I switched from a legacy Verizon plan to the new plans and got the same data for $4 less. I also have the Safety Mode and Carryover Data. So lower cost, more data, more flexibility.
How you'll do with the new plans or the old plans depends on your usage and how their fees are structured. BTW, we're about 23 days into the cycle and we haven't used an data. I'm generally amazed at how much cellular data people use today.
I'm not really sure what 4K is but I'm guess that I don't have any hardware that could usefully display that. Maybe Comcast can come out with a "4K" package.
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I consider 1 TB a massive amount of bandwidth and can't imagine getting anywhere near to that; or even 1/3rd of that. BTW $50/month seems reasonable. BTW, I do use Xfinity WiFi a lot - in terms of availability; not the amount of bandwidth use.
I'd guess that anyone over about 40 could have a valid claim for assistive technology given what happens to your vision as you age. Over 50 and you probably need tech like turning up the volume knob. I upgraded before the deadline so we're running Windows 10 just fine. BTW, my main system is running Mac OS X and Windows 7 - I have a few rarely used machines that I upgraded.
The property taxes on my car when new were about $900. After four years, it goes down to about $80. States have various ways to tax your vehicle but it's usually a function of age. Insurance on a newer car with higher replacement value is usually higher than insurance on an older car. There are factors with newer cars that can lower costs like safety and anti-theft technology but the general case is that older cars cost less to insure.
I traded in my previous car at 250K miles and it was running just fine (Toyota Avalon). My car before that was an Audi which I got rid of at 187K and the car before that another Audi which I sold at 225K. The Audis cost a lot of money to maintain. The Toyota Avalon cost far less to maintain. I currently drive a Toyota Camry which is far less than the Avalon to maintain. It feels like high maintenance costs have been engineered out of this car. It has about 80K miles and feels like it's a new car.
The takeaway for me is to buy brands known for reliability and low maintenance costs and buy cars with very large production runs. One of my Audis had a production run of 800 for my model. Parts were outrageously expensive compared to similar parts for common cars.
There are two car markets: luxury and the market for those that don't want to or can't pay the luxury price. I bought a cheap Camry from my local dealer four years ago for about $22K. Nice mid-size car (though the rental agencies classify it as a large car). There are lower-cost models out there too in the same class. I think that the Sonata, Altima, Focus or Fusion, Malibu are all pretty good value vehicles out there.
Yes, you can spend $40K+ for cars but you really don't have to.
And then there are used cars which I hear are a bargain these days.
Growly Notes is an OSX-only products and is a knock-off of Microsoft Notes. The older version is free though the newer version is pretty cheap. There is no mobile connectivity. I use this for professional work: projects, notes, status reports and documenting what I'm thinking when I make decisions on how I do things. It allows me to quickly answer management when they ask me about something I did five years ago.
I use iCloud Notes for diary items, directions, procedures, workout logs and things where I want access from my Mac and iOS devices.
I tried out Google Keep several years ago and used it but they don't have a native iOS App so I eventually ditched it. I could use it with a third-party browser for a while but it needed an internet connection to work.
I only use my iPad in the office for two reasons: as an additional screen for reference material, and, to bring a screen to show another engineer a problem case. It's not really usable for much else in my work environment.
I think that I self-taught in my teens using computers available to me from friends (KIM-1 I think, building electronics and a local high-school had a PDP-11). I also visited a Honeywell data center and looked at code and I visited local colleges to use their systems and we might have had remote access at one of the libraries. My kids learned on their own when I gave them a K&R and set them up with a compiler on a desktop. They started a lot younger than I did and they didn't have the internet resources that kids have today. They both have CS degrees today.
I took it out and charged it a few weeks ago - I was considering dropping my iPhone 6 plan and just going prepay (AT&T GoPhone $100/year) on the RAZR. It's hard to find a cheap, low data plan these days. But the iPhone 6 on Verizon is a very handy device. I just don't use much data (typically less than 10 mb/month).
Rice is pretty dense in calories. Rice is great because it's a good subsistence food but it's not good for controlling weight if there's an abundance of it.
