My “Dumb” Watch
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My “Dumb” Watch
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#2Essentially, construct a straw man (modern smart watches with oh-so-many-functions), and then attack it revealing the beautiful simplicity of a device that just tells the time. Why not take it all the way back to sundials? Why even add burden to the mortal coil and keep time?
(How did this make it to HN?)
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#3Essentially, construct a straw man (modern smart watches with oh-so-many-functions), and then attack it revealing the beautiful simplicity of a device that just tells the time. Why not take it all the way back to sundials? Why even add burden to the mortal coil and keep time? (How did this make it to HN?)
Well, it proves that not everything should be able to do tons of stuff.
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#4> the battery life lasts a gazillion years
According to the product description, it's more like 3 years.
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#5I mostly agree with the sentiment about smart watches, but I like my watch to be a bit more featureful than this.
Recently my Casio F-91W died and I replaced it with a somewhat more expensive but functionally simple analogue watch. I'm kind of regretting not just getting another F-91W, as I really miss its backlight and date display. I now find myself reaching for my phone when I want a time / date check and treating the watch mostly as a fashion accessory.
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#6Essentially, construct a straw man (modern smart watches with oh-so-many-functions), and then attack it revealing the beautiful simplicity of a device that just tells the time. Why not take it all the way back to sundials? Why even add burden to the mortal coil and keep time? (How did this make it to HN?)
Well, it proves that not everything should be able to do tons of stuff.
How does it prove anything? It is just the preference of the blogger who is also pushing it by way of being an Amazon affiliate.
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#7Essentially, construct a straw man (modern smart watches with oh-so-many-functions), and then attack it revealing the beautiful simplicity of a device that just tells the time. Why not take it all the way back to sundials? Why even add burden to the mortal coil and keep time? (How did this make it to HN?)
A sundial on my wrist is about as useful as the fictional 1980s Dick Tracy video-chat watch. My inner child may want some version of a Dick Tracy watch, but with today's technology we would have had that if it were marketable.
A normal, simple, analogue-face wristwatch that ... wait for it ... just tells the time is exactly what I need and exactly what I want and is exactly what I can buy practically anywhere even if the Internet shut down 30 seconds from now. No straw man required.
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well, it proves that not everything should be able to do tons of stuff.
How does it prove anything? It is just the preference of the blogger who is also pushing it by way of being an Amazon affiliate.
I don't know how you replied to a comment 26 minutes before I posted the comment.
I also don't know how "Amazon affiliate blogger" fits into things.
I welcome you to enlighten me on either or both topics.
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
How does it prove anything? It is just the preference of the blogger who is also pushing it by way of being an Amazon affiliate.
I don't know how you replied to a comment 26 minutes before I posted the comment. I also don't know how "Amazon affiliate blogger" fits into things. I welcome you to enlighten me on either or both topics.
>I also don't know how "Amazon affiliate blogger" fits into things.
Fyi... amazon urls with "&tag=" are affiliate links that get a % cut of the sales price.
In the blog's Amazon link, you'll see it redirects to a url that includes "&tag=compassionmon-20".
The blog author also wrote on the page: "As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases from this link."
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#10> the battery life lasts a gazillion years According to the product description, it's more like 3 years.
That's what you will read on most watch descriptions and it's an extremely conservative value. I have never had a wrist watch battery dying on me, even after wearing it for 10 years.