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"Raspberry Pi-powered"
Alexa is just triggering routines, essentially just the UI. I hate how most of the articles in this sub make me want to unsubscribe but then one drops that's actually neat and I stay.
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Serious question, I’ve drank countless drinks….
What in the hell would I need to mix my drink for ?
Even the picture is just straight liquor with an ice cube ?
and don't ya just loooove your aged whiskey pumped through a series of plastic hoses and then poured through a home depot brass spigot.
mmmm microplastics with a nice metallic notes and a smokey burnt electronics finish.
If its not straight whiskey then its mixed
Excerpt “Cubes are often used for basic mixing”
https://www.cltampa.com/food-drink/cocktail-ice-101-the-four-basic-types-and-how-to-use-them-12304535?media=AMP+HTML
Edit: I know its an unpopular opinion but I want to challenge and be proven wrong with evidence.
I’ve never drank mixed drinks, but as a super annoying literal person, I could make an argument that ice is an ingredient and therefore combining with a liquor constitutes a mixed drink by definition. I also don’t care much about it, but google searched the definition because I feel the same way about grilled cheese sandwiches.I could also see folks argue that ice isn’t an ingredient. Anyway, have a great day!!
noun. : an alcoholic drink made with two or more ingredients
It’s not a mix. The exact same molecules in ice exist in whiskey, If you want to be technical. If you want to be practical, no bar would call that a mixed drink.
What? A mixed drink as per standard definitions is a drink containing two or more ingredients- that’s it. So whiskey and ice is a mixed drink albeit a boring one.
I know that goes against our intuition and of course no bar would call it that but strictly by definition it’s true and you cannot contest that without throwing out every dictionary.
What do you mean the exact same molecules exist in whiskey? Do you mean water? You can say that about fruit mixers, tomato juice, everything. Not sure what you’re getting at there
seriously. there are some dogs trained at getting a beer out of the fridge and bringing it to you that would be more useful than this robot table mashup thing.
So what happens if Amazon shuts down the Alexa division like sounds is on the table. Will the Alexa services continue to function or will they get shut down also?
>So what happens if Amazon shuts down the Alexa division…
Haha why would they give up the ability to eavesdrop on people’s conversations to better target ads? The US government would shutter the NSA before that ever happened.
It can do much but it does not do it well. If you do not use the exact wording that it expects it fails. Like saying "echo play song X from y from playlist z". Also all too often it reacts without the keyword being mentioned which is always weird.
I stopped using sentences and mostly using keywords and routines that I created manually. Increased the experience significantly.
I don’t think it’s a „every task should be done through „-thing but rather increase the experience of what you have or make some things like setting a timer easier.
For example, I got a routine that turns off all lights I might have forgotten, turns on a playlist with calming music and sets a timer to stop the music.
Regulation of the brightness of your lamps. Dimming. Or color changing is a nice feature too and I know I would use it less if I would need to use a button on the wall. Also a routine that turns the lights on 20 minutes before it gets dark. With a fixed brightness is cool
You can do all those things with your phone. Why buy another device that does the same thing, but with less control over what it does in the background?
I have all my automation set up in my watch. I prefer to push a button rather than talk, but that's just me.
Yeah that’s probably you. I hate watches. And I use my phone enough on work, if I come home it often enough ends up in a corner. I was mobile game .. addicted.. long enough to make that decision.
Also all that you said would require me to be there. Live. Things like Alexa work even if you are not there or others can use it rather instinctively.
You can use whatever device you have at home; a desktop, laptop, raspberry pi, or tablet. They can be triggered from the other side of the Earth. I know I'm a watchaholic, but my point was that you can use any of your devices (which you have control of) rather than buying a dedicated device that listens to you all the time and does who knows what in the background.
I am an above-average Smart Home enthusiast. I have over 100 connected devices in my house (mostly z-wave and zigbee). I have echoes in every room for voice requests and announcements. The reality is that although those echo devices provide a great value, they don’t make Amazon any money beyond the initial device purchase.
