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Amazon Wants You To Turn Your Fire Tablet Into a Portable Echo (cnbc.com)
Amazon on Thursday introduced software and accessories that will turn its Fire HD tablets into a portable Echo. From a report: The company on Thursday unveiled a new case and stand for the Fire HD 8 and Fire HD 10 tablet so those devices will act almost just like the Amazon Echo Show, a larger gadget that has a touch display. You can call up recipes in the kitchen, see song lyrics for music that you're playing, place video calls to friends, start movies and more, all without touching the tablet and with a visual interface that was previously available only on the Echo Show and Echo Spot.
Can I turn a echo into a tablet? Can I turn a toaster into a true lover
thx for ur blog post
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Somebody please mod "The Fat Bastard" crap down!
creimer's child bride retired military buddy suggested to him to "hide in plain sight" so creimer picked up "The Fat Bastard" as his new sock puppet user name!
No more Alexa for me. period. I pulled the plug. I pulled the plug on Google assistant too. I think you all should do the same.
I'm not quite at the point where I will go to a shack in Montana to keep Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple from spying on me...
But I'm close.
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I only have a HD7 which I got for Christmas. I was only $35 and that was all I could afford.
That must be tough when you only make $50K in Silicon Valley. :P
As long as I can turn that functionality off and rely on it to actually stay off then I guess that is ok. If Amazon insists on listening to everything I say no matter what I do then I won't be using their Fire device unless they are paying me a salary to do so.
Seriously, stop it. I don't want or need my electronics to be constantly listening to what I'm saying.
I was only $35 and that was all I could afford.
If you're selling yourself for $35, money's going to be tight.
I was only $35 and that was all I could afford.
If you're selling yourself for $35, money's going to be tight.
He makes up for it in volume.
Yeah, sure, Amazon. What you really want is more collection of very-much-private data in people's homes, so you can sell that to whoever. Fuck you sideways with a rusty chainsaw, Amazon.
I have a Fire HD7
It fits in my pocket
the bigger ones do not
and I wish people would stop calling it a "Fire Tablet"
It doesn't even come with that Holy Text.
You don't have to go full-on Ted Kaczynski and become a mountain-man. Just get rid of all the devices you own that are known to be capable of being leveraged into surveillance-and-data-collection devices. Wean yourself off your smartphone and get a plain dumbphone, one that can be turned completely 'Off', or at least that the battery can be removed (or, I suppose, get a smartphone with a removable battery, and take the battery out when you want actual privacy). While you're at it, stop using plastic to pay for everything you purchase in-person and start paying cash instead, so that the majority of your daily purchasing habits can't be tracked either -- which will have the positive side-effect of reducing the amount of time you spend balancing your checking account every month (fewer receipts to enter). Until things change in this country and people's rights to privacy are enhanced instead of degraded, there's only so much you can do to keep your private life private, but there are some things you can do, and if it matters to you then you should do them, and ignore the cowards who have given up and accepted having corporations and government agencies pry into every aspect of their lives.
The Fire tablet doesn't have enough glare.Can they make one with more glare?
I bought it with my Christmas bonus.
Remember when you said you at least saved enough to buy a car, go to mexico and write some local warlord into your will in exchange for marriage to an underage mexican girl?***
If you can do that then I think he can at least manage to afford a reasonably good tablet
***if that's not what you said/meant please please please correct me.. let us all know what you really meant. If I'm totally misremembering or misparaphrasing here please by all means set the record straight
Creimer was talking about someone else. He wasn't talking about himself. But don't let that inconvenient fact get in the way of your bullshit.
Holy text? You mean the 15 - er - 10 commandments?
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
Just like it's tough to get to 400 pounds with just one toothless mouth but here we are, Chris.
Since you enjoy chatting with cre!mer and replying to his -1 troll post so much, thus bringing attention to him with your +2 post, I am sure that you will enjoy the following tale:
Here is the story of creimy the mountain and his royalties!
This story was inspired by cdreimer, the parent poster. The story was written by a visionary on cdreimer birth date.
