The next time I hear the robot lady inside my Bose headphones interrupt a piece of music with an announcement about which device has spontaneously disconnected or reconnected I'm going to abandon civilization and join
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Replying to @backus @RotemEren
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These interruptions from my Bose headphones inspired this tweethttps://twitter.com/backus/status/1008813003452571649 …
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I was hoping that my Bose headphones would reduce these interruptions (or improve the UI) in a later update. Instead, they added "Alexa support" (whatever that means) AKA the only other device in my life that interrupts me
2:26 PM - 11 Sep 2018
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Granted, sometimes it is more like a kid magician asking "is this your card?" a few times before they get it right.