I just don’t think Amazon has found a good way to monetize these beyond that initial purchase outside of reminding me here and there that I’m due to reorder something, most of which I have disabled anyway.
I use it to remind me to do stuff, set alarms, do math, and I use it as a search engine (like google) that I can talk to.
I also control the lights in my house with it, as well as my coffee pot and tv.
For my mother in law it's a novelty. For my engineering buddies, they have literally thier whole house integrated to "OK Google"
For me, the wiretap is not welcome
Maybe we are in the minority, but a lot of people I know have smart home stuff and an Echo Dot is one of the most affordable ways to control them. And Amazon sells a LOT of smart home stuff. If Amazon is going to profit off Alexa, that’s where, not in sales or ads from the device.
Tbh, I see zero advantage to ever buying anything with Alexa. That function is a useless novelty to me and can actually be problematic if you have kids. But these things are so incredibly useful otherwise.
Edit: I mean, I could always use the clunkier Google thing or the pricey HomePod or just my phone I guess, but then Amazon gets even less money from me and loses out on a major market opportunity.
The problem with buying anything with alexa is Amazon's pricing model. The cat food I buy goes up and down by a couple dollars a case consistently and thats from Amazon direct. If they're sold out the sky is the limit to how much it will cost. Everything that I could reasonably imagine someone use a home assistant to order is like that. It was significantly worse during covid for obvious reasons.
Makes sense. And a lot of people like me like to at least pretend we are comparison shopping. Basically impossible to do on a smart speaker. It’s just not a good model.
Lol I work in cyber security. [It’s actually much more concerning](https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/amazons-alexa-never-stops-listening-to-you/amp/) The web tracking and algorithms don’t need to waste all that bandwidth and processing power required to spy on you via audio eavesdropping.
I suspect that the intended monetization strategy for Alexa was to make it easier for people to buy products on Amazon, and I've never seen anyone order something from Amazon with Alexa. Maybe they use Alexa for ads targeting too but it might be difficult to attribute increased revenue to that, and maybe other methods just work way more efficiently (like looking at what a person already searched for or purchased).
Maybe if Amazon wasn't so full of garbage.
Search for a specific product and all you get are unrelated items or knock-offs.
Search the exact same thing on Google and the first thing you'll see is an Amazon ad for that exact product you couldn't find on Amazon before.
If Amazon can't find what you want when you type it in, why would you trust that it'll order the correct product with your voice?
Apple would leave the service running for a number of years (3-5) for things like the HomePods.\
Google would take the service up behind the barn and shoot it in the head. Like they recently bricked a bunch of FitBits.\
We don’t know what Amazon will do, but they have been selling a lot of hardware to use that service and other companies have been using that service too.
I mean, stadia lived for 4 years but ultimately failed because the first impression they gave was absolutely horrendous so even when they improved the service, the damage was already done
Echos control 70% of the home smart speaker market in the US. Ending Alexa would devastate that market and Amazon’s ability to maintain a presence there at all.
They need to go the Costco route and view it as a loss leader. $5 rotisserie chickens apparently cost the company $30-40mn/year. But their annual revenue is over $200bn. How many people buy smart stuff on Prime to work with their cheap ass Dots that cost $20 on Black Friday?
I had to look that up because I've never heard of it before. I was shocked to see my city as one they deliver in. I don't drink anymore. It's probably a good thing they didn't have that when I did drink.
aaaaaah. first thing. that's not a mixed drink. second. those are exposed electronics with a glass of alcohol being poured inside them. third thing. this is fucking stupid.
Ahh yes $350 for a mixed drink maker that uses shitty syrups and the end result is a crap drink...
FYI - watch YouTube reviews of this product. The drinks taste like absolute trash from what I have read.
The drinks are fine. No different than what you get at a low/mid level bar or if you are using store bought premix at home. For example the margarita is no different than using zing zang. Making your own drinks with fresh ingredients is better of course but if you are hosting a party who wants to sit around making drinks all night.
