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posted by janrinok on Saturday September 28 2019, @01:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the NSA-approved-accessories dept.

Amazon unveils a couple new Ring cameras that cost less than $100

Alongside the deluge of Echo devices Amazon announced during its autumn hardware event on Wednesday, the company unveiled two new security cameras from its Ring subsidiary: the Ring Indoor Cam and a refreshed model of the Ring Stick Up Cam.

[...] On the software side of things, Ring's cameras and video door bells will soon support a new feature called "Home Mode" that Amazon says will prevent Ring products from recording audio and video while you're home. That will also arrive in November. The company also demoed a feature that will allow the Alexa voice assistant to answer visitors through a Ring doorbell in a "conversational" manner—it could ask a delivery person to leave a package, for instance. Amazon says this will come first to the Ring Video Doorbell Elite (which isn't battery-powered) next year.

[...] Finally, there's the Ring Fetch, which is a connected dog tag and tracker. This lets you geofence your yard and will ping you when your furry friend leaves a set perimeter. Again, Amazon didn't go too hard on the details here but says this will release next year.

Forget Ring Fetch, I'm waiting for the PeopleCam for each family member to wear.


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  • (Score: 2) by Magic Oddball on Sunday September 29 2019, @03:57AM

    by Magic Oddball (3847) on Sunday September 29 2019, @03:57AM (#900158) Journal

    I certainly would go to jail if I didn't do the humane thing and euthanize a dog when it's in the same condition

    No, you wouldn't. You would go to jail if you were convicted of causing suffering via neglect, such as by failing to give the dog food, water, shelter from extreme temperatures, or veterinary care. Nothing would happen if you took your well-cared-for dog to the vet when it was showing signs of dementia, were told that it's not going to get better, then opted to do whatever was possible to make it comfortable at home; that's actually very normal behavior. (That's from a lot of experience caring for far too many dangerously sick or terminal pets over the years.)

    and those who go to court to force so-called palliative care on people who are no longer there mentally deserve the same fate.

    Palliative care is about giving the patient access to whatever counseling, painkillers/medications, food and hydration they need to avoid suffering and to maximize their quality of life. I've been severely dehydrated before (48 hours without fluids as a kid), and it was such a miserable experience that I'd never want to inflict it on someone else. It's even pretty freaking unpleasant to deal with the moderate dehydration that I'm prone to as an adult with weak renal function.

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