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addaonyesterday at 11:16 PM1 replyview on HN

The very first thing I tried when Siri was released -- "set an alarm for ten minutes before sunset" -- still doesn't work. "What time is sunset?" and "Set an alarm for 5:03 PM" both worked on day one, and still work. Zero progress.


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DrewADesignyesterday at 11:27 PM

Interesting. I think I probably mentally separate the information retrieval realm and the command execution realm more than makes sense for the interface. There’s no apparent reason that shouldn’t work based on what the user is given.