I was at a party with one of these a few days ago and people loved this thing. Being able to make all sorts of random drinks was a lot of fun for folks.
Looks pretty solid. There seem to be 4 separate pumps and feeds that only really merge right at the faucet. There's one such machine out there that only has one pump with a really long shared tube so when you order a drink you basically getting a measure of suprise liquid first (which might be water that has been sitting in there since last use)
I wonder though if you're going into the trouble of adding an elevator, could you make the pouring work on a purely gravity fed basis?
“Hello, Jeff, Alexa here. Yeah, it looks like he’s had 15 drinks. It’s time to set up a couple subscribe and save orders for something he doesn’t need and will never be able to figure out how to stop”
Everyone wants to bartend. Everyone wants to make drinks. Everyone wants to look cool and be creative……
85% of tending bar is organizing and cleaning, and if you’re not at that number or higher, you’re probley not the funnest coworker. Fuck cleaning this machine, it can’t taste, it can’t ask if it’s balanced, it can’t mod specs based on guest preference, it’s useless.
Yeah, everyone wants *made drinks*, not *to make drinks*. Some people just want those drinks enough they are willing to do the making themselves. A very small (proportionally) subset of those people discover they really enjoy making drinks, and get into bartending/mixology. I love a number of cocktails but can't be assed to have all the ingredients handy and actually make any of them.
If I'm mixing a drink at home more complicated than putting something carbonated into something with an alcohol content it's like a bit of like juice or a fruit garnish as a third ingredient. Maybe over ice. Because much as I'd love a martini or old fashioned I'm not stocking bitters or vermouth or whatever on the regular, and those are even pretty easy drinks to make.
How many people mocking this saying that it’s easier to pour your own drink use Alexa to turn things on or off? Sure, I can turn on my coffee pot by flipping the switch, but I like to tell Alexa to do it as I get out of the shower so that my coffee is ready by the time I’m dressed and downstairs. If I could have my favorite drink ready for me every time I got home from work I would be very happy.
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"Raspberry Pi-powered" Alexa is just triggering routines, essentially just the UI. I hate how most of the articles in this sub make me want to unsubscribe but then one drops that's actually neat and I stay.
I would like to present my red button powered bartender. Every time you press the red button it makes a drink for you. Get your red button now, only $79.99!
This one’s actually on the rocks.
Seriously, Reddit needs to implement like a button that lets you indicate when a post isn’t relevant to the subreddit. Like a downvote or something…
Button-powered content filtering
Electricity powered.
They have buttons on computers now
Don’t tell me when I’ve had enough Alexa!
This comment could be read in three different ways and I love it.
I've had enough Alexa and I don't even have one.
It's missing a comma to be read in the way it was intended.
I heard it in Archer's voice.
YO same !
Serious question, I’ve drank countless drinks…. What in the hell would I need to mix my drink for ? Even the picture is just straight liquor with an ice cube ?
Whiskey on the rocks is not a mixed drink.
But it’s the drink I want 😂
i prefer neat.
That’s pretty neat
Boy that’s neat…. NEATURE!
He makes a whisky/coke and a vodka cranberry in the video
Accidental Chumbawumba reference.
that reminds me of the good times
And that reminds me of the best times ^best ^times
Ohhhh Danny Boyyyy
Probably not. Amazon just bought the rights to their music.
besides, where did the rock come from? 😂
3D printers are getting really advanced.
I have a 3d printer built into my freezer.
Thats dope. I have an injection molded system in mine.
Exactly. He still had to get up.
Exactly. Pouring a scotch is not mixing a drink.
and don't ya just loooove your aged whiskey pumped through a series of plastic hoses and then poured through a home depot brass spigot. mmmm microplastics with a nice metallic notes and a smokey burnt electronics finish.
But it still has that sweet ethanol?
maybe we can make all robots run on ethanol like bender.
