note, BLE (low energy) is NOT AT ALL even CLOSE to what BT was. its a totally new thing, not interoperable and sharing only the stupid name for marketing reasons.
apple is STOOPID for abandoning bt classic. yet another reason I have no desire to own any apple product. time after time, their control-freak nature rubs me the wrong way.
as a business gets larger, the goverment wants to force their way on them, to get some kind of 'goody' that they can use for some kind of evil purpose.
I'm 100% convinced, corps in the US are practially universally evil; and as they get larger, they get more evil.
in their defense, they probably have no choice. 'an offer you cant refuse' is likely made to them and they concede.
but still, I distrust corps as much as I distrust our own government.
in my ideal dream country, no company would ever be allowed to grow beyond a certain amount of power, size, influence. with power comes inevitable corruption. PERIOD. full stop.
the US loves to let corps grow to mammoth sizes. the US does not care how good our society works and how much wellbeing the citizens enjoy. they only care about serving themselves. the ruling elites do what they want and GET AWAY WITH IT, most of the time.
amazon does not care; each thing that gets sold, they collect a fee.
just like ebay. there is no caring there.
I do like amazon, but I'm aware that they are a whore.
when a company like amazon allows sellers to sell 'wireless anti-static wrist straps' - and after being informed (by me and many others who know this area) that this is IMPOSSIBLE and a hoax-item, they still allow sellers from china to sell this bullshit.
there is a good amazon and a bad amazon and they are both under the amazon.com site. it really makes buying there, harder than it has to be.
amazon cares about its rep and goes 110% for its customers when you call in, but the fact that they let any 'yahoo' (lol) sell shit - that's really such a bad move on their part, it erodes their rep and for some reason, they don't seem to care about that aspect.
public facing email servers that run OLD MS software and its 'not a big deal'?
what planet do you live on? because here on earth, it IS a big deal.
it shows he does not care (his people, that is) or they are short-changed funding (that's worth noting) and attention to detail is not something his org values (also worth noting).
all this matters. its a statement about his management and what his people (that he hires) care about; or even worse, are ABLE to understand enough to care about.
the guy has more money than anyone would ever need, and yet he cheaps out on software updates on PUBLIC FACING SERVERS.
stupid. beyond stupid. its actually reckless.
NOT THE KIND OF GUY I WANT RUNNING MY COUNTRY.
yes, this detail does matter. especially when he's so fond of throwing dirt on other peoples' mistakes.
Let it go. User replaceable batteries aren't coming back any time soon for most smartphones. That battle is lost.
I don't believe it for a second. fads come and go. when people hunger for more talk-time and less 'omg, gotta go charge my phone!' they will be voting with their dollars and any vendor making swappable battery phones will get their business.
phone fashions are like fads and they come and go. we are TOLD that we demand waterproofness and thin phones but I'm not sure I ever met anyone who DEMANDED such things. we all want long battery life and we also are pretty tired of high repair bills when we need a battery changed. I can solder and do my own work but most people can't or can't be bothered.
rich guys could care less; they'll buy new toys every year, but many of us need to get long life from tronics.
the swappable battery will be back. the every more powerful cpus will mandate that and we can be sure cpus will keep getting faster, adding more ram and gpu power and that will require either thicker batteries or swappable ones.
why do you guys keep raising the issue of the AMOUNT of cards?
did the judge declare that the 4th ammendment is null and void if you have 'too many' of something?
now, go ahead: define EXACTLY what 'too many' is.
THAT is my point.
this is bullshit. the law was not followed and a new crap law was essentially created to help cops fuck people over at-will.
carrying 'too many cards' is not a crime. it does not matter what the cards are or any other details.
soon, carrying 'too much money' will be a crime. oops, forgot, they ALREADY declared that a crime;(
I weep for us all. we don't respect laws anymore; we seem to do anything to make authoritarians happier. citizens - they don't really matter anymore, do they?
