Currently, yes. However, I am thinking back to when when AMD dragged the x86 processor vendors kicking and screaming to 64-bit architectures. Likewise, Tesla is now dragging car makers to electric.
I think the big car makers are now going to adopt electric, and they are going to catch Tesla. Only time will tell if Tesla can stay ahead. I wish them well, though.
You do realize that Trump has not actually been kicked off, right?
Both of those guys represent a metaphorical gravy train for Twitter. Their chances of actually getting kicked off are close to zero, regardless of noise from the Twitter policy chief.
Forget the environmental advantages for a moment then. Used laptops that DO allow hard-drive replacement are easily re-purposed into secondhand markets, where they are bought and used by people who can't afford the price tag of a new unit. Not everyone has the benefit of being able to get the newest technology every couple of years, or even to update their technology *at all* every couple of years. There's a case for being able to keep a computer in useful service as long as possible.
However, this is clearly not Apple's target market. They are in a metaphorical arms race with other laptop manufacturers to make a lighter, thinner computer, because they can generate more sales to high-paying customers that way. It's the norm because all the manufacturers are fighting to make it the norm.
I do not mean to suggest that yelling back and forth is good for productivity. (I don't think it is, in the long term.) I just mean that their measurement thingy (worn around the neck to detect face-to-face interaction) would probably not count any yelling back and forth that happened. "Yelling back and forth" is communication, so they would probably not have measured that form of communication. However, it's also disruptive to everyone nearby. Personally I would not prefer an open layout.
Indeed. This goes hand-in-hand with the "right to repair" concept, in which it is better to extend the life of an existing product than to throw the whole thing away to replace it with a new one. (Maybe old products that constantly emit pollution are an exception. A keyboard certainly does NOT fall into that category, though.)
And maybe in an open layout, it's just easier to yell things back and forth, rather than moving into a "face-to-face" position to talk? It seems like that could skew the measurement of whether people had more face-to-face meetings.
Yeah, this is staggering. The "I left their phone number in my pants pocket, and it got destroyed in the wash" defense.
I hate to mention Uber, but I'll do it anyway. I see a remarkable parallel between Uber claiming that they are "just a ridesharing facilitator who is not responsible for outcomes and mishaps", and this instance of Amazon claiming that they have no part in facilitating the accidents with these hoverboards.
Let's pretend for a moment that Amazon changes their minds, and decides to help track down the manufacturer. The problem is, Chinese companies appear and vanish frequently, and there may be little hope of finding the responsible parties. I think the highest chance of them getting caught would be if one of the hoverboards killed some Chinese children. In that case, the Chinese government might convict and execute those responsible. They did that with the executives who sold tainted baby formula.
All of my calls are made using speakerphone mode, while the phone rests on a phonograph turntable. Mostly I run it at 33 1/3 RPM. If I don't like you, you get 'the 78 RPM' treatment.
Well, guns are useful in a firefight. Less useful, though, in a tank-fight, a bomb-fight, or a missle-fight. Ultimately, it would not matter if they were badly-trained or well-trained as a fire team.
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Currently, yes. However, I am thinking back to when when AMD dragged the x86 processor vendors kicking and screaming to 64-bit architectures. Likewise, Tesla is now dragging car makers to electric.
I think the big car makers are now going to adopt electric, and they are going to catch Tesla. Only time will tell if Tesla can stay ahead. I wish them well, though.
You do realize that Trump has not actually been kicked off, right?
Both of those guys represent a metaphorical gravy train for Twitter. Their chances of actually getting kicked off are close to zero, regardless of noise from the Twitter policy chief.
Tesla will be as AMD, while Mercedes will be as Intel.
Still a good thing for consumers.
"...your leader has delusions of godhood..."
Yeah, everyone knows about Trump, okay?
Links, please?
...whoosh...almost.
Hey, hey, hey! That's a bit harsh, don't you think?
"We're very conscious of how the product looks on your face. "
It looks like the peak of sophistication.
Those are space-suit Snuggies.
Thank goodness I had already swallowed my coffee before I read it.
Regardless of the practicality or impracticality of the suit, this definitely seems to qualify as news for nerds.
Do not tease Happy Mars Ball.
'here' = ?
Forget the environmental advantages for a moment then. Used laptops that DO allow hard-drive replacement are easily re-purposed into secondhand markets, where they are bought and used by people who can't afford the price tag of a new unit. Not everyone has the benefit of being able to get the newest technology every couple of years, or even to update their technology *at all* every couple of years. There's a case for being able to keep a computer in useful service as long as possible.
However, this is clearly not Apple's target market. They are in a metaphorical arms race with other laptop manufacturers to make a lighter, thinner computer, because they can generate more sales to high-paying customers that way. It's the norm because all the manufacturers are fighting to make it the norm.
LOL, paper darts. Yes.
I do not mean to suggest that yelling back and forth is good for productivity. (I don't think it is, in the long term.) I just mean that their measurement thingy (worn around the neck to detect face-to-face interaction) would probably not count any yelling back and forth that happened. "Yelling back and forth" is communication, so they would probably not have measured that form of communication. However, it's also disruptive to everyone nearby. Personally I would not prefer an open layout.
Indeed. This goes hand-in-hand with the "right to repair" concept, in which it is better to extend the life of an existing product than to throw the whole thing away to replace it with a new one. (Maybe old products that constantly emit pollution are an exception. A keyboard certainly does NOT fall into that category, though.)
Happy to hear about your Model M.
And maybe in an open layout, it's just easier to yell things back and forth, rather than moving into a "face-to-face" position to talk? It seems like that could skew the measurement of whether people had more face-to-face meetings.
Or LSD.
Yeah, this is staggering. The "I left their phone number in my pants pocket, and it got destroyed in the wash" defense.
I hate to mention Uber, but I'll do it anyway. I see a remarkable parallel between Uber claiming that they are "just a ridesharing facilitator who is not responsible for outcomes and mishaps", and this instance of Amazon claiming that they have no part in facilitating the accidents with these hoverboards.
Let's pretend for a moment that Amazon changes their minds, and decides to help track down the manufacturer. The problem is, Chinese companies appear and vanish frequently, and there may be little hope of finding the responsible parties. I think the highest chance of them getting caught would be if one of the hoverboards killed some Chinese children. In that case, the Chinese government might convict and execute those responsible. They did that with the executives who sold tainted baby formula.
All of my calls are made using speakerphone mode, while the phone rests on a phonograph turntable. Mostly I run it at 33 1/3 RPM. If I don't like you, you get 'the 78 RPM' treatment.
That. Is. Fabulous. A city-state that can be destroyed by a torpedo. I wonder if it would be the world's first such instance?
"Don" is a Duck.
/ducks
I think GP's last paragraph was indeed in the spirit of make-believe wishful thinking. It would take a frikking miracle for it to happen.
Well, guns are useful in a firefight. Less useful, though, in a tank-fight, a bomb-fight, or a missle-fight. Ultimately, it would not matter if they were badly-trained or well-trained as a fire team.
I do agree that they are deluding themselves.
Yes. I believe the problems were Colin Powell and The Decider.