My bank is Digital Credit Union. They have apps for iOS and Android. They are not terribly big nor do they have many branch offices but I really like being able to do deposits and transfers on my iPhone.
Microsoft is doing a nice job pushing desktop customers away and I've gone to Mac OSX but I worry that Apple might pull the Google/Microsoft stuff at some point in the future and then there will be fewer options. I use Linux as my primary development system but our systems are professionally maintained so things are pretty easy. I have Ubuntu VMs on my Mac that I use for certain things. Ubuntu is more management work than my Mac would be but I would manage if it came to that point. I just don't see the average person dealing very well with Linux though - they'd just likely go with Windows as they don't care about the stuff that people here care about.
Hmm. I would hope that the NAA would work with Brave to produce acceptable ads (to at least an interested party) instead of the stuff we're currently getting. I didn't know about the BitCoins thing.
I recently installed an Ubuntu VM on my OSX system to log into work. I have Windows 7 and XP VMs on this system but I need Windows 7 for another application and our workplace doesn't allow Windows XP (boots them off the network). So I could buy another W7 license (and receive a lot of annoying popups to upgrade to Windows 10) or I could just install Ubuntu. So I installed Ubuntu - works with VPN and VNC just fine. Unfortunately there are two programs that I still use on Windows and one of them isn't going to be ported to anything else and it's a unique program (QuoteTracker). There are alternatives for the other program but it will take me some effort to go through them to find something that I can live with. Windows, especially 8, 8.1 and 10, are really pushing me away. When 2020 comes along and W7 is desupported, I'll look into WINE for that one application that I'll still need. WINE is a pain or at least it was several years ago when I tried it, but it may be getting better.
Colleges usually have two levels of intro statistics. One is the algebra-based course where you learn a little about statistics and a few tools. The other is usually taken by engineering and science majors and requires calc as a prerequisite and may require the ability to do proofs. I'm sure that the folks on this proposal are talking about the algebra-based version.
School systems have 12 years to teach math to kids. In that time, they have to learn elementary arithmetic, algebra and maybe algebra 2, precalculus, and for a very few, calculus. What do they do with all that time?
Why does it take seven or eight years to teach arithmetic? We're talking about addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (sometimes long), fractions, ratios, percentages, and maybe word problems.
I think that the big problem is that we tell kids that they need to learn algebra - calculus without really explaining why they're useful and why these subjects are interesting where the usefulness of this stuff comes into play in your university science courses and in a few other places. The attitude is seen in college too. My son was taking Foundations of Computer Science and one frustrated student asked why do we need to study this stuff? So my son explained to him where it's useful - but that's only because I explained where it's useful when he was a lot younger. If kids have some kind of map or something to show them why what they are learning is useful or will be useful, they might be more motivated.
My son tutored college math and science courses and his comment on kids having problems with calculus and physics is that a lot of students have poor proficiency in algebra. They understand the concepts of calculus or trigonometry but they have problems on exams because they didn't learn algebra well or they learned it and forgot it. We clearly have problems with math in our schools - I really don't know what they are but I'd guess that it had something to do with motivation.
BTW, what do you suppose the reaction to his topic would be in Singapore?
I was looking at the Nexus 5X with $150 off with Google Fi as being a very attractive service plan but I've grown to really like a lot of the iOS Apps and would miss them with a move to Android. We have several Nexus models and I really like getting the updates quickly in the Nexus program. I know many that are happy with their Samsung phones - and they're not really looking to upgrade. Phones seem to be mature devices these days and I think that upgrades will decline.
I have Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 desktops that I use minimally. I have turned off updates on both after running a long script that would turn off the Windows 10 crap but Microsoft keeps coming up with more so disabling updates is the solution. I will eventually upgrade one to W10 so that I'm familiar with it but it will still be minimally used. My MacBook Pro is the machine that I use for about 95% of work and play now.
A friend of mine did get the forced W10 update and he's annoyed because it broke some stuff. I told him that it should have given him a chance to stop and that he should be able to rollback the upgrade - not sure what he's going to do.
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A friend switched to this recently and he's happy with the price and coverage. He used to be on one of the AT&T MVNOs.
