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Giving friends custom text buzzes based on Morse code

57 points · 38 comments · evakhoury

  1. PcChip · · focus · HN ↗
    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

    1. cogogo · · focus · HN ↗
      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.
      1. oskciwnxkwndi · · focus · HN ↗
        > 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.

        1. cogogo · · focus · HN ↗
          It’s a joke. Parent mentioned wife and girlfriend.
          1. PcChip · · focus · HN ↗
            I don't get the joke

            very happily married here too

            1. ThePinion · · focus · HN ↗
              My open friend said the same thing before his wife left him for the boyfriend and took his house. Good times.
            2. garbagewoman · · focus · HN ↗
              Pretending that everyone automatically understands your relationship arrangement sure does get the intended reactions, doesn’t it?
              1. dvyjtcsctrvjj · · focus · HN ↗
                Yeah, that’s totally on him and not the rest of the HN jerks purposefully trying to insult him to feel better about themselves.
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              2. PcChip · · focus · HN ↗
                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
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