Editing Talk:2473: Product Launch

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Today, June 8, Amazon added a new feature to Ring and Echo devices that would allow them to communicate with similar devices owned by other people, thus sharing the owners' WIFI with each other. Through Amazon's "generosity" they are turning this on by default. No clue as to what the purpose of this feature is? Good or Evil? [https://threatpost.com/amazon-sidewalk-to-sweep-you-into-its-mesh/166581/ https://threatpost.com/amazon-sidewalk-to-sweep-you-into-its-mesh/166581/] [[User:Rtanenbaum|Rtanenbaum]] ([[User talk:Rtanenbaum|talk]]) 15:44, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

: It's a feature, which is good. It's turned on by default, which is evil. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.215.6|108.162.215.6]] 22:59, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

Some of the items that turn up with the note "Citation Needed" are hilarious. In this entry, Wiki is asking for a citation to back up the claim that the survival rate for most product launches is 100%. This sort of tag always adds to my enjoyment of these entries [[User:Paradox|Paradox]] ([[User talk:Paradox|talk]]) 13:46, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
:Ahoy, Paradox! I don't think you intended to make your comment so time-stamped (used liadsa ~s as horizontal-rules?), but do revert this edit if you did. Take care if you didn't.
:Otherwise, I agree that ''in moderation'' the Citation tag works. I personally like the current load here, but bear in mind that Mileages May Vary and others doubtless think less is more. It takes all kinds to make a world, of course. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.98.206|141.101.98.206]] 17:06, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
The theme of foreboding smart device here seems similar to how we don't really know what will happen next regarding AI.  [[Special:Contributions/172.70.110.226|172.70.110.226]] 00:26, 10 June 2021 (UTC)


I think the "one more thing" part of the title text may be a reference to Columbo, who would often lure a suspect into a false sense of security, before hitting them with a 'one more thing' where the hammer drops (in this tech case, that the bad thing is now about to be revealed). [[Special:Contributions/162.158.158.153|162.158.158.153]] 00:28, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Given Cueball had apparently been aiming to give a "threatening" presentation and suddenly had to change it to "non-threatening", I think it's possible he just changed a couple of words in his speech.  The words "surprising and delighting" look a bit odd in the final frame.  I suspect he simply replaced the word "annihilating" with "surprising and delighting", and "a few" with "a staggering number of".  See how that reads to you. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.165.140|162.158.165.140]] 04:13, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Are we missing the difference between "unthreatening" and "non-threatening"? Unthreatening would describe the product in ways that are not threatening. Non-threatening would describe the product in terms of threats, but neither confirm nor deny whether the product would result in such threats. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.33.247|172.69.33.247]] 20:15, 19 June 2021 (UTC)

Actually the best comic in 2021. 10/10, especially the last panel. [[Special:Contributions/172.70.90.28|172.70.90.28]] 16:15, 7 February 2024 (UTC)