Word of the day... Perturbation: "a deviation of a system, moving object, or process from its regular or normal state or path, caused by an outside influence."
TIL that I enable perturbation in others; I am their outside influence.
@AmazonKindle when reading a Spanish book on Kindle and selecting to translate something to English, es muy frustrante when I have to select Spanish from a too long "drop down" over and over and over again. Especially when that list isn't organized logically. At all. 😠
@alexa99 please give me an option to turn off "by the way" and "did you know" prompts, and most definitely any holiday prompts like the one I'm responding to that remlnd me I'm in a religious minority.
People do that enough, I don't need devices doing the same thing.
I pretty much say "thank you" and return the wishes when someone offers kind sentiments for a holiday that wasn't part of my upbringing.
But @alexa99, you keep getting MORE intrusive and I'm actually offended, during Passover, that you want me to sleep in tomorrow.
It gets worse. Now @alexa99 is sending me notifications asking if I'd like to follow an author. I'm SERIOUSLY considering unplugging them (I have 5) & maybe selling them in 5 years as antiques. I paid for them, and for Prime. I don't need more advertisements interrupting my day.
Could you imagine the computer on the Enterprise saying "By the way, did you know [something irrelevant to the querent]?"
It would be deactivated.
Can @alexa99 please be so kind and STOP offering unsolicited annoyances?
I'm nearly ready to unplug. And I was an early adopter.
@TheProblem @AppleTVPlus Just discovered your show and went back to this past episode. I'm jealous of how incredibly calm you remained through this interview, and how clearly she defined exactly what Arkansas and the GOP was doing in passing this law. Thank you, @jonstewart, for sharing your gifts.
Could you imagine the computer on the Enterprise saying "By the way, did you know [something irrelevant to the querent]?"
It would be deactivated.
Can @alexa99 please be so kind and STOP offering unsolicited annoyances?
I'm nearly ready to unplug. And I was an early adopter.