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Re:Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers on Wednesday March 18, 2026 @03:32PM (#47430371)
Try using apple music
Re:SimpleFold: Folding proteins is simpler than you think on Friday September 26, 2025 @02:45PM (#45389731)
I think Siri has always been criticized, likely because it has never worked super well and it has the most eyes (or ears) on it (iPhones still have 50% market share in the US).

And now that we have ChatGPT with voice mode, Gemini Live, etc which have incredible speech recognition and reasoning comparatively, it's harder to argue that "every voice assistant is bad" still.

Re:Fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and its not clear YouTub... on Friday December 27, 2024 @05:21PM (#42526611)
Do YouTubers have any recourse against Google or the faker? Seems like a false DMCA takedown would be a first amendment violation.
Re:Malware can turn off webcam LED and record video, demonstrated on T... on Wednesday November 27, 2024 @05:56PM (#42260640)
Could you wire it with a relay/transistor?
Re:NYC Subway Station Layouts on Saturday November 09, 2024 @08:30PM (#42097994)
Make sure to check out the 3D models tab. That’s definitely the most interesting part of the site!
Re:Tell HN: I'm in a terrible Google Maps experiment on iOS on Sunday October 13, 2024 @01:59PM (#41830061)
I'm fine with the UI change, it just seems like something changed under the hood with this that's causing major performance issues.

Interesting that you don't have the perf issues, could be that the two things are unrelated.

Tell HN: I'm in a terrible Google Maps experiment on iOS

Posted by samuelg123 on Sunday October 13, 2024 @01:21PM
from the self-post dept.

For the past few weeks, I’ve been part of an experiment group for Google Maps on iOS. The main visible change is that the “X” to close a place view has moved from the search bar to the view itself.This update has made the app borderline unusable:- Layers icon disappeared (can’t look at satellite view, etc). Sometimes it reappears but doesn’t trigger any action.- Selecting places on the map...

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Re:Ask HN: Should you reply STOP to unwanted texts? on Tuesday October 01, 2024 @09:58AM (#41708515)
iOS exposes an API for this

Here’s a local keyword filtering app that works great: https://github.com/afterxleep/Bouncer

Re:The reason your Columbia shirt has a tiny pocket near your waistlin... on Thursday September 19, 2024 @05:02PM (#41596363)
Reminds me of the “Blues Smoke Detector” on Nathan For You: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nhn5n3eyhY
Re:Ask HN: It's 2024, why are voice assistants still so buggy? on Saturday April 13, 2024 @06:23PM (#40026700)
Yeah, makes sense (but still disheartening).

I wonder if Apple will roll out a paid Siri Pro tier (with LLM). Maybe that would incentivize investment into tablestake features (ie. responding reliably).

Ask HN: It's 2024, why are voice assistants still so buggy?

Posted by samuelg123 on Saturday April 13, 2024 @06:04PM
from the ask-hn dept.

Still feels like 20% of the time I try to use Siri/Alexa, they hit one of these failure modes:1. Fail to activate2. Fail to respond (just keep listening forever)3. Activate on the wrong device (talking to Siri on Phone, HomePod 2 rooms over responds)4. Fail to access data they should have ("Who is speaking?" or "I'm having trouble...")Thinking over it, I think voice assistants have the most...

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Re:Some Apple services are down (Support, iCloud backup restores) on Monday January 29, 2024 @09:45PM (#39185811)
Seems like some apple services are down
Re:Youtube2Webpage: Create Websites with Text from Videos on Thursday August 31, 2023 @11:42AM (#37338981)
YouTube just added a feature to search transcripts. Seems like I might be in an experiment though
Re:Mac sandbox escape on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @06:38PM (#23025387)
I believe there’s a feature that allows others to take control of the screen. It could be related to this
Re:VSCode silently opts you in to data collection on Saturday October 13, 2018 @02:57PM (#18209439)
I’d argue this isn’t enough. They should explicitly ask, especially when you’re using the application to handle sensitive material such as unreleased code.
Re:Ajit Pai calls California’s net neutrality rules “illegal” on Monday September 17, 2018 @01:18PM (#18007863)
I don’t think his actions are representative of what Indian people think; they’re just proof of his own greed.