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News anchor sets off Alexa devices around San Diego ordering unwanted dollhouses
XETV ^ | 1/7/16 | Carlos Correa

Posted on 01/08/2017 3:36:09 AM PST by markomalley

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For the life of me, I don't understand why anybody would want to place a bug into his/her own home.
1 posted on 01/08/2017 3:36:09 AM PST by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Going to Amazon’s website and entering an order is just so much WORK!


2 posted on 01/08/2017 3:39:02 AM PST by Tax-chick ("He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his deed." Pv. 19:17)
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To: markomalley

Intelligence has been selectively bred out.
And acceptance of snooping plus more than a little indoctrinated exhibitionism in play.


3 posted on 01/08/2017 3:41:39 AM PST by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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My wife bought me it. I NEVER remember asking for it or saying at all that I wanted it.

Last I checked, my legs and arms were working and though difficult, I’m willing to call the pizzeria myself AND answer the door.

I’m even willing to change the thermostat on my own!! Like the pioneers!

It’s still in the corner. Better to lose 50 bucks than tell her I didn’t want one of her gifts.


4 posted on 01/08/2017 3:43:22 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: markomalley; Tax-chick

Heck, a piece of heavy tape covers every camera in this household.
Ain't no way this silliness would be voluntarily invited into my home.

5 posted on 01/08/2017 3:43:24 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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I’m even willing to change the thermostat on my own!! Like the pioneers!

LOL!

6 posted on 01/08/2017 3:45:14 AM PST by Tax-chick ("He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his deed." Pv. 19:17)
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I have the fire stick for Amazon prime streaming and Alexa comes on the new one that I am going to order.

The only reason I am going to order the new stick is to get the new firmware, upgraded speed and storage capability of the new stick.

I am hoping I can turn the speech part off.

7 posted on 01/08/2017 3:48:50 AM PST by eartick (Been to the line in the sand and liked it, but ready to go again)
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To: markomalley

Read a news article that Ford is going to put it in their vehicles later this year..


8 posted on 01/08/2017 3:49:22 AM PST by EVO X
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To: markomalley

You must be old, like me.


9 posted on 01/08/2017 3:49:23 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (My North America stops at the Rio Grande)
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To: Blue Jays

We have the cameras blocked, too.


10 posted on 01/08/2017 3:49:56 AM PST by Tax-chick ("He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his deed." Pv. 19:17)
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To: dp0622

I received one as a gift and gave it away. The whole notion makes me nervous. I can turn on my own lights, check my alarm clock, check the weather without George Jetson style help. I recently bought Apple TV and even that makes me a little uncomfortable. Of course I’m older, and to my horror I realize I’m adopting a mindset I used to sneer at in my not so long ago youth...never had it before, don’t need it now.


11 posted on 01/08/2017 3:59:29 AM PST by freepertoo
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I dont think you are. You likely have a cell phone, you got Apple TV, a computer, obviously :)

Not wanting something that, in my opinion, is absurd and brings laziness to new levels, is a good mindset.

IT IS great for the disabled. It has given them freedom they’ve not had in a long time, many disabled say.

I’m not disabled yet.


12 posted on 01/08/2017 4:09:22 AM PST by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: markomalley

...For the life of me, I don’t understand why anybody would want to place a bug into his/her own home....

Ever read 1984?


13 posted on 01/08/2017 4:35:39 AM PST by Sasparilla (I 'm Not tired of Winning)
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To: markomalley

It’s not just a bug, what if they go Skynet one day?


14 posted on 01/08/2017 4:40:45 AM PST by jbrown7.62x39 (Holy crap. We really are gonna MAGA!! What a great time to be alive!)
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To: dp0622

I don’t have apple tv. I have a more mundane cable like tv service. Like the pioneers. :)


15 posted on 01/08/2017 4:47:43 AM PST by xp38
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To: markomalley

Not sure I get it. Don’t you need to pay for these doll houses before they ship them? Did they give “Alexa” their credit card data to store for future orders?


16 posted on 01/08/2017 4:55:26 AM PST by Hatteras
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Read a news article that Ford is going to put it in their vehicles later this year..

"Henry, you want to take a break ...?" Oops - screech - thump!

Or ... TT Trucker using his CB; "Breaker, Breaker ..."

Negotiating homophones (words that sound the same but have different meanings) is a real pain. English is one of the worst of all the languages for this.

17 posted on 01/08/2017 4:57:14 AM PST by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: Hatteras

People usually have a credit card or bank account on file at Amazon. That way they can have one click checkout.


18 posted on 01/08/2017 5:05:26 AM PST by dforest
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To: dp0622

Exchange it for Amazon TV, you’ll be happier. The TV has Alexa available at the push of a button vs. always on and it will entertain you much better.


19 posted on 01/08/2017 5:16:38 AM PST by Woodman
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Read a news article that Ford is going to put it in their vehicles later this year..

Note to Ford: This once and never more Ford owner gently suggests you focus on making more reliable vehicles first.

20 posted on 01/08/2017 5:17:54 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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