Posts by redvip2000

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Does It Bother You That Amazon’s Alexa Can Hear What You Re Doing?

by minimus in

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friends

there really is no privacy if you own alexa.

there is a report of alexa hearing a couple having sex.

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redvip2000

does Alexa listen in apart from when the name is commanded?

You're not getting it. It needs to listen at all times so it recognizes when you issue the vocal keyword. How else would it know you said it? If i'm not listening to you, why I know if you tell me a keyword?

Once it detects the keyword, it records your voice snippet and sends it to Amazon to fetch a response. That voice snippet is likely stored and probably associated with your email, which could then be used to build a profile of your interests. That data is worth money.

Also I like how all of you are terrified about Amazon Echos, but ignore the copious amount of data that is collected from you with every text, voice call, and online activity. And who cares? Unless you live like a hermit, this is the price to pay in a modern society with all the conveniences.

Luckily, nobody gives a shit about your family discussions, the complaints about your spouse, or the minutiae of your life. At best, they simply want to gather some data on what you want to buy, so they can sell it to other companies.

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If You Criticize A Person of Color Are You A Racist?

by minimus in

jw
friends

seriously, it’s getting to a point that you can’t make a negative comment about someone without being charged as a racist, homophobe or sexist!

if you criticize a female, you are obviously sexist.

if you criticize someone who happens to be gay, you must hate homosexuals.

redvip2000

This really happened. Not fake news, it's reality. Sick racism. If it's not racist, I don't know what is

Aren't there other words to qualify stupid things other than racism? This is NOT racism. If a person tells a foreigner that he should go back to his country, you can perhaps say it's outrageous, exaggerated, stupid.

But this is not the same as saying that you hate everybody that is of the same race as that person, which IS racism.

In other words, if i tell someone: "If you don't like it here, then just go back to country A", this is not the same as saying "I hate everybody that is part of your ethnicity or comes from your country"

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Does It Bother You That Amazon’s Alexa Can Hear What You Re Doing?

by minimus in

jw
friends

there really is no privacy if you own alexa.

there is a report of alexa hearing a couple having sex.

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redvip2000

That is the whole point. It needs to "hear" everything you say in order to know if it should respond. This is done out of convenience, so that you don't actually have to walk over and press a button before speak into it. Instead, you can just speak to it from across the room.

Now, "hearing" is no the same as recording. If you mean it's recording everything you say on a permanent basis, then it's a different story, though, I don't think there is any evidence of this. Aside, of course from recording after you wake the device with the key word, in which case of course it records.

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The tale of two worlds

by redvip2000 in

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friends

i saw this picture today, not sure you saw it as well, but couldn't resist sharing.

it basically shows the existing fence between usa and mexico.

apparently someone installed some see-saws on the fence so that children on both sides can play together.

redvip2000

I saw this picture today, not sure you saw it as well, but couldn't resist sharing. It basically shows the existing fence between USA and Mexico. Apparently someone installed some see-saws on the fence so that children on both sides can play together.

I was struck at how this picture in such a small space captures some many differences between these two places. Nobody needs to explain which side is which. One side is orderly, clean, where the people are well dressed. The other side is run-down, dirty, with litter everywhere, stray dogs, folks with minimal clothing, dirty. It's easy to understand the appeal of trying to get over that fence.

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If You Criticize A Person of Color Are You A Racist?

by minimus in

jw
friends

seriously, it’s getting to a point that you can’t make a negative comment about someone without being charged as a racist, homophobe or sexist!

if you criticize a female, you are obviously sexist.

if you criticize someone who happens to be gay, you must hate homosexuals.

redvip2000

Coming into the discussion a bit late, but I would agree that we are at a point that if you say something negative about someone in a minority, you are immediately called a racist, and that is not what racism is.

When it comes to Trump, i personally don't think he is a racist. If you are from New York, then you know how Trump's history at "punching" back, twice as hard if you criticize him, regardless of who you are

True to his "baffoonery", he just doesn't care how his comments will be perceived. His mouth is quicker than his brain.

