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yank the drive and run in case of a fire [emphasis mine], thus your data is still safe

Safe in case of a fire?!

And the hot-plug bays for such a thing are like ten bucks.

This 4-bay enclosure costs over $400, making each slot cost over $100. This 8-bay one is $750...

More importantly, you don't just buy it once — you maintain it. It takes up space. The spinning drive consumes electricity, wears out, produces noise. And none of it is justified — you do not add anything to your data's chances of survival.

.. to improve your data redundancy

You do not improve your data redundancy. That's the whole point.

yank the drive and run in case of a fire [emphasis mine], thus your data is still safe

Safe in case of a fire?!

And the hot-plug bays for such a thing are like ten bucks.

This 4-bay enclosure costs over $400, making each slot cost over $100. This 8-bay one is $750...

More importantly, you don't just buy it once — you maintain it. It takes up space. The spinning drive consumes electricity, wears out, produces noise. And none of it is justified — you do not add anything to your data's chances of survival.

.. to improve your data redundancy

You do not improve your data redundancy. That's the whole point.

I would never trust their drives with anything important.

Nobody with truly important data trusts any drives with anything important. Local and cloud storage have gotten so cheap it's trivial to have multiple backups and RAID redundancy. If I could have a nickel for every person who comes to me begging to help them recover data off a drive which stopped working... Often they're faced with paying a recovery service $500+, all because they were too cheap to spend $80 on an external backup drive, or $20 for a USB flash drive (need to refresh these every few years for maximum safety) or some blank DVDs.

If you have a Gmail account, Google already gives you free unlimited cloud storage of all your photos up to 16 MP. They also let you store videos for free, although I haven't been able to find what the limits are (used to be 15 minutes max per video, but I believe the new limit is just 1080p). If you have Amazon Prime, it also includes unlimited storage of any size photos. And if you subscribe to Office 365, it includes 1 TB of cloud storage. Please, take advantage of these to back up the irreplaceable photos and videos of your wedding, your child's birth, your child's first steps, etc. It's disheartening having to tell people they will have to choose between recovering these precious memories and a half month's rent.

Have a look through the CompSci program at a college. You'll end up with starter books like Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms. Obtuse, boring stuff, but a way to start.

As for starting with C? I suggest you take a look at C# Design Pattern Essentials by Tony Beavis. Just give it a read through. I like C# because it lets you define interfaces and classes in ways which are conducive to modern programming; the point here, however, is to give you an exposure to the ideals of modern OOP. These are tools. You won't understand them or their usage; you'll get the general ideal, though, in enough detail to resolve. Modern programming--and modern OOP particularly--is about building tools that can plug universally into other tools, not about building giant programs. An understanding of the destination will give you a way to frame what you learn as you go, as well as something to question fundamentally, and something to measure yourself against.

OOP isn't the only kind of programming; it's the fundamental type of programming. You want OOP for building large, complex applications; for specific problem sets, you'll want some other paradigm. AI, financial analysis, some mathematical problems, and other such things will be vastly easier to solve and less-ugly when implemented in some other type of programming language--meaning not in C#, and not in something like Java or Python that does roughly the same thing as C#. You could build an airplane out of sails and make it flap its wings or something, but you'd probably want jet engines; yet reciprocating internal combustion engines are the type of engine used in almost everything consuming gaseous or liquid fuel, save for jets and rockets which should not be replaced with reciprocating engines.

Acquiring a fragment of a large basis of knowledge is hard. Programming isn't a thing; certain subsets of programming are things. You aren't going to learn all programming, and you can't just learn programming without understanding how problems in computer science are solved--believe me, I've tried, and I always end up working on computer science problems because they're fun and interesting and... well, because I never learned computer science; these aren't familiar things to me. I should rectify that; a quick acquisition of new tools conveys an enormous amount of power, and problems which seemed daunting become trivial.

When you look at all the books I haven't yet read in my library, you quickly realize the frightening truth: this isn't even my final form.

Have a look through the CompSci program at a college. You'll end up with starter books like Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms. Obtuse, boring stuff, but a way to start.

As for starting with C? I suggest you take a look at C# Design Pattern Essentials by Tony Beavis. Just give it a read through. I like C# because it lets you define interfaces and classes in ways which are conducive to modern programming; the point here, however, is to give you an exposure to the ideals of modern OOP. These are tools. You won't understand them or their usage; you'll get the general ideal, though, in enough detail to resolve. Modern programming--and modern OOP particularly--is about building tools that can plug universally into other tools, not about building giant programs. An understanding of the destination will give you a way to frame what you learn as you go, as well as something to question fundamentally, and something to measure yourself against.

