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lsdrunning t1_j28z0me wrote

Reply to comment by ABDULITY in Saudis take control of US augmented reality company Magic Leap by MicroSofty88

Your country has no rivers. Or mountains for that matter. Just a desert metropolis that only exists because of modern technology and the fact that there’s oil below the same sands that can’t grow anything.

The only reason Saudi Arabia is geopolitically relevant is because of oil. Not culture. Not resources. Not tourism. Not people. Just oil and a backwards regime that will execute people for saying god has a tiny dick

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EssVeeUU t1_j28xrf4 wrote

Reply to comment by Not_floridaman in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79

.... I need to look into these lightning McQueen interactive stories. My son's going to TRIP. He keeps trying to play the fish feeding game but he can't talk good enough for Google yet 😂 Over time we are interested in the doorbell and speakers as well, and we have a second hub we haven't set up yet. How do you like the lock? Do you feel secure with it? Boyfriend is paranoid as fuckkk and that one might be the hardest sell for him.

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Not_floridaman t1_j28xhd2 wrote

Reply to comment by EssVeeUU in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79

We have 3 video hubs and 4 minis and it's amazing with kids. We have the family bell for bedtime and for mornings to put shoes on and grab their jackets because I'm usually running around so Google can get them started off I lose track of time, can pull up recipes easily, set timers for when they're fighting over a toy or for cooking, can send music from room to room while I'm cleaning and being and to turn off my lights or lock my front door by voice is incredible when my lupus and RA are flaring. I also like being able to see who's at the doorbell on the hubs or seeing the cameras. The hubs also have games and stories and my son LOVES the lightning McQueen interactive stories.

10/10 recommend for people with or without kids but especially with kids.

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Gravix-Gotcha t1_j28x9jy wrote

Reply to Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79

I tried getting down with IOT and automation. Had one of these and obviously the first thing I did was to try to use it as an alarm.

The next morning when it went off and I was bleary eyed trying to think of what command would shut it off, it just kept telling me to use the app so I unplugged it and haven’t use it since.

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Versability t1_j28x5xq wrote

Reply to comment by Andyb1000 in Saudis take control of US augmented reality company Magic Leap by MicroSofty88

Amazon and Walmart are the two companies with the most employees in the entire world as far as I’m aware. It’s a pretty large margin too, as nobody but these two companies employs over 1 million people.

If automation replaced human workers, wouldn’t both of these companies have fewer workers than everybody else instead of more?

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LordDaniel09 t1_j28wkvz wrote

Reply to comment by asdaaaaaaaa in New York breaks the right to repair bill as it’s signed into law | The bill was signed by NY governor Kathy Hochul on December 28th, making New York the first US state to broadly protect a consumer’s right to repair their own tech. by chrisdh79

Didn't it end with them catching him missing his taxes by like 0.1%? absolute ridiculous waste of time and money on him. Lets say he had million of dollars to pay in taxes, then this means he missed 1000$. NYC tried to go and look at him, finding anything to fine him, and the worst thing they found is a few grands missing in his taxes.. what a joke.

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Not_floridaman t1_j28vcde wrote

Reply to comment by The_Troyminator in Google Home speakers allowed hackers to snoop on conversations by chrisdh79

Yes! We love it for cooking and the broadcast feature. Also, each night I have a family bell that chimes and my kids know that means it's bedtime.

The displays are also good for looking at the cameras/doorbell.

My husband thought they were wholly unnecessary but once we had one or two, he saw their usefulness and we got more. I love being able to move the music from speaker to speaker as I'm cleaning also.

Oh! And turning off lights and locking the door when I'm already in bed!

Okay, I just really love everything about it.

*^(not paid for by Google unfortunately)

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