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Re:All New Amazon Echo Dot by true_religion on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @04:17PM (#12500876)
Not old enough. I live in a house with a dumbwaiter so late night snacks can easily be sent back to the kitchen with a click of a button.

Other things that were great, and I now miss---vaccum tubes in offices. Sure you don't need them to send messages, but if you want to send anything physical, however small, now you have to walk.

Oh and I certainly miss the bell system, where you could stand in the living room and ring a bell in any room in the house to tell the occupants that dinner was ready.

Re:All New Amazon Echo Dot by GBond on Wednesday September 14, 2016 @09:28PM (#12502685)
So what you are saying is you prefer a dumbwaiter over a smart home.