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I guess I’ll be the dissenter. This all seems really cool to me. There’s actually an amazon owned apartment complex being built almost across the street from
by blhack 7y ago
I guess I’ll be the dissenter. This all seems really cool to me. There’s actually an amazon owned apartment complex being built almost across the street from my house (in Tempe, Az), and I had been wondering if they’d do stuff like this.
We have an Alexa in our house, and use it all the time. For the kids moving into these apartments they’re building, I’m sure the high-endiness of having voice controlled lights and music everywhere is a big selling point.
Nobody outside of our little tech bubble ever thinks about how this stuff works, and they likely don’t care. If they do (like my wife and I) we just treat it appropriately.
I guess it’s kindof like the way we all used to look at “work networks” — it was WAY faster than your home connection, but the IT guy could probably spy on you. So use it for fun stuff and think it’s cool, but if you ever didn’t want the IT guy to have the option of seeing what you were doing, use something else (or in our case at our house: turn it off)
- jslabovitz 7y ago> There’s actually an amazon owned apartment complex being built almost across the street from my house (in Tempe, Az), and I had been wondering if they’d do stuff like this. What? Are you serious? It's one thing for Amazon to partner with builders & landlords, but another for them to actually start building themselves. I tried to research this, but came up with nothing except that Tempe does have an Amazon research center. Do you have any other links that would be helpful?
- blhack 7y agoIt’s this complex: https://www.thelocaltempe.com/ https://www.thelocaltempe.com/ There were some local news articles about how this was owner by Whole Foods, and the apartments above it were supposed to have some tight tie-in to the store. I can’t find those articles anymore though, so it’s possible I am wrong, or misunderstood this when it was being written about.
- jslabovitz 7y agoI did a little research, and it doesn't appear that the complex is owned by either Whole Foods or Amazon, but rather a Colorado-based developer (non-local, haha). https://www.statepress.com/article/2019/02/newwholefoodscomingtotepeprovidesmoreoptionsforstudents https://www.statepress.com/article/2019/02/newwholefoodscomi... Your neighbors are apparently upset enough to spend the time creating an entire faux-site critical of the project! I'm impressed. http://thelocaltempe.co http://thelocaltempe.co
- blhack 7y agoHahaha that’s actually very funny. Yeah my neighborhood has a very vocal group of anti-gentrification folks.
- snazz 7y agoChoice quotes: > SHOP LOCAL!The Local Tempe Until We Shut That Shit Down Along with the transportation woes we plan on inflicting on your community, we will also be building a massive health food store caddy corner from a local farmer’s market, certainly giving them a run for their money and more than likely shutting them down. Premium residents will enjoy balcony views of the dirt lot that used to be a small business.... And at $15 per hour, you and 6 co-workers might meet the income limitations we ask for our modest (but intimate) west facing first floor studio size accommodations, with breathtaking vistas of the railroad tracks and a newly remodeled Chili’s!
- tzakrajs 7y agoProper good comedy writing was found in that URL. One for the bookmarks.
- blhack 7y agoLate edit: turns out I was wrong about amazon owning it.
- toper-centage 7y agoSo Amazon will become to the USA what Samsung is to South Korea.