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I only need Alexa for like four things and it excels pretty well at that: * What's the weather? * What time is it? * Set a timer for X minutes * Where is my
by Rapzid 3y ago
I only need Alexa for like four things and it excels pretty well at that:
* What's the weather?
* What time is it?
* Set a timer for X minutes
* Where is my stuff?
Edit: Also, measurement conversions in the kitchen are handy.
- criddell 3y agoThat's about all I need as well. Then they take those basic functions which they are very good at and started trying to push other usages. "By the way, did you know dogs are blah blah blah." Fortunately, they seemed to have backed off on that a bit. It was a good reminder for me though - they control all the dials and can take something I bought and enjoyed using and enshittify it at the drop of a hat.
- joeframbach 3y agoYou can say "stop by the way" and it'll stop for some inderterminent amount of time then come back. I've heard that some people set up a Routine at 3am every day to turn the volume to zero, say "Alexa stop by the way", then turn the volume back up. I haven't tried it but I heard it works.
- Rapzid 3y agoI yell at Alexa when this happens: "NO ALEXA STOP! ALEXA STOP! BAD ALEXA!" and etc. I like to think someone at Amazon is reviewing these recordings.
- joeframbach 3y agoEven for measurements, it'll sometimes say a cup is 236ml and sometimes 250ml, because "cup" is ambiguous.
- tyingq 3y ago> Where is my stuff? It doesn't do this very well for me. It only knows things like "a package arrived", or "a package is coming tomorrow". It doesn't say what the package is, etc.