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Apple Watches Were Crashing When Asked About the Weather (macrumors.com)
Yesterday MacRumor reported that "Asking Siri something like 'What's the temperature?' or 'What's the weather?' or 'Is it raining?' causes the Apple Watch to crash."
The issue has been documented in several threads on the MacRumors forums and on Reddit, and we've also been able to replicate it on our own devices. Complaints about the problem appear to have started this morning, and the bug is confirmed to be affecting both LTE and GPS Apple Watch Series 3 models as well as older Apple Watch models running watchOS 4.1. Not all Apple Watch owners in all countries are affected, but it appears to be impacting users in the United States, Canada, and Europe.
The problem may have been caused by Daylight Savings Time, they reported yesterday, since "asking Siri about the weather tomorrow or next week doesn't cause a problem -- it's only questions about the current weather conditions that are resulting in errors."
Engadget confirms that "The issue appears to be over. We've checked both before and afterward, and it's now safe to ask Siri if it's raining."
The problem may have been caused by Daylight Savings Time, they reported yesterday, since "asking Siri about the weather tomorrow or next week doesn't cause a problem -- it's only questions about the current weather conditions that are resulting in errors."
Engadget confirms that "The issue appears to be over. We've checked both before and afterward, and it's now safe to ask Siri if it's raining."
Siri are golden showers in the forecast for Moscow?
Subject stolen from another story. :-)
Apple has had a lot issues with dates, clocks and alarms on the mobile devices. Including the interesting 1970 bug. https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2016/02/26/apple-will-unbrick-iphones-bricked-by-1970-bug/
Better QA might help but this shouldn't be so hard.
Climate change now affecting our Apples?
You merely have a license to keep paying them. Pay up for your status symbol.
what more can you say.
I have a Series 1 Apple Watch, and as far as I can tell it wasn’t enough to ask it “what’s the weather?” - I had to add the qualifier “right now” to get my watch to respiring.
But yeah, silly bug. If Siri actually worked well, it might’ve been more annoying... but I can’t imagine too many people have the patience to use her as their primary means of interaction with the device. “I’ll tap you when I’m ready” gets old, really fast.
#DeleteChrome
I know a lot of apple fans don't like winows, but surely just looking out of one would avoid having to ask Siri?
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Slashdot, fix the reply notifications... You won't get away with it...
It depends on the project. Your criticism explains why a lot of FOSS is doomed to obscurity, but the really successful Linux projects like Ubuntu, Fedora and Mint either have large corporate support and/or very active and helpful user communities.
Enough apple "news".. It's far too ridiculous by now. I'd rather hear News for Nerds and Stuff that Matters
Enough of these smart watches, they are just tech jewelry for rich people. They really serve no purpose but to say, "look at me!"
They do not solve a core problem that society is facing today. The smartphone did; this does not. If Dick Tracy had a smartphone he wouldn't need a watch.
Reminds me of one of my favourite movie quotes ever
How can this still be called a smartwatch if it can't deal with DSL?
Is it giving the correct time at least?
In any case the smart adjective is overrated.
The world breathes a sigh of relief. We were almost done for.
-- Cheers!
At any given moment there are millions of people going through the source code of Linux looking for bugs and vulnerabilities. Hence why there are none.
Have an issue with an Apple product? Prepare to be ignored.
Would make a watch that can't deal with time.
These are the same sort of engineers that are designing self driving cars. And Silicon Valley CEOs are fast tracking the legislature to get this new technology on the road as quickly as possible. You all realize we're totally fucked right?
Ever since Apple got rid of its QA department things have gone downhill fast.
What? This is an July 18, 2017 description of what it's like to work as a "Quality Assurance Analyst" for Apple.
In order to know the current weather, one could look out the window. Or worse: Actually walk outside and have a feel.
Granted, where I live "buienradar" is a good thing since it allows you to plan around rainfall at a given location at a given time, but this smartwatch bug seems to be a first world problem if ever I saw one.
This must be the global warming!
Well, doesn't that make sense!
No there isn't. There is very few people looking deeply at the Linux kernel code for random bugs.
Which is same as closed source
Apple was forced to not let Siri answer climate-related questions.
If this was a DST issue, surely Europe (and a lot of the non-US DST-setting world) would have been affected last week as most would have changed their clocks on the last Sunday of October. Was this an issue then? Or was this only affected by the US DST change? In which case, why is Siri worldwide affected by US DST only?
