The choices are: Alexa, Amazon, Computer, Echo.  

So the article is really about how to make a recording that won’t wake Alexa, rather than stopping (existing) recordings from waking it.

Who needs a light saber when you’ve got a sonic screwdriver?

An unlocked phone in your pocket is different from looking for it, realising it’s being charged in a different room, etc.

It needs to include the time taken to find your phone and unlock it.

Unless you have a teeny tiny room or want to run about it’s way slower turning on lights by hand.

For my work setup I have a monitor rotated and set to portrait for that purpose.

Or get a 43" monitor and change the resolution to be portrait..

Keep the water, milk, and tea bag, and just have a nice cup of tea.  

Yes, it’ll copy bookmarks, history, etc

Agree about the people who use “Thanks” as part of their signature, regardless of whether they’re actually thanking you.  

I really want the one in the image that keeps changing colour.

I really want the one in the image that keeps changing colour.

But not being able to tell people to clean their balls robbed help desk staff of a little bit of joy.

I can understand the artistic experiment and the social statement of using just sounds originally generated from plastic sources, but the end results aren’t that different from the regular Matmos fare.

Is the $1,979 average per person? 

Surprised the advice wasn’t to tip them more.

Flexible and foldible are different things.

The plot demands that someone has a tablet with a password that is guessable. I suppose making them a Doctor Who fan and the Tardis being the wallpaper is a nice nod, but it’s not really as big as some of the stories reporting it are making it out to be.

Surprised to read that it’s only going to be limited to some select institutions and not made available to the public.  

Nothing, it’s a good dark comedy drama that set the template for many others.