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Thread Number: 76916
/ Tag: Small Appliances
Because Pushing Buttons is Hard |
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| Post# 1007960 9/20/2018 at 14:09 (2,041 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
 Amazon brings us an Alexa microwave!
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Post# 1007963 , Reply# 1 9/20/2018 at 14:53 (2,041 days old) by DADoES  (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 1007964 , Reply# 2 9/20/2018 at 14:59 (2,041 days old) by GusHerb (Chicago/NWI) |
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As long as I have arms, hands and fingers I’ll stick to pressing the damn buttons. | ||
| Post# 1007966 , Reply# 3 9/20/2018 at 15:32 (2,041 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
I love Alexa
Funny story, sorry if I am hijacking.
I bought an Echo, and then I got a Echo Dot for my mother to have in her room My thoughts were if she had someone there she could ask what time it is, what day it is, Is it day or night. I could get some sleep---WRONG!!! The wake up key is saying Alexa then the command. Mom can't remember her name. I walked in one day and my mom was yelling "Lucy!!!, Lucy!!!, Damnit Lucy!!!". It was like a Saturday Night Live sketch. We are going to try changing her name to Computer, and see if that is easier. | ||
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Post# 1007967 , Reply# 4 9/20/2018 at 15:36 (2,041 days old) by nanook (Seattle) |
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And It All Starts with the Click of a Switch-! (or Alexa) | ||
| Post# 1007968 , Reply# 5 9/20/2018 at 15:41 (2,041 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
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Alexa "Silver Edition" SNL Sketch - | ||
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Post# 1007972 , Reply# 6 9/20/2018 at 17:33 (2,041 days old) by RevvinKevin (Tinseltown - Shakey Town - La-La Land) |
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Changing Alexa's name
My best friend and his wife have 2 or 3 of those Alexa / Echo / Dot things in their house. My buddy is a big fan of the Star Trek TV series and thought it would be fun change the name to "computer". He did that but found in regular conversation they unintentionally said "computer" somewhat regularly and it woke up wanting instructions. He changed the name back a week later. LOL
Too bad "Lucy" is not one of the optional names you can assign. | ||
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Post# 1007974 , Reply# 7 9/20/2018 at 17:35 (2,041 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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There have been enough home fires started because microwave ovens with regular controls start themselves, overheat, catch fire, melt and spread flames. This we don't need. | ||
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Post# 1007988 , Reply# 8 9/20/2018 at 19:06 (2,041 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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 Pushing buttons is hard -- for millennials, the target demographic for just about anything these days. That's why we're all stuck tapping and swiping on smooth glass now.
The one thing they don't mention in all of this Alexa BS is that you need to buy "smart" receptacles for all of your otherwise dumb appliances to plug into.
Seeing as how I'm not a helpless person -- yet -- I have no use whatsoever for any of this technology that I can't help but think is a subversive scheme to dumb down populations of the first and second worlds to the point that people can no longer think for themselves. | ||
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Post# 1008133 , Reply# 9 9/22/2018 at 02:30 (2,040 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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No Alexa for me-I'll just continue mashing buttons,flipping switches,and turning knobs! | ||
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Post# 1008143 , Reply# 10 9/22/2018 at 06:38 (2,039 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 1008151 , Reply# 12 9/22/2018 at 08:21 (2,039 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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| Post# 1008160 , Reply# 13 9/22/2018 at 09:58 (2,039 days old) by IowaBear (Cedar Rapids, IA) | ||
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The Jury is Out I posted this as a joke because my gut reaction is how ridiculous a talking microwave seems.
Amazon has a whole flood of cheap Alexa devices on-the-way. The catch, like with the microwave, is that you have an Echo nearby listening for your directions. So Amazon is willing to sell these smart devices cheaply with the goal of getting an Echo in every room.
At the end of day my criteria is "Does this make life easier and less complicated?"
Up until now, the answer has always been no. But Amazon is touting that the AI will learn your individual routines and alert you to deviations. (i.e. did you forget to turn the lights off or make the coffee before going to bed?) Who knows, as this technology progresses it could be big benefit to elderly people living on their own. It could also make a huge difference in energy use (versus the programmable thermostats that mostly blink 12:00 like the VCRs of the 80s.)