Linux is garbage. Open source is generally garbage. It will continue to be garbage as long as developers reopens to criticism by telling users to go solve the problems themselves. That's the typical open source response, to tell users that if they don't like something to go code up a fix on their own. As long as there are so any hostile attitudes from Linux and open source developers, it will continue to be garbage. The criticism tells developers how to improve the software. When the criticism is dismissed, it drives away users and the software remains garbage. Linux and open source are garbage and are not real solutions for most problems. Linux zealots like you are far too conceited to even accept there's a problem, let alone to actually fix the issues and make your software usable. Windows, iOS, and macOS all have their issues, but all are far superior to Linux.
Open Source is dismissive by offering users dozens of alternatives, allowing them to DIY on any hardware. You call this "garbage".
Apple is dismissive by offering consumers no alternatives running on custom laser-sealed hardware. You call this "courage".
You have one hell of a way of defining conceited.
Have you tried wearing it upside down with the face on the inside?
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
No matter what, if the virtual assistant Siri, or the Calendar is crashing (sigh), it should not crash and reboot the "whole" OS. Must be really crappy, insecure integration if something as "simple" as this causes a reboot! #peakbugs https://www.youtube.com/user/r...
No matter what, if the virtual assistant Siri, or the Calendar is crashing (sigh), it should not crash and reboot the "whole" OS. Must be really crappy, insecure integration if something as "simple" as this causes a reboot! #peakbugs https://youtube.com/renerebe
i "gave" my apple watch to my neighbors kid.
> "Asking Siri something like 'What's the temperature?'
Her menstrual cycle or pregancy is none of your business, patriach! Keep your dirty hands off her womb!
You do know that Apple both contributes and consumes from the opensource community right?
https://opensource.apple.com/
Even the KERNEL from OSX is based on MACH and opensource.
I fully expected a link to a blog from some Apple fanboy who bought every single piece they ever made.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
i "gave" my apple watch to my neighbors kid.
At gunpoint, I presume. Ever thought of moving somewhere else?
You never know where the person wearing you stands on AGW, so dodge the question.
Now, that's good for watches, but how can I shut down properly the next time I get asked "Does that dress make me look fat?"
All I figured out so far is that "No, the fat makes you look fat" is the WRONG answer.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
QA is the first to get the boot. It appears that DST is still a novel concept to developers. Say, how much do people pay for Apple gear? It is in no way better than the stuff from the other guys who ask only half as much for it or even less.
As opposed to closed source where you have to patch every month as well....but only those things that the vendor and guvernment want you to have fixed. It is not a matter of closed source or open source, it is a matter of user focus, quality assurance, and ethics. Both camps are sorely lacking.
Apple is dismissive by offering consumers no alternatives running on custom laser-sealed hardware. You call this "courage".
Where did GP do this?
At any given moment there are millions of people going through the source code of Linux looking for bugs and vulnerabilities. Hence why there are none.
Have an issue with an Apple product? Prepare to be ignored.
Are you seriously saying Linux has no bugs?
The problem may have been caused by Daylight Savings Time ...
Is there a Slashdot style guide that specifically requires this incorrect plural just to fuck with us?
Nope, no sig
"So, how do you like this weather?"
Have gnu, will travel.
Ya someone would have to point a gun at me before id take an iwatch from them.
...post their anti Apple diatribe whilst blissfully ignoring the issues in their own camp. Like, for example, the Oreo Icon issue that, when enabled, send the phone into a bootloop that requires a system reset to fix.
But hey, a one day avoidable bug that recovers immediately, now that's a probem...
It is all available bar the UI
I do not believe anything that Trump says about Clinton. On the other hand what she did to Bernie is undoubtablr criminal. A criminal act the resulted in Trump presidency
El Nino.
The problem with "criminal" is (as the court put it) violation of DNC's internal regulations is DNC's internal affair and outside of courts' jurisdiction. Clinton activities regarding the primaries didn't violate the US law, despite being a total mockery of democratic process, breaking a slew of DNC status regulations - they could only be pursued and punished by DNC, and with DNC being practically owned by Clintons, that's not going to happen.
The public saw it though, saw how the organization with democracy in its name is run like a banana republic, and voted accordingly. And currently everyone, who had voted the counter-candidate being labeled Nazi by fanatic "strong arm" of the organization is only reinforcing the conviction.
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