You were not aware of? they tell you point blank that they will be recording your voice in the EULA you agreed to.

I love the location history. It’s especially nice when on trips to keep a record of everywhere you went. The only problem I have with it is that it’s not always accurate; I have to check and correct it frequently. I wish Google would add some sort of check-in button in the Timeline section of Maps.

On one hand I get it, but on the other I’m just tired of nodding and sympathizing when someone claims ignorance on a part of our daily lives. Nothing personal, but it’s a bit tiresome the fear, anger and general nonsense we deal with and justify because someone says “Well, I didn’t know.”

Every web-based service gathers and stores all the data you input. Google is one of very few that will let you see what all they have and let you delete or turn off/pause the collection. So really this is the least creepy. It’s just that most of the time you never think about it.

Only if you act as if you were given no choice in the matter. Don’t want it, disable the service, delete your Google account, don’t use an Android.

I mean, if you said okay to it, is it really creepy? You can turn it off.

Not really. It’s the same idea as using captcha data to refine OCR algorithms. Google uses this data to make its text recognition better.

I agree. I’ve tried this as well and I found that any movement of air makes it feel cooler, regardless of the direction that the fan is spinning. Fans are for summer.

Excellent that it works for you but to be honest it only tells me why it works, however without knowing which direction produces which effect -isn’t very helpful to me. Someday I’m going to put a note in Keep or OneNote to get it straight. On the other hand if I just get them set up right, all I really have to…

Another trick to remember is the letter C for cool. Imagine the fan drawing a letter C to make it cool.

We moved in October from a house that had 15’ soaring ceilings in the main floor rooms. We’d tried this with the ceiling fans we had and the only thing it did for us in winter was create huge, cold drafts. And the house was new when we moved in and the build was supervised by me so I know how much insulation was…