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Favoriting September 11, 2017: Scott Heiferman: Alexa Doesn't Love You

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Artist Track Album Approx. start time
Tomas Dvorak  Game Boy Tune   Favoriting Machinarium Soundtrack   
Mark Hurst  Intro   Favoriting   0:02:28 (Pop-up)
Scott Heiferman  The Techtonic Interview   Favoriting   0:06:41 (Pop-up)
Mark and You  Creep of the Week Call-In Segment   Favoriting   0:34:39 (Pop-up)
Tomas Dvorak  Game Boy Tune   Favoriting Machinarium Soundtrack  0:54:55 (Pop-up)
Komischer Läufer  Morgenröte   Favoriting The Secret Cosmic Music of the East German Olympic Program 1972-83, Vol. 2  0:57:14 (Pop-up)


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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:01pm
Michael 98145:

well, hello.
  6:01pm
melinda:

Howdy!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:03pm
Greg from ZONE 5:

Welcome aboard, Mark!
Loved the first Skeptech and am looking forward to the show.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:04pm
Bas NL:

New show! Hello Mark!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:06pm
Michael 98145:

yes, we've been to meetup gatherings ...
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:09pm
Mark Hurst:

Thanks, Greg. Hi Bas! Michael!
  6:13pm
matt:

NP: Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff
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steve:

hey Mark, welcome. i am so onboard. paper + books ftw. also i recently bought a $12 Casio watch just so i can go out and leave my iPhone at home a few days a week.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:13pm
Michael 98145:

my Furby sometimes goes wonky
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:14pm
Mark Hurst:

Steve, totally agree. I'm wearing a $40 Casio watch right now. 10-year battery life and never gets hacked!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:19pm
-Ken:

Hello all!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:25pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

The school district here is screening the Screenagers movie about kids growing up in the digital age. www.screenagersmovie.com
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:28pm
listener james from westwood:

Diggin' the interview thus far!
  6:31pm
JetsFan:

GO Mark!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:32pm
Mark Hurst:

Thanks, James! And thx, Ken - hadn't heard of Screenagers - have you seen it?
  6:32pm
JayC:

Do you listen to your books on Alexa?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:33pm
Mark Hurst:

We're about to get to live call-in. Any questions from the comment board I can take on the air?
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:35pm
-Ken:

Phone number to talk with Mark on the air about EVIL ROOMBAS is 201-209-9368
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:38pm
-Ken:

JetsFan, I am sure you have opinions on this..
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:39pm
dale:

i NEVER thought about the robotoid dirt suckers storing that type of data. do they have little cameras too? the robot lawn mower could also up rise against us.
  6:40pm
wittsend:

23 n me
  6:41pm
kimzilla:

Sounds great Mark!
Written by a DJ Bot
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Doesn't the Shut Up, Weido program own the copyright to Creep of the Week?
  6:41pm
Paul:

They are conditioning us not to think that these things are creepy. It's insane that we buy technology that spies on us, and are happy to do so.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:41pm
listener james from westwood:

Jerry Gergich was right to crush DJ Roomba in that Parks & Rec episode.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
-Ken:

Anybody else have evil home appliances?
Avatar 6:42pm
Jeff:

My watch is powered by a spring. It doesn't need any batteries, and its display doesn't get washed out in bright sunshine.

I can't change the display style or wallpaper, and it can't tell me my heartrate, but I'm actually totally fine with all of that.

My razor has a single blade which touches your face at a time. Available blades are way sharper than the blades in those multi-blade cartridges, while being way cheaper - as little as eleven cents per doublesided blade.


Both of these forms of tech are considered obsolete by some people, but I find them both functional and pleasing.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
dale:

we have a nu wave oven, but it's pretty docile.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:42pm
listener james from westwood:

The secret to acceptance will be kawaii. If they make our machine overlords cute enough, we'll welcome them in.
Avatar 6:43pm
Jeff:

Did everybody see the hilarious story about the Roomba and the poop, complete with hand-drawn illustration?
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
listener james from westwood:

I want to hear from someone with that Nest unit for their home heating/cooling. That seems like a gateway to Internet of Things nightmares.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I've got a Nest thermostat.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:44pm
dale:

so who is stoopid enough to have one of those google home type things? or nest thermostats/alarms/
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
listener james from westwood:

Oh, that Bose data-harvesting thing? No irony intended, but FUCK THAT NOISE.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:45pm
dale:

ken from hp - i didn't really mean 'stoopid.....'
  6:45pm
kotrunga:

That's my uncle!
  6:45pm
Paul:

It's not so much about wanting to be known, we want convenience. We're happy to give up privacy for convenience.
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steve:

only good use of roomba www.youtube.com...
  6:48pm
Indi Young:

I like to "decorate" my experience online with pretty images. I go shopping for things I don't need (flowers, antiques) and then see those things haunting me for weeks. It's nice.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:48pm
melinda:

@steve: haha. I agree it is best used as a cat vehicle.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:49pm
Michael 98145:

the more conflicting data about yourself in those databases, the better.
  6:49pm
Indi Young:

Recently, though, I was "decorating" with light sconces in fun shapes like gryphons, and my partner just started seeing these images in ads on the pages he was visiting at work. (buying equipment) Now he's seeing my "decorations."
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:50pm
melinda:

Yeah, it's weird when items you look at online start following you around. But I've kind of gotten used to it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:50pm
dale:

is he 'my girl, bill?'
  6:51pm
JakeGould:

All the AI for stuff like this now are basically “bias amplifiers.”
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:51pm
BennettCap:

Mark, you have my attention. Great start. A welcome addition to the wfmu lineup.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
dale:

melinda - turn the voice recognition off on your pooter. it got creepy when stuff i was talking about over lunch showed up as amazon suggestions.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:52pm
Michael 98145:

yes, great start, Mark. thanks.
  6:52pm
Journal Square, Jersey City:

Oh I've got a really good one! Robot cheetahs!
Avatar 6:53pm
Jeff:

Found a decent posting of the Roomba poopocalypse story:

www.apartmenttherapy.com...
Avatar 6:53pm
geezerette:

Just found this ten minutes ago. Great addition to lineup!
  6:54pm
Thomas:

awesome show, mark...! congratulations...!!!
  6:54pm
Chris:

Great show Mark!
  6:54pm
Journal Square, Jersey City:

Check you later man!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
BennettCap:

Great start. A welcome addition to the lineup.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
melinda:

Great show concept, looking forward to more!
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:54pm
Bas NL:

Thanks Mark!
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steve:

WFMU is way ahead of the game yet again with a new show like this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
melinda:

Nice theme music too
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
melinda:

agreed steve
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:55pm
Michael 98145:

looking forward to programs on digital photography and the loss of a generation of photographs.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:56pm
Mark Hurst:

Thanks, Melinda! Thanks, Steve! Bennett! Great conversation tonight.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:57pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

I enjoy operating the AC from afar. I don't think the Nest has a microphone. There was a news story this weekend about Tesla sending an over the air (OTA) code update to Floridian's cars to give them extra range to flee the hurricane.
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 6:58pm
listener james from westwood:

Thanks, Mark!
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Mark Hurst:

Great point, Ken. That would make a great creep-of-the-week next week. Shouldn't all the power in our tools be OURS to use (at all times)?
Avatar Swag For Life Member 6:59pm
Mark Hurst:

Thanks, everyone - see you next week!
  7:00pm
mr_mikeK:

Data collection is creepy period. We're looking the other way on this nonsense
  7:03pm
mr_mikeK:

I am in the lost photographs generation. I just came across a hard drive with my honeymoon pics that were lost. But now we don't know what to do with them...buy $200 worth of frames from target and hang them up?
Avatar 🤖 Swag For Life Member 7:54pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

@mr_mikeK - You might be able to get them onto Google Drive in the cloud. I've got a shelf full of photo albums from 35mm film. I haven't thought about digitizing them as yet.
  9:06pm
Moreguinness:

Evening you sexy sexy peoples
  9:10pm
Amy:

Hey Lilith!
  9:11pm
Amy:

Ok ... and Wade
  9:11pm
Amy:

Evening Ms Erma
  9:17pm
Amy:

Hello Dave!!
  9:17pm
Amy:

Hello DEZ!!
  9:46pm
Amy:

Is he using chooch the same way Sarah from Royal Liquors uses chooch??
  11:33pm
Amy:

@davehill Do you have your list of 50 things you want to do before you die?
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