99% of everybody else on the planet would probably think twice about saying some of the things he says, lest it be perceived to be racist even if you are not. He does not have that built-in governor.

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Disaster Preparedness Training - WTF is that?

by wannabefree in

i'm making plans for next weekend and my wife says she's not available saturday.

"is there an assembly?

" i asked.. no, disaster preparedness course (or something like that) at the kingdom hall.. is this new?

redvip2000

One Witness was so appreciative of the help that when she received payment from her insurance company to cover the repairs to her house, she immediately donated the money to the relief fund so that it could help others in need

This bit was strategically placed in the article to make a point. I wonder though, on what happens if a Jdub has their house rebuilt and then still decides to keep the insurance money.

I suspect they pressure you, or remind you somehow in order to coerce you to pay. It just doesn't fit with the Org's model to help people without having a return.

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Surviving Idiots

by Terry in

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friends

surviving idiots.

there is in every species a "best" at surviving.. .

99.99 % of every species which has ever existed has perished.. .

redvip2000

I live in Texas and I know the border towns are in chaos with more illegals in custody than border patrol officers.

Interestingly enough, i have not heard AOC or any of the other illegal alien apologists explain how exactly we should enforce immigration law or what should be the policy for allowing (or not) people in to the country.

None of them seem to be saying you should let everybody in without control either, so what exactly do they want done? Saying that these folks are just trying escape poverty or violence is nothing new. Well...of course they are. Why else would they come here?

Likewise if a homeless person is breaking in to your home to eat something and take a nap, he is doing that because he is hungry and sleepy. So why don't you let them in? I'll tell you why...because you realize that you have limited resources, and also because you really don't know who this person really is. Why is this so hard to understand?

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Bizarre image that puzzles me -- any tips?

by FatFreek 2005 in

i am a sometimes weather buff and enjoy the various services our national weather service provides.. interestingly, a few days ago (7/26/19 at 6:20 a.m. to be exact) i was looking at our arkansas statewide weather radar image during breakfast.

on that image, something appeared bizarre so i decided to do a screen capture on my samsung tablet.. today, i am still puzzled so i decided to share it with others in the hope that someone may offer solutions to the puzzle.

just below, is that captured (and unretouched) image.

redvip2000

Maybe what is called a hook echo, though to be fair there is usually a connection to the main part of the storm, in this case, it doesn't seem to be visible but nevertheless it's still showing on the southwest quadrant of the storm which is where it usually is.

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Expensive literature cart operation at Newark airport

by truthseeker in

jw
friends

how much do you think it cost to set this up?.

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redvip2000

For that monstrosity at Newark Airport must cost approx. between $500.00 to over $1,000.00. And this, folks, is where also some of the R&F's donation $$$$ is going towards!

Actually i'm willing to bet it's more than that. And I'm pretty certain that the Org requires congregations to purchase these supplies from them. Basically they operate in the same manner as a franchise.

I've wondered if the new videos set ups at each Kingdom Hall is also purchased from the Org.

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I hate it when they say; “Don’t worry, Jehovah will take care of it”

by I believe in overlapping in

i happen to run into a couple of elders and one of their bible studies was with them.

after we said our formal greetings to each other we caught up on each other’s history.

somehow the conversation took a turn into politics.

redvip2000

See, that’s what happens when you stop coming to the meetings, you lose faith in God’s arrangement and lose all hope and just like the bible says, people start becoming fearful of the things coming up the inhabited earth.”

And he is not fearful of things on earth? Does he lock his door at night?

You should ask him if he has a retirement or pension account. If he does, then he is a hypocrite.

In fact this is something we see a lot with JWs. They don't live in a way that indicates they actually believe the world will not last more than a few years. They still go around having kids, buying homes, making long-term investments, etc.

They don't really believe in it. If they really knew the world would end in say 5 years, they would radically change their lives. Any one of us would.