▲ 162 ▼ Pebble maker announces Index 01, a smart-ish ring for under $100 (arstechnica.com) submitted 11 months ago by Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 42 comments fedilink hide all child comments A gadget you throw away when the battery runs out is a very dumb idea if you ask me.
[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago* (3 children) OR I can use a pen and paper for pennies. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Rooster326@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago Here is a one handed service that does all of the things this ring does except it also can charge itself. Oh and it coats $18 https://a.co/d/9O8bgub permalink fedilink source parent [–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child) What are you, some kind of Luddite? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] etherphon@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago I'm practical I suppose. I have a tool that does this already cheaply, why do I need a product likely made by slaves in a sweat shop, with materials people are going to wars over, that will end up in a landfill because it broke or is deprecated in less than a few years? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 6 points 11 months ago Here is a one handed service that does all of the things this ring does except it also can charge itself. Oh and it coats $18 https://a.co/d/9O8bgub permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child) What are you, some kind of Luddite? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] etherphon@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago I'm practical I suppose. I have a tool that does this already cheaply, why do I need a product likely made by slaves in a sweat shop, with materials people are going to wars over, that will end up in a landfill because it broke or is deprecated in less than a few years? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] etherphon@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago I'm practical I suppose. I have a tool that does this already cheaply, why do I need a product likely made by slaves in a sweat shop, with materials people are going to wars over, that will end up in a landfill because it broke or is deprecated in less than a few years? permalink fedilink source parent