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Indeed. It's almost like the intended use case of a phone in your pocket, piggy-backing on the same device you use to call your friends or tell the time, is something other than computer vision.

I mean, I'm all for well-applied snobbery and picking the correct tools for the job. But, come on. A 30-second perusal of cute family photos on Facebook and a comparison to the photo album you used 15 years ago will tell you exactly what these devices are good for.




I'm just sad that I've still never had a cell phone conversation as quick and crisp as I had over a landline in the early 80s.


I'm happy to accept the minor degradation in quality for the massive increase in convenience.


In my experience it's not "minor" it's more like "You need to just send me a text with that 10 digit number because we've tried 3 times and I've yet to copy 2 of the digits."




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