[gauravjain13]

Essentially, construct a straw man (modern smart watches with oh-so-many-functions), and then attack it revealing the beautiful simplicity of a device that just tells the time. Why not take it all the way back to sundials? Why even add burden to the mortal coil and keep time?

(How did this make it to HN?)

[8lall0]

Well, it proves that not everything should be able to do tons of stuff.

[owlninja]

How does it prove anything? It is just the preference of the blogger who is also pushing it by way of being an Amazon affiliate.

[drdeadringer]

I don't know how you replied to a comment 26 minutes before I posted the comment.

I also don't know how "Amazon affiliate blogger" fits into things.

I welcome you to enlighten me on either or both topics.

[jasode]

>I also don't know how "Amazon affiliate blogger" fits into things.

Fyi... amazon urls with "&tag=" are affiliate links that get a % cut of the sales price.

In the blog's Amazon link, you'll see it redirects to a url that includes "&tag=compassionmon-20".

The blog author also wrote on the page: "As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases from this link."

[drdeadringer]

A sundial on my wrist is about as useful as the fictional 1980s Dick Tracy video-chat watch. My inner child may want some version of a Dick Tracy watch, but with today's technology we would have had that if it were marketable.

A normal, simple, analogue-face wristwatch that ... wait for it ... just tells the time is exactly what I need and exactly what I want and is exactly what I can buy practically anywhere even if the Internet shut down 30 seconds from now. No straw man required.