I switched from a legacy Verizon plan to the new plans and got the same data for $4 less. I also have the Safety Mode and Carryover Data. So lower cost, more data, more flexibility. How you'll do with the new plans or the old plans depends on your usage and how their fees are structured. BTW, we're about 23 days into the cycle and we haven't used an data. I'm generally amazed at how much cellular data people use today.
> and you are a millennial, I think... No. But I put a couple of them through college. I'm studying up on Medicare these days.
I'm not really sure what 4K is but I'm guess that I don't have any hardware that could usefully display that. Maybe Comcast can come out with a "4K" package.
Live [cap] Free or Die! I consider 1 TB a massive amount of bandwidth and can't imagine getting anywhere near to that; or even 1/3rd of that. BTW $50/month seems reasonable. BTW, I do use Xfinity WiFi a lot - in terms of availability; not the amount of bandwidth use.
I'd guess that anyone over about 40 could have a valid claim for assistive technology given what happens to your vision as you age. Over 50 and you probably need tech like turning up the volume knob. I upgraded before the deadline so we're running Windows 10 just fine. BTW, my main system is running Mac OS X and Windows 7 - I have a few rarely used machines that I upgraded.
The property taxes on my car when new were about $900. After four years, it goes down to about $80. States have various ways to tax your vehicle but it's usually a function of age. Insurance on a newer car with higher replacement value is usually higher than insurance on an older car. There are factors with newer cars that can lower costs like safety and anti-theft technology but the general case is that older cars cost less to insure.
I traded in my previous car at 250K miles and it was running just fine (Toyota Avalon). My car before that was an Audi which I got rid of at 187K and the car before that another Audi which I sold at 225K. The Audis cost a lot of money to maintain. The Toyota Avalon cost far less to maintain. I currently drive a Toyota Camry which is far less than the Avalon to maintain. It feels like high maintenance costs have been engineered out of this car. It has about 80K miles and feels like it's a new car. The takeaway for me is to buy brands known for reliability and low maintenance costs and buy cars with very large production runs. One of my Audis had a production run of 800 for my model. Parts were outrageously expensive compared to similar parts for common cars.
There are two car markets: luxury and the market for those that don't want to or can't pay the luxury price. I bought a cheap Camry from my local dealer four years ago for about $22K. Nice mid-size car (though the rental agencies classify it as a large car). There are lower-cost models out there too in the same class. I think that the Sonata, Altima, Focus or Fusion, Malibu are all pretty good value vehicles out there. Yes, you can spend $40K+ for cars but you really don't have to. And then there are used cars which I hear are a bargain these days.
Growly Notes is an OSX-only products and is a knock-off of Microsoft Notes. The older version is free though the newer version is pretty cheap. There is no mobile connectivity. I use this for professional work: projects, notes, status reports and documenting what I'm thinking when I make decisions on how I do things. It allows me to quickly answer management when they ask me about something I did five years ago. I use iCloud Notes for diary items, directions, procedures, workout logs and things where I want access from my Mac and iOS devices. I tried out Google Keep several years ago and used it but they don't have a native iOS App so I eventually ditched it. I could use it with a third-party browser for a while but it needed an internet connection to work.
I only use my iPad in the office for two reasons: as an additional screen for reference material, and, to bring a screen to show another engineer a problem case. It's not really usable for much else in my work environment.
I think that I self-taught in my teens using computers available to me from friends (KIM-1 I think, building electronics and a local high-school had a PDP-11). I also visited a Honeywell data center and looked at code and I visited local colleges to use their systems and we might have had remote access at one of the libraries. My kids learned on their own when I gave them a K&R and set them up with a compiler on a desktop. They started a lot younger than I did and they didn't have the internet resources that kids have today. They both have CS degrees today.
I took it out and charged it a few weeks ago - I was considering dropping my iPhone 6 plan and just going prepay (AT&T GoPhone $100/year) on the RAZR. It's hard to find a cheap, low data plan these days. But the iPhone 6 on Verizon is a very handy device. I just don't use much data (typically less than 10 mb/month).
Rice is pretty dense in calories. Rice is great because it's a good subsistence food but it's not good for controlling weight if there's an abundance of it.
TurboTax.
Discover Card Mobile App. Just iOS and Android.
