No. That an altered state of mind doesn't in and of itself indicate that it is a higher state of consciousness. Even if said state of mind seems to make you more aware. Neither would a heightened sense of awareness be a "higher consciousness".
A higher state of consciousness would necessitate that you be able to somehow observe.your "whole sense of being and instantaneous thought" as an entity unto itself, which again, more neurons firing at once isn't indicative of that either.
There appears to be quite a few Motorola phones (all 5 that I've seen since 2012) in the G and X-series that aren't considered to have "user replaceable batteries", yet all you have to do is pry the back panel off with your thumbnail, and maybe remove a battery cover.
The bootloader can be unlocked for most non-carrier phones from the likes of Motorola, LG, OnePlus, Nexus, Pixel, Nokia, Blackberry, Xiaomi, and more. Gaining Root is only 1-2 steps away once the bootloader is unlocked.
The various cell providers got rid of "contracts for phone discounts", no longer offer free phones, and their phones are listed with the "monthly price" (to hide the actual price from the expected uninformed consumer). The bulk of the subscribers get phones from their provider, and the monthly pricing makes it difficult for even half-way intelligent people to discern the true cost when you see an average price of $15/mo and top-end prices of $24-$30/mo, with very few phones in the $5-10 range.
Motorola X Force (x1580) from Nov.2015 @ ~$300 from various outlets, and on sale @ eGlobal for $229. 3GB RAM, 32GB Flash, sd-card, shockproof, water resistant, etc.
Have already dropped the x1581 model from above waist-height and the phone landed (with no damage) on it's side onto a wood floor. Although you may need to roll your own updates, which can be found over at XDA in the "Droid 2" forums.
The Moto Z Force as well, which is more current (2016) with 4gb RAM, but 2-3 times the price.
It's unfortunate that HMD Global hasn't announced any plans for the North American market, as the Nokia 6 at only 229 euros would really put the pressure on Lenovo (Motorola) and LG, among a few other manufacturers that release compatible phones in the $250 - $400 mid-range.
Interesting, if TCL (Blackberry) and HMD (Nokia) continue with that promise, that would put them among a select few Android OEM's. As even the best OEM's have a spotty track record at best with updates across their various hardware offerings.
Which is quite possible, considering that Blink was forked from WebKit ~4 years ago, and use separate JavaScript engines: Chrome's V8 v Safari's Nitro.
Hardly. Even if an OEM allows you to unlock the bootloader on a non-carrier-specific phone, and you apply a non-OEM blessed ROM - you will be lucky if the phone still boots without issue. Let alone having WIFI, Cell Radios or the Camera still work normally.
Which would not be the case if the AOSP part of the Android OS was separate from OEM hack-job customizations, as you could then apply most any Android security update which would primarily only need to revise existing AOSP files within major Android revisions.
That the end-user can't get basic android updates directly is Android's major flaw. OEM's should of been required to support the AOSP and any changes should of been done via extensions to the AOSP. Thus any device could easily stay updated for at least their current major version of Android.
Perhaps something a little closer to the hardware, where a drive that has two or more partitions, requires a paired SecureKey (UBIKey) before it will report the existance of the additional partitions and/or the true size of the drive including the "extra partitions."
Moto X Force, you'll have to flash the updated Android rom yourself over at xda though, as Motorola is not releasing an update for the x1581 Model from China -- which is the just the Mexican model with a different radio configuration file. The US version x1580 available at a similar price ~$299 appears to only have single sim, possibly no micro-sd and only 32GB on-board flash.
I've seen a few other ruggedized non-US brands around too though, even "budget" phones, like a BlackView BV6000 for < $200.
Rating is easy...and you could always change your mind.
1 Star - A Sack of Still Steaming Shit.
2 Stars - Stinks on a Good Day
3 Stars - Meh
4 Stars - Not Bad
5 Stars - Pretty Damned Good
Thumb up/Down only is freaking useless unless it also allowed for 2 Thumbs up, 2 Thumbs down, and Meh (1/2 thumb).
Just like Google Music, there is no distinction between "heard before and it was meh". Like or Dislike is just not anywhere near distinct enough to account for taste.
Today there is less than 1% the horse population there was 150 years ago. The rest became glue.
The second is dogs. Until the 19th century every dog on earth had a job.
Maybe most domesticated dogs had a job in the 19th century. Certainly not most of the Pariah dogs aka Ancient Breeds aka Primitive Breeds which are mostly unchanged dog breeds that haven't had their genetics f'd up by humans over the last 10,000+ years.
It's both. Javascript image transforms are still grossly inefficient compared to any native image tool. Javascript keyboard and mouse hooks can make the whole browser sluggish. Then add in adverts that do all of that on top of possibly inline DOM manipulation. It's a freaking disaster.
Yes it's interesting when you consider, it's illegal in Germany to "deny the holocaust"... yet references to Nazi's and Swastika's are likewise illegal... so you can't really "talk about the holocaust" either...it's verboten.
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No. That an altered state of mind doesn't in and of itself indicate that it is a higher state of consciousness. Even if said state of mind seems to make you more aware. Neither would a heightened sense of awareness be a "higher consciousness".
A higher state of consciousness would necessitate that you be able to somehow observe.your "whole sense of being and instantaneous thought" as an entity unto itself, which again, more neurons firing at once isn't indicative of that either.
