The Hero with a Thousand Faces -
Why do we keep telling the same stories over and over?
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Thursday, 21 February 2019
quote [ Owners of the newly released $350 Nike app-connected Adapt BB self-tying shoes have taken to the Google Play store to complain that an update left their fancy kicks bricked. That's right, the self-lacing shoes reportedly no longer connect to the accompanying app — essentially transforming them into regular old shoes. "app wont pair with left shoe," reads one such review from Feb. 17. "paired with sneakers right after unboxing then completely crashed after last update." "the first software update for the shoe threw an error while updating, bricking the right shoe," reads another. "needs serious work." ]
Robert Zemeckis tried to warn us!
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steele said @ 4:55pm GMT on 21st Feb
[Score:2]
This timeline is so fucking weird.
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conception said @ 7:01pm GMT on 21st Feb
[Score:1 Underrated]
+1 A Boring Dystopia
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steele said @ 8:38pm GMT on 21st Feb
[Score:1 Underrated]
It's a boring dystopia for people who are lucky enough not to bear the brunt of it.
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conception said @ 9:56pm GMT on 21st Feb
I wonder if there's a word for bored and stressed out.
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Hugh E. said @ 3:05am GMT on 22nd Feb
armut (the Germans have a word for everything)
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Ankylosaur said @ 6:12pm GMT on 21st Feb
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rylex said @ 9:52pm GMT on 21st Feb
Only 40yrs late to the game
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ethanos said[1] @ 2:59pm GMT on 22nd Feb
[Score:1 Insightful]
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rhesusmonkey said @ 5:13am GMT on 23rd Feb
Very Meta.
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5th Earth said @ 3:43pm GMT on 21st Feb
I can't wait until the "internet of things" really takes off and I can have remote updates brick every object in my house.
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LurkerAtTheGate said @ 7:32pm GMT on 21st Feb
[Score:1 Underrated]
It has amusingly been pointed out to me (a lead dev) - I can't name a single person in IT in an advanced position (lead dev, architect, engineers, etc) that adopted IoT in their own home, including some who work specifically building IoT devices.
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cb361 said @ 7:43pm GMT on 21st Feb
That reminds me, need to buy more cat food.
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mwooody said @ 3:43am GMT on 23rd Feb
Eh, with proper VLAN'ing you're fine. Mind you, the internal-facing cameras don't get Internet privileges, and can only talk to the NAS, so I guess I'm not exactly the IoT poster child, but telling Alexa to turn the lights pink impresses the fuck out of dates.
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Ankylosaur said @ 3:49pm GMT on 21st Feb
We're sorry, but the smart bricks your house is built of have been bricked by their most current update. Please reset your house to factory defaults by poking a paperclip into the small hole under the foundation.
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cb361 said @ 6:27pm GMT on 21st Feb
I'm afraid that the new version of 'Windows for windows' no longer recognises your glass. You should have bought an Apple House, which is a single featureless white cube except for a propitiatory cat-flat.
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conception said @ 7:19pm GMT on 21st Feb
Apple House also has no doors. But all your friends want one.
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mechanical contrivance said @ 4:07pm GMT on 21st Feb
Sigh.
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Hugh E. said @ 6:51pm GMT on 21st Feb
Zion Williamson, now this? Not a winning week for Nike.
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snowfox said @ 9:32am GMT on 22nd Feb
I... what? Why does anyone need self-tying shoes outside of a severe handicap? When did slip-ons and velcro straps stop being sufficient?
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Bruceski said @ 4:25pm GMT on 22nd Feb
[Score:1 Funny]
Because if you suck at basketball it's clearly because your shoes aren't adjusting to the game.
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mechanical contrivance said @ 2:08pm GMT on 22nd Feb
No one needs this product, but Nike figured they could make some money by making and selling them.
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mwooody said @ 3:44am GMT on 23rd Feb
As someone with back problems making bending difficult and a love of the Back to the Future films... DON'T TAKE THIS FROM ME
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ethanos said @ 3:01pm GMT on 22nd Feb
oops....
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