Posted on 12/28/2021 1:09:32 PM PST by yesthatjallen
In the words of the magnificent Bugs Bunny, "Is he stubborn enough to open all of those doors?".
BS Story, fake news.
“I thought that’s what “Life Alert” was for...”
Life Alert’s monthly monitoring fees range from $69.90 to $89.85 or more depending on which options you choose. They also charge a one-time membership fee of $198
That is about $90,000 over a lifetime.
“Why anyone wants one of those things in the home remains a mystery to me.”
Some people are comforted by the idea that the NSA/FBI/CIA is always monitoring their home.
Apparently Amazon has identified and removed this from the ‘list’ of challenges, and it’s not a hoax or an attempt to shake down Bezos’ Bozos.
But some readers here may not know that it’s possible to create custom answers that Alexa will supply for predefined questions. (Kinda like a Biden press conference…)
You should hear her response when you ask one of my Echo Dots: “Alexa, why do liberals hate President Trump so much?” 😁
“It seems weird that it matters so much to you. I reserve the right to misinterpret/misread/read-between-the-lines/interpolate/extrapolate anything the way I choose. I’m as stubborn as you.”
You are the one that made it an issue and keeps posting to me!
Agreed. As one of our Founders would say to them, “May your chains chafe lightly upon your wrists”.
;-D
“It seems weird that it matters so much to you”
I gave you the option which you ignored instead going off on a tangent making it personal instead of staying with the facts.
Door number twelve...
The SW on the machine in your home listens all the time but sends no info over the network.
It only uses the network to do voice recognition of the request itself on cloud based computers and formulate a response. They keep that data to improve the cloud based AI.
Fwiw, I won’t have one in my home.
Today, it would be the digits on their credit cards.
I don't need a background machine to constantly pipe up "I will NOT do that!"
I am.. but I am never writing unintentionally. It may be without a cup of coffee. I do not take my phone every time I leave the house either. There are many conversations that remain no mans land for permanent recording.
Our law used to include informing those who would govern or make legal rooceedings against you with the notion that anything you say can and will be used against you.
Amazon and other devices allow such things. It is learning you, not for your purposes.. then for whose purpose.
If I were ever going to do something like Jan 6.. I wouldn’t post it, text it or anything else. I thought about it, may have even posted about it.
Wouldnt buy travel with a card either.
Oh, yes, I assume so. But it is easy to turn off.
I read that as:
Sure it was, unless you and that bloke living five miles away still have land mines.
*sigh*
How do you type in the selections on your remote?
I look at the guide.. pretty simple.
How does your wife reach you for that last minute item?
We’re retired and go to the store together.
That doesn’t give you the forecast.
I’ve watched forecast and they don’t give me an accurate one either.
Do you whistle for it to come?
Nope, my cell phone is where I left it last and eventually I remember or if necessary I could use the land line and call it myself rather than ask a device to call it for me because I’m to lazy but I prefer to find it eventually.
That sort of thing adds spice to otherwise boring posts. ;-D
LOL, mine speaks with a British accent. When I use the iPhone map GPS it is the same voice. I particularly like to use Siri to set quick timers while grilling so i dont lose precious seconds pulling out the phone and setting it manually.
“How do you type in the selections on your remote?
I look at the guide.. pretty simple.”
How long does it take you to find the desired song/album in your guide and how long will you have to wait to hear it played.
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