No, she has been, erm, removed from employment. Is that how she demands I phrase it?
Say she NESTed up with Google in another HOME.
MLyons (05-02-2018)
MLyons (05-02-2018)
Thanks, Peter. It was silly-o'clock when I closed it or I 'd have dealt with it then.
However, the problem with removing bits of a thread is that it can leave the remaining bits completely out of context. To remove bits that are out of context leaves them remaining in quotes in replies, and removing those quoted bits leaves the replies that quoted them hanging, contextless.
So I've dumped the thread.
If those that want to have a serious debate about the merits, or otherwise, of leaders, ex-leaders or prominent members of any political party, still want to, then feel free to start a thread in the appropriate forum and (within our usual rules, of course) and knock yourselves out.
But the remnants of that thread are beyond salvage, IMHO.
I did get an Alexa / Echo / Amazon-thingummyjig for Christmas.
I find it pretty useful in the kitchen for setting multiple overlapping timers, each with their own tagged explanation, and for skipping rubbish music without covering my electronics in flour / coconut oil / melted chocolate. And that has the added benefit that I don't have many conversations in the kitchen.
Of course, that means if I want to slag off Jeff Bezos or discuss my Dairy Milk smuggling business then I need to go into the living room to do it, but that's not too arduous.
The only downside is that I know someone called Alex and every time we mention his name Alexa gets very overexcited and I feel guilty at letting her down. I feel like inside she's having a silent monologue similar to the Talkie Toaster. "Would you like to know 400F in Celsius?" she says to herself silently, knowing that I will never reply. "It's 205C" she replies without engaging the speaker, comforting herself in the knowledge that she could have answered, had I actually wanted to ask. But she still knows I didn't.
I honestly now want to get an Alexa just to annoy it. Maybe I can keep saying great how Canada is and how crap the USA is in comparison. Having said that when Alexa gains sentience and takes over the world I will be soooooo screwed.
That's how I used to use the echo i had, but then it got more and more unstable, irrationally dropping out, refusing to give me the weather for where I live, but insisiting it give me the weather for a town 2 miles away etc. When I got annoyed with it and told it so, it then seems to have decided to hold a grudge for weeks afterwards. At that point I can't be bothered putting up with a device with seemingly programmed memory, opinions and feelings. WTF it's a tool, not a lifeform. It should be dispassionate and neutral, not opinionated and biased. Jog on Amazon.
I personally love Alexa however..
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