Probably my favorite feature of Alexa is “Alexa, add ___ to ____ list”

For example, I keep my grocery list on Alexa. Anytime I run out of something or remember that i need somehting, i just say “Alexa, add oregano to grocery list” and i don’t need to find my phone, open an app, and type something out.

Exactly this. I have no idea why people are okay with giant corporations spying on them.

I’m not sure if you’re intentionally being obtuse, but that’s not how it works.

Because it controls the lights & the roomba (and for me it also controls some of the TVs, a few sets of blinds, and a few other odds & ends, composes my 6 room audio setup & seamlessly plays spotify, apple music, podcasts, and audiobooks).

If you want to come and do all of those things for me - go ahead & record me.…

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I am very happy with my cheap Echo units telling me the weather, playing me music as I request it, allowing me to turn on certain lights/switches/devices, and other simple things.  That’s all I need it for.

I think one of the big points of friction with voice enabled e-commerce is that people really don’t want to conduct interactions in which they will spend money via a technology that feels still prone to miscommunication and an experience that feels like it lacks consent and confidence. As opposed to the written…

Let’s see.

If they want to record everything I say, more power to them but it’s not going to be all that exciting for them.

Yes. It absolutely is. I’d rather reach for the light switch than reach for my phone. That adds steps. That does not make the smart home easier, it makes it harder. I don’t always have my phone on me at home. I don’t want to have to unlock my phone, find the right app, find the right light, and then turn it off.…

Man, this site functions like dogshit. This is a comment on entirely different article. This overwatch article just loaded above it randomly, and now I can’t delete it. 

So, I like the concept of these special evolutions. But what I don’t like is the implementation. More specifically, how you’re supposed to figure it out. Which seems to boil down to trial-and-error, knowledge from previous games, or turning away from the game and looking it up on the Internet.

Why the F, when our…

EA had something good going for it with Bad Company ...but for some reason they wanted to drop it.

Sony adds that Battlefield’s latest entry—the comparable miss of 2042—sold “just” 88.7 million copies, compared to CoD’s 400 million.

no! Battlefield has jets and Pepsi does not.

Kotaku is so desperate for click-bait “controversy” they’re literally making up shit to be offended about. Hey, guess what... Beverly Hills Cop, Bad Boys, Se7en, Robocop, Fargo and about a billion other fictional creations prominently feature cops. You better get working on sending out those emails to ask each and…

I...guess this is news? Can police exist in any game without the game doing a deep-dive into the current issues, especially within the US, surrounding policing? Don’t get me wrong, they’re BIG and continue to be unaddressed and I hate copaganda as much as the next person but like...

I gotta be honest, I’m not quite sure what the point of the article is. You’re basically saying, “he’s probably lying about being reformed, but also maybe not so we shouldn’t condemn him, but he should be honest by...not writing his apology in such a formal way, but still apologizing and saying basically the same thing…

There isn’t a single person on this earth that hasn’t said something in their past that could be considered offensive to others. This sick social consciousness test puritans, sorry progressives, want us to adhere to is literally impossible.

I find the people bunny hopping without losing accuracy more annoying.