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Without unnecessary brand name dropping, what current technology blows you away? (self.casualconversation)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by FourPacketsOfPeanuts to c/[email protected]

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I was listening to the New Year's Day concert by the Vienna philharmonic and wondered who one of the composers was so used a popular song recognition app. (I expected it would make some fuzzy match on the piece and give me the name + composer). To my amazement it did give the name and composer but as played by the Vienna philharmonic in 2005 in the same location. The orchestra does not have the same members as 19 years ago, nor was it the same conductor, so it seemed the piece was matched on the acoustics of the Musikverein where they were playing, which I found astonishing.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I recently found a battery powered device for hot/cold therapy, and it has worked wonders the tendonitis in my arm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I know the OP requested no brands, but would like to know what these are called?

How hot and how cold.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's the Therabody RecoveryTherm Cube, and it get's hot and cold enough on the highest setting it feels intense enough you can't comfortably use it directly on skin. That said it's not as cold as an ice pack, but I don't think that's the intended use.

It has 3 modes, here are the temps from the manual:

Heat: 24 minutes (95°F, 102°F, 109°F)

Cold: 18 minutes (61°F, 54°F, 46°F)

Contrast therapy: 20 minutes (Cold: 46°F, Heat: 109°F)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Any AI that can learn. Something always seems off when suddenly an AI that can't even hear you claims it "learned" that "hors d'oeuvres" is pronounced "orderbs". Sometimes it gives me mechanical turk vibes.

[–] Resol 2 points 4 days ago

In spelling, V comes before R. But in pronounciation, it's the other way round. Weird.

I always said "ore-doovers" or even just "hors d"oeuvres" like in French. That's always how it sounded to me.

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