The story of creimy the mountain explained:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Creimy is a typical mountain who poses for postcards, living with his wife Ethel, a tree, between the cities of Rosamund and Gorman, California. The main features on his mountainous face are two large caves, resembling eyes, and a cliff for a jaw, which moves up and down when he talks, puffing up dust and boulders.
click above link to read more, he even destroyed Edwards Air Force Base just by passing by...
Listen to the audio version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
"Creimy The Mountain"
includes quotes from Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (Edward Elgar), Johnny's Theme (Paul Anka), Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder (Crawford), O Mein Papa (Paul Burkhard), Over The Rainbow (Harburg/Arlen), Star-Spangled Banner (Smith/Key), Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Stephen Stills)
One, two, three
CREIMY the Mountain
CREIMY the Mountain
A regular picturesque
Postcardy mountain
Residing between lovely
Rosamond and Gorman
With his stunning wife ETHELL, A tree! A tree!
CREIMY was a mountain ETHELL was a tree Growing off of his shoulder
CREIMY was a mountain
(CREIMY was a mountain!)
ETHELL was a tree Growing off of his shoulder
(ETHELL was a tree growing off of his shoulder)
(hey, hey hey!)
Creimy had two big
Caves for eyes,
With a cliff for a jaw
That would go up 'n down,
And whenever it did,
He'd puff out some dust,
And hack up a boulder (HACK!) Hack up a boulder (HACK! HACK!)
Hack up a boulder (HACK! HACK! HACK!) Up a boulder
Now, one day, now I believe it was on a Tuesday, a man in a checkered double-knit suit drove up in a large El Dorado Cadillac, leased from BOB SPREEN
("Where the freeways meet in Downey!")
And he laid a HUGE, BULGING ENVELOPE right at the corner of CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN, that was right where his 'foot' was supposed to be.
Now, CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN, he couldn't believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for, for ALL OF THOSE YEARS, and finally, now, AT LAST, his Royalties!
Royalties! Royalties Royalties! Royalty check is in, honey!
Yes, CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN was RICH! Yes, and his eyeball-caves, they widened in amazement, and his jaw (which was a cliff), well it dropped thirty feet!
A bunch of dust puffed out! Rocks and boulders hacked up, (hack! hack!) crushing 'The LINCOLN'!
I gave him the money He acted real funny He hocked up a rock and It TOTALLED my car!
Oh, do you Know any trucks Might be bound for THE VALLEY?
I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar (Dear Lord)
I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar (No shit!)
I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar!
By two o'clock, when the bars are already closed down, CREIMY had broken 'THE BIG NEWS' to ETHELL. And with dust and boulders everywhere, CREIMY, choked with excitement, announced
"ETHELL, we're going on a VACATION!"
Yes, and they WERE going on a vacation! (Oh, and ETHELL, ETHELL, ETHELL, like every little woman, she of course was very excited! She creaked a little bit, and some old birds flew off of her.) CREIMY told ETHELL they were going to Yes! They were going to NEW YORK!
"ETHELL, we're going to New York!"
But first they were gonna stop in LAS VEGAS
It's off to LAS VEGAS to check out the lounges Pull a few handles,
And drink a few beers, (Oh, ETHELL!)
ETHELL, my darling, you know tha
Since you enjoy chatting with cre1mer and replying to his -1 troll post so much, thus bringing attention to him with your +2 post, I am sure that you will enjoy the following tale:
Here is the story of creimy the mountain and his royalties!
This story was inspired by cdreimer, the parent poster. The story was written by a visionary on cdreimer birth date.
The story of creimy the mountain explained:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Creimy is a typical mountain who poses for postcards, living with his wife Ethel, a tree, between the cities of Rosamund and Gorman, California. The main features on his mountainous face are two large caves, resembling eyes, and a cliff for a jaw, which moves up and down when he talks, puffing up dust and boulders.
click above link to read more, he even destroyed Edwards Air Force Base just by passing by...
