1. Invited to play physical game with friends 2. Only wanted to play a specific game which had no takers 3. Decided to play by self 4. Found that laborious 5. Automated humans out of the equation entirely 6. ???
To me, it seems like it actually was:
1. Had a Hungry Hungry Hippos game
2. Thought it would be a fun project to automate
3. Wrote a funny setup for the post
4.???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB0nCFxV3PQ
Try asking "tell me a hippo fact" to learn more about them
Which begs the question, how do they broadcast "Alexa, ..." on TV shows so that it doesn't set my Echo off?
To save a click:
> Apparently, the Alexa commercials are intentionally muted in the 3,000Hz to 6,000Hz range of the audio spectrum, which apparently tips off the system that the “Alexa” phrase being spoken isn’t in fact a real command and should be ignored.
itqwertz•5mo ago