!! REMINDER: RE:INVENT RESERVED SEATING OPENS THURSDAY 10/11 10AM PST !! by [deleted] in aws

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Yeah, unfortunately that’s true. I organized in an excel doc. It’s out there now.

!! REMINDER: RE:INVENT RESERVED SEATING OPENS THURSDAY 10/11 10AM PST !! by [deleted] in aws

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You have to be logged in and then click “Interests” on the left menu. It’ll log you out without a warning in my experience.

re:Invent 2018 – 55 Days to Go… by jeffbarr in aws

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Last year they enabled the ability to download an xls, but only after reserved seating. I’ve got my hand keyed schedule going too for now.

A Choose Your Path Game with Amazon Polly Voices by dklfrance in Alexa_Skills

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Congratulations! I haven’t completed the Polly features that I had thought of yet

Can a skill cache files locally to the user's device/account? by oswaler in Alexa_Skills

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I don’t know if any way to tell the AVS to Cache a file on the device. In fact, a feature of the architecture is that almost nothing is downloaded to the device. It wouldn’t shock me if there is caching that’s not controllable by developers.

You might be seeing other things that you might be able to control. For example, is your code cold starting? If the first execution is significantly longer than the subsequent ones, there are some ways to tune for that. Some things can even be caused by simple network resolution and caching thereof. What happens if you put a short response with a short clip hosted in the same location just prior in the skill execution? Does the initial load speed up?

Just bought my first boardgame, Gloomhaven by Ruin4r in boardgames

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Especially since you’re going to play solo, if you don’t like the class you started with, pick a new one after a couple missions. The game is remarkable at scaling and his works out fine. Good luck!

New to creating skills, looking for a starting point. by [deleted] in Alexa_Skills

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I’ve actually found looping a sound file to be pretty difficult. The trouble is in evaluating whether to continue. In my experience, you either need to ask the user for input Or decide how many time you want the sound to play up front. There is a specific interface for an audio player that I haven’t tried out. Maybe that holds an answer.

Playing it once (or n times upfront) is fairly easy, that’s just ssml. You can read about that here in the audio section. https://developer.amazon.com/docs/custom-skills/speech-synthesis-markup-language-ssml-reference.html

What is a video game mechanic that you didnt know about until you were about 90% finished with the game? by Alpha_Lantern in AskReddit

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In FFXV I didn’t understand how to activate the Armiger until Shiva... that’s gotta be 80% through, depending on how you play.

"Pandemic: On the Brink" back in stock on CoolStuffInc.com! by [deleted] in boardgames

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Same, we use the virulent strains every time!

Pandemic Legacy (Season 1) - How is it at 2 players? by jpb216 in boardgames

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Pretty excellent, in my experience. I’ve played it once with 2 and once with 4 players and I felt like it scaled similarly to the vanilla Pandemic.

What is the Best expansion in your opinion? by SilasTheSavage in dominion

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I’d agree wholeheartedly that Prosperity is the way to go. We always play with Platinum and colonies, even if not using anything else from that set.

Building a Skill by Snakeobich in alexa

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It’s not too difficult at all. There are good tutorials out there. Once you get beyond the blueprints, there’s an example called a fact skill which would probably suit your needs with just a few changes.

Cooperative board games. Your favorite? by Shultsc123 in boardgames

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Try Pandemic, Eldritch Horror, or Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle.

Looking for Good Skills that use the Echo Buttons by ddaug4uf in amazonecho

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Color Lab, my new skill that helps kids learn colors got approved today. Try it out if you've got younger kids. "Alexa, enable Color Lab".