OOP isn't the only kind of programming; it's the fundamental type of programming. You want OOP for building large, complex applications; for specific problem sets, you'll want some other paradigm. AI, financial analysis, some mathematical problems, and other such things will be vastly easier to solve and less-ugly when implemented in some other type of programming language--meaning not in C#, and not in something like Java or Python that does roughly the same thing as C#. You could build an airplane out of sails and make it flap its wings or something, but you'd probably want jet engines; yet reciprocating internal combustion engines are the type of engine used in almost everything consuming gaseous or liquid fuel, save for jets and rockets which should not be replaced with reciprocating engines.

Acquiring a fragment of a large basis of knowledge is hard. Programming isn't a thing; certain subsets of programming are things. You aren't going to learn all programming, and you can't just learn programming without understanding how problems in computer science are solved--believe me, I've tried, and I always end up working on computer science problems because they're fun and interesting and... well, because I never learned computer science; these aren't familiar things to me. I should rectify that; a quick acquisition of new tools conveys an enormous amount of power, and problems which seemed daunting become trivial.

When you look at all the books I haven't yet read in my library, you quickly realize the frightening truth: this isn't even my final form.

Have a look through the CompSci program at a college. You'll end up with starter books like Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Languages: Principles and Paradigms. Obtuse, boring stuff, but a way to start.

As for starting with C? I suggest you take a look at C# Design Pattern Essentials by Tony Beavis. Just give it a read through. I like C# because it lets you define interfaces and classes in ways which are conducive to modern programming; the point here, however, is to give you an exposure to the ideals of modern OOP. These are tools. You won't understand them or their usage; you'll get the general ideal, though, in enough detail to resolve. Modern programming--and modern OOP particularly--is about building tools that can plug universally into other tools, not about building giant programs. An understanding of the destination will give you a way to frame what you learn as you go, as well as something to question fundamentally, and something to measure yourself against.

OOP isn't the only kind of programming; it's the fundamental type of programming. You want OOP for building large, complex applications; for specific problem sets, you'll want some other paradigm. AI, financial analysis, some mathematical problems, and other such things will be vastly easier to solve and less-ugly when implemented in some other type of programming language--meaning not in C#, and not in something like Java or Python that does roughly the same thing as C#. You could build an airplane out of sails and make it flap its wings or something, but you'd probably want jet engines; yet reciprocating internal combustion engines are the type of engine used in almost everything consuming gaseous or liquid fuel, save for jets and rockets which should not be replaced with reciprocating engines.

Acquiring a fragment of a large basis of knowledge is hard. Programming isn't a thing; certain subsets of programming are things. You aren't going to learn all programming, and you can't just learn programming without understanding how problems in computer science are solved--believe me, I've tried, and I always end up working on computer science problems because they're fun and interesting and... well, because I never learned computer science; these aren't familiar things to me. I should rectify that; a quick acquisition of new tools conveys an enormous amount of power, and problems which seemed daunting become trivial.

When you look at all the books I haven't yet read in my library, you quickly realize the frightening truth: this isn't even my final form.

Whoa what alternate reality are you living in where the American left pushes segregationism?

Progressives were at the forefront of segregation and scientific racism (e.g., here).

Isn't it progressives who push housing programs that help low-income residents move into higher-income areas?

Who do you think razed the minority communities, destroyed families, and pushed African Americans into crime-infested housing projects in the first place? Was it laissez-faire Republicans? Libertarian small government type? No. It was, of course, progressives. The same progressives acting on the same impulses that cause them to implement eugenics and segregation half a century earlier.

Isn't it mainstream conservatives who push against and roll back these efforts?

Given how disastrous the last two major progressive attempts to help minorities through meddling with housing were, however, I think there is good reason not to rush into yet another such scheme. However, Republicans seem to be generally support housing vouchers, they just want to add work requirements for those able to work; why is that a bad thing?

Anyway, I'm addressing a bunch of distracting whataboutism, apparently based on fiction.

No "whataboutism" at all. You accused Breitbart of being "white nationalist" and pointed to a specific article. That article, in fact, warned about segregationist tendencies being increasingly mainstream in the US, which is correct. Since you are evidently ignorant of the history, I also pointed out that it wasn't conservatives or libertarians that have been responsible for segregationist tendencies, but progressives; given the close historical connections between progressivism and fascism, that also is hardly surprising.