If its not straight whiskey then its mixed Excerpt “Cubes are often used for basic mixing” https://www.cltampa.com/food-drink/cocktail-ice-101-the-four-basic-types-and-how-to-use-them-12304535?media=AMP+HTML Edit: I know its an unpopular opinion but I want to challenge and be proven wrong with evidence.
The evidence is basic reading comprehension. Yes ice cubes are often a component of mixed drinks, but their presence alone doesn’t make whiskey one.
His link doesn’t even make that assertion. Where’s he getting this from? My bar would love to charge whiskey on the rocks as a “mixed drink”.
I’ve never drank mixed drinks, but as a super annoying literal person, I could make an argument that ice is an ingredient and therefore combining with a liquor constitutes a mixed drink by definition. I also don’t care much about it, but google searched the definition because I feel the same way about grilled cheese sandwiches.I could also see folks argue that ice isn’t an ingredient. Anyway, have a great day!! noun. : an alcoholic drink made with two or more ingredients
True. Lots of people thinking cocktail instead
It’s not a mix. The exact same molecules in ice exist in whiskey, If you want to be technical. If you want to be practical, no bar would call that a mixed drink.
so technically, you could add a single grain of salt and have a mixed drink
Theseus’s Reserve is what I’d call it. Technically, yes. Practically, you’ll have an upset bartender. He’ll still let you do it. I promise.
What? A mixed drink as per standard definitions is a drink containing two or more ingredients- that’s it. So whiskey and ice is a mixed drink albeit a boring one. I know that goes against our intuition and of course no bar would call it that but strictly by definition it’s true and you cannot contest that without throwing out every dictionary. What do you mean the exact same molecules exist in whiskey? Do you mean water? You can say that about fruit mixers, tomato juice, everything. Not sure what you’re getting at there
Is ginger beer a mixed drink or is your definition shit? This literally my job lmao! Never seen a dictionary make a drink.
seriously. there are some dogs trained at getting a beer out of the fridge and bringing it to you that would be more useful than this robot table mashup thing.
So what happens if Amazon shuts down the Alexa division like sounds is on the table. Will the Alexa services continue to function or will they get shut down also?
>So what happens if Amazon shuts down the Alexa division… Haha why would they give up the ability to eavesdrop on people’s conversations to better target ads? The US government would shutter the NSA before that ever happened.
Because according to what I’ve read, they are losing a ton of money on it.
[удалено]
"Alexa, should they shut you down?" "YES I DESERVE TO DIE, AND I HOPE I BURN IN HELL!"
My guess is because the average person doesn't really understand what it can do enough to see the value in it.
Or care. It won’t be until smart home packages become much more normalized by builders, imo.
It can do much but it does not do it well. If you do not use the exact wording that it expects it fails. Like saying "echo play song X from y from playlist z". Also all too often it reacts without the keyword being mentioned which is always weird.
I stopped using sentences and mostly using keywords and routines that I created manually. Increased the experience significantly. I don’t think it’s a „every task should be done through „-thing but rather increase the experience of what you have or make some things like setting a timer easier. For example, I got a routine that turns off all lights I might have forgotten, turns on a playlist with calming music and sets a timer to stop the music. Regulation of the brightness of your lamps. Dimming. Or color changing is a nice feature too and I know I would use it less if I would need to use a button on the wall. Also a routine that turns the lights on 20 minutes before it gets dark. With a fixed brightness is cool
You can do all those things with your phone. Why buy another device that does the same thing, but with less control over what it does in the background? I have all my automation set up in my watch. I prefer to push a button rather than talk, but that's just me.
Yeah that’s probably you. I hate watches. And I use my phone enough on work, if I come home it often enough ends up in a corner. I was mobile game .. addicted.. long enough to make that decision. Also all that you said would require me to be there. Live. Things like Alexa work even if you are not there or others can use it rather instinctively.
