Imho the webpage shouldn't even be able to control that aspect of the browser
You have no disagreement from me on that part. Other than the fact that sometimes in CSS content box overflow should not be obviously scrollable - part of this used to be to enable compatibility with non-standard spacing in IE. Hiding scrollbars on a main content area is not the intended use of that.
Each program maintaining a separate connection to a separate push server is not as energy efficient as every program sharing one. That's the whole reason why there's a centralized push notification system.
Not quite what I meant. It doesn't do IMAP push, it does server-side IMAP polling and its own push. Requiring you to abandon your preferred email client (that isn't paired with the email provider). Neither GMail nor K-9 do anything standard that could be supported universally - email just doesn't have a mailbox protocol for that.
Also contrary to their namesake, they aren't actually live, rather they only update about once every 15 minutes. And then of course, they only have one of three possible layouts.
Push notifications are practically an industry standard now. Why would they be using pull? I realize that email notifications would be based on polling intervals, since only Gmail implements push for email and only with Android.
They have enough clout that they can "dictate" that it's not a flop for quite a while, regardless of what the customer actually wants. Once customers find out there were actually cheaper options all along there might be a lot of buyer's remorse.
There are already about a zillion glowing reviews online
I said:
They barely just shipped out the first batch
You said:
What are you saying?
I'm saying that the size of the second batch produced is probably based on speculation on the success of the product - and you can't just flip a switch and manufacture all those devices in an instant - especially if the first batch is delayed and you have nothing to base your guess on until the last minute.
At 25 miles per hour, maybe. It's at least 4 seconds at highway speed - reaction time is too critical. You can't only prepare for tailgating, you really need to assume that anyone ahead of you can crash at any moment.
Or they don't want to waste money manufacturing too many copies of a flop. The buzz over being sold out is only a bonus. After Christmas day, people actually own and use the item and the real day-to-day usage reviews start showing up everywhere. Selling out right at Christmas is the right time to decide if you should bother making many more.
Bluetooth supports a number of codecs, but most of the cheap ones only support extremely lossy formats.
I think the airpods support AAC for digital transmission - and if the music you're listening to is already in that format, you might not have any additional quality loss. If you have lossless audio files, the difference might not be all that noticeable.
Yes. I have 200+ DVD and Blu-Ray movies and I knowingly circumvented and format shifted to network storage. The whole idea of anti-circumvention as a way of preventing fair use is a terribly exploited loophole for studios.
As much as I hate it, ripping for personal use is illegal under the DMCA (anti-circumvention). Ripping for the content editing I think is explicitly separately allowed, but I'm not sure if that's what makes it legal for them. They may be playing the physical disc with an EDL - I don't actually know.
That should be your complaint, that these things cost more than 20 bucks when they are the definition of a dumb terminal.
You're not just paying for the dumb terminal, you're paying for access to the mainframe for the life of the device. Not a great pricing model, but it's not the only device that depends on the company not just abandoning a device you've already paid for.
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I think they mean 40 years later - after degradation has occurred.
Imho the webpage shouldn't even be able to control that aspect of the browser
You have no disagreement from me on that part. Other than the fact that sometimes in CSS content box overflow should not be obviously scrollable - part of this used to be to enable compatibility with non-standard spacing in IE. Hiding scrollbars on a main content area is not the intended use of that.
Each program maintaining a separate connection to a separate push server is not as energy efficient as every program sharing one. That's the whole reason why there's a centralized push notification system.
Not quite what I meant. It doesn't do IMAP push, it does server-side IMAP polling and its own push. Requiring you to abandon your preferred email client (that isn't paired with the email provider). Neither GMail nor K-9 do anything standard that could be supported universally - email just doesn't have a mailbox protocol for that.
But edge swipe scrolling and multi-finger scrolling both are.
rich people who sit all day in Starbucks looking at Facebook.
In which case they'll probably get a lot closer to the stated battery life.
that everyone has a touch screen and have thus removed the scroll bar
Or a mouse with a scroll wheel. Though I'm sure if you had a trackball instead you would have loudly said so by now.
Also contrary to their namesake, they aren't actually live, rather they only update about once every 15 minutes. And then of course, they only have one of three possible layouts.
Push notifications are practically an industry standard now. Why would they be using pull? I realize that email notifications would be based on polling intervals, since only Gmail implements push for email and only with Android.
Must be preparing to vote to ratify the TPP soon, then.
Too much. Too many close calls because of stupid people.
They have enough clout that they can "dictate" that it's not a flop for quite a while, regardless of what the customer actually wants. Once customers find out there were actually cheaper options all along there might be a lot of buyer's remorse.
MSFT knows where you want to go
Then why did they ask in every commercial?
You said:
There are already about a zillion glowing reviews online
I said:
They barely just shipped out the first batch
You said:
What are you saying?
I'm saying that the size of the second batch produced is probably based on speculation on the success of the product - and you can't just flip a switch and manufacture all those devices in an instant - especially if the first batch is delayed and you have nothing to base your guess on until the last minute.
from worse programming languages (JavaScript)
I started with GW-BASIC and the GOTO command. Are we sure JavaScript is worse?
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At 25 miles per hour, maybe. It's at least 4 seconds at highway speed - reaction time is too critical. You can't only prepare for tailgating, you really need to assume that anyone ahead of you can crash at any moment.
I'm on whichever side doesn't practice eugenics.
How long do you think it takes to ramp up manufacturing and catch up? They barely just shipped out the first batch in the last month.
Or they don't want to waste money manufacturing too many copies of a flop. The buzz over being sold out is only a bonus. After Christmas day, people actually own and use the item and the real day-to-day usage reviews start showing up everywhere. Selling out right at Christmas is the right time to decide if you should bother making many more.
Bluetooth supports a number of codecs, but most of the cheap ones only support extremely lossy formats.
I think the airpods support AAC for digital transmission - and if the music you're listening to is already in that format, you might not have any additional quality loss. If you have lossless audio files, the difference might not be all that noticeable.
There is a reason every phone maker places their headphone jacks at or near the top of the phone.
What's the reason? Hint - turn the phone upside down and the jack is magically at the top.
They determine the lifespan and leave you with a corpse. Dead in almost every respect unless you can Frankenstein it into something useful.
Yes. I have 200+ DVD and Blu-Ray movies and I knowingly circumvented and format shifted to network storage. The whole idea of anti-circumvention as a way of preventing fair use is a terribly exploited loophole for studios.
ripping for personal use
As much as I hate it, ripping for personal use is illegal under the DMCA (anti-circumvention). Ripping for the content editing I think is explicitly separately allowed, but I'm not sure if that's what makes it legal for them. They may be playing the physical disc with an EDL - I don't actually know.
This service is the result of you "moving the slider"
That should be your complaint, that these things cost more than 20 bucks when they are the definition of a dumb terminal.
You're not just paying for the dumb terminal, you're paying for access to the mainframe for the life of the device. Not a great pricing model, but it's not the only device that depends on the company not just abandoning a device you've already paid for.