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NYU student talks assembling Apple's iPhone 6s & 7 for Pegatron
Until 5 years ago I worked 12 hour days, 5 days a week and worked 6 hours (a half day!) on Saturday quite frequently. We had no air conditioning and the heat in the winter was set at 58. The heaters were mounted close to the ceiling, generally about 30 feet up. I had to wear gloves to perform the job and for several years also wear a hard hat, even though I was inside. I did a repetitive job, basically repeating the same task all day long. Guess what, that is what factory work is like. Yes, I made more than $450/month. Quite a bit more, but I was in no way "rich". I did that job for just under 15 years and not once did anyone from the outside question the working conditions or push for them to be improved. I knew what I was getting into from the start and did the job I was hired for. That company is still manufacturing, right here in the USA. The jobs and the conditions are the same today as when I left.
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Rumor: Siri to get iMessage integration, adapt to user habits in 'iOS 11'
Except that it is easy to see that it DOES work. Try it. I just did, the nearest Thai restaurant is 4 miles from me, when I say "call them" Siri verifies by saying "call Han Asian Cuisine?" while listing the address and presenting two buttons labeled "Yes" and "No".Lunnzies said:
I think you missed what the OP is saying. If you ask Siri to find a thai restaurant near here. It will probably do it ok, if you ask immediately afterwards, "Call them", Siri will likely respond with something showing that it hasn't kept the chain going as it was ORIGINALLY designed to do.foggyhill said:
Just tried it on my phone with all variants, and I talk FASTr00fus1 said:
Maybe because it is, but it simply doesn't work. Siri has trouble using context to do anything meaningful (e.g. "find a thai restaurant near me" - Siri replies with one - "call them" - Siri - "who's them?" - me: grrr). Also it's gotten worse in some aspects since say, 2012.bdfortin said:"The lack of contextual awareness has been one of the chief criticisms of Siri, especially in comparison with Google Assistant and Samsung's Bixby." Siri has been context-aware since iOS 9. Why do so many people and publications keep forgetting this?
Speaking at 100 miles per hour and with english with a french accent
I say one of the variants here:
give me an italian restaurant near her
give me a thai restaurant near here
give me a greek restaurant near here
give me a french restaurant near here
Found in less than one second the nearest ones from each case, tells me the name and location on the map, rating and how much it cost (moderate, expensive, etc.)
asks me if I want directions or to call them
I say: give me the directions
and starts doing it.
Tried same thing with give me nearest X restaurant, same results.
Not sure what your doing but it is literally impossible for me for this request to fail (and I've tried all variants).
From my own perspective, voice recognition is much better now than 4 years ago, much much better.
This was done with no noise around and raising phone at 6 inch from my mouth.
Will try it in a noisy place to see if it decreases efficiency (it probably should).
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Apple's CarPlay gains quick-access task switcher with iOS 10.3
Ha ha! It's not quite April Fool's Day, guys.AppleInsider said:However, considering CarPlay is intended to keep eyes off of the road, Apple has instituted some restrictions on how the task switcher works.
I haven't updated my phone yet but I'm looking forward to the recent apps side dock. I love having the Maps icon there (though in my experience it isn't permanent, only when navigation is in use). I guess it will be handy showing call time though I'm not sure how much that will matter to me.
My wish for CarPlay is that it would take less time to start up, but that my have something to do with the system in the car. And for us it's a very inconsistent start-up time. Sometimes it will take close to a minute for CarPlay to be ready to go and other times only about 10 seconds. If it was consistently 10 seconds (or less!) I'd be happy.
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Rumor: Siri to get iMessage integration, adapt to user habits in 'iOS 11'
I just tried "find a pizza restaurant near me", Siri listed the closest one at half a mile away. I said, "call it" and the number was immediately being dialed.r00fus1 said:
Maybe because it is, but it simply doesn't work. Siri has trouble using context to do anything meaningful (e.g. "find a thai restaurant near me" - Siri replies with one - "call them" - Siri - "who's them?" - me: grrr). Also it's gotten worse in some aspects since say, 2012.bdfortin said:"The lack of contextual awareness has been one of the chief criticisms of Siri, especially in comparison with Google Assistant and Samsung's Bixby." Siri has been context-aware since iOS 9. Why do so many people and publications keep forgetting this?
Then I tried, "find a bar near me" and was presented a list of 15. I said, "call one", the same list was presented with "which one would you like to call?"
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Apple adds multiscreen movie rental viewing to iTunes in latest update
Last I knew with iTunes rentals is if you rented a movie at 8:00 one night and didn't finish it it is due to expire at 8:00 the following night. However, if you continue watching it before it is set to expire you can still finish it, even if it goes past the expiration time.fastasleep said:Makes way more sense if you for example fall asleep during a movie and want to finish it the next day after the cutoff point or whatever.