The way forward is to reject failed progressive policies and adopt a more traditionally liberal approach towards the problems of minorities, namely voluntary assimilation and integration regardless of race or ethnicity, motivated by economic self-interest.

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

I did a whole bunch of research prior to upgrading my computer at work, and it's clear that Apple has *really* botched their latest Macbooks. We're already, what? 5 months post release and the number of available USB-C devices are laughably small. Which I guess makes sense, since they are too damn cheap to provide a sufficient number of USB-C ports on the machines themselves. If you're going to produce a laptop that is essentially useless without an entire drawer-full of external adapters, then you need to have a full lineup of those friggin adapters, hubs, docking stations, etc.

If that wasn't bad enough, the stuff that does exist are garbage. For example, look at the reviews for the HDMI USB-C connector. 1/5. The thing loses connection if you so much as look at it wrong.

And now this nonsense with a $1300 monitor that was explicitly recommended by Apple.

This is flat out unacceptable. Period. The whole point of paying the Apple premium is that you have assurance that everything Just Works(tm). Apparently Apple doesn't care about that anymore.

So my final decision was to buy a refurb of last years model. I get to reuse the existing hoard of adapters I already have, and it still has a normal USB port, magsafe power, HDMI and an SD card slot.

The reason why you haven't seen a flood of printers and scanners, etc. with USB-C is because they simply don't need it.

However, If you had actually done any research, you would know that USB-C is 100% compatible with USB 1.0 to 3.0, and therefore a $6 USB-C to USB-B cable ($8 for the USB 3.0 version) (both completely passive) is all you need to magically transform your existing USB printer, scanner, etc.into a USB-C-compatible device. That's it; no updated drivers, no fancy adapter dongles, NOTHING. Or, you can simply snap a $2.50 PASSIVE USB-C to USB-A adapter onto the end of the existing USB-A cable, and be done with it.

And if you actually have a PARALLEL Printer, you're STILL covered!

So, Problem solved!

As for devices that could benefit with having USB-C natively, either for speed, like HDDs and SDDs, or for convenience (USB Sticks), there are already several choices, with more coming every week. Here's a sample:

https://www.amazon.com/Seagate...

https://www.amazon.com/LaCie-P...

https://www.amazon.com/Samsung...

https://www.amazon.com/Lexar-J...

https://www.amazon.com/SanDisk...

If you have a bare SATA drive, you can either put it in an USB-C enclosure (this one is even a two drive RAID), or use one of these.

And there are even adapters that let you continue to use your existing TB2/ MiniDP adapters, in case you want to keep them.

Or, you can just get one of these sort of things (there are dozens to choose from!), and be done with it, with three more USB-C Ports t

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...

Okay, so it came to 281.97 for the tablet and the dock, but it is still badass.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...?

https://www.amazon.com/gp/prod...

Okay, so it came to 281.97 for the tablet and the dock, but it is still badass.

https://smile.amazon.com/Iron-...

I don't recall paying $4 to rent movies at Blockbuster. Especially for a 7 year old movie at this point. The media industry is just plain greedy, if they offered their product without all the stupid delays, and at a reasonable price, the piracy would be much lessened, but instead they milk every movie for all it is worth.

Congress for years has been delegating authority to agencies to make their own rules.
It has been argued that this is a violation of the US constitution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

The higher courts also defer to the agencies to interpret their own rules and don't review them for constitutionality.
That's apparently known as the Chevron doctrine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....

Benjamin Ginsberg wrote a book about some of that stuff.
What Washington Gets Wrong: The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government and Their Misconceptions about the American People https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E...

He was interviewed recently on C-Span.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?...
http://podcasts.c-spanvideo.or...

see also:
Is Administrative Law Unlawful https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K...
Terms of Engagement https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F...

Congress for years has been delegating authority to agencies to make their own rules.
It has been argued that this is a violation of the US constitution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

The higher courts also defer to the agencies to interpret their own rules and don't review them for constitutionality.
That's apparently known as the Chevron doctrine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....

Benjamin Ginsberg wrote a book about some of that stuff.
What Washington Gets Wrong: The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government and Their Misconceptions about the American People https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E...

He was interviewed recently on C-Span.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?...
http://podcasts.c-spanvideo.or...

see also:
Is Administrative Law Unlawful https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K...
Terms of Engagement https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F...

Congress for years has been delegating authority to agencies to make their own rules.
It has been argued that this is a violation of the US constitution.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

The higher courts also defer to the agencies to interpret their own rules and don't review them for constitutionality.
That's apparently known as the Chevron doctrine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....