Listen to the audio version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
"Creimy The Mountain"
includes quotes from Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (Edward Elgar), Johnny's Theme (Paul Anka), Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder (Crawford), O Mein Papa (Paul Burkhard), Over The Rainbow (Harburg/Arlen), Star-Spangled Banner (Smith/Key), Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Stephen Stills)
One, two, three
CREIMY the Mountain
CREIMY the Mountain
A regular picturesque
Postcardy mountain
Residing between lovely
Rosamond and Gorman
With his stunning wife ETHELL, A tree! A tree!
CREIMY was a mountain ETHELL was a tree Growing off of his shoulder
CREIMY was a mountain
(CREIMY was a mountain!)
ETHELL was a tree Growing off of his shoulder
(ETHELL was a tree growing off of his shoulder)
(hey, hey hey!)
Creimy had two big
Caves for eyes,
With a cliff for a jaw
That would go up 'n down,
And whenever it did,
He'd puff out some dust,
And hack up a boulder (HACK!) Hack up a boulder (HACK! HACK!)
Hack up a boulder (HACK! HACK! HACK!) Up a boulder
Now, one day, now I believe it was on a Tuesday, a man in a checkered double-knit suit drove up in a large El Dorado Cadillac, leased from BOB SPREEN
("Where the freeways meet in Downey!")
And he laid a HUGE, BULGING ENVELOPE right at the corner of CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN, that was right where his 'foot' was supposed to be.
Now, CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN, he couldn't believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for, for ALL OF THOSE YEARS, and finally, now, AT LAST, his Royalties!
Royalties! Royalties Royalties! Royalty check is in, honey!
Yes, CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN was RICH! Yes, and his eyeball-caves, they widened in amazement, and his jaw (which was a cliff), well it dropped thirty feet!
A bunch of dust puffed out! Rocks and boulders hacked up, (hack! hack!) crushing 'The LINCOLN'!
I gave him the money He acted real funny He hocked up a rock and It TOTALLED my car!
Oh, do you Know any trucks Might be bound for THE VALLEY?
I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar (Dear Lord)
I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar (No shit!)
I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar!
By two o'clock, when the bars are already closed down, CREIMY had broken 'THE BIG NEWS' to ETHELL. And with dust and boulders everywhere, CREIMY, choked with excitement, announced
"ETHELL, we're going on a VACATION!"
Yes, and they WERE going on a vacation! (Oh, and ETHELL, ETHELL, ETHELL, like every little woman, she of course was very excited! She creaked a little bit, and some old birds flew off of her.) CREIMY told ETHELL they were going to Yes! They were going to NEW YORK!
"ETHELL, we're going to New York!"
But first they were gonna stop in LAS VEGAS
It's off to LAS VEGAS to check out the lounges Pull a few handles,
And drink a few beers, (Oh, ETHELL!)
ETHELL, my darling, you know tha
Stop lying creimer. You can't get grown up pussy so you go for the young and weak.
Since you enjoy chatting with creimer and replying to his -1 troll post so much, thus bringing attention to him with your +2 post, I am sure that you will enjoy the following tale:
Here is the story of creimy the mountain and his royalties!
This story was inspired by cdreimer, the parent poster. The story was written by a visionary on cdreimer birth date.
The story of creimy the mountain explained:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Creimy is a typical mountain who poses for postcards, living with his wife Ethel, a tree, between the cities of Rosamund and Gorman, California. The main features on his mountainous face are two large caves, resembling eyes, and a cliff for a jaw, which moves up and down when he talks, puffing up dust and boulders.
click above link to read more, he even destroyed Edwards Air Force Base just by passing by...
Listen to the audio version here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
"Creimy The Mountain"
includes quotes from Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (Edward Elgar), Johnny's Theme (Paul Anka), Off We Go Into The Wild Blue Yonder (Crawford), O Mein Papa (Paul Burkhard), Over The Rainbow (Harburg/Arlen), Star-Spangled Banner (Smith/Key), Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (Stephen Stills)
One, two, three
CREIMY the Mountain
CREIMY the Mountain
A regular picturesque
Postcardy mountain
Residing between lovely
Rosamond and Gorman
With his stunning wife ETHELL, A tree! A tree!
