We generally buy $200 phones, but I got a Nexus 6P on a good sale and the camera quality is miles ahead of my wife's newer Moto G5+. It's not that they couldn't make a $200 phone with a better camera, it's that they don't as incentive to buy the flagships. Sorry kids, we had crappy polaroids and you get out of focus Moto photos.
Google has so much data feeding into it's AI and Assistant programs, I'm sure the coders are probably just there to make sure the things don't go sentient on them. Amazon has no such access and Alexa's low quality responses to many requests really show this. We got a Dot for free and use it for exactly two things, adding items to shopping lists and setting reminders for the kids. Nearly every other thing outside of "what'st the weather" gets an "I'm sorry, I don't know".
My wife has a Moto G5+ with that processor. It's as snapply as the 8xx processor in my phone for most tasks and her phone lasts 2-3 days between charges vs mine that lasts about 6 hours.
I bought a Roku Ultra to be able to watch both Amazon and Google content on one device. Even though it was months after release, the apps still had audio sync issues making the services unwatchable. The forums were filled with complaints and I posted logs and questions which were ignored. Literally the only reply I ever received from a Roku forum moderator was a complaint that my post was off topic for the thread (I was posting in an active thread as most others were ignored). Ditched Roku that day and would never buy such a poor quality product from an unresponsive tech company like Roku again.
Read some of the history of Fremont NUMMI when Toyota started their joint venture with GM. The plan was to have Toyota teach GM how to build cars the Japanese way, but what happened was the opposite. I think This American Life had a podcast talking about the open prostitution and drug dealing happening on the factory floor.
PS, my Tacoma built at NUMMI is a complete disappointment. Completely rusted out roof within 10 years in drought stricken California.
I ran the DP2 on my 6P and it was totally acceptable. There were some memory management issues that made it a bit janky and hard to keep background programs in memory when the camera was launched, but nothing you might not expect from an early beta. DP3 has fixed every issue I had and it's running great, so I had a month where my phone was just a little bit "off", but hardly "barely alpha"
...many cars can be stolen this way. I believe that the Wrangler were targeted because they are valuable in Mexico, not because they were particularly hackable. There have been several slightly older model BMWs stolen in my neighborhood using very similar techniques, key cutters and black market OBD software and VIN databases. Just wait until they can just unlock and start a car remotely via the car's wireless data connection...
I've tried Amazon apps over the years, recently Underground as the regular Amazon app is strangely not available for my Nexus 6P. All of them are huge, bloated and full of scary permissions. I don't need quick access to Amazon enough to allow it full control of my phone, so I just use their mobile site (same for AliExpress).
What if your coworker seems to be an undiagnosed, untrained autistic and literally can't understand that you don't want them droning on for minutes at a time about irrelevant topics?
In 2000, it was the culture to move quickly from job to job to bump your pay. I didn't and watched my friends' salaries rise 50% or more beyond mine.
In 2017, you're pretty darned lucky to just have a good paying job, so you stick around. It may be a culture of fear, but it's a better overall environment.
Meanwhile, Netflix is producing originals from Scorcese, Pitt, Will Smith all for $10/month. I'll save my $30 and wait for these movies to hit Redbox for a buck.
I suspect that this a symptom of the iThing generation. Having kids grow up so familiar with technology that "just works" and that you can't really modify in any meaningful way, results in kids who don't know how to fix things. The previous generation remembers slogging through windows registry, rooting phones, even building computers but this generation are simply tech consumers.
In the US, they have anointed the ISPs as the policemen of illegality. You could use this box and all associated software, but if it's streaming torrents or other pirated material, your ISP may turn you over to the MPAA or just shut off your connection.
Just went there after hearing about it for the first time. What a vapid, sad little world. Just post after post of people talking about being hungover, wanting sex or a burger, etc. Is this what our modern society is going to be? All anonymity and no humanity? No wonder everyone is depressed, being social animals with no social interaction outside of 140 characters.
...they would flag the OS itself as the biggest bit of malware. I have already had to reinstall 10 twice because processes like the metro app infrastructure just started consuming 90% of the CPU all the time. I tried every trick online to disable these bits to the point where the computer was completely hobbled, but in the end, only a clean install fixed the issue...for now.
But I sure wouldn't switch to T-Mobile now if I wasn't. Used to be, mediocre coverage, great, affordable plans. Now it's Binge-on, T-Mobile Tuesdays, goofy plans...you can only paper over your poor coverage with gimmicks for so long before you have to build your network out. If they ever cancel my Grandfathered plan, it's MVNO all the way for me.
Have never paid for an app subscription on my PC. Have never paid for an app subscription on my Phone. I pay for many media subscriptions and I have no problems paying for major feature upgrades to my apps, but when I buy an app, I want to own it. When a mobile app like Pushbullet goes subscription, equivalent competitors like "Join" always spring up as people don't want to pay a recurring cost for a one time service (I don't care about server costs, as a MITM server should not be a part of an app like Pushbullet anyways, as Join has proven).
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We generally buy $200 phones, but I got a Nexus 6P on a good sale and the camera quality is miles ahead of my wife's newer Moto G5+. It's not that they couldn't make a $200 phone with a better camera, it's that they don't as incentive to buy the flagships. Sorry kids, we had crappy polaroids and you get out of focus Moto photos.