I recently upgraded many of my systems to new mobos and cpus.
the reason is that I can run fanless, now. there are many i5 and i7 chips that are 35w now (!!) and that is fully in the fanless catagory, by using a htpc case with heatpipes going to a large heatsink.
also, new m.2 drives that speak nvme are worth having! 2000MB/sec on hdparm tests is nothing to sneeze at. I'm using to getting 500 on fast ssd's but with 2000 being the new number (samsung pro 950) its amazingly faster than anything before.
that's what made me upgrade. good support for mini-itx m2 ssd using nvme (not sata anymore; sata is too slow, lol) and good low power cpus that are super fast and very low power.
there are no updates, for all practical purposes. android update model is worse than window10, and THAT is saying A LOT.
linux: I can update and patch the kernel, the ip stack, apps, etc etc.
android: sigh. it sucks. that's all.
we need a real linux based phone and not google's lock-in bullshit that is abandonware.
the vendors don't care and neither does google. all this just made ME not care about phones, pretty much. I love linux and have been a linux admin since the 1.1 kernel days, but I refuse to spend time on 'phones' since they are junk and more frustration than its worth.
bad guys are convince us they're the good guys - can and will abuse this.
because it exists, they'll get (have gotton) around any inconvenient barriers and now, everything is of 'national security, just let us in' level.
I advocate for ending all law-enforcement and government access to email and online encrypted comms. governments exist for the betterment of their people (that's the idea, even though its never quite followed, in practice). no LE official really can be trusted with power; we're seeing this almost daily, certainly weekly. give authority figures lots of power and they'll abuse it.
so, I advocate for fully removing all access, even so-called emergencies. you blew you. we tried trusting you, you fucked us and now we have to take the ability away for all things, both good and bad. thanks for fucking this up, guys. it could have worked, but noooooo, you had to go mess things up for everyone.
that's what I would like to see. removal of all spy powers, all code in core routers, edge routers, switches, gateways, etc - will have the sections removed for the next build cycle (lol..., I can dream, its my dream, dammit.)
its only a dream. reality is far uglier. routers/etc have 'legal intercept' built and baked right in, and I think that's just wrong. because the ones who have access to that can't be trusted and those above them (on up) - I really wish that feature set was gone, tomorrow. we'd be a step closer to real freedom online and because goverments really hate it when their people are truly free, they will do all they can to keep things the way they are now.
we can't change what's below tcp and ip. but we can layer new secure virtual networks on top of that. that's what the tech community should be working towards. the layers below - all spooked. fully untrustable. go define new secure layers on top of that mess and then we'll have internet-v2 that we can really trust.
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correction: the useless fucking flyover state 'americans' voted based on bullshit that trump shoveled to them.
they ate it up and were 'useful idiots' to him.
I'm ashamed of the US. 100% totally ashamed. but maybe its good that we fully hit bottom. after that, you can only go upwards.
on its NON BUSINESS laptops.
yes, that matters. that's a big detail you omitted (for some reason..)
its a lie.
androids are mostly abandoned by vendors. no updates.
total BS. until they fix that, android as a whole will continue to suck.
iphones do NOT have bluetooth anymore!
note, BLE (low energy) is NOT AT ALL even CLOSE to what BT was. its a totally new thing, not interoperable and sharing only the stupid name for marketing reasons.
apple is STOOPID for abandoning bt classic. yet another reason I have no desire to own any apple product. time after time, their control-freak nature rubs me the wrong way.
I bet you can buy a bluetooth connected escape key.
you could put an esp8266 inside a tiny box and have a single ESC key on it. small coin cell battery or two.
perhaps the model could be: iGiveup
as a business gets larger, the goverment wants to force their way on them, to get some kind of 'goody' that they can use for some kind of evil purpose.
I'm 100% convinced, corps in the US are practially universally evil; and as they get larger, they get more evil.
in their defense, they probably have no choice. 'an offer you cant refuse' is likely made to them and they concede.
but still, I distrust corps as much as I distrust our own government.
in my ideal dream country, no company would ever be allowed to grow beyond a certain amount of power, size, influence. with power comes inevitable corruption. PERIOD. full stop.
the US loves to let corps grow to mammoth sizes. the US does not care how good our society works and how much wellbeing the citizens enjoy. they only care about serving themselves. the ruling elites do what they want and GET AWAY WITH IT, most of the time.
I'd fed up with this crap.
with hillary, you know you'll get a politician.
with trump, what ARE you going to get?
I'll take the devil I know to the devil I don't know, thankyouverymuch.
amazon does not care; each thing that gets sold, they collect a fee.
just like ebay. there is no caring there.
