originally posted by SFandH |
I'm a high-tech guy. The first code I wrote was 45 years ago and I worked 32 years straight in the microcomputer software business.
I really think the coupling of powerful, handheld, battery-operated devices that are within arm's reach 7/24, with AI software is frightening. I can't
articulate exactly what my fears are, but the idea doesn't sit well with me. It's addictive, mind-overpowering.
That's why I'm looking forward to going to my winter home in BCS for 6 months where there is no cell signal, no Internet connectivity. I have to drive
to town to go digital.
Six months living an analog life sounds (is) really good to me.
[Edited on 9-17-2021 by SFandH] |
Right out of college I spent 7 year writting code in C. Firmware for embedded systems. Used to test the original GSM based cellular networks.
Later led marketing for an AI startup in Silicon Beach. It was an Alexa like product for call centers.
Love technology. Have a bunch of gadgets.
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