Xfinity WiFi App. WP users have been asking Comcast for one since 2010.
My bank is Digital Credit Union. They have apps for iOS and Android. They are not terribly big nor do they have many branch offices but I really like being able to do deposits and transfers on my iPhone.
Microsoft is doing a nice job pushing desktop customers away and I've gone to Mac OSX but I worry that Apple might pull the Google/Microsoft stuff at some point in the future and then there will be fewer options. I use Linux as my primary development system but our systems are professionally maintained so things are pretty easy. I have Ubuntu VMs on my Mac that I use for certain things. Ubuntu is more management work than my Mac would be but I would manage if it came to that point. I just don't see the average person dealing very well with Linux though - they'd just likely go with Windows as they don't care about the stuff that people here care about.
Hmm. I would hope that the NAA would work with Brave to produce acceptable ads (to at least an interested party) instead of the stuff we're currently getting. I didn't know about the BitCoins thing.
I recently installed an Ubuntu VM on my OSX system to log into work. I have Windows 7 and XP VMs on this system but I need Windows 7 for another application and our workplace doesn't allow Windows XP (boots them off the network). So I could buy another W7 license (and receive a lot of annoying popups to upgrade to Windows 10) or I could just install Ubuntu. So I installed Ubuntu - works with VPN and VNC just fine. Unfortunately there are two programs that I still use on Windows and one of them isn't going to be ported to anything else and it's a unique program (QuoteTracker). There are alternatives for the other program but it will take me some effort to go through them to find something that I can live with. Windows, especially 8, 8.1 and 10, are really pushing me away. When 2020 comes along and W7 is desupported, I'll look into WINE for that one application that I'll still need. WINE is a pain or at least it was several years ago when I tried it, but it may be getting better.
Colleges usually have two levels of intro statistics. One is the algebra-based course where you learn a little about statistics and a few tools. The other is usually taken by engineering and science majors and requires calc as a prerequisite and may require the ability to do proofs. I'm sure that the folks on this proposal are talking about the algebra-based version.
School systems have 12 years to teach math to kids. In that time, they have to learn elementary arithmetic, algebra and maybe algebra 2, precalculus, and for a very few, calculus. What do they do with all that time? Why does it take seven or eight years to teach arithmetic? We're talking about addition, subtraction, multiplication, division (sometimes long), fractions, ratios, percentages, and maybe word problems. I think that the big problem is that we tell kids that they need to learn algebra - calculus without really explaining why they're useful and why these subjects are interesting where the usefulness of this stuff comes into play in your university science courses and in a few other places. The attitude is seen in college too. My son was taking Foundations of Computer Science and one frustrated student asked why do we need to study this stuff? So my son explained to him where it's useful - but that's only because I explained where it's useful when he was a lot younger. If kids have some kind of map or something to show them why what they are learning is useful or will be useful, they might be more motivated. My son tutored college math and science courses and his comment on kids having problems with calculus and physics is that a lot of students have poor proficiency in algebra. They understand the concepts of calculus or trigonometry but they have problems on exams because they didn't learn algebra well or they learned it and forgot it. We clearly have problems with math in our schools - I really don't know what they are but I'd guess that it had something to do with motivation. BTW, what do you suppose the reaction to his topic would be in Singapore?
I was looking at the Nexus 5X with $150 off with Google Fi as being a very attractive service plan but I've grown to really like a lot of the iOS Apps and would miss them with a move to Android. We have several Nexus models and I really like getting the updates quickly in the Nexus program. I know many that are happy with their Samsung phones - and they're not really looking to upgrade. Phones seem to be mature devices these days and I think that upgrades will decline.
I have Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 desktops that I use minimally. I have turned off updates on both after running a long script that would turn off the Windows 10 crap but Microsoft keeps coming up with more so disabling updates is the solution. I will eventually upgrade one to W10 so that I'm familiar with it but it will still be minimally used. My MacBook Pro is the machine that I use for about 95% of work and play now. A friend of mine did get the forced W10 update and he's annoyed because it broke some stuff. I told him that it should have given him a chance to stop and that he should be able to rollback the upgrade - not sure what he's going to do.