Trump just says stuff because he doesn't actually know how anything works. Business included. He's a complete moron who just got handed a silver spoon at birth. His apparent success should not be any indication he has a clue how anything other than bribing works in the world. He know nothing about politics, nothing about business, nothing about people, nothing about the world. He's gotten were he is simply because of money.
Sounds like every US president ever. What exactly was your point?
Current President excluded, unless you think food stamps as a kid count as a silver spoon. In fact, I have a strong suspicion that aside from GW Bush and a handful of others from long ago, most were actually accomplished people.
NBC, ABC, CBS, CWTV, MTV, Disney, and more offer streams of recent episodes of their prime time shows with commercials of course or possibly without or with more content for a small monthly fee. Netflix isn't what it used to be but there are plenty of other options, right now aside of from the netflix originals they don't have anything I can't get on hulu or free and legal somewhere else, I cut cable TV a few years ago when all those stations started offering their prime time shows and haven't really felt like I was missing anything.
Sorry, commercials are a showstopper for me. YMMV, of course, but Hulu doesn't come close to what I use Neflix for. Which is probably why they're doing so well.
Expect to see pushback from the agencies saddled with these. It's a solution in search of a problem -- there are already myriad ways to secure guns. We don't need a bunch of extra points of failure built into the guns themselves.
If there's any way to have the GOP disagree with something, all it takes is for Obama to support it and they'll find a reason to hate and reject it.
So smart gun critics rejoice, by Obama adopting it expect all GOP to come out against them.
Thanks for the detailed breakdown of liability chain... very interesting.
Still don't know why more C&P hasn't been adopted yet from a retailer standpoint... if they're liable and the hardware exists - why do I still see swipe machines everywhere with no chip readers alongside?
And in the case of breaches, when the company (in my case Tmobile) automatically signs you up for credit protection for X months, then the credit monitoring agency (Experian) decides to start billing you for $40/month because your "freebie" is over - when I'd never have needed the monitoring (or even wanted it), it just feels like I'm being made a victim because I was previously victimized.
$500? For a low-spec computer with 64 gb hd and no operating system?
I can't imagine why somebody would want this.
Intel does - so you don't buy a $69 AppleTV or $35 Chromestick.
Of course, if you simply must run apps written for Windows, then Intel is your only real option (though tbh, I thought that era ended before Obama was elected).
...is to get a commercial display. No smart IOT OS crap to get bloated, infected or ignored when the next 4k model comes out. Hook whatever inputs you want to it and have your intelligence there.
Interesting - so how do you switch inputs? I take it this requires a receiver or some other HDMI/etc input switcher with remote? They do cost a lot more - you can get an LED 4k 40" screen for like $300.
I'll add more disagreements with Outlook that I've been complaining about since Mac Outlook 2011
1) Mac versions *still* can't send in future (i.e., I know someone's in a meeting, I want them to see my mail pop up right as they get back to their desk 30m later without... waiting) Windows Outlook has this, Mac doesn't. 2) Just the other day my location bar dropdown stopped working (was curiously right after an update, and yes, I have rebooted since). This just sucks - I want my old meeting rooms and webex fixed URLs handy when I'm booking meetings! 3) Still no ability (without a hack) to put bulleted lists in email replies. Seriously?!? 4) No ability to email my calendar availability (again, Win Outlook can do it, Mac OL can't) 5) Want to search multiple folders? Needs a 2nd click (i.e., I want to find an email either in my send or inbox, but that takes an extra 2 clicks). In Windows, you can default your search preferences.
No you don't pay for Binge On, but I bet that T-Mobile gets a kickback from HBO, Netflix, Hulu for those better speeds. And this is exactly what a violation of net neutrality is. Now the "little guy" who wants to have a streaming service gets kicked to the bottom rung because they didn't pay for premium delivery by T-Mobile.
I bet you're wrong. Wonder who wins. I bet I win:) See how "betting" on shit you don't know works?
Bernie Sanders is giving non-newspeak as well, just without the hate. The fact that hate sells better is what shows the breakdown. The American people are hateful little pricks.
Trump is both hate and bullshit (he says some stuff that is blatantly not true, or even possible). He does bring loads of his own cash though so the media keeps giving him a free pass.
That works fine for trains and boats, but here on roads we need to occasionally stop.
In cities we need to stop a lot, therefore the pollution from engines is worse. A steam or stirling engine isn't going to help much here when I need power right the heck now, not in five minutes when the engine heats up. Hybrid engines are more smooth on power use since you can divert energy into the batteries and get it back quick without taxing the gas engine. Even trains do this.
But in that case, you might as well go full electric and eliminate the heat engine entirely.
^ This. If the entire country were converted instantly to Hybrid, the pollution would likely be much better than the slightly higher MPG improvement of a hybrid (usu 1.5 - 2x) would indicate. Mainly because of start/stop capabilities (i.e., zero or minimal emissions while idling or below 15mph) and the flat-torque-curve of the electric motor.
