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Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users?

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Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> wrote:
> barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote:
> 
>> I hear Alexa is a little more robust, but still, isn't quite providing the 
>> services I would want...
> 
> Well if you are looking for something like a bluetooth controlled dildo, let
> me know, I get a 20% discount on our sister site, www.dildo.com.
> 
> If that isn't going to be the stocking stuffer for this christmas, what
> services are you looking for, exactly?
> 
> Personally I hate those things, talking to a computer in general that is.

same here. I make it a point to laugh out loud when people talk to their 
phones.

> I have Siri on the phone, ipad and car and I think for as long as he/she/it
> has been around, I used it once for a weather forecast. It only seems handy
> in the car if like a text message comes in, besides it reading the message
> to you, you can respond back, voice only, with pretty good accuracy.
> 
> Those Alexa like things give me the creeps with them sitting around the
> house listening to everything you are saying, waiting for whatever trigger
> for them to "be of service".
> 
> Until those things do something useful like let me know when the toilet is
> running or winning lottery numbers, I just don't see the point.

same here. Can you rename the things into things like NSA or Wiretap 
instead of lexus and isis or whatever the fuck names they use are?

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Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-10-21 23:53 -0500
  Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2017-10-22 12:01 +0000
    Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-11-07 03:23 +0000
  Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? core <core@pt40.net> - 2017-10-22 23:41 -0500
    Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-10-26 14:02 -0500
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? core <core@pt40.net> - 2017-10-26 21:34 -0500
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Ts of Og <jgrove24@hotmail.com> - 2017-11-03 16:35 -0700
        Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-11-11 23:08 -0600
          Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-11-26 05:59 +0000
            Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-11-28 20:06 -0600
              Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-12-03 01:31 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-12-13 22:58 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-12-17 23:28 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2017-12-23 10:19 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Michele <goaway@noseytwats.com> - 2017-12-25 21:35 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Don Seeley <see-sig@fakedomain.com> - 2017-12-28 15:57 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> - 2018-01-05 23:16 -0600
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2018-01-06 10:37 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2018-01-07 04:16 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Chicago Paddling-Fishing <jwn@ripco.com> - 2018-01-14 04:41 +0000
                Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2018-01-18 03:05 +0000
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Chicago Paddling-Fishing <jwn@ripco.com> - 2017-11-05 09:11 +0000
      Re: Google Home (or Alexa) users? Cydrome Leader <presence@MUNGEpanix.com> - 2017-11-07 03:30 +0000

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