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Also: html, css, js, tcp, ip, electricity, and language.
Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands
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#22Technologies used for a static list (!): react redux reselect aphrodite material-ui stylz redux-form react-helmet webpack faker lodash moment
It's not a static list, though: mouse over or click on the entries.
I just get another element when I click but the question remains the same. Is there anything more?
Looking at the source, I guess, for example, that the questions "How old is X" are all where X is
"Adam Sandler", "Adele", "Akon", "Alec Baldwin" "Alicia Keys", "Alyssa Milano", "Angelina Jolie", "Ashton Kutcher", "Avril Lavigne", "Barack Obama", "Barbra Streisand", "Ben Stiller", "Beyonce", "Bill Gates", "Bob Marley", "Brad Pitt", "Britney Spears", "Cameron Diaz", "Carmen Electra", "Catherine Zeta Jones", "Charlie Sheen", "Chris Brown", "Christina Aguilera", "Cindy Crawford", "Daniel Radcliffe", "David Beckham", "David Duchovny", "Demi Moore", "Dr House", "Drake", "Drew Barrymore", "Eddie Murphy", "Eminem", "George Clooney", "Gwen Stefani", "Halle Berry", "Hugh Grant", "Jack Nicholson", "James Cameron", "Jason Statham", "Jay Z", "Jennifer Aniston", "Jennifer Lopez", "Jennifer Love Hewitt", "Jessica Alba", "Johnny Depp", "Julia Roberts", "Justin Bieber", "Justin Timberlake", "Katherine Heigl", "Katy Perry", "Kelli Williams", "Kesha", "Kevin Costner", "Kim Kardashian", "Kristen Stewart", "Lady Gaga", "Leonardo DiCaprio", "Lil Wayne", "Lionel Messi", "Madonna", "Marilyn Manson", "Marilyn Monroe", "Megan Fox", "Michael Douglas", "Michael Jackson", "Michael Jordan", "Michelle Obama", "Mike Tyson", "Miley Cyrus", "Muhammad Ali", "Nicki Minaj", "Nicolas Cage", "Nicole Kidman", "Oprah Winfrey", "Paris Hilton", "Pink", "Reese Witherspoon", "Rihanna", "Robert De Niro", "Robert Pattinson", "Roger Federer", "Ronaldo", "Sandra Bullock", "Sarah Jessica Parker", "Scarlett Johansson", "Selena Gomez", "Shakira", "Stephenie Meyer", "Steve Jobs", "Steven Spielberg", "Taylor Swift", "Tiger Woods", "Tom Cruise", "Tom Hanks", "Tyler Perry", "Uma Thurman", "Whoopi Goldberg", "Will Smith", "Woody Allen",
It's easier to look at the list than to click every time for one random item from it.
Interestingly, the first person Google recommends to me when I type "how old is" is not on the list.
Re: Show HN: “OK Google” – Explore Google Now voice commands
#23Technologies used for a static list (!): react redux reselect aphrodite material-ui stylz redux-form react-helmet webpack faker lodash moment
It's ok - it's made with <3
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#24Technologies used for a static list (!): react redux reselect aphrodite material-ui stylz redux-form react-helmet webpack faker lodash moment
Also: html, css, js, tcp, ip, electricity, and language.
Also DNS, Apache, CloudFlare, Linux, images, Fail2Ban, Ethernet, the server's CPU/Memory/Motherboard, the phone network.
All this for a static list, he could have just faxed us all this list instead like in the good old times.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Also: html, css, js, tcp, ip, electricity, and language.
Also DNS, Apache, CloudFlare, Linux, images, Fail2Ban, Ethernet, the server's CPU/Memory/Motherboard, the phone network. All this for a static list, he could have just faxed us all this list instead like in the good old times.
Fax!?? This is exactly what chisels and stone tablets were made for.
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#26Is anybody else having trouble using Ok Google for sending texts? It recognizes the recipient alright but stops dictation way too early, even if I pause just for a second. Then it doesn't seem possible to resume dictation. Does anybody know how to get around this? (Android 5.1.1)
ask to send a message, then wait for it to prompt for who, and after that wait for a prompt for what you want it to say.
I use that function while on my motorcycle through my helmet a bunch, and breaking it up like that allows me to confirm/deny each step because often the wind noise makes it impossible to hear what i said.
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#27I used to love using the "remind me to" command. It was a fast and convenient way to set alarms. Recently, when I attempted to use it on iOS, I was hit with an alert that "reminders have been moved to the Calendar app," where it is far less convenient to set up a reminder.
Instead of just setting the alarm with my voice and then confirming it, I have to use a click wheel to set the time, and it takes like three more steps.
This is part of a larger trend I've noticed where large tech companies use their market share to bully their users into adopting their other applications. It baffles me how any one approves these ideas. Isn't it pretty short sighted to cripple your own product, to break features that users love to promote another unloved product? Isn't that arrogant? I hope this trend passes, but my guess is that it effectively drives adoption, so to hell with everything else, right?
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#28Technologies used for a static list (!): react redux reselect aphrodite material-ui stylz redux-form react-helmet webpack faker lodash moment
Do you actually have a problem that any of those are causing?
I mean the site comes in at around 500kb transferred. That's not small, but it's also not obscenely large. A single large-ish image can easily blow that out of the water.
Yeah, it could afford to lose some weight in the javascript (although looking at it now, i'm not sure they can. much of the size of the javascript is string literals for all of the options for each phrase), but for a one-off website that doesn't have any ads or source of income, i think it's great. The author clearly wanted to make something cool, and doesn't want to spend a significant amount of time or effort optimizing it perfectly since he probably won't make a dime from it.
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#29I think this is great, and at the same time highlights a usability problem with conversational interfaces: we don't know how to make them discoverable.
Google attempts to do this by letting you stumble upon commands, but I don't think that is good enough. I don't think tutorials are either, but I don't have any solid alternatives.
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#30I used to love using the "remind me to" command. It was a fast and convenient way to set alarms. Recently, when I attempted to use it on iOS, I was hit with an alert that "reminders have been moved to the Calendar app," where it is far less convenient to set up a reminder. Instead of just setting the alarm with my voice and then confirming it, I have to use a click wheel to set the time, and it takes like three more…
Is that an iOS thing? On Android reminders through the Google Now interface seem to work fine.