New Alexa Devices Announced
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It's a plug you can turn on and off with your voice, for $25.
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@scottalanmiller : You missed the most important thing!
Voice controlled microwaveI have no idea why this is a thing.. Is talking to Alexa faster than just hitting 3-0-Start or the "Popcorn" button?
I mean, you still have to put the popcorn IN the thing.... -
It sure is a dream come true - for NSA.
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@manxam said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller : You missed the most important thing!
Voice controlled microwaveI have no idea why this is a thing.. Is talking to Alexa faster than just hitting 3-0-Start or the "Popcorn" button?
I mean, you still have to put the popcorn IN the thing....You gotta be careful these days... Hitting the popcorn button will turn your bag of popcorn into a smoldering black heap.
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@dafyre said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@manxam said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller : You missed the most important thing!
Voice controlled microwaveI have no idea why this is a thing.. Is talking to Alexa faster than just hitting 3-0-Start or the "Popcorn" button?
I mean, you still have to put the popcorn IN the thing....You gotta be careful these days... Hitting the popcorn button will turn your bag of popcorn into a smoldering black heap.
Not on a real microwave. Mine is perfect.
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@jaredbusch said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@dafyre said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@manxam said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller : You missed the most important thing!
Voice controlled microwaveI have no idea why this is a thing.. Is talking to Alexa faster than just hitting 3-0-Start or the "Popcorn" button?
I mean, you still have to put the popcorn IN the thing....You gotta be careful these days... Hitting the popcorn button will turn your bag of popcorn into a smoldering black heap.
Not on a real microwave. Mine is perfect.
Depends on the popcorn brand. The pop corn we get says to not hit the popcorn button, lol.
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@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
A traditional clock, but you can talk to it.
Who is this even aimed at if schools no longer teach kids how to read analog clocks?
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@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
A traditional clock, but you can talk to it.
Who is this even aimed at if schools no longer teach kids how to read analog clocks?
Don't they? My kids learn that for sure.
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@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
A traditional clock, but you can talk to it.
Who is this even aimed at if schools no longer teach kids how to read analog clocks?
Don't they? My kids learn that for sure.
Ok, which public school do your kids go to?
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@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
A traditional clock, but you can talk to it.
Who is this even aimed at if schools no longer teach kids how to read analog clocks?
Don't they? My kids learn that for sure.
My kid learn reading a analog clock too.
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@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
A traditional clock, but you can talk to it.
Who is this even aimed at if schools no longer teach kids how to read analog clocks?
Don't they? My kids learn that for sure.
Ok, which public school do your kids go to?
None, but it's standard in the curriculum they use.
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@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
A traditional clock, but you can talk to it.
Who is this even aimed at if schools no longer teach kids how to read analog clocks?
Don't they? My kids learn that for sure.
Ok, which public school do your kids go to?
None, but it's standard in the curriculum they use.
I've heard plenty of people I know with kids complain about schools not teaching cursive or how to read a clock anymore.
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@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
A traditional clock, but you can talk to it.
Who is this even aimed at if schools no longer teach kids how to read analog clocks?
Don't they? My kids learn that for sure.
Ok, which public school do your kids go to?
None, but it's standard in the curriculum they use.
I've heard plenty of people I know with kids complain about schools not teaching cursive or how to read a clock anymore.
I don't believe cursive should be taught, or that it should have ever been taught. It's just sloppy writing that isn't appropriate for anything important and school shouldn't teach how to be lazy and sloppy instead of giving kids an education. I think cursive has always been a "filler" skill used to give teachers something easy to teach that requires no skills, while eating up loads of school time to keep kids busy without needing to teach something hard like life skills, math, politics, etc.
Analogue clocks, however, are important for understanding how time works and much of the world still uses analogue clocks. Also, it takes almost no time to teach, unlike cursive which takes loads of time.
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@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
A traditional clock, but you can talk to it.
Who is this even aimed at if schools no longer teach kids how to read analog clocks?
that's funny - I was wondering too - is Jeff Bezos trying to bring back analog clocks?
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@dashrender said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
A traditional clock, but you can talk to it.
Who is this even aimed at if schools no longer teach kids how to read analog clocks?
that's funny - I was wondering too - is Jeff Bezos trying to bring back analog clocks?
All of the wall clocks in out house are analog. Four of them.
As many of the digital clocks as I can are set to 24 hour time.
Yes, I hate my kids.
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@jaredbusch or you love them and just want them to be able to know what time it is anywhere in the world. . .
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@dustinb3403 said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@jaredbusch or you love them and just want them to be able to know what time it is anywhere in the world. . .
For clocks I've actually placed around my house - they are analog. Of course there are several digital ones (microwave, stove, alarm clock - yeah I could get an analog alarm clock - but f that!).
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@dustinb3403 said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@jaredbusch or you love them and just want them to be able to know what time it is anywhere in the world. . .
Still working on understanding Celsius as more than a number...
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@dashrender said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@rojoloco said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
@scottalanmiller said in New Alexa Devices Announced:
A traditional clock, but you can talk to it.
Who is this even aimed at if schools no longer teach kids how to read analog clocks?
that's funny - I was wondering too - is Jeff Bezos trying to bring back analog clocks?
I think the majority of wall clocks remain analogue. You might disagree, but I feel like most people find analogue clocks to be a lot more attractive. People think of analogue clocks as fancy decor for their house, digital is more for bathrooms or bedside tables.
