Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login
A Pixies song is accidentally turning off Google alarms (fortune.com)
32 points by nixass on May 6, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 8 comments




I saw this headline and immediately thought of how "where is my mind?" starts with abruptly saying the word "stop" kind of forcefully. Sure enough that's the issue.


The "STOP" at the beginning turns it off [1]. from previous thread:

[1] https://streamable.com/qdhin3


Ah "Surfer Rosa" my favourite and first Pixies album, takes me back to being 16. Bonus points that the album art had a topless woman on the front and leaving the cassette out in my bedroom was suitably shocking to the Church Youth Group leader who was visiting one day...


I think that having the "Quick Phrases" feature for the alarm is not the smartest thing ever from Google's part


It's amazingly useful. Even if there's a single hard to trigger corner case.


A Twitter ad triggered “Hey, Siri” for me yesterday, so these vocal prompts are generally pretty dumb.


Good to know because everything else is turning them on.




Consider applying for YC's Spring batch! Applications are open till Feb 11.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: