I thought the strategy was to lower prices at WF so shouldnât that have maintained or increased foot traffic? Granted, I donât go to WF so I wouldnât know how that is different really from a Safeway or a Luckyâs.
Lately he has bought a bunch of LED recessed light housing kits, bathroom exhaust fans, a utility sink, and some drills. We share the same Amazon account so I can see what heâs buying. 
Oh, interesting. What kind of bathroom exhaust fans? I thought everyone uses Panasonic whisper fansâŚ
Yup, all Panasonic.
Wow, that much cheaper than even from the local chinese places?
I donât know about pricing but he frequents the Chinese places often as well. Perhaps itâs just more convenient for him to get it shipped directly.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TJAGO4/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s01?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I believe I paid about the same or maybe a bit more for a similar model but keep in mind I probably needed it there and then. The thing is, I have a regular job so when things come up at the properties that means I have to do them during the weekends or have my handymen do them and they are not necessarily free all the time too. For sure, if I can plan it out ahead of time Amazon sounds like a great option.
WS thinks Amazon has found a way to out-maneuvre the smartphone paradigm at home 
Apple has moved too slowly with Siri⌠take so long to come up with AirPods and HomePodsâŚ
Suddenly the fight is now in the home??? Smartphone is only used at home? Can Echo follows us outside?
Alexa can easily be an app on iPhone. Siri is pretty useless. People only use it as a joke, because of how bad the responses are. I donât get how Siri is so bad, and Apple hasnât done anything about it.
Has you been using Siri lately? Just want to know whether your experience is few years or few months or few weeks or few days old 
Software companies are following Steve Jobsâ opinion that âpeople who are really serious about software should make their own hardwareâ (Alan Kayâs quote).
Frankly, I canât comprehend why WS is so excited about Echo. AirPods are ultra mobile , combo with Apple Watch (or any iOS devices), you can give voice commands to any IoTs anywhere and anytime.
I tried to use it when I first moved to Seattle. It was completely incompetent at getting me directions to places. It automatically wants to give you the closest business with a name close to what you said. You canât even say business name on xyz street. Itâs too dumb to realize what youâre trying to do. Thatâs pretty basic stuff that it fails badly. Using Siri just results in profanity and me wanting to throw my phone.
That would be 3 years ago?
February of this year. It was utter garbage.
That would be 7+ months ago.
You might want to test Siri again, Siri is better in iOS 11
Apple says it doesnât care about seeing its usersâ data, so all the inference is done locally on an iPad or iPhone. That may be the Achilles heel of Siri in some regards. While it can gain skills, itâs limited to the data on your device â a pro for folks who are worried about security, but a con for those who want a smarter voice assistantâŚ
Iâd consider myself skeptical. Itâs been around for how many years now without significant improvement? Maps hasnât gotten a lot better either. I honestly donât know anyone that uses Apple maps over Google. Waze was popular then Google bought them.
if all you wanted was directions you should have used Waze.
Guess you mean you donât know me in real life Has always used Apple maps. And Siri occasionally because I donât talk much, ask wuqijun who talks a lot.