Can be square, rectangle or circle
And in my head, antennas can live,
Nowadays, people can't live without me
Although, knowing my non living appearance can't deceive.
Who am I?
HINT 1
Internet
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$\begingroup$ We're not expected to know the specific workings of any particular internet service such as Facebook or Twitter are we? I note that there's no knowledge tag. And what happened to the rhyme tag? Was that a mistake? $\endgroup$– MichaelMaggsMay 15, 2019 at 15:19
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Could be a...
router
Can be square, rectangle or circle
routers have these shapes
And in my head, antennas can live,
Some routers have antennae while others are contained within the housing of the router
Nowadays, people can't live without me
Tis true, wired or wireless, and it can be your home router or a public wireless router. Router usage on smartphones helps save those precious cellular data caps.
Although, knowing my non living appearance can't deceive.
If it's working or not, you'll know, be it not having power or showing packet collisions, or your device showing no connectivity to the router you cannot touch or alter (public).
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$\begingroup$ Well, I thought of that but rejected it as it doesn't seem to fit the last clue, nor the apparently incorrect Rhyme tag which has just been removed. $\endgroup$ May 15, 2019 at 15:27
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Is it a
smartphone?
Can be square, rectangle or circle
Smartphones can even be folded now
And in my head, antennas can live,
There is an antenna in every smartphone
Nowadays, people can't live without me
Well, can't deny this one
Although, knowing my non living appearance can't deceive.
I can't see how it relates to smartphones...
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$\begingroup$ You're close, think a little deeper! $\endgroup$ May 14, 2019 at 12:34
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$\begingroup$ Just posted a hint if you want to try again :) $\endgroup$ May 15, 2019 at 14:23
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This one has been driving me nuts. Still not sure about that last line but have a guess.
Is it
Smart speaker devices like Alexa, Echo, and Google Assistant?
It's a long shot but non living made me think of
AI
And deceive
rhymes with lie. "AI can't lie"
I'm very curious what the answer is, though. If I'm wrong, can you give us a hint?
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$\begingroup$ Just posted a hint if you want to try again :) $\endgroup$ May 15, 2019 at 14:23
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Are you thinking of
Glasses?
Can be square, rectangle or circle
Square, rectangle, and circle are the three of the most common lens shapes for glasses.
And in my head, antennas can live,
Might be a reference to Google Glass, which used antennas to communicate, and was made to fit in the space of the glass frames.
Nowadays, people can't live without me
Thanks to advances in technology, people who need glasses can get them relatively easily, whereas in the past only the rich could afford them.
Although, knowing my non living appearance can't deceive.
May be a reference to a quote about sand that I can't think of at this time :/
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$\begingroup$ Just posted a hint if you want to try again :) $\endgroup$ May 15, 2019 at 14:21
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Robots
Justification:
They come in a variety of shapes, many of them are controlled by radio or other antenna-driven control forms, they've become increasingly critical to certain sectors of our economy, but we still don't have any way to make one that actually looks like a human.
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$\begingroup$ Just posted a hint if you want to try again :) $\endgroup$ May 15, 2019 at 14:21
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You’re an:
Online avatar
Can be square, rectangle or circle
Many sites allow you to choose avatar image shape
And in my head, antennas can live
Several use default images of a head with an antenna, eg the Mozilla Common Voice project
Nowadays, people can't live without me
It seems a lot of people can’t, anyway
My non living appearance can't deceive
It’s obvious that I don’t really look like that.
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$\begingroup$ Don’t know where the rhyme tag comes in, though. $\endgroup$ May 15, 2019 at 0:19
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$\begingroup$ Just posted a hint if you want to try again :) $\endgroup$ May 15, 2019 at 14:21
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Maybe it's
Operating System?
Can be square, rectangle or circle
Different shapes of logos, eg. rectangle - Windows, MacOS, circle - Ubuntu etc.
Or different shape of monitors, regular square/rectangular ones, circular as in smartwatches etc.
And in my head, antennas can live,
Android OS' logo has antennas in it's head
Nowadays, people can't live without me
Well, can't deny it. Almost everything now works on some kind of operating system. Computers, phones, cars, even medical equipment
Although, knowing my non living appearance can't deceive.
Not sure about this one, maybe since user can control the OS, he always knows what's going on inside? And since it's computer "program", it does not have capabilities of lying? Farfetched, but it's my only idea right now :)
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$\begingroup$ Just posted a hint if you want to try again :) $\endgroup$ May 15, 2019 at 14:22
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television
Reasoning
Can be square, rectangle or circle
TV’s can be square or circular (older ones) or can be rectangular (modern TV’s).
And in my head, antennas can live,
Modern television don’t have visible antennae, but older ones have ones that stick out of the top (head).
Nowadays, people can't live without me
This is pretty obvious. Many people “live” on their televisions.
Although, knowing my non living appearance can't deceive.
The TV screen shows many different images besides what it really is.
Alternative Answer
Phones for all of the same reasons :)
answered May 15, 2019 at 14:28