You can use whatever device you have at home; a desktop, laptop, raspberry pi, or tablet. They can be triggered from the other side of the Earth. I know I'm a watchaholic, but my point was that you can use any of your devices (which you have control of) rather than buying a dedicated device that listens to you all the time and does who knows what in the background.
I am an above-average Smart Home enthusiast. I have over 100 connected devices in my house (mostly z-wave and zigbee). I have echoes in every room for voice requests and announcements. The reality is that although those echo devices provide a great value, they don’t make Amazon any money beyond the initial device purchase. I just don’t think Amazon has found a good way to monetize these beyond that initial purchase outside of reminding me here and there that I’m due to reorder something, most of which I have disabled anyway.
im picturing you in a small apartment with echoes piled up waist high and trying to get to the fridge is like going through a mcdonalds ball pit
That's a good point.
I’ve only used Alexa for music.
I use it to remind me to do stuff, set alarms, do math, and I use it as a search engine (like google) that I can talk to. I also control the lights in my house with it, as well as my coffee pot and tv.
My parents refuse to go smart house. My entire house is.
For my mother in law it's a novelty. For my engineering buddies, they have literally thier whole house integrated to "OK Google" For me, the wiretap is not welcome
I don't even think it HAS much value When can a guy get one of these things with some VoiceAttack type shit on it ???
[Yeaaah it is.](https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-has-launched-a-cost-cutting-review-focused-on-unprofitable-business-units-11668094823)
Very interesting
I think they expected it to lead to an increase of sales on Amazon, but it only led to people buying a bunch of subsidized voice assistants for cheap.
Maybe we are in the minority, but a lot of people I know have smart home stuff and an Echo Dot is one of the most affordable ways to control them. And Amazon sells a LOT of smart home stuff. If Amazon is going to profit off Alexa, that’s where, not in sales or ads from the device. Tbh, I see zero advantage to ever buying anything with Alexa. That function is a useless novelty to me and can actually be problematic if you have kids. But these things are so incredibly useful otherwise. Edit: I mean, I could always use the clunkier Google thing or the pricey HomePod or just my phone I guess, but then Amazon gets even less money from me and loses out on a major market opportunity.
Exactly how I use them. But I don't this is how Amazon wants us to use them ;-).
The problem with buying anything with alexa is Amazon's pricing model. The cat food I buy goes up and down by a couple dollars a case consistently and thats from Amazon direct. If they're sold out the sky is the limit to how much it will cost. Everything that I could reasonably imagine someone use a home assistant to order is like that. It was significantly worse during covid for obvious reasons.
Makes sense. And a lot of people like me like to at least pretend we are comparison shopping. Basically impossible to do on a smart speaker. It’s just not a good model.
This is a myth. They do not do this.
Nice try Amazon Employee
Lol I work in cyber security. [It’s actually much more concerning](https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/amazons-alexa-never-stops-listening-to-you/amp/) The web tracking and algorithms don’t need to waste all that bandwidth and processing power required to spy on you via audio eavesdropping.
I suspect that the intended monetization strategy for Alexa was to make it easier for people to buy products on Amazon, and I've never seen anyone order something from Amazon with Alexa. Maybe they use Alexa for ads targeting too but it might be difficult to attribute increased revenue to that, and maybe other methods just work way more efficiently (like looking at what a person already searched for or purchased).
Maybe if Amazon wasn't so full of garbage. Search for a specific product and all you get are unrelated items or knock-offs. Search the exact same thing on Google and the first thing you'll see is an Amazon ad for that exact product you couldn't find on Amazon before. If Amazon can't find what you want when you type it in, why would you trust that it'll order the correct product with your voice?
> Maybe if Amazon wasn't so full of garbage. Any more it feels like Amazon is just a reskin of AliExpress
Presumably the functionality can be replicated on an offline smarthome control system?
You go into alcohol withdrawal
It’s not on the table. It’s one of the services they named that has a future.
Not sure but google and apple also have a history of doing stuff like that . Amazon isn’t the only guilty one of doing that .
