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Post by Fifer82 »

mmanfrin wrote: post #302
funnelsgun wrote: post #299

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A friend of mine has Google Home and it just doesn’t appeal to me in the slightest! Perhaps I just don’t know how to get the most out of it, but whenever I go to his I either just ask it dumb questions or get it to change the music - to his frustration...

I've become a bit too used to using the echo as an alarm clock (which I can set without turning on a screen or looking at a light) and for morning/evening news briefings, which is really just a proxy to NPR/BBC podcasts, but it's useful. It is definitely something that I wish there was a 'self hosted' version of that was anywhere near as capable.

Really? I mean, Really???? You have an unregulated device in your home, mining away on data which... you paid for, hard cash. Not a game, not a movie, not a simulation, not an experience. And your only use is an Alarm Clock?

This is gold mate, gold. You know when people say "ach, the guy is just an idiot with money"? mmanfrin is what I see.

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Post by eropple »

macintux wrote: post #201
labster wrote: post #155

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Star Trek . I mean, for certain values of "astonishingly".

Star Trek gave us a few excellent episodes. I don't think any of the series have been excellent overall, although I'm probably in the minority opinion in that.

I think that's probably a majority opinion. Star Trek's reach always exceeded its grasp. There are excellent episodes and very good seasons (mostly of TNG and DS9) but I don't think I know anyone who'd go to the mat for any of them as consistently excellent.

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Post by jopsen »

limaoscarjuliet wrote: post #115

Father speaking here - kids are on youtube, being pushed way more commercials than ever before.

Isn't it you responsibility to push adblock in your kids?

Firefox for Android can block ads... But yes, it's much harder with tablets and phones..

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Post by rdruxn »

Fifer82 wrote: post #311
mmanfrin wrote: post #302

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've become a bit too used to using the echo as an alarm clock (which I can set without turning on a screen or looking at a light) and for morning/evening news briefings, which is really just a proxy to NPR/BBC podcasts, but it's useful. It is definitely something that I wish there was a 'self hosted' version of that was anywhere near as capable.

Really? I mean, Really???? You have an unregulated device in your home, mining away on data which... you paid for, hard cash. Not a game, not a movie, not a simulation, not an experience. And your only use is an Alarm Clock? This is gold mate, gold. You know when people say "ach, the guy is just an idiot with money"? mmanfrin is what I see.

Comments like this inspire me to reach HN’s 500 upvote floor just so I can downvote you.

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Post by halamadrid »

So we checked into a hotel today and my 4 year old decided to try TV for the first time. His was initially frustrated with the time it took for him to find a channel he thought he would like (Disney Junior). He had to hop through a ton of channels and missed a few kid friendly channels as Ads were playing on them.

Finally he found Disney Junior, and then the whole ad thing started. He was so frustrated with all the ad breaks, he switched off the TV. Enough said.

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Fifer82 wrote: post #307
mmanfrin wrote: post #294

I have an iPhone, an Amazon Echo, and a Google Home device. I recently had to watch live TV because I was watching a sports game, and the number of ads that targeted my listening devices was obscene. Every other ad was either for the Echo or Home, or for something unrelated but mentioning 'Hey Siri, tell me about [product being sold]'. To me, it feels like it's an effort to subvert the always-listening/always-watchin…

So sorry, you paid money so that google and amazon can collect your data (at this point, you were not given the device, you were not paid, you literally worked to pay to be mined). And you are on Hacker News? Like tell me brother, as an educated guy, how you got here?

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Post by [deleted] »

rdruxn wrote: post #314
Fifer82 wrote: post #311

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really? I mean, Really???? You have an unregulated device in your home, mining away on data which... you paid for, hard cash. Not a game, not a movie, not a simulation, not an experience. And your only use is an Alarm Clock? This is gold mate, gold. You know when people say "ach, the guy is just an idiot with money"? mmanfrin is what I see.

Comments like this inspire me to reach HN’s 500 upvote floor just so I can downvote you.

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Post by MikeFez »

Fifer82 wrote: post #307
mmanfrin wrote: post #294

I have an iPhone, an Amazon Echo, and a Google Home device. I recently had to watch live TV because I was watching a sports game, and the number of ads that targeted my listening devices was obscene. Every other ad was either for the Echo or Home, or for something unrelated but mentioning 'Hey Siri, tell me about [product being sold]'. To me, it feels like it's an effort to subvert the always-listening/always-watchin…

So sorry, you paid money so that google and amazon can collect your data (at this point, you were not given the device, you were not paid, you literally worked to pay to be mined). And you are on Hacker News? Like tell me brother, as an educated guy, how you got here?

What an absolutely foolish reply. Do you shop on Amazon? Do you use Google search or Gmail? Do you watch Netflix? Do you use a credit card?

You have a thousand data points mined per day - an Echo or Google Home are no different from any other service that you may be interested in using. Especially as these devices are not "listening in" until their keyword activates them.

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Post by soundwave106 »

jfaat wrote: post #92
otakucode wrote: post #48

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Nothing disappoints me more than product placement in music videos of all places. I can understand the use of products in rap music, absolute obedience to brands and slavish desire for status symbols is very much a core of what rap is about, but just in general music it is often insulting to both the audience and the performer. I remember when that kid Greyson Chance had a YouTube video that made him famous because h…

the way you talk about ‘rap’ (by which i assume you mean a superset of hip-hop) makes it sound like you really don’t know anything about it. blind brand obedience is absolutely not ‘a core’ of rap. Some very mainstream music featuring rap verses are that way, but your statement was far too broad.

Agreed, but just by the references, I assumed the poster was referring to the commercial rap / hip-hop world, and specifically to the popular club oriented segment.

What the poster said is pretty much true all around for anything in the most commercial space of music. "Country" music for instance has some pretty blatant product placement, too... but again, largely only at the most commercial space only (the radio-friendly arena-rockish style). Jason Aldean for instance got an endorsement from Coors, and actually changed a song lyric in one single from "Shiner Bock" to "Rocky Tops" as a result. (https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/branding/1084513...). The same applies for the club friendly / arena side of electronic dance music. A large percentage of them will include product placements, particularly for club lifestyle type products and/or liquors of some sort.

Overall, product brand "name drops" have increased heavily in the lyrics of top pop music over the last 20 years (http://www.meiea.org/resources/Journal/Vol.14/Gloor-MEIEA_Jo... page. 48).

I personally find this type of product placement annoying, and prefer other strategies where companies gain presence without intruding into the music too much. (Red Bull IMHO is an example here: their focus tends to be on content marketing strategies, a strategy that has worked out well for them, and at least in music I find much less annoying).

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Post by ryanwaggoner »

icantdrive55 wrote: post #286
telekid wrote: post #190

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…really? "Nerd minstrel show?" Ah yes, we poor nerds, overcoming centuries of repressive awkwardness and desk jobs.

He worded it harshly, but it's the horrid acting. I always thought if the producers didn't snag a young Penny, there would be no show today. She carried that show for years. And yes--I just liked looking at her, in the beginning. The actor who plays Sheldon might be the luckiest actor ever. (I like the guy, but just a awful actor. I don't think it's just the role either.) And Leonard. I don't get it, because he was s…

Jim Parsons has won four Emmy awards and a long list of others for his portrayal of Sheldon Cooper. You may hate the character and the actor, but he’s objectively not a terrible actor.
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