• dhork@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    “You have a reminder set for 5pm today,” my phone said.

    “A reminder? What is it?” I asked.

    “It’s a notification to ensure you don’t forget something, but that’s not important right now,” the phone replied.

    Then I remembered I’d left it in Airplane! mode.

    • Murdoc@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      😆 It might be nice to have a phone that tells me “Remember, we’re all counting on you. Good luck.” Otoh it would probably keep calling me Shirley.

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      10 months ago

      “5pm today” can also get ambiguous if you’re flying across time zones.

      • Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz
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        10 months ago

        If you keep in flying in the right direction, it could take more that 24 hours until you finally catch 5pm.