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Into Thin AirPods

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Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by Gigachad »

pawelwentpawel wrote: post #67

I recently had my iPhone stolen while on a trip in Latin America. It seems that it was an organised group with a vast distribution network. I could follow their entire supply chain which spanned through entire Brazil, from south all the way to Salinopolis which is a beach city in the north of the country. Most probably they travelled through the airport with an entire bag of phones stolen during the carnival. Putting…

Apple really needs to do more to lock down parts on registered iPhones. The OS should completely refuse to function if you have a screen or battery from a stolen phone.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by nailer »

brokenkebaby wrote: post #54
nailer wrote: post #47

Holy hell this is a frustrating read. To save anyone else the time the owner loses their AirPods find them but chooses not to confront the person that stole them. This is the entire story.

No, that's not true. You apparently glanced over it, but didn't really read it, so making a summary for others was not the best idea. The story is more about real-life limitations for tracking of stolen things with "Find My..." which gives clues enough for suspicion, but not enough for certainty, and doesn't seem to be useful when one asks police for help.

She spends ages looking at the boy, and the boy apparently reacts to the chimes. She only doesn't know because she doesn't say anything. Hence the frustration many of us that tried to read this are feeling.

She's an adult, she should use her grownup words.

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by Gigachad »

klohto wrote: post #52

I appreciate the story, although bit overstretched. I do have a question whether it’s just my ADHD, but was the writing horribly hard to follow for anyone else? I could not keep my focus while reading each of the paragraphs.

I just started skipping over it as it was feeling kind of rambley

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by brokenkebaby »

klohto wrote: post #52

I appreciate the story, although bit overstretched. I do have a question whether it’s just my ADHD, but was the writing horribly hard to follow for anyone else? I could not keep my focus while reading each of the paragraphs.

I think it's sort of mode of reading thing: while on HN you expect either a technical piece of information, or news where you can quickly jump directly to conclusion. But this one is a rare bird here, a story-telling. I wouldn't call it a literary achievement, but it's written well for its genre. It can frustrate if you try to read it as news, of course

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Post by robbiep »

nyx wrote: post #6
theshrike79 wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why use few words when you can use a bazillion words. BTW, the text is too long for GPT4 to summarise, I wonder if that's a tactic sites use against AI tools? :D Just make the text so long and full of purple prose that the AI models choke.

The purpose of this story is for the author to recount their experience in an entertaining way that's pleasant to read. Why would you want to use an LLM to summarize it? That'd be like finding an interesting-looking novel to read at the bookstore, then buying the Cliff's Notes instead. I've thus far kept myself mostly isolated from and ambivalent about the GPT hype, but this comment, even if it's somewhat tongue-in-c…

‘I optimise my life so much that I use an algorithm to summarise articles. In so doing, I am oblivious to the art of content creation for the pleasure of it, as well as its converse, content consumption for the pleasure of it’

Re: Into Thin AirPods

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Post by callesgg »

The AirPods location as shown on the map is not the actual location, it is the location of the phone that last reported “hearing” the signal from the AirPods.

When you are close to them and connected to them, the map will show your own location not the AirPods.

This explains why the AirPods tracked the authors own location at times. Possibly also why the map showed the boys location. He was using Bluetooth so his phone was actively listening, and actively connected to the internet and due to this, the boys iPhone was quick to post it’s location when it heard the authors AirPods. Where as other people in the museum was not using their iPhones so their phones would not be actively listening or if they where would not upload the position in real-time.

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