Another formerly uninstallable Win10 app that I will be able to ditch!
Google has so much data feeding into it's AI and Assistant programs, I'm sure the coders are probably just there to make sure the things don't go sentient on them. Amazon has no such access and Alexa's low quality responses to many requests really show this. We got a Dot for free and use it for exactly two things, adding items to shopping lists and setting reminders for the kids. Nearly every other thing outside of "what'st the weather" gets an "I'm sorry, I don't know".
I guess they've run out of good features to copy and now are copying the bad ones...
My wife has a Moto G5+ with that processor. It's as snapply as the 8xx processor in my phone for most tasks and her phone lasts 2-3 days between charges vs mine that lasts about 6 hours.
And apparently they pay a PR firm to post in unrelated articles on tech blogs.
I bought a Roku Ultra to be able to watch both Amazon and Google content on one device. Even though it was months after release, the apps still had audio sync issues making the services unwatchable. The forums were filled with complaints and I posted logs and questions which were ignored. Literally the only reply I ever received from a Roku forum moderator was a complaint that my post was off topic for the thread (I was posting in an active thread as most others were ignored). Ditched Roku that day and would never buy such a poor quality product from an unresponsive tech company like Roku again.
Read some of the history of Fremont NUMMI when Toyota started their joint venture with GM. The plan was to have Toyota teach GM how to build cars the Japanese way, but what happened was the opposite. I think This American Life had a podcast talking about the open prostitution and drug dealing happening on the factory floor. PS, my Tacoma built at NUMMI is a complete disappointment. Completely rusted out roof within 10 years in drought stricken California.
I ran the DP2 on my 6P and it was totally acceptable. There were some memory management issues that made it a bit janky and hard to keep background programs in memory when the camera was launched, but nothing you might not expect from an early beta. DP3 has fixed every issue I had and it's running great, so I had a month where my phone was just a little bit "off", but hardly "barely alpha"
...many cars can be stolen this way. I believe that the Wrangler were targeted because they are valuable in Mexico, not because they were particularly hackable. There have been several slightly older model BMWs stolen in my neighborhood using very similar techniques, key cutters and black market OBD software and VIN databases. Just wait until they can just unlock and start a car remotely via the car's wireless data connection...
I've tried Amazon apps over the years, recently Underground as the regular Amazon app is strangely not available for my Nexus 6P. All of them are huge, bloated and full of scary permissions. I don't need quick access to Amazon enough to allow it full control of my phone, so I just use their mobile site (same for AliExpress).
Was introduce me to Linux Mint. Thanks Mark!
What if your coworker seems to be an undiagnosed, untrained autistic and literally can't understand that you don't want them droning on for minutes at a time about irrelevant topics?
Tesla already located their battery plant out of state. Will Space-X be next?
In 2000, it was the culture to move quickly from job to job to bump your pay. I didn't and watched my friends' salaries rise 50% or more beyond mine. In 2017, you're pretty darned lucky to just have a good paying job, so you stick around. It may be a culture of fear, but it's a better overall environment.
I always get the greatest value out of the 3 star reviews. 5 are shills and 1 usually bitching about irrelevant packaging or ship dates.
Meanwhile, Netflix is producing originals from Scorcese, Pitt, Will Smith all for $10/month. I'll save my $30 and wait for these movies to hit Redbox for a buck.
I suspect that this a symptom of the iThing generation. Having kids grow up so familiar with technology that "just works" and that you can't really modify in any meaningful way, results in kids who don't know how to fix things. The previous generation remembers slogging through windows registry, rooting phones, even building computers but this generation are simply tech consumers.
In the US, they have anointed the ISPs as the policemen of illegality. You could use this box and all associated software, but if it's streaming torrents or other pirated material, your ISP may turn you over to the MPAA or just shut off your connection.
Similar to this Kodi box, you could also buy a piggyback chip that you soldered to your cable box main board which would descramble every channel.
Just went there after hearing about it for the first time. What a vapid, sad little world. Just post after post of people talking about being hungover, wanting sex or a burger, etc. Is this what our modern society is going to be? All anonymity and no humanity? No wonder everyone is depressed, being social animals with no social interaction outside of 140 characters.
...they would flag the OS itself as the biggest bit of malware. I have already had to reinstall 10 twice because processes like the metro app infrastructure just started consuming 90% of the CPU all the time. I tried every trick online to disable these bits to the point where the computer was completely hobbled, but in the end, only a clean install fixed the issue...for now.
But I sure wouldn't switch to T-Mobile now if I wasn't. Used to be, mediocre coverage, great, affordable plans. Now it's Binge-on, T-Mobile Tuesdays, goofy plans...you can only paper over your poor coverage with gimmicks for so long before you have to build your network out. If they ever cancel my Grandfathered plan, it's MVNO all the way for me.
Have never paid for an app subscription on my PC. Have never paid for an app subscription on my Phone. I pay for many media subscriptions and I have no problems paying for major feature upgrades to my apps, but when I buy an app, I want to own it. When a mobile app like Pushbullet goes subscription, equivalent competitors like "Join" always spring up as people don't want to pay a recurring cost for a one time service (I don't care about server costs, as a MITM server should not be a part of an app like Pushbullet anyways, as Join has proven).
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