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  • scarabin4

    ugh.

    just went full skynet on my house, connecting lights, sound system, displays, smoke alarm, and security cameras to google home. it's cool and everything but now it feels like i have a half-retarded, deaf housekeeper that i'm shouting at all the time

    hey google. google. HEY GOOGLE! OKAY GOOGLE!

    fuck's sake, i can just pick up a remote and have it done faster

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    • Can’t you just hit a button on your phone and say what you want?monospaced
    • yeah that works but i have to have my phone, unlock it, hold down home and say the command. i could just stand up and turn the lights on myselfscarabin
    • lolGuyFawkes
    • sounds creepy.inteliboy
    • The fun really starts when the google shitbox gets a firmware update that breaks everything. Or, more likely, Google shelves the project and stops support.face_melter
    • did you do the Pixel 2 combo?sofakingback
    • galaxy s8+ but will prob get a pixel nextscarabin
    • should just get a butler...pango
    • google! chicken cam on!drgs
    • I use Siri to do this stuff, and don’t have to unlock the phone. I can even use the Siri remote for the Apple TV for it. Saves time for sure and pretty conveniemonospaced
    • But that’s essentially using a remote, like you said. Even then it’s convenient giving a single voice command and having any number of things respond.monospaced
    • Everyone should get a my cocain.
      http://static.celebu…      pango
    • I find myself being more disturbed than excited by new technology these days. I am getting old.fadein11
    • ^ I am with you, fadein11!SimonFFM
    • my dad had this all rigged up at home over christmas. nope, nope, nope.kingsteven
    • The audio response on my google home works really well. You'll have to get Mini for the other rooms. I just wish activation was 'one word.' instead of hey googlHayoth
    • I'm with fadein11! Its not I dont like it - I just dont trust the people behind the technologymugwart
    • Is there any more trust for Amazon over Google? Just curious?ETM
    • i don't trust either of them but i figure i'm only on this planet for a few more decades, might as well enjoy the tech and not live like a dinosaurscarabin
    • Is it possible to change the prompt from "OK Google" to anything else i.e. "OK Wiretap" or "OK Prism"?prophetone
    • it looks like there was a third-party solution for that but google blocked itscarabin
    • Skynet 1984: World Domination.
      Skynet 2017: scarabin screaming at his dumb house, he went full skynet on voluntary.
      Kind of disappointed.      grotesk_neue
    • I have an enchanting magic skull that does absolutely everything for me.utopian
    • High five!! I have one too!pango
    • It sounds like more work than convenience. Ooh. My refrigerator is online. Nobody needs shit like that.jagara
    • What you don't like to check with your fridge on the way home and see if you need milk?ETM
    • Then your fridge starts sending you push notifications when fruit/veg goes bad. Then it opens a FB account and friends you. I see no downsides.ETM
    • lolscarabin_net
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