CREIMY was a mountain ETHELL was a tree Growing off of his shoulder
CREIMY was a mountain
(CREIMY was a mountain!)
ETHELL was a tree Growing off of his shoulder
(ETHELL was a tree growing off of his shoulder)
(hey, hey hey!)
Creimy had two big
Caves for eyes,
With a cliff for a jaw
That would go up 'n down,
And whenever it did,
He'd puff out some dust,
And hack up a boulder (HACK!) Hack up a boulder (HACK! HACK!)
Hack up a boulder (HACK! HACK! HACK!) Up a boulder
Now, one day, now I believe it was on a Tuesday, a man in a checkered double-knit suit drove up in a large El Dorado Cadillac, leased from BOB SPREEN
("Where the freeways meet in Downey!")
And he laid a HUGE, BULGING ENVELOPE right at the corner of CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN, that was right where his 'foot' was supposed to be.
Now, CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN, he couldn't believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for, for ALL OF THOSE YEARS, and finally, now, AT LAST, his Royalties!
Royalties! Royalties Royalties! Royalty check is in, honey!
Yes, CREIMY THE MOUNTAIN was RICH! Yes, and his eyeball-caves, they widened in amazement, and his jaw (which was a cliff), well it dropped thirty feet!
A bunch of dust puffed out! Rocks and boulders hacked up, (hack! hack!) crushing 'The LINCOLN'!
I gave him the money He acted real funny He hocked up a rock and It TOTALLED my car!
Oh, do you Know any trucks Might be bound for THE VALLEY?
I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar (Dear Lord)
I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar (No shit!)
I don't wanna stand here All night in this bar!
By two o'clock, when the bars are already closed down, CREIMY had broken 'THE BIG NEWS' to ETHELL. And with dust and boulders everywhere, CREIMY, choked with excitement, announced
"ETHELL, we're going on a VACATION!"
Yes, and they WERE going on a vacation! (Oh, and ETHELL, ETHELL, ETHELL, like every little woman, she of course was very excited! She creaked a little bit, and some old birds flew off of her.) CREIMY told ETHELL they were going to Yes! They were going to NEW YORK!
"ETHELL, we're going to New York!"
But first they were gonna stop in LAS VEGAS
It's off to LAS VEGAS to check out the lounges Pull a few handles,
And drink a few beers, (Oh, ETHELL!)
ETHELL, my darling, you know tha
I have a first generation Fire that I got for free when opening a bank account. It doesn't even have a microphone, never mind a camera. So I'm all set for all my Alexa and Echo needs.
Learn from my mistake! Never buy a Kindle fire!
The browser loses your typing. It interprets the most basic touch as a desire to spell check a word, then kicks you off the text window, losing everything.
The browser is the kind that NOBODY would ever choose, but last time I checked you could not change it.
Apps are highly restricted: good luck finding one that does what you want.
You cannot even read a Kindle book on it without losing the will to live: the Kindle software has so many bells and whistles that it interprets a touch as anything EXCEPT turning a page.
I bought it because it was the best touch sensitive screen for the price. But factor in the cost of lost work and lost time and it's the most expensive tablet out there.
"Amazon wants you to turn your fire tablet into a portable echo."
English motherfucker, you speak it?
Oh who were you talking about?
I'm not quite at the point where I will go to a shack in Montana to keep Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Apple from spying on me...
But I'm close.
I'm already there. Now I gotta watch out for the laser mics & directional drills.
I do not have any of these devices and do not want them either, so I am ignorant as to their operational details; can a 'Fire Tablet' be turned completely off?
Sure. Plus if all else fails drain the battery. Hard for it to function without power. That wasn't my question however. My question is can the FUNCTIONALITY be turned off in software and reliably depended upon to remain in that state. If not then these devices can die in a fire. If I can turn the setting off then no biggie.
That was the total, not per use fee. $35 is his annual unlimited pass for groups. He can go that low because he only eats 1500 calories a day while power lifting his #350 gut.