Chrome has tons of choices for extensions... that haven't been updated in 4+ years.
There appears to be quite a few Motorola phones (all 5 that I've seen since 2012) in the G and X-series that aren't considered to have "user replaceable batteries", yet all you have to do is pry the back panel off with your thumbnail, and maybe remove a battery cover.
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Ad-lite Hulu costs an additional $4 on top of the $7.99 base plan. Or ~11% of the cost of "YouTube TV " for few ads on Hulu.
Yeah, even SoCal in the Winter doesn't get much above 80'F, and when/if it does - only briefly (for an hour or two) ~2pm.
The bootloader can be unlocked for most non-carrier phones from the likes of Motorola, LG, OnePlus, Nexus, Pixel, Nokia, Blackberry, Xiaomi, and more. Gaining Root is only 1-2 steps away once the bootloader is unlocked.
The various cell providers got rid of "contracts for phone discounts", no longer offer free phones, and their phones are listed with the "monthly price" (to hide the actual price from the expected uninformed consumer). The bulk of the subscribers get phones from their provider, and the monthly pricing makes it difficult for even half-way intelligent people to discern the true cost when you see an average price of $15/mo and top-end prices of $24-$30/mo, with very few phones in the $5-10 range.
cf. Verizon Smartphones
Motorola X Force (x1580) from Nov.2015 @ ~$300 from various outlets, and on sale @ eGlobal for $229. 3GB RAM, 32GB Flash, sd-card, shockproof, water resistant, etc.
Have already dropped the x1581 model from above waist-height and the phone landed (with no damage) on it's side onto a wood floor. Although you may need to roll your own updates, which can be found over at XDA in the "Droid 2" forums.
The Moto Z Force as well, which is more current (2016) with 4gb RAM, but 2-3 times the price.
Pain? Well, pain is relative.
There's usually not much blood. Usually.
One amendment would fix the H1B Visa problem - do not give outsourcing firms any H1B tickets.
And how long do you think after the Internet is ipv6 only will every device we own will get a permanent ipv6 address?
It's unfortunate that HMD Global hasn't announced any plans for the North American market, as the Nokia 6 at only 229 euros would really put the pressure on Lenovo (Motorola) and LG, among a few other manufacturers that release compatible phones in the $250 - $400 mid-range.
Interesting, if TCL (Blackberry) and HMD (Nokia) continue with that promise, that would put them among a select few Android OEM's. As even the best OEM's have a spotty track record at best with updates across their various hardware offerings.
Which is quite possible, considering that Blink was forked from WebKit ~4 years ago, and use separate JavaScript engines: Chrome's V8 v Safari's Nitro.
Hardly. Even if an OEM allows you to unlock the bootloader on a non-carrier-specific phone, and you apply a non-OEM blessed ROM - you will be lucky if the phone still boots without issue. Let alone having WIFI, Cell Radios or the Camera still work normally.
Which would not be the case if the AOSP part of the Android OS was separate from OEM hack-job customizations, as you could then apply most any Android security update which would primarily only need to revise existing AOSP files within major Android revisions.
That the end-user can't get basic android updates directly is Android's major flaw. OEM's should of been required to support the AOSP and any changes should of been done via extensions to the AOSP. Thus any device could easily stay updated for at least their current major version of Android.
Perhaps something a little closer to the hardware, where a drive that has two or more partitions, requires a paired SecureKey (UBIKey) before it will report the existance of the additional partitions and/or the true size of the drive including the "extra partitions."
Moto X Force, you'll have to flash the updated Android rom yourself over at xda though, as Motorola is not releasing an update for the x1581 Model from China -- which is the just the Mexican model with a different radio configuration file. The US version x1580 available at a similar price ~$299 appears to only have single sim, possibly no micro-sd and only 32GB on-board flash.
I've seen a few other ruggedized non-US brands around too though, even "budget" phones, like a BlackView BV6000 for < $200.
How is it any different?
1 - Sucks a lot
2 - Sucks Less
3 - Good but has suckitude
4 - No Suckitude
5 - Great
4,5 is Thumbs in the general Up direction.
1,2 is Thumbs in the general Down direction.
3 is MEH
So you lose any distinction between just how much its liked/disliked or whether it was merely average.
Thumb up/Down only is freaking useless unless it also allowed for 2 Thumbs up, 2 Thumbs down, and Meh (1/2 thumb).
Just like Google Music, there is no distinction between "heard before and it was meh". Like or Dislike is just not anywhere near distinct enough to account for taste.
Today there is less than 1% the horse population there was 150 years ago. The rest became glue. The second is dogs. Until the 19th century every dog on earth had a job.
Maybe most domesticated dogs had a job in the 19th century. Certainly not most of the Pariah dogs aka Ancient Breeds aka Primitive Breeds which are mostly unchanged dog breeds that haven't had their genetics f'd up by humans over the last 10,000+ years.
Pariah Dog
It's both. Javascript image transforms are still grossly inefficient compared to any native image tool. Javascript keyboard and mouse hooks can make the whole browser sluggish. Then add in adverts that do all of that on top of possibly inline DOM manipulation. It's a freaking disaster.
Yes it's interesting when you consider, it's illegal in Germany to "deny the holocaust"... yet references to Nazi's and Swastika's are likewise illegal... so you can't really "talk about the holocaust" either...it's verboten.