These Are the Five Types of Alexa Users: Which one are you?

Slate ^ | MAY 27, 2018 | CHRISTINA BONNINGTON

[TexasGator]

You www the one that didn’t catch the joke!

[Calvin Locke]

I used to think that way, too. I went to pick up a window fan at some bargain place. I had to get the +$10 more model - came with a remote.

The remote turned out to be very convenient, leading me to reconsider remotes for ceiling fans, blinds/drapes, etc.

[BBell]

[Blurb2350]

Do you happen to have any cute fotos of Olga and Otto handy? (signed) the NSA

[plain talk]

Alexa, compute the ratio “Pi” to the last digit.

I like you way you think. My guess is it would respond with an answer of less than 6 decimal places. It would be funny if it was smart enough to add this to the answer -- "... but nice try".

[LegendHasIt]

I’m the type that has been boycotting anything that leftist megalomaniac Bezos has anything to do with for a couple of years.

I’m the type that wouldn’t have an Alexa type device at all, even if Bezos was a political clone of myself.

I’m the type who takes the battery out of his cell phone except when actually using it.

[BikerJoe]

Actually I think it went out to nine digits. Also does numerical but not symbolic math and no calculus. I primarily use it for voice actuated home automation. And no, I DO NOT have smart door locks.

[MarkL]

I used mine in the same way as you... Streaming. I have to admit that I use it for music from Pandora (it's too much work for me to organize my music on Amazon into playlists,) and for "bedtime stories," where I'll set a 20 or 30 minute sleep timer while listening to an Audible book. Current book is a hoot, "We are Legion, We are Bob," which it seems has become an Audible best seller. A Sci-Fi book about a man who decides to have his head preserved at the time of death, and when he is woken up more than a hundred years in the future. It's a terrific book, and very well read.

I will also use it for the time, if I wake up in the middle of the night, and for the days weather when I first wake up.

Mark

[beef]

I am not a big fan of this technology sitting around and listening to me. But I did relent when I got a firestick with an alexa remote. Instead of saying alexa, you have to push a button to activate it. And with 2 AAA batteries running it, I am pretty sure it is not sitting there all day with the mic open waiting for me to say something. So, I have a little fun playing with it without the privacy concerns.

[mass55th]

LOL!!

[doorgunner69]

Hell, I assume this is some sort of iPhag thing. Do not own one and still on Win 7, curmudgeon, I am.

[TexasGator]

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curmudgeon

[plain talk]

OK 8 decimal points. I've never seen or used one. I have nothing against them.

I could see using something like that as a research assistant to constantly search & retrieve news or certain information and file away. I would like a robotic maid.

Robots are the future.

[ASOC]

(smiles)

My TV remote is line of sight IR and with no external connection.

Unlike the Alexis of the world.....

If you want one in your home - good for you.

As for me, I’ll pass.

For fun, try this with your little home spybot
“Alexa - say hello to J edgar will you?”

this becuase the fuzz have openly sued to get the recording form a geographic area. We would they sue to gain access to what supposedly does not exist?

[altura]

I got Alexa after a friend’s mother fell in the bathroom and lay on the cold floor all night. She caught pneumonia and the stress caused her to have to move to a nursing facility. My Alexa is in the bathroom, so if I have an accident in there, I can tell her to call my son=in-law.

I later learned she would play gospel music and sing with me in the shower. I just learned on this thread that she will play audio books. That’s good to know.

[PJ-Comix]

Streaming. I have to admit that I use it for music from Pandora (it's too much work for me to organize my music on Amazon into playlists,) and for "bedtime stories," where I'll set a 20 or 30 minute sleep timer while listening to an Audible book.

How can I do that? Could I just say, "Alexa, play Audible 'Grant' for 30 minutes"?

[DoodleBob]

I’m the type who is terrified of these listening devices.

[mowowie]

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[MortMan]

I do not wish to willingly add a set of spying ears to my household.

[TianaHighrider]

Ditto!!!