A wouldn't own a non-hybrid/electric car if they made a hybrid or electric minivan that was sold in the US.
Amusingly, as before, Microsoft's main competitor to Win is an older version of Windows. At some point, Win10 will be required for latest games and Slashdot will really care. Till then the best advice seems to be "stay on Win07 and avoid helpful updates that turn on telemetry".
I own a relatively newer model Samsung fridge. I bought it as a floor model, and because of that, they gave me a free three year warranty. After I had the fridge for about 18 months problems showed up.
It took five or six visits from three different onsite techs to finally fix it. They replaced almost the whole fridge. They definitely replaced all the computer boards(there are three or four) at least once and some twice. Each time when I would sign the paperwork, acknowledging what they had done, I looked at the cost of parts and labor. I was stunned. I realized they could have just replaced the fridge with a new one after the third visit.
When they called me to see if I wanted to get an extension on the warranty, I said "By all means!"
Sounds pretty cheap for Samsung to have you as a beta tester... Personally, I'm happier without any non-refrigeration related functionality in my fridge. I'd pay a bit more for, say, a visible exterior light that indicated when the fridge wasn't properly closed (older french-door type models have this issue occasionally).... but then again, that's a refrigeration specific functionality.
they've got the wrong kind of bandwidth, so you get crummy service outside of major cities or inside buildings/garages. That's why they've been pushing wifi calling and it's enabled on their devices. That's what makes AT&T & Sprint so big. Tmobile bought up some spectrum recently so we might see some improvements, hard to say (I don't know enough about spectrum and what else they could use it for).
It's totally worth it for me. I pay $15/mo, all 10 of my lines can call mobile phones in like 70 countries including France, India and Mexico.
Plus the consistent billing is like suddenly dsicovering you're cured from lifelong irritable bowel syndrome. Seriously no bill anxiety, no worries about overage at all. When I was in France last year I worked (voice, text, data+tether) like I was simply in a remoter part of the US. With very very minimal costs and all unlimited.
I've tried Sprint twice in my life separated by at least a decade. Both times, service was terrible. The most recent time, Sprint was literally an order of magnitude slower than Verizon at downloading while standing on Market Street in the middle of downtown San Francisco. (No, I don't work for Verizon.)
I was fully expecting this level of data coverage/service from T-mobile when I switched a couple of years ago in 2013 but *that* desperate to get away from AT&T and Verizon (wife and I had separate carriers at the time). It was a godsend - of special note was the HD Voice - which T-mobile rolled out back in 2013 for iPhone5 and other phones - what was usually a shoutfest during commute hours on the way home turned into a much more enjoyable experience.
T-mobile isn't perfect - spotty rural coverage and in-building coverage (like say no coverage inside an Ikea or museum, but no problems in my office building). But honestly I don't spend much time outside a metro and T-mobile says they're working on it (bought some 700Mhz spectrum which should improve the indoors coverage).
Looks like the big 2 (VZ, ATT) are realizing that "being the best" or "being the biggest" aren't good enough for most folks when they can get service much much cheaper (and with switcher discounts to boot). And in some cases the service being offered by Sprint and T-Mobile are even better than the big 2.
3 years ago me and a dozen of my closest colleagues were on AT&T and Verizon. Now, I'd say about half are on T-Mobile (including me) and one is on sprint. Sure, this is an anecdote, but I also personally have 10 people on my plan (including friends) and the billing has been pretty much no-nonsense (simply no overages) and rock solid.
I've touted the benefits of T-Mobile before, but even it T-Mobile became twice as shitty I'd never go back to AT&T with their regular data overages and Verizon with it's crazy share plans that would make a family/friends plan a nightmare.
Of course, you also need an Apple approved charger, because iOS won't draw anything past the absolute minimum USB charge if not connected to an official Apple charger.
This is bullshit. I haven't owned an Apple-branded charger in like, 5 years. Anker and other manufacturers sell nice 5-port (and larger), 2A-per-port devices and they charge just as fast as if I hook up my iPhone to my Macbook or the occasional Apple-branded (iPad, 2+A) charger.
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Please turn in your "Nerd card" at the door. That is all
That's ok - I have a fairly cromulent "Geek Card" here anyway.
Trump just says stuff because he doesn't actually know how anything works. Business included. He's a complete moron who just got handed a silver spoon at birth. His apparent success should not be any indication he has a clue how anything other than bribing works in the world. He know nothing about politics, nothing about business, nothing about people, nothing about the world. He's gotten were he is simply because of money.
Sounds like every US president ever. What exactly was your point?
Current President excluded, unless you think food stamps as a kid count as a silver spoon. In fact, I have a strong suspicion that aside from GW Bush and a handful of others from long ago, most were actually accomplished people.
