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My Best Buy Geek Squad Fiasco – With a Happy Ending

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AI Voice Assistant Technology Still Sucks

My Best Buy Geek Squad Fiasco – With a Happy Ending

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Posted byZöe
May 12, 2015May 12, 2015

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Before I did hardware tech support for a few years in the early 2000’s, I used to tell people to skip warranties on most items (up to a certain amount of value) because they were just a big insurance scam. Cheap consumer laptops in the sub-$500 are especially bad for coming with 1-3 year warranties…

AI Voice Assistant Technology Still Sucks

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Posted byZöe
May 6, 2015May 12, 2015

“OK Dragon – post ‘I’m too lazy to write this status myself’ to Facebook.” No problem. OK to post “I’m too lazy to write this status myself”? “OK Google – navigate me to Helvetica Nude’s Font of Women, a Strip Club for Typographers.” Turn left onto I-73 and take exit 33 towards I-24 South, then merge…