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Family friends have a curious tech toy that plays music of choice on verbal demand, and will "discuss" things, the fine points about limits or capabilities being lost on me. Sits on the kitchen counter adjacent to a major traffic path in the house. Apparently there is some humorous conflict between adults, teenagers and toddlers now and again, and it seems the tactical advantage lays with those of fewer years. Teenagers want to hear current rock, the old man of the house wants to hear something like Eye of the Tiger, and in the middle of it all the 5 yr old granddaughter walks into the fray and says "Alexa, Fart!"
And boy howdy, does she! ROTFLMAO......
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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There are 2 rules to success:
1. Never tell everything that you know.
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Just remember, if that thing is listening to you all the time...it's listening to you all the time. And sending every bit of it to...?
Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult.
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Probably true, but it ain't my house and, well, I can think of a 1,000 ways to screw with their heads. And the granddaughter can likely cook up another 2-3 thou on her own.  Not even Einstein can calculate the possibilities in that little brain.
Last edited by DigitalDan; 12/24/19.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Campfire Kahuna
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This summer I bought a cell phone from Amazon. Amazon loaded a bunch of their crap on it including alexa. I can't delete it but I was able to deactivate it. I don't know if it's still listening in. I never talk about anything crucial to national security anyway.
βIn a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.β
β George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
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Alexa play Waylon Jennings......anything that can play Waylon at my request is alright with me.
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What if......Alexa heard a conversation between Shifty and Pelosivich about how they were going to kidnap Don Jr and sell Melania to the Chinese? The possibilities boggle the mind....
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Campfire Kahuna
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Hahahahaha!
You dont have to sell your body to the night...........
I am MAGA.
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Alexa, what color panties are you wearing today?
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Should "paper" the walls with tin foil.
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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My grandsons discovered Alexa could fart soon after we got the device - she's impressive! More recently it's: 'Alexa, I just farted' and she replies with 'Congratulations' followed by clapping. The boys entertain themselves for hours with Alexa...
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Just remember, if that thing is listening to you all the time...it's listening to you all the time. And sending every bit of it to...? Jeff Bezos and/or his designees. That should provide some reassurance that nothing bad could come from it.
"Don't believe everything you see on the Internet" - Abraham Lincoln
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Any expectation of privacy is thrown out the window by having one of these devices.
Just down the road from The City of Lost Souls in the Land of the Blind.
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And if you don't have Alexa there are fart noise apps for your smart phone. So how much could we be spending for a fancy fart box?
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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Just remember, if that thing is listening to you all the time...it's listening to you all the time. And sending every bit of it to...? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ THIS
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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And if you don't have Alexa there are fart noise apps for your smart phone. So how much could we be spending for a fancy fart box? I'd have Alexa asking "Who Schitt?"......
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