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Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by reaperducer »

renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

It keeps playing a song called "My Likes"

Meanwhile, here in Siri Land...

Me: Hey, Siri, add "tomatoes" to my Groceries list.

Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to?

Me: Groceries.

Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to?

Me: Groceries.

Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to?

Me: Groceries.

Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to?

Me: Groceries.

Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to?

Me: Cancel.

I've gone back to paper grocery lists. They Just Work™.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by renewiltord »

browniefed wrote: post #20
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

I had the exact annoyance and figured it out. If you say "OK Google play my likes on youtube music" it will play `Your likes`. If you forget the `on youtube music` part even if your default player is set to Youtube music it will play the `my likes` song.

I thought the same but it literally doesn't work for me. Just tried it. It plays something random. I tried it on my phone to see what it was doing and it picked "my supermix" once and the song "my likes" the next time.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by ArchOversight »

jjulius wrote: post #25

Vaguely reminiscent of when Marco V released a track called "C:\ del *.mp3"[0] out of frustration towards mp3 rips. Still amusing to me that he didn't quite get the command right. [0] https://www.discogs.com/MarcoV-Cdelmp3-Solarize/release/1334...

I never knew that was the reason the track was named that! One of my favorites.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by silentsea90 »

will_pseudonym wrote: post #24
Zelphyr wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I coined "Brogdon's Law" (probably not original to me by any stretch) several years ago: The answer to any technical problem will present itself within 30 seconds (sometimes minutes) of asking "Hey, can you take a look at this?"

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law Cunningham's Law states "the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer." The concept is named after Ward Cunningham, father of the wiki. According to Steven McGeady, the law's author, Wikipedia may be the most well-known demonstration of this law. Cunningham's Law can be considered the Internet equivalent…

Fascinating! How does Sherlock use it?

Or put differently, you are completely wrong about Sherlock using it in Sign of the Four. Prove me wrong! ;)

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by lucideer »

Zelphyr wrote: post #19
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

I coined "Brogdon's Law" (probably not original to me by any stretch) several years ago: The answer to any technical problem will present itself within 30 seconds (sometimes minutes) of asking "Hey, can you take a look at this?"

Related phenomenon/technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_ducking

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by gorkish »

renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

This is my experience with any 'smart assistant' product that is or ever has been.

It's always frustrating but never particularly hard to find the special incantation that will invoke it to do the thing that you want it to. Overall though it's simply not worth the effort which is probably why I end up using these overwhelmingly complex devices only for their most mundane functions like timers and getting the weather.

Trying for anything moderately complex, and I might as well be asking the dog to do it for me.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by renewiltord »

gorkish wrote: post #36
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

This is my experience with any 'smart assistant' product that is or ever has been. It's always frustrating but never particularly hard to find the special incantation that will invoke it to do the thing that you want it to. Overall though it's simply not worth the effort which is probably why I end up using these overwhelmingly complex devices only for their most mundane functions like timers and getting the weather.…

That's the worst thing. It used to work well for me.

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by masklinn »

reaperducer wrote: post #31
renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

It keeps playing a song called "My Likes" Meanwhile, here in Siri Land... Me: Hey, Siri, add "tomatoes" to my Groceries list. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapreducer. Which list should I add it to? Me: Groceries. Siri: OK, Reapredu…

I've been wondering whether I should re-enable siri and give it an other shot. I use the todos app for that and from time to time it would be convenient to do it handsfree.

I see that I still have no reason to bother, it's going to frustrate me more than anything else (especially with how downhill voiceover has gone in 12).

Re: Artist releases album called “Ok Google Play Music” on Spotify

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Post by duxup »

renewiltord wrote: post #5

My fucking Google Home can't even figure out how to play the auto playlist "My Likes" on YouTube Music. Previously, I could say "Play my Thumbs Up" and it could do so on Google Play Music. It keeps playing a song called "My Likes". Jesus fucking Christ, Google. If I say "Play my My Likes playlist" something random happens. Do these guys even use their product? I'm just glad this album didn't come out before the force…

Outside of setting a timer, I've kinda given up on voice commands.

My tolerance for mistakes for simple commands that work sometimes / are the right command ... but don't work is ultra low.

Like how is it my Android phone will default to just googling "exact valid voice command letter for letter" (it's used in a commercial for cripes sake!) ... and not somehow notice that?

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