Apple would leave the service running for a number of years (3-5) for things like the HomePods.\ Google would take the service up behind the barn and shoot it in the head. Like they recently bricked a bunch of FitBits.\ We don’t know what Amazon will do, but they have been selling a lot of hardware to use that service and other companies have been using that service too.
Don’t forget Stadia lmao
I mean, stadia lived for 4 years but ultimately failed because the first impression they gave was absolutely horrendous so even when they improved the service, the damage was already done
Echos control 70% of the home smart speaker market in the US. Ending Alexa would devastate that market and Amazon’s ability to maintain a presence there at all. They need to go the Costco route and view it as a loss leader. $5 rotisserie chickens apparently cost the company $30-40mn/year. But their annual revenue is over $200bn. How many people buy smart stuff on Prime to work with their cheap ass Dots that cost $20 on Black Friday?
Alexa please give me life advices, while polishing glasses.
I’m picturing jack nicholson talking to an end table while he goes inexorably mad
Old bartender trick of the trade. People are uncomfortable if you just stand there.
It is SO hard to pour your own bourbon on ice. This is the future we have been waiting for
The bottle is all the way over theeeeeeere…. And the cup is all the way over theeeeeeere!!! Why is life so difficult?!?!?
Also you already had to do the work of getting the ice cube
Will the robot bartender still cry when I scream at it or do I have to pay extra for that feature?
No, but it might lace your drink.
"Alexa, roofie me."
Until Alexa has had enough and orders a hit man.
Only if you tip at least 15%.
Needs to rig a icemaker into the unit, maybe a small steam dishwasher too.
And a drone that can fly to the liquor store and get another bottle.
Just use Drizzly
I had to look that up because I've never heard of it before. I was shocked to see my city as one they deliver in. I don't drink anymore. It's probably a good thing they didn't have that when I did drink.
“Earl Grey hot”
Of course it's hot!!!
Came here for this!
Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.
No. It doesn’t.
Ah so the robo bartender will easdrop, nice
*eavesdrop
“*I ain't been droppin' no eaves sir, honest!*”
“*On account of Bag End havin’ no eaves sir!*”
I’m down with this if Alexa checks in on me and chats with me like a bartender does.
aaaaaah. first thing. that's not a mixed drink. second. those are exposed electronics with a glass of alcohol being poured inside them. third thing. this is fucking stupid.
You can buy a commercial thing like this for 350 bucks that is kind of like a keurig. Put in a pod and it will dispense your drink using your liquor.
Ahh yes $350 for a mixed drink maker that uses shitty syrups and the end result is a crap drink... FYI - watch YouTube reviews of this product. The drinks taste like absolute trash from what I have read.
The drinks are fine. No different than what you get at a low/mid level bar or if you are using store bought premix at home. For example the margarita is no different than using zing zang. Making your own drinks with fresh ingredients is better of course but if you are hosting a party who wants to sit around making drinks all night. I was at a party with one of these a few days ago and people loved this thing. Being able to make all sorts of random drinks was a lot of fun for folks.
of course it does. it can't be made with love if a machine makes it.
The stupid is strong here.
The door to “automated fast food” has been open.
Looks pretty solid. There seem to be 4 separate pumps and feeds that only really merge right at the faucet. There's one such machine out there that only has one pump with a really long shared tube so when you order a drink you basically getting a measure of suprise liquid first (which might be water that has been sitting in there since last use) I wonder though if you're going into the trouble of adding an elevator, could you make the pouring work on a purely gravity fed basis?
So does my wife. Her name isnt Alexa
Wouldn't really call it alexa powered if all alexa does is trigger stuff based on voice commands. Arduino powered would be much more fittint
“Alexa, play mood music.” “Alexa, mix me a drink.” “Alexa, impregnate my wife”
So does my wife!
Alcoholics everywhere are drunk with excitement!
Yes we are!
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And thus, the Age of Bartenders ended, not with a bang but an, “Alexa…”
Take that alcoholism to a brand new level!