At 50, I sort of worry that if I "give up" on trying to stay current with stuff like this I'll become one of those hopeless older people. That said, I haven't ordered one yet...
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| Post# 1008178 , Reply# 16 9/22/2018 at 12:43 (2,039 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
The real culprit isn't Alexa... It's your cell phone...that thing you take along everywhere and glue your face to so that your whole world only exists within the short space between your nose and the screen. Like Jed Clampett would say, piteee-ful, piteee-ful.
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| Post# 1008284 , Reply# 17 9/23/2018 at 10:27 (2,038 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
Somehow...
have managed to live to almost 70 yrs without all these electronic gimcracks and don't intend to start now!!! The more they try to ram these intrusive, insidious and invasive devices down out throats the more I'll happily retreat back to simpler times and ways. Still have appliances and cars of the 1960s, a WE phone and landline, a flip-phone strictly for travelling use, a desktop computer, no e-nanny gizmos, and fully intend to keep it that way... this from a former computer programmer/analyst circa 1970s who learned one essential lesson then, a very long time ago: KISS!
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| Post# 1008548 , Reply# 20 9/25/2018 at 16:31 (2,036 days old) by Iheartmaytag (Wichita, Kansas) | ||
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Alexa will make a shopping list.
Another reason I love her. I can look in the frig and say. "Alexa, add milk to shopping list."
When I get to the store, I open the Alexa app on my phone and go to shopping list. It is listed for me as I dictated. As I check the items off the list, I touch them and a line strikes out. Once I am finished shopping I tap complete and the items disappear that have not been purchased. Alexa can also connect to Amazon and schedule shipping for regular items. Or you can ask her for say "Bubble bandit" and she will give you the listing and the cost. She will then ask "Do you want me to place your order?" Say yes, and it's on it's way. With other modules added, you can say, "Goodnight, Alexa. At that time she will lock the door, set your alarm system. Turn on the porch light, turn off the living room light, and turn the furnace down. Or what ever else you programmed. If you don't have any othr modules plugged in, she will just say "Night, night, have a good rest." | ||
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Post# 1008758 , Reply# 23 9/27/2018 at 15:23 (2,034 days old) by Yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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if it is intended to help a person with disabilities, then I am all for it.....at that point, there is a need!
I don't need my smart phone, which isn't exactly smart, to notify me that my toast is done.... but actually, how many of you guys have thought of an invention that is truely needed? my idea.....an actual shoe cleaner, not a scraping brush, but something that will wash, scrub and rinse the bottom of my shoe for when some idiot doesn't clean up after their dog, and I happen to walk along and step in it... does something like this exist? | ||
| Post# 1008760 , Reply# 24 9/27/2018 at 15:39 (2,034 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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"Honey Badger" don't care!........................... | ||
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Post# 1008763 , Reply# 25 9/27/2018 at 16:12 (2,034 days old) by JustJunque (Western MA) |
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Big Brother  | ||
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Post# 1009072 , Reply# 26 9/30/2018 at 03:17 (2,031 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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 WE don't even have smart phones.....yet...as I am sure ATT will eventually require us to purchase them when the network no longer supports our dumb phones. I used to be a techy too....don't care anymore. Most of the kids I work with are half my age and they get tickled at "Old Greg" sticking with his old phone. I've been considering a Jitterbug haha. I love the Progressive commercial where the teenager comes in and asks the fridge what the weather is, tells the trash can to turn on the TV, has the ice maker find a dog sitter, and has a drone deliver pizza. But all these gadgets are causing people to lose their social skills. Kids don't know how to carry on a conversation anymore. People go out on a date and text the person right across from them at the table. I am the "old nurse" on the unit at night and frequently have new orientees to train. One of the most frequently asked questions I get on the first night is "Are we allowed to have our phones out?"
What's coming out next, a smart toilet? You have to use the app on your phone to tell it what temperature the bidet function needs to be, how long the water should spray, the temp of the drying air and how long it blows, how much water should be used to flush with depending on "load size" and if it should pre-warm the seat at 7am before you get out of bed at 7:10 and sit your butt on it. Hmmmm, I think I just had a million dollar idea! | ||
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