Benjamin Ginsberg wrote a book about some of that stuff.
What Washington Gets Wrong: The Unelected Officials Who Actually Run the Government and Their Misconceptions about the American People https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E...

He was interviewed recently on C-Span.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?...
http://podcasts.c-spanvideo.or...

see also:
Is Administrative Law Unlawful https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00K...
Terms of Engagement https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F...

Cadence meters are expensive as hell compared to speedometers.

I guess that is a relative judgement, they seem reasonably priced to me. A couple examples:
* $40 Wahoo Cadence Sensor, which talks to your phone or other bike computers - https://www.amazon.com/Wahoo-C...
* $32 Cateye Strada speed + cadence, a traditional wired bike computer - https://www.amazon.com/CatEye-...

It's about the same price (or more) for similar quality items (ex. from same company even).
I'm pretty sure the cadence ones are more expensive only because they include both speed and cadence (there are very few dedicated cadence meters - in most cases, you either get speed, or speed+cadence). But it's not *that* much more expensive.

Cadence meters are expensive as hell compared to speedometers.

I guess that is a relative judgement, they seem reasonably priced to me. A couple examples:
* $40 Wahoo Cadence Sensor, which talks to your phone or other bike computers - https://www.amazon.com/Wahoo-C...
* $32 Cateye Strada speed + cadence, a traditional wired bike computer - https://www.amazon.com/CatEye-...

It's about the same price (or more) for similar quality items (ex. from same company even).
I'm pretty sure the cadence ones are more expensive only because they include both speed and cadence (there are very few dedicated cadence meters - in most cases, you either get speed, or speed+cadence). But it's not *that* much more expensive.

I thought Amazon's A-to-z Guarantee had a limit on how many times an individual could invoke it in one lifetime. Now that I reread it, it appears that no longer applies, but only clothing, shoes, and goods shipped from outside the country qualified for return postage, not laptops shipped from within the buyer's country. How many laptops do you typically return before finding one with which you're happy?

I thought Amazon's A-to-z Guarantee had a limit on how many times an individual could invoke it in one lifetime. Now that I reread it, it appears that no longer applies, but only clothing, shoes, and goods shipped from outside the country qualified for return postage, not laptops shipped from within the buyer's country. How many laptops do you typically return before finding one with which you're happy?

Wasn't this the reason that AWS came up with "dedicated hosts"?

https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/ded...

https://naldc.nal.usda.gov/dow...

Yup. Quite handy. You can get a hard copy from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Wood-Fr...

It's fast while huge.

If you care about your transactional data, it can't be beat by any other on-premises RDBMS.

But the major reason is Oracle's customers are using web applications built to run on top of Oracle. They buy the web application and then purchase Oracle as the infrastructure.

The reason Oracle is trying to dissuade customers from hosting on AWS is that they're desperate to get those customers hosting on Oracle's own cloud solution. AWS has a slick Database Migration Solution.

to persuade people in a negotiation you need to be able to get some kind of source to be able to prove your claims.

No, there are plenty of techniques you can use. I strongly suggest reading this book, because you are going about it the wrong way. In fact, if you go up to your boss and say, "My salary is below average, here is proof," he'll probably look at your proof for a while, then say, "You are right, my boy. Let's talk about this during your next performance review and see what we can do for you." At the next performance review, you'll get a 2%-3% payraise, if you are lucky. To some degree, facts don't matter during negotiation.

I was thinking maybe people should revisit Sinclair Lewis's It Can't Happen Here

1. 80 Gbps of raw, multifunctional I/O bandwidth. Nearly TWICE that of any other Laptop, regardless of brand, regardless of price.

If it had a port to check my car's tire pressure that would also be a feature that no other laptop has, at any price. In other words: so what?

This falls into the category of shit I don't need and can't use with any equipment i own or am likely to own this year. The multifunctional i/o bandwidth available in other laptops is fine. Apple going to 11 on this feature is all fine and dandy but it lacks the features users actually need and want.

You, sir, are an unmitigated moron.

What you fail to see is that USB-C is truly coming, and coming fast. How long do you think people will keep their 2016 MBP. Well, contrary to the Haters' Claim that all Mac users MUST Upgrade each and every chance they get, because "Ooh, shiny!", most Mac users KEEP their Laptops for an average of five to seven years.

How many USB-A devices do you think will be on the market at that time?

2. 5k Internal Display on 15" model (I think the 13" is 4k?) I believe that is UNIQUE relative to any other Laptop, regardless of brand, regardless of price.