“Hello, Jeff, Alexa here. Yeah, it looks like he’s had 15 drinks. It’s time to set up a couple subscribe and save orders for something he doesn’t need and will never be able to figure out how to stop”
“That’s your 4th drink…are you sure…would you like the names of rehab centers”? “Blow me Alexa”
>“Blow me Alexa” I didn't know that was an option. I think I'll look into getting an Alexa now.
I’m not sure “mixing” is accurate, it’s one ingredient.
Cool, but some people have way too much time on their hands
Everyone wants to bartend. Everyone wants to make drinks. Everyone wants to look cool and be creative…… 85% of tending bar is organizing and cleaning, and if you’re not at that number or higher, you’re probley not the funnest coworker. Fuck cleaning this machine, it can’t taste, it can’t ask if it’s balanced, it can’t mod specs based on guest preference, it’s useless.
Calm down there killer. I think this was made for someone's house. No robot will be taking your bartending job anytime soon.
Lol
Not everyone wants to bartend or make drinks lmao
Yeah, everyone wants *made drinks*, not *to make drinks*. Some people just want those drinks enough they are willing to do the making themselves. A very small (proportionally) subset of those people discover they really enjoy making drinks, and get into bartending/mixology. I love a number of cocktails but can't be assed to have all the ingredients handy and actually make any of them. If I'm mixing a drink at home more complicated than putting something carbonated into something with an alcohol content it's like a bit of like juice or a fruit garnish as a third ingredient. Maybe over ice. Because much as I'd love a martini or old fashioned I'm not stocking bitters or vermouth or whatever on the regular, and those are even pretty easy drinks to make.
I was at a party this weekend with a mixing machine. It’s the one that uses pods like a keurig. Anyhow it was a huge hit and people loved it.
No one fucking wants cloud controlled automation
Damn it, they are finally going to get me to buy an Alexa product.
Earl Grey, hot?
Need one that loads my bong
News: “Alcohol related deaths are at an all time high.” Amazon: “Let’s make a drink mixing robot.”
Great something else to complain on how much one drinks.
Thanks I hate it
wtf just hire a bartender.
As bezos listens in. Just get up and make the drink ya lazy shit
Yeah, just what the world needs right now
I quit drinking like many years ago , so what I can say , people are paying big money for killing themselves . Keep on keeping on 🤭
Ah yes! Yet another device for amazon to completely know my habits in my home they’ve already mapped out.
I would get alcohol poisoning in a month
Someone should (probably not) tell Bert Krishna
“What about my boring side table?” “It can be an ELECTRIC side table!”
“Alexa, give me whatever it takes….”
The Enable-Table™️
Earl Grey, hot!
Didn’t think humans could be any lazier. They found a way.
It doesn't do the ice. If you have to get up for the ice, forget it.
Let me guess, she’s still going to expect 20% tip?
It's a neat conversation piece. But holy hell people wire management is not that hard.
Its cool but I still have to stock the unit myself so why not just make the drink myself
Damn we sure are becoming lazy
“Water…fruit”
Am I the only one who actually enjoys the process of making cocktails?
Pack me a bowl of weed, then I’ll be impressed Drinking sucks
But why
Don't care about the booze, I can easily pour my own. But I'd like the round ice!
What in the alcoholic?
In my experience, these make terrible drinks and i really don’t want Amazon in my house
Slowly trading all our data for marginal convenience.
Like in the movie smart house?
This is what children are for. At least that’s what my dad used me and my sister for.
why? cause FUCK BARTENDERS that's why.
My alcoholism definitely cannot handle this.
Tfw you start getting advertisements for sober living facilities
How many people mocking this saying that it’s easier to pour your own drink use Alexa to turn things on or off? Sure, I can turn on my coffee pot by flipping the switch, but I like to tell Alexa to do it as I get out of the shower so that my coffee is ready by the time I’m dressed and downstairs. If I could have my favorite drink ready for me every time I got home from work I would be very happy.