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ysacfanboi

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    Comment #41069952

    If that makes it more palatable for you, then I understand why you need to prioritize this level of reasoning. Amazon culture is fail fast. Not many products at Amazon last this lo…

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    Comment #41067991

    To be sure, it's not shadowy. You can track awarded contracts. You can track employment of persons from 3-5 letter agencies into private sector. You can look on Amazon Science page…

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    Comment #41062552

    Voice command on volume modulation used to work. Then Video, Music, Shopping and Home Automation built a "revamped" Alexa system and broke it. This is also why people struggle to t…

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    Comment #41062459

    Please realize, for this to be true, there must be another incentive. I.e., Alexa devices are government-subsidized spyware. What are the advantages for Amazon? - Mic-popping, Came…

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    Comment #41053273

    Not any more. Majority of talent got fired. Whoever is hired now will be gone in a couple years (says the internal tracking software that tells you how "new" you are across all of …

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    Comment #41053261

    You'd be incorrect. Amazon Music is not as valuable as people think, compounded by the fact that it helps foot the bill for Alexa. It's only right though, seeing as Music helped co…

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    Comment #41012277

    "The plaintiff had not shown which Amazon ads she relied on to believe there was “free delivery” from Amazon-owned Whole Foods, the judge said. Lin also said the service fee for de…

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    Comment #41000318

    One solution is to throw out all those Ring cameras and get local storage solutions. After all, your data should belong to you.

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    Comment #41000238

    This perhaps explains why I couldn't successfully submit the change of address forms while my ad and tracker blocker was on. Why is this legal?

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    Comment #41000225

    If they allowed the tracking pixels, they intentionally shared the data. We all know what the tracking pixels do.

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    Comment #40982341

    It's interesting that the workers don't want to be victims of the surveillance tech they build. Hmm...

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    Comment #40970504

    Isn't the head of Open AI involved in the "regulation" process? Seems a bit sketchy...

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    Comment #40970343

    It's painful isn't it? It really brings home the meaning of "quality over quantity."

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    Comment #40955621

    My statement is most certainly factual. Don't assert what you don't know.

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    Comment #40901727

    BTW, if you can hack Astro, you can hack Alexa...

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    Comment #40722384

    Second this.

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