UNIQUE yes. UNIQUELY pointless. Its just more "Innovation" nobody cares about. Do you have 5k content? No? So who cares? At 15" will it look any better than 4k display? No? So who cares?

Ah, the old "My Use Case is EVERYONE'S Use Case" meme. Glad to see you!

This is a PRO Laptop, made for PROs. Guess what? Some of them actually DO 4k/5k video editing and other PRO-level and CPU/GPU intensive-tasks at this point. And again, since Mac users KEEP their computers (because they aren't plastic shitboxes that fall apart after a year), how much 4k and 5k video do you think will be around by THEN???

What a Slashtard.

3. UNIQUE, Custom, Apple-Designed SSD Controller with the highest Read/Write performance in the industry.

I'd far rather a COTS module I can replace in 2 years for $200 for with a 4TB one. I'm willing to give up a few % points of performance for that. My 2011 Macbook pro is still useful to me (my family at least) because I was able to upgrade the RAM and SSD. This new one? Sure its a few points faster ... but its stupidly overrpiced for the marginal improvement in speed, and you're stuck with whatever capacity you get today forever. I don't object to the existence of this tech as an option for people who want it... but does apple give you the option? Nope. If you want an MBP you have to have this overpriced tech whether you want it or not, whether you need it or not, whether you'd be happier with COTS SSD or not.

It's not "just a few points". It's nearly DOUBLE even last year's model, which was already much faster than any SSD you could put in your 2011 MBP. Do I wish it were replaceable? Yeah, sure. But I'm not going to lose sleep over it. Next!

4. Ability to natively drive up to FOUR 4k external displays, plus its internal 5k display, or up to TWO 5k external displays, plus its internal 5k display, more than any other Laptop, regardless of brand, regardless of price.

But no native ability to connect to even one HDMI projector in the customer or hotel meeting rooms without carrying a bag of accessories. Swing and a miss.

Again, you're a unmitigated MORON.

Go to Amazon. No need to carry "a bag of accessories". Just buy something like THIS, or

Point me to a local backup solution that can handle 16TB in a single go.

Pretty much anything?

But mainly it will all work because most backup systems are incremental. I can easily maintain a backup for a 16TB drive because week to wee I'll not have 16TB to back up...

I back out to an offsite drive about once a month. Even then I'll have perhaps 500GB to transfer, which is easily manageable in an evening.

Point me to a cloud backup solution that can handle 16TB

But that's a problem today, and is irrelevant to the size of drives you store things on locally. It's not like having larger drives MAKES you have more data. It's just helpful for storing what you have on fewer drives.

If you have a lot of data and want cloud backups there's just no replacing a station wagon full of hard drives...

Get this and put it under the case you'll already need to get rid of the camera hump.

Try C++: The Good Parts

It's called f.lux. And before they had a binary for Windows, I used to use Cartes du Ciel's "night mode" that turned the display a dark reddish color. Of course, you can always use your video card's color profile manager as well.

Since the real problem is blue light (not just from your PC), you should really get a pair of glasses that block the entire blue spectrum.

Potassium Iodide

My Brainwavez were 1/3 the price, and work very well.

https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref...

Did you compare the Airpods to like devices, or to much better headphones?

Am I noticing a trend here?

I like Scott Meyers's Effective C++, 3rd Edition and Effective Modern C++

I like Scott Meyers's Effective C++, 3rd Edition and Effective Modern C++

The passenger pigeon

If any of you want to read an amazing book about the passenger pigeon and how it became extinct, check this out:

https://www.amazon.com/Feather...

Seriously, this is a great book and surprisingly, a crackling read. It is some story, and beautifully written.

It requires me to wear glasses over my glasses

Or just get clip-ons - https://www.amazon.com/3D-Glas...

It really depends on if the cinematography was done well (same as with wide aspect ratio, color instead of B&W, etc). A lot of action movie garbage is just an upconversion anyway. The movie Hugo was excellent and most Pixar films are done well without being overdone.

Sigh.

"[...] Besides, didn't you ever want to be in a First Contact situation?"
"To tell you the truth, no. There are too many opportunities for mistake, and possibly for dying horribly. Remember Captain Cook."
"Cook?"
"HMS Resolution, Hawaii, Earth? Killed by the natives."
"Oh, him. That wasn't a first contact, that was second."

  -- Alastair Mayer, in The Chara Talisman

https://www.amazon.com/Killdoz...

Okay. Here's a copy for sale on Amazon. Took about five seconds to find.

You seem to have forgotten that the internet also doubles as the world's largest junk shop.