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PcChip 19 hours ago [-]
I love this feature - I have separate vibration patterns for my wife and my girlfriend, so I can easily tell if a text is from an important person without taking it out of my pocket (and I refuse to wear a watch)
Your idea sounds cool, but then I’d have to learn Morse code which doesn’t sound fun to me
I'd highly recommend even if your goal is just to have fun, and not to "learn morse code".
Great for your kids, and your other kids too!
cogogo 19 hours ago [-]
My wife’s vibration pattern for a call is SOS in morse. No side-piece for me though. Very happily married, just know if she calls it is important.
oskciwnxkwndi 17 hours ago [-]
> Very happily married,
How relevant. Sounds oddly like a “gotcha” of sorts; still, I can’t help but wonder how happily married you really are considering you felt the need to bring it up entirely unprompted in an otherwise entirely unrelated note.
cogogo 17 hours ago [-]
It’s a joke. Parent mentioned wife and girlfriend.
PcChip 15 hours ago [-]
I don't get the joke
very happily married here too
ThePinion 14 hours ago [-]
My open friend said the same thing before his wife left him for the boyfriend and took his house. Good times.
garbagewoman 14 hours ago [-]
Pretending that everyone automatically understands your relationship arrangement sure does get the intended reactions, doesn’t it?
PcChip 12 hours ago [-]
The intended reaction was to discuss vibration patterns and morse code. I honestly didn’t even realize that would sound weird because we’re so used to it that we don’t realize when we say things like that, I apologize. I don’t see a way to delete my parent comment or I would
dvyjtcsctrvjj 13 hours ago [-]
Yeah, that’s totally on him and not the rest of the HN jerks purposefully trying to insult him to feel better about themselves.
noman-land 19 hours ago [-]
Hope your lawyer has a special buzz as well.
fennecbutt 19 hours ago [-]
They're probably open and felt the need to mention it specifically. I know people like that as well.
forgotmypw17 16 hours ago [-]
Would you feel the same thing about "the need to mention it specifically" if they had mentioned their boyfriend?
Your phrasing reminded me of what casual mentions of a same-sex partners used to elicit, when heteronormativity was more prevalent.
garbagewoman 14 hours ago [-]
People choose to be in open relationships
dvyjtcsctrvjj 13 hours ago [-]
People also choose to be bigots.
garbagewoman 8 hours ago [-]
If that was directed at me, you might want to think about it a bit longer
waltbosz 19 hours ago [-]
Great use of polyhaptic notifications.
kukanani 6 hours ago [-]
Believe it or not, I already built this exact app over 10 years ago. It is much easier to do on Android, as another commenter has pointed out.
I still remember a specific subset of Morse code that includes my then-girlfriend's initials because of it.
I publish CBC and BBC News Feeds in Morse Code in various speeds if you're looking for another way to learn Morse Code.
ubicomp 6 hours ago [-]
I do this and love this! I keep an older iPhone because it allows you to make these kinds of taps. It's also fun to show people how to make their own haptics. Way less looking at my phone, and more living.
ragmondo 20 hours ago [-]
Many many many years ago, I wrote an android app that allowed you to set the ringtone of the device you were ringing for that call (yes they had to have the app installed etc etc, and had given you permission to do it). I did release it but the market problem I had was that iPhone's ringtones were not something a client app could change, let alone in the background and even less so without direct permission of the user.
So anyway, if you want to do something like that, it's back to android I'm afraid. Don't worry, there's no patent and there's prior art (i.e. my usage). FWIW - the closest patent to it was made by a TV manufacturer that would allow you to find the remote control by playing a noise etc directed by the TV !
pentamassiv 15 hours ago [-]
LLMs are surprisingly good at reading Morse code. Some time ago I pranked my flatmate. I installed a wifi switch in the wall and then wrote a script to convert text to Morse code and send the code with a slight delay through his lamp. I also built a website to do some legend-building to make him believe a ghost is haunting our apartment. He sent a video of the flickering lamp to chatGPT and it correctly deciphered it. We had a good laugh when I revealed the prank to him.
PcChip 15 hours ago [-]
you put some real effort into that, I respect it!
natch 18 hours ago [-]
I do this with syllable counts for my main contacts full names. Too lazy to learn morse code, and syllables work great except when there’s overlap (two people with same counts).
aorist 20 hours ago [-]
We’ve come full circle: the iconic Nokia default SMS ringtone is S-M-S in morse code, and the “Ascending” ringtone spells CONNECTING PEOPLE
perilunar 9 hours ago [-]
The first time I heard the Nokia 'SMS' ringtone was in a crowded railway station. Initially I thought someone was in trouble before I realised it was an 'M' not an 'O'.
dorianmariecom 19 hours ago [-]
vodka
connecting people
taylor-tg 20 hours ago [-]
Pretty clever! Not a bad way to passively learn Morse code too.
iOS supports having notification sounds synchronized with the haptics; I wonder if generating the text tones as audio files and assigning those would have been an easier approach.
Just have to use the share sheet on an audio file and choose "Use as ringtone". Shortcuts/Automator might even be able to make this automagic.
gbacon 19 hours ago [-]
Cassidy Williams has a brief YouTube video on using this method for passive learning.
Would be cool to buzz the message itself in morse code, though todays buzzers are so weak I don't think I'd be able to make it out (if I knew morse code, that is).
But would be cool with a separate buzzer of sorts where you get the normal buzzer notification and then hold a finger somewhere specific and get details that way.
Your idea sounds cool, but then I’d have to learn Morse code which doesn’t sound fun to me
I'd highly recommend even if your goal is just to have fun, and not to "learn morse code".
Great for your kids, and your other kids too!
How relevant. Sounds oddly like a “gotcha” of sorts; still, I can’t help but wonder how happily married you really are considering you felt the need to bring it up entirely unprompted in an otherwise entirely unrelated note.
very happily married here too
Your phrasing reminded me of what casual mentions of a same-sex partners used to elicit, when heteronormativity was more prevalent.
I still remember a specific subset of Morse code that includes my then-girlfriend's initials because of it.
No longer available on the store because of Google Play's endless developer demands, but here's the proof: https://web.archive.org/web/20150811222142/http://norse.cryo...
I publish CBC and BBC News Feeds in Morse Code in various speeds if you're looking for another way to learn Morse Code.
So anyway, if you want to do something like that, it's back to android I'm afraid. Don't worry, there's no patent and there's prior art (i.e. my usage). FWIW - the closest patent to it was made by a TV manufacturer that would allow you to find the remote control by playing a noise etc directed by the TV !
connecting people
iOS supports having notification sounds synchronized with the haptics; I wonder if generating the text tones as audio files and assigning those would have been an easier approach.
Just have to use the share sheet on an audio file and choose "Use as ringtone". Shortcuts/Automator might even be able to make this automagic.
https://youtu.be/cnuLX8BWYo0
But would be cool with a separate buzzer of sorts where you get the normal buzzer notification and then hold a finger somewhere specific and get details that way.