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Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by fkyoureadthedoc »

wmeredith wrote: post #298
fkyoureadthedoc wrote: post #297

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Wouldn't be hacker news without a comment shedding the bike to talk about the design of the page and make no mention of the actual product. The scrolling worked fine for me for what it's worth, and is obviously a knockoff of apple product pages. Satirical even I'd say.

Bike shedding is bike shedding because the color we paint the bike shed at the nuclear power plant doesn't matter . If people can't use your scroll-jacked website to even learn about your product, that matters.

Wouldn't be hacker news without a comment explaining why their bike shedding is actually good and necessary.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by drdaeman »

saagarjha wrote: post #242
drdaeman wrote: post #189

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> he AW is doing a lot more in the background For Apple-blessed stuff only. They tightened third-party widget update budget so badly third-party widgets that should provide up-to-date information are essentially unusable. E.g. large Weathergraph widget still works because it shows a day-long forecast, so being an hour old is rarely noticeable, but Fantastical (can keep showing outdated event for a while and miss the…

If you know about the events in advance, you can hand them to watchOS and have it display them for you. So I'm surprised to see calendar apps struggling with this…

You are correct. Calendar apps are less affected than e.g. battery monitor, but still suffers from meeting reschedules or new events.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by yunohn »

bitmasher9 wrote: post #225
jader201 wrote: post #213

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> but I do need things that are essentially task-oriented tools: Uber/Lyft, Weather apps, Maps, Authenticator Code apps > because it's exactly what I'd want. I’m not sure it is. Most of the things you list aren’t that functional on Watch, in my experience. It’s ok-ish to pull up on Watch after you’ve set it up on your phone, but without a phone, Watch is much more limited, IME. You can definitely use Watch for a numb…

Yes, the watch GUI for apps is pretty limited. If you are okay using Siri you’ll find a lot of functionality is actually available.

I’ve seen that a lot of Siri features defer from Watch to the iPhone. Even things like changing the lights.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by dabluecaboose »

evilduck wrote: post #302
jojobas wrote: post #224

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Implying apple products are not cancer on their own right.

Carcinisation is a term unrelated to cancer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

It is, however, a term related to Cancer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_(constellation)

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by lnxg33k1 »

cogman10 wrote: post #313
lnxg33k1 wrote: post #311

Take something that stays comfortably on your wrist and turn it in something else to keep in your pocket and that needs to be held with an hand to be used, genius!

Don't forget to block every one of the sensors you paid extra for.

Yes, awesome!

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Post by itsoktocry »

jader201 wrote: post #213
hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #187

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I don't think this is silly in the slightest. There are lots of folks like me who deliberately want to break our phone addictions, which is why things like www.thelightphone.com exist. My problem with the Light Phone (owner of version II) is that it's too limited. I don't want to be distracted by notifications or social media or doom scrolling on the browser, but I do need things that are essentially task-oriented to…

> but I do need things that are essentially task-oriented tools: Uber/Lyft, Weather apps, Maps, Authenticator Code apps > because it's exactly what I'd want. I’m not sure it is. Most of the things you list aren’t that functional on Watch, in my experience. It’s ok-ish to pull up on Watch after you’ve set it up on your phone, but without a phone, Watch is much more limited, IME. You can definitely use Watch for a numb…

>Most of the things you list aren’t that functional on Watch, in my experience. It’s ok-ish to pull up on Watch after you’ve set it up on your phone, but without a phone, Watch is much more limited

It's okay to not pretend that Apple trademarked the word "watch".

Calling it "Watch" looks/sounds incredibly awkward.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by evilduck »

dabluecaboose wrote: post #324
evilduck wrote: post #302

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Carcinisation is a term unrelated to cancer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinisation

It is, however, a term related to Cancer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_(constellation)

Lol, I was thinking in terms of the disease or the Internet slang, but you're right of course.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by achrono »

fsmv wrote: post #301
achrono wrote: post #227

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Yes, but this way of ensconcing it reduces the radiation exposure since the device now likely won't be kept constantly in contact with the body.

That makes no sense. Phones and watches mostly use 4g and wifi band signals which both go through thin plastic shells and indeed your entire body without interference.

Distance decreases the intensity of exposure. I'm not trying to achieve complete avoidance, just a decrease of risk.

To those who down-voted (actually or even as a psychological reaction) my original comment: consider for a moment that while this might be a fringe opinion, it is not without some evidence.

https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/07/01/health-risks-of-cell-ph...

If you think rats getting cancer from radiation is not relevant evidence, that's your personal opinion, not the most scientifically validated hypothesis.

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Post by throwanem »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #256
iszomer wrote: post #253

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Or hanging around your neck with a lanyard.

Isn't the biggest danger to your reproductive organs anyway? That would make the pocket the worst location.

You would certainly notice if your genitals were absorbing enough energy via RF emissions to pose any kind of hazard. You would probably notice long before that threshold.

Re: TinyPod – Apple Watch case with scroll wheel

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Post by throwanem »

achrono wrote: post #328
fsmv wrote: post #301

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That makes no sense. Phones and watches mostly use 4g and wifi band signals which both go through thin plastic shells and indeed your entire body without interference.

Distance decreases the intensity of exposure. I'm not trying to achieve complete avoidance, just a decrease of risk. To those who down-voted (actually or even as a psychological reaction) my original comment: consider for a moment that while this might be a fringe opinion, it is not without some evidence. https://news.berkeley.edu/2021/07/01/health-risks-of-cell-ph... If you think rats getting cancer from radiation i…

From the linked NIH page about the study (via the Wayback Machine):

> “The exposures used in the studies cannot be compared directly to the exposure that humans experience when using a cell phone,” said John Bucher, Ph.D., NTP senior scientist. “In our studies, rats and mice received radio frequency radiation across their whole bodies. By contrast, people are mostly exposed in specific local tissues close to where they hold the phone. In addition, the exposure levels and durations in our studies were greater than what people experience.”

'Beware the man of one study.'

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