Shortcut Roulette
Productivity
ios shortcuts
SHOW HN2018
253points
61comments
#120of 2,155 in 2018
Top 6%of 2018 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
15 positive, 22 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 39 comments about the project. Thread score +0.36.
Idea: 14 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Funny and brilliant concept
From 4 comments
This is absolutely brilliant. In its current form, it seems more conceptual than practical, but I think an engaging and potentially fun-to-play ("fun"?) gaming product can come…
mistersquid on HNI have no words for how dumb/brilliant that is.
_dan on HNBravo. I would play this, and likely lose very fast.
androidgirl on HNThat is so awesome!
elduderino1013 on HN
Ideas for more life-ruining shortcuts
From 3 comments
This is a great/dumb idea. Let's brainstorm some more life ruining actions: * Create an alarm to go off for every 5 mins for the rest of the day * Share what you last copied to…
RubenSandwich on HN* Send a message saying "I have {insert random STI}, best get yourself checked out..." to a random contact in your phone. * Send "So, I've been thinking... How about we try…
LandR on HN* Respond 'no' to all upcoming calendar events * Post your last password reset link from your email to Twitter * Text your reddit username to whatever contact you text the most…
erichurkman on HN
Objections
Concept is more conceptual than practical
From 1 comment
This is absolutely brilliant. In its current form, it seems more conceptual than practical, but I think an engaging and potentially fun-to-play ("fun"?) gaming product can come…
mistersquid on HN
Could be socially harmful
From 1 comment
See, this is what's so brilliant about technology. We all know that social media is (okay, probably) going to be the death of society, and these bright sparks have worked out a…
escapologybb on HN
Requests
Add a difficulty tier system
From 1 comment
This is absolutely brilliant. In its current form, it seems more conceptual than practical, but I think an engaging and potentially fun-to-play ("fun"?) gaming product can come…
mistersquid on HN
Make it into an app
From 1 comment
Can I make this into an app is that possible I’ll give it out for free?
brian_herman__ on HN
Questions
How can shortcuts send messages without user confirmation
From 1 comment
How does "send selfie to a contact" work when the user physically has to press send for imessages? As far as I'm aware you cannot get iOS to send SMS's or iMessages on behalf of…
thedangler on HN
Can it test Apple Pay
From 1 comment
I can help test apple pay stuff, I have a US apple account and live in Ams.
estsauver on HN
Alternatives named
Social Roulette
From 1 comment
reminds me of Social Roulette [1] which was also brilliant. this seems like a much more involved (and potentially life-ruining) version of that. cheers to making something…
locklock on HN
Rod of Wonder
From 1 comment
Like the rod of wonder, but worse. amazing. https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/SRD:Rod_of_Wonder
hprotagonist on HN