Posts by zathraslives

OK Google, Alexa, why can't I choose my own safe, er, wake word?

Russian Lit. FTW!

Given that I can get Assistant to trigger on my phone by saying "OK Gogol" as well as "Oh, say Gogol",

I'm not buying the official explanations for not being able customize it. If I can use one russian author, I should be able to use any. Given the option, I'd go with Chekov, because his hair was awesomely Beatle-bad in early Season 2 of ST:TOS.

Forget Khan and Klingons, Star Trek's greatest trick was simply surviving

Indeed.

You forgot to mention self-opening/closing doors and the bluetooth communicator, which is my personal favorite.

TOS inspired people to invent the future, which is rather the point of the genre. The fact that the show was somewhat cheesy is simply gravy in my book.

Appliance-maker Liebherr chillin' with Microsoft, prototyping another Internet fridge

What could possibly go wrong?

I'm sure the end result will contain no encryption; forced system updates will arbitrarily disable the ice dispenser and it won't cool or freeze anything without an internet connection; but it is clear that THIS is the killer app that fridges have always lacked. Sign me up for two.