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bmans94

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    Comment #17149989

    But I don't use that function on my phone. And it's not the main purpose of the device. And it's been around longer than Alexa. That's my point. Not the same thing.

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    Comment #17148353

    Of course I do. But that's not my point. They wallpapered their house with Echos! And now they are 'shocked'. When I get home, my phone usually gets tossed on a charger in my room,…

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    Comment #17146442

    It's absurd to me that someone would wire up "every room in their house" with internet connected microphones (in a technology that is still in it's infancy!) and then claim you fel…

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    Comment #17119152

    Just following orders.

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    Comment #17118498

    I immediately assumed, upon reading the title, that this was some sort of Facebook Addiction group, rather than addiction groups on Facebook. I live a pretty shielded life as far a…

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    Comment #17118377

    You could spin it even more, calling it an “outreach program”! Yeah, that term has come to be industry standard for “I want something from you, so I am going to now insert myself i…

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    Comment #17118172

    My problem with the innovations mentioned in the article lie mainly in the ‘predictive text’ emails from the google presentation. Such a small, minutely helpful feature, and yet li…

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    Comment #17110875

    I guess I’ll never know what drives people to talk about the creators and maintainers of the tools they use in such a negative way. Especially given how little they actually know a…

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    Comment #17101297

    I’ve found that, much like reddit, it’s best experienced by tailoring your feed to what you actually want to see. In my case, I unfollowed all posts from anyone I don’t actually ca…

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    Comment #17088638

    The problem is that most of the individuals invited to a meeting are not needed, they know they're not needed, and they've got other things that they are needed for. Agreed. Just b…