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Re: Amazon Dash Button

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Post by jgrowl »

imroot wrote: post #168
hammock wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> But that would require some kind of physical tracking system... Package RFID tags with every item, and a smart fridge/smart cabinet. It's not that hard. A retailer like Walmart might even pay for the manufacturer to install these RFID tags, as they can be used double-duty in the retailer's own inventory process.

Or, you can do what I do -- a barcode scanner near my trash can that scans the UPC codes of everything that I throw away (or recycle) and adds it to my shopping list for the next time that I'm out.

You still have to make the effort to scan it though, right?

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Post by xur17 »

moe wrote: post #4

This looks a little too elaborate for an April 1st joke, but they can't possibly serious? I mean, who will scatter these "buttons" all over their house, which will inevitably need new batteries at ever shorter and diverging intervals...

It really only needs to be on for a few seconds after pressing the button to connect to wifi, and submit the order. No need for it to be in sleep mode.

I doubt the battery is even replaceable.

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Post by corysama »

MCRed wrote: post #46

Remember what I was saying yesterday about Amazon throwing things against the wall? Can you see how this idea is ill considered? IT doesn't make much sense. I predict in 5 years nobody will remember this and it will be gone from Amazon's site. But for this press cycle it's PR that makes Amazon look "innovative" and like a "tech company". Just like the Amazon fire phone did... for a little while. How much was wasted o…

That's how innovation works: 99% of the time it doesn't. Think about that the next time you give a group a hard time for being too conservative. Whenever they are not conservative, people blast them for wasting time and money on something that has a 99% chance of failure.

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Post by smoothgrips »

dogma1138 wrote: post #159
kristofferR wrote: post #144

This makes me envious of you Americans. Here in Norway online shopping involves finding an online store that sells what you need (there's no site that sells everything, like Amazon, here), going through a cumbersome sign-up/payment process, paying a lot of money for the shipping costs, waiting several days and having to go to the post office unless the package is really small (or if you're willing to pay even more fo…

I'm pretty sure most Americans will give up amazon for free education, health care, paid maternity and paternity leave and the many other social benefits Norway provides to its nationals.

I definitely would not give up amazon for free education, health care, etc... Those socialists implementations come at a very high cost. Yes, our current system is not well, but it's better than the government taking 60% of my earned income.

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Post by slayed0 »

personlurking wrote: post #101
tinkerdol wrote: post #28

Next they'll partner with OkCupid and we can just push a button when we want the next date to show up.

Or maybe it'll go past button-pushing... Knock, knock. "Hi, I'm Alexa, and my OkCupid profile is a 94% match to yours. Because of that, OkC unlocked your pre-selected social profiles for my perusal. Google Now alerted me to the opening in your schedule right now, Uber took me to your house, and plus I saw you like that Thai food joint down the street based on your FourSquare, so I brought some. Oh, and I thought we m…

Someone already did... in 2013

http://robrhinehart.com/?p=1005

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Post by thearn4 »

famousactress wrote: post #83
tonyhb wrote: post #15

It's not just a physical button — it's an API. If you develop a hardware product you can apparently integrate with Dash to order supplies from the embedded controller. Information is here: https://www.amazon.com/oc/dash-replenishment-service Apparently, Whirlpool washing machines and Brita water filters will be using it. This doesn't help for basics like paper towels, but it would work for paper towel holders (if it'…

I wonder how open they are (they do say open to hobbyists). I'd really like to whip up a RaspberryPi box with buttons for things I actually reorder (instead of depending on particular brand partnerships).

I'd be interested in that too, just to have a simple stock wifi-enabled button that is easy to configure for a general API endpoint.
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