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Welcome to the secret society, your robes will be sent out in due course,
and a video demonstration of the secret handshake will be sent to your inbox.
you definitely deserve itā¦
itās going to happenā¦SOONā¢
looking imminent for @Coma also
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Nope, I somehow missed a day in June or so
I could bite my own ass, but I missed two days in August or September 
Okay, I got me 10 x ACR122U on order. You canāt have enough ACR122Us 
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Nice I just picked up 3 
That is some incredible flexibility.
Guess I should try a bit of yoga againā¦
But, most important,
,if only I was flexible enoughā¦ 
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Just as a general question. Has anyone here heard about the Amazon Astro? I think itās pretty dystopian and kinda scary.
Cliff notes?
Hereās the product description:
- Keep home closer - Meet Astro, the household robot for home monitoring, with Alexa.
- Introducing Intelligent Motion - Amazon Astro uses advanced navigation technology to find its way around your home and go where you need it. When youāre not using Astro, it will hang out close by at the ready.
- Stay connected from anywhere - Remotely send Astro to check on specific rooms, people, or things. Plus, get alerts if Astro detects an unrecognized person or certain sounds when youāre away.
- Unlock even more peace of mind - Activate your 6-month free trial of Ring Protect Pro subscription and have Astro proactively patrol, investigate activity, save videos in Ringās cloud storage for up to 60 days, and more.
- Alexa Together subscription (coming soon) - Remotely care for aging loved ones, giving you peace of mind while helping them live independently. Set up reminders, manage shopping lists, receive activity alerts, and more.
- Put Alexa in motion - Astro can follow you with entertainment or find you to deliver calls, messages, timers, alarms, or reminders.
- Designed to protect your privacy - Turn off mics, cameras, and motion with one press of a button and use the Astro app to set out of bounds zones to let Astro know where itās not allowed to go.
- Customize with compatible products ā Astro comes with a detachable cup holder and can carry other items (sold separately) like a Ziploc container, the OMRON blood pressure monitor, and a Furbo Dog Camera that tosses treats to your pet.
And there is a promotional video
TL;DR its Alexa on wheels with more sensors and semi-autonomy.
Jesus. Like they didnāt have enough ways to spy on you already.
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The fact that one of the former nsa big wigs is a big wig of Amazon Alexaā¦ tells me plenty
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Honestly I canāt wait for one of these to get jailbroken, I would use it if it was an open source and I knew Amazon wasnāt taking every bit of info they could get off of me.
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So I googled it, and apparently they like the throw themselves down stairsā¦
Iām not sure why but this pleases me, almost as much as people stealing the police robots
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Its a thousand dollar robot that doesnāt have cliff detection? Wow
edit: Iām disappointed there isnāt video of it yeeting itself down the stars yet.
Actually itās not only dystopian, itās also idiocracy-esque: not only are surveillance devices ubiquitous, people are willing to buy then, maintain then and submit to the surveillance willingly for a bit of convenience - be it Ring doorbells, IoT fridges, or the ever-creepy cellphone.
Iāll never understand this. But Iāve been told Iām from another generation that worries about stuff nobody worries about no more. So maybe the world is fine and Iām the dysfunctional one in itā¦
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