>> I didn’t expect the pornography I had been looking at hours previously to be splashed on the screen
I think you're either doing it wrong or you're not looking at the right stuff. (Hours? Really?)
"Hours previously" could simply mean "last night" (~8 hrs ago when you wake up).
NBC, ABC, CBS, CWTV, MTV, Disney, and more offer streams of recent episodes of their prime time shows with commercials of course or possibly without or with more content for a small monthly fee. Netflix isn't what it used to be but there are plenty of other options, right now aside of from the netflix originals they don't have anything I can't get on hulu or free and legal somewhere else, I cut cable TV a few years ago when all those stations started offering their prime time shows and haven't really felt like I was missing anything.
Sorry, commercials are a showstopper for me. YMMV, of course, but Hulu doesn't come close to what I use Neflix for. Which is probably why they're doing so well.
...bills would be subject to a small fine of $200-$1000 and loss of their ability to submit or vote on any further legislation for a month.
I wonder how that'd fly.
As a European, I find living 30 miles from the school your kids go to be totally batshit crazy.
How does parents' relocation for a job work in Europe?
I'm guessing you switch the kids' schools. Only in extreme circumstances (e.g. junior+senior year of high school) would you think of doing otherwise.
Expect to see pushback from the agencies saddled with these. It's a solution in search of a problem -- there are already myriad ways to secure guns. We don't need a bunch of extra points of failure built into the guns themselves.
If there's any way to have the GOP disagree with something, all it takes is for Obama to support it and they'll find a reason to hate and reject it.
So smart gun critics rejoice, by Obama adopting it expect all GOP to come out against them.
Thanks for the detailed breakdown of liability chain... very interesting.
Still don't know why more C&P hasn't been adopted yet from a retailer standpoint... if they're liable and the hardware exists - why do I still see swipe machines everywhere with no chip readers alongside?
Exactly.
And in the case of breaches, when the company (in my case Tmobile) automatically signs you up for credit protection for X months, then the credit monitoring agency (Experian) decides to start billing you for $40/month because your "freebie" is over - when I'd never have needed the monitoring (or even wanted it), it just feels like I'm being made a victim because I was previously victimized.
Is that damages enough?
$500? For a low-spec computer with 64 gb hd and no operating system?
I can't imagine why somebody would want this.
Intel does - so you don't buy a $69 AppleTV or $35 Chromestick.
Of course, if you simply must run apps written for Windows, then Intel is your only real option (though tbh, I thought that era ended before Obama was elected).
...is to get a commercial display. No smart IOT OS crap to get bloated, infected or ignored when the next 4k model comes out. Hook whatever inputs you want to it and have your intelligence there.
Since I like Neweggs stance on patents, here is a non affiliate link to some examples: http://www.newegg.com/Commerci...
Interesting - so how do you switch inputs? I take it this requires a receiver or some other HDMI/etc input switcher with remote? They do cost a lot more - you can get an LED 4k 40" screen for like $300.
I'll add more disagreements with Outlook that I've been complaining about since Mac Outlook 2011
1) Mac versions *still* can't send in future (i.e., I know someone's in a meeting, I want them to see my mail pop up right as they get back to their desk 30m later without ... waiting) Windows Outlook has this, Mac doesn't.
2) Just the other day my location bar dropdown stopped working (was curiously right after an update, and yes, I have rebooted since). This just sucks - I want my old meeting rooms and webex fixed URLs handy when I'm booking meetings!
3) Still no ability (without a hack) to put bulleted lists in email replies. Seriously?!?
4) No ability to email my calendar availability (again, Win Outlook can do it, Mac OL can't)
5) Want to search multiple folders? Needs a 2nd click (i.e., I want to find an email either in my send or inbox, but that takes an extra 2 clicks). In Windows, you can default your search preferences.
False equivalence and off topic film bashing in 3... 2...
Sounds like Luckey really meant "$200 + $400 range" - I mean, small wording change and he was right on the money...
No you don't pay for Binge On, but I bet that T-Mobile gets a kickback from HBO, Netflix, Hulu for those better speeds. And this is exactly what a violation of net neutrality is. Now the "little guy" who wants to have a streaming service gets kicked to the bottom rung because they didn't pay for premium delivery by T-Mobile.
I bet you're wrong. Wonder who wins. I bet I win :)
See how "betting" on shit you don't know works?
Bernie Sanders is giving non-newspeak as well, just without the hate. The fact that hate sells better is what shows the breakdown. The American people are hateful little pricks.
Trump is both hate and bullshit (he says some stuff that is blatantly not true, or even possible). He does bring loads of his own cash though so the media keeps giving him a free pass.
That works fine for trains and boats, but here on roads we need to occasionally stop.
