Jason Snell

Saw a totally deranged headline this morning and after briefly recoiling and shaking my head I realized it's CES, where covering deranged announcements is mandatory for the tech press.

I am so glad that I no longer ever have to go to CES.

Jan 6 at 12:20amWeb
Show threadJason SnellJan 6

for the record, the deranged headline was:

Withings thinks of its latest smart scale as a ‘longevity station’

sure, longevity station, that's a normal thing to call a scale

Show threadKevin Patrick Doyle 🍅🥫Jan 6
@jsnell is it also a space dock in a sci fi book?
Show threadTim SchmitzJan 6
@jsnell My wife used to work for the federal government and the official term for her laptop was her “mobile workstation.” Kinda injured my eyes from rolling so hard.
Show threadJason SnellJan 6
@Timschmitz Bloomberg calls laptops "traveler units"
Show threadTim SchmitzJan 6
@jsnell Sounds like something from a pretty mid sci-fi story
Show threadSte GrainerJan 6
@jsnell Huh, weird. I’m gonna have to start calling my daily pill box my “durability depot.”
Show threadArjan BosJan 6
@jsnell Longevity Station for a scale? Is it measuring in meters? Then my ruler would be a weight stick or something like that. 🤔😀
Show threadJon PariseJan 7
@jsnell an infinite time scale
Show threadRyanJan 6
@jsnell yup… it’s that time of year
Show threadJason SnellJan 6
@rjames excellent use of mutes