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Author/Founder of @stratechery. Host of @exponentfm. @notechben for sports. @monkbent on other networks. Home on the Internet.

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    Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 16 Jan 2014

    Just landed, and I'd like to know the temperature (in C). Reasonable, no? #NoTempForYoupic.twitter.com/TNoBEAwMSc

    12:11 PM - 16 Jan 2014 from SeaTac, WA
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      1. yoscoyote‏ @yoscoyote 16 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent strange, it’s working for me (iOS 7.0.4, iPhone 5)pic.twitter.com/IOcCANKmT2

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      2. Judson‏ @judsontwit 16 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent do you use an app to plot flights on your Calendar? Or is that built in to ex. Delta’s app?

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 16 Jan 2014
        Replying to @judsontwit

        @judsontwit I put it in manually

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      4. Judson‏ @judsontwit 16 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent the future. :D

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      1. Ezenwa‏ @okoroezenwa 16 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent indeed it is. I turned off weather in there because there was no point dealing with the inconsistency. I just open an app.

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      2. Michał Plucinski‏ @tmichalp 16 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent I've had it give me no temp at all before, not even a forecast, just the weather. Super annoying!

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 16 Jan 2014
        Replying to @tmichalp

        @darkarconio me too. Terrible.

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      4. Michał Plucinski‏ @tmichalp 16 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent It’s so easy and useful 99% of the time, making the needless failures that much more annoying…

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      5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 16 Jan 2014
        Replying to @tmichalp

        @darkarconio disagree. It’s needlessly wordy. Old version much better

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      6. Michał Plucinski‏ @tmichalp 16 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent I just meant in accessibility of the information, not specific presentation. I agree, though this implementation is more ambitious

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      2. Wes Miller‏Verified account @getwired 16 Jan 2014
        Replying to @benthompson

        @monkbent Alas, that's real-time data, these are all cacheable.

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      3. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 16 Jan 2014
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        @getwired I'm connected

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      4. Wes Miller‏Verified account @getwired 16 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent I figured - just saying that the screen would need to query every time you pull down on it. As it is, can be cached for perf.

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      5. Ben Thompson‏Verified account @benthompson 16 Jan 2014
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        @getwired it wasn't a problem in iOS 6. Also, it does this all the time (and it's been 20 minutes and I've opened the weather app)

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      6. Wes Miller‏Verified account @getwired 16 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent Bad UI. Just a theory on why it behaved that way.

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      1. Kevin Sliech‏ @ksliech 16 Jan 2014
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        @monkbent isn’t that weird? “Currently xx degrees.” Would fit right on that third line…

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      1. Magic Pics‏ @magicpixx 16 Jan 2014
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        @monkbentpic.twitter.com/JWt63UEaYi

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