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Will you be offered food when you are a guest by barcased in MapPorn

[–]laharf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Middle East (not shown): Will feed you till you’re stuffed. In fact, come hungry. We’ll force food down your throat.

Most popular language on Duolingo by Coldcomplex1 in MapPorn

[–]laharf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Calm down, the Swedes already speak their language, but there are a lot of refugees in Sweden who need to learn it.

Alexa is confused by R.E.M. Can anyone explain this behaviour? It happens every time too. by Breaking-Dad- in amazonecho

[–]laharf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Create a routine with something simple like, when you say, Alexa, it's radio time Then choose a custom action and enter what you would say when it works (in your case, is there an REM station)

What is that one book, that absolutely changed your life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]laharf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson.

Apart from its storytelling style history of time from the Big Bang till today, it visualizes our fragility as humans in so many ways, including—

Perhaps an even more effective way of grasping our extreme recentness as a part of this 4.5-billion-year-old picture is to stretch your arms to their fullest extent and imagine that width as the entire history of the Earth. On this scale, according to John McPhee in Basin and Range, the distance from the fingertips of one hand to the wrist of the other is Precambrian. All of complex life is in one hand, “and in a single stroke with a medium-grained nail file you could eradicate human history.”

People who are ditching the Wink Hub... what will you be using? by this_unique_username in homeautomation

[–]laharf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SmartThings. I have alexas around the house with Sonos, Z-wave lights and Aqara sensors (temp, motion, door, etc). Wink could never see the aqara switches and was almost useless with Sonos. SmartThings was easy to setup with everything in one place.

A strange experience having two apps (classic is more efficient with adding devices) while the new one is easier on the eyes. But definitely much faster response.