In cities we need to stop a lot, therefore the pollution from engines is worse. A steam or stirling engine isn't going to help much here when I need power right the heck now, not in five minutes when the engine heats up. Hybrid engines are more smooth on power use since you can divert energy into the batteries and get it back quick without taxing the gas engine. Even trains do this.
But in that case, you might as well go full electric and eliminate the heat engine entirely.
^ This. If the entire country were converted instantly to Hybrid, the pollution would likely be much better than the slightly higher MPG improvement of a hybrid (usu 1.5 - 2x) would indicate. Mainly because of start/stop capabilities (i.e., zero or minimal emissions while idling or below 15mph) and the flat-torque-curve of the electric motor.
A wouldn't own a non-hybrid/electric car if they made a hybrid or electric minivan that was sold in the US.
It would be the year of another desktop.
Amusingly, as before, Microsoft's main competitor to Win is an older version of Windows. At some point, Win10 will be required for latest games and Slashdot will really care. Till then the best advice seems to be "stay on Win07 and avoid helpful updates that turn on telemetry".
I own a relatively newer model Samsung fridge. I bought it as a floor model, and because of that, they gave me a free three year warranty. After I had the fridge for about 18 months problems showed up.
It took five or six visits from three different onsite techs to finally fix it. They replaced almost the whole fridge. They definitely replaced all the computer boards(there are three or four) at least once and some twice. Each time when I would sign the paperwork, acknowledging what they had done, I looked at the cost of parts and labor. I was stunned. I realized they could have just replaced the fridge with a new one after the third visit.
When they called me to see if I wanted to get an extension on the warranty, I said "By all means!"
Sounds pretty cheap for Samsung to have you as a beta tester... Personally, I'm happier without any non-refrigeration related functionality in my fridge. I'd pay a bit more for, say, a visible exterior light that indicated when the fridge wasn't properly closed (older french-door type models have this issue occasionally).... but then again, that's a refrigeration specific functionality.
You mean something like a USB Condom?
they've got the wrong kind of bandwidth, so you get crummy service outside of major cities or inside buildings/garages. That's why they've been pushing wifi calling and it's enabled on their devices. That's what makes AT&T & Sprint so big. Tmobile bought up some spectrum recently so we might see some improvements, hard to say (I don't know enough about spectrum and what else they could use it for).
It's totally worth it for me. I pay $15/mo, all 10 of my lines can call mobile phones in like 70 countries including France, India and Mexico.
Plus the consistent billing is like suddenly dsicovering you're cured from lifelong irritable bowel syndrome. Seriously no bill anxiety, no worries about overage at all. When I was in France last year I worked (voice, text, data+tether) like I was simply in a remoter part of the US. With very very minimal costs and all unlimited.
I've tried Sprint twice in my life separated by at least a decade. Both times, service was terrible. The most recent time, Sprint was literally an order of magnitude slower than Verizon at downloading while standing on Market Street in the middle of downtown San Francisco. (No, I don't work for Verizon.)
I was fully expecting this level of data coverage/service from T-mobile when I switched a couple of years ago in 2013 but *that* desperate to get away from AT&T and Verizon (wife and I had separate carriers at the time). It was a godsend - of special note was the HD Voice - which T-mobile rolled out back in 2013 for iPhone5 and other phones - what was usually a shoutfest during commute hours on the way home turned into a much more enjoyable experience.
T-mobile isn't perfect - spotty rural coverage and in-building coverage (like say no coverage inside an Ikea or museum, but no problems in my office building). But honestly I don't spend much time outside a metro and T-mobile says they're working on it (bought some 700Mhz spectrum which should improve the indoors coverage).
Looks like the big 2 (VZ, ATT) are realizing that "being the best" or "being the biggest" aren't good enough for most folks when they can get service much much cheaper (and with switcher discounts to boot). And in some cases the service being offered by Sprint and T-Mobile are even better than the big 2.
3 years ago me and a dozen of my closest colleagues were on AT&T and Verizon. Now, I'd say about half are on T-Mobile (including me) and one is on sprint. Sure, this is an anecdote, but I also personally have 10 people on my plan (including friends) and the billing has been pretty much no-nonsense (simply no overages) and rock solid.
I've touted the benefits of T-Mobile before, but even it T-Mobile became twice as shitty I'd never go back to AT&T with their regular data overages and Verizon with it's crazy share plans that would make a family/friends plan a nightmare.
You keep making claims the bot story was faulty analysis. Do you have a single link to backup your claim?
Of course, you also need an Apple approved charger, because iOS won't draw anything past the absolute minimum USB charge if not connected to an official Apple charger.
This is bullshit. I haven't owned an Apple-branded charger in like, 5 years. Anker and other manufacturers sell nice 5-port (and larger), 2A-per-port devices and they charge just as fast as if I hook up my iPhone to my Macbook or the occasional Apple-branded (iPad, 2+A) charger.