I do like amazon, but I'm aware that they are a whore.
when a company like amazon allows sellers to sell 'wireless anti-static wrist straps' - and after being informed (by me and many others who know this area) that this is IMPOSSIBLE and a hoax-item, they still allow sellers from china to sell this bullshit.
there is a good amazon and a bad amazon and they are both under the amazon.com site. it really makes buying there, harder than it has to be.
amazon cares about its rep and goes 110% for its customers when you call in, but the fact that they let any 'yahoo' (lol) sell shit - that's really such a bad move on their part, it erodes their rep and for some reason, they don't seem to care about that aspect.
nothing the NSA does will 'expose the country to great risk'.
that's bullshit.
but keep believing the lies the authorities tell you.
the age of 'spy vs spy' is over. lets please move on and end this crap, already.
you can't fault him/them??
seriously?
public facing email servers that run OLD MS software and its 'not a big deal'?
what planet do you live on? because here on earth, it IS a big deal.
it shows he does not care (his people, that is) or they are short-changed funding (that's worth noting) and attention to detail is not something his org values (also worth noting).
all this matters. its a statement about his management and what his people (that he hires) care about; or even worse, are ABLE to understand enough to care about.
the guy has more money than anyone would ever need, and yet he cheaps out on software updates on PUBLIC FACING SERVERS.
stupid. beyond stupid. its actually reckless.
NOT THE KIND OF GUY I WANT RUNNING MY COUNTRY.
yes, this detail does matter. especially when he's so fond of throwing dirt on other peoples' mistakes.
Let it go. User replaceable batteries aren't coming back any time soon for most smartphones. That battle is lost.
I don't believe it for a second. fads come and go. when people hunger for more talk-time and less 'omg, gotta go charge my phone!' they will be voting with their dollars and any vendor making swappable battery phones will get their business.
phone fashions are like fads and they come and go. we are TOLD that we demand waterproofness and thin phones but I'm not sure I ever met anyone who DEMANDED such things. we all want long battery life and we also are pretty tired of high repair bills when we need a battery changed. I can solder and do my own work but most people can't or can't be bothered.
rich guys could care less; they'll buy new toys every year, but many of us need to get long life from tronics.
the swappable battery will be back. the every more powerful cpus will mandate that and we can be sure cpus will keep getting faster, adding more ram and gpu power and that will require either thicker batteries or swappable ones.
give it time. the fad cycle changes.
holy shit - ALL women in her staff?
yeah, that's real 'diversity' right there.
as long as there are no white men, its ok. amiright?
damn, not even a token penis in the whole crowd.
I didn't think much of that pao woman before, but I think much less of her now. didn't even think it was possible.
Did I miss something important?
its just a mess of h-files. it might be important, or it might not, depending on what you are trying to build...
bread-bart???
seriously? you are not going to get any respect quoting that horse's ass of a website.
might as well quote faux news, for that matter.
agreed: pao's a chicken.
(runs away....)
did your IRS 'agent' tell you he was just doing the needful??
why do you guys keep raising the issue of the AMOUNT of cards?
did the judge declare that the 4th ammendment is null and void if you have 'too many' of something?
now, go ahead: define EXACTLY what 'too many' is.
THAT is my point.
this is bullshit. the law was not followed and a new crap law was essentially created to help cops fuck people over at-will.
carrying 'too many cards' is not a crime. it does not matter what the cards are or any other details.
soon, carrying 'too much money' will be a crime. oops, forgot, they ALREADY declared that a crime ;(
I weep for us all. we don't respect laws anymore; we seem to do anything to make authoritarians happier. citizens - they don't really matter anymore, do they?
they create software that time-bomb explodes at a future date and disabled somewhat-working hardware.
I, like you, have agilent and old hp test gear at home and love it. but hp has stopped being the hp we knew about 20 years ago.
I recently upgraded many of my systems to new mobos and cpus.
the reason is that I can run fanless, now. there are many i5 and i7 chips that are 35w now (!!) and that is fully in the fanless catagory, by using a htpc case with heatpipes going to a large heatsink.
also, new m.2 drives that speak nvme are worth having! 2000MB/sec on hdparm tests is nothing to sneeze at. I'm using to getting 500 on fast ssd's but with 2000 being the new number (samsung pro 950) its amazingly faster than anything before.
that's what made me upgrade. good support for mini-itx m2 ssd using nvme (not sata anymore; sata is too slow, lol) and good low power cpus that are super fast and very low power.
You better watch out-
There may be dogs about
I don't have to check for that; if he were there, I'd smell the vodak from a mile away.
(spelling intentional. fark you, that's why.)
there are no updates, for all practical purposes. android update model is worse than window10, and THAT is saying A LOT.
linux: I can update and patch the kernel, the ip stack, apps, etc etc.
android: sigh. it sucks. that's all.
we need a real linux based phone and not google's lock-in bullshit that is abandonware.
the vendors don't care and neither does google. all this just made ME not care about phones, pretty much. I love linux and have been a linux admin since the 1.1 kernel days, but I refuse to spend time on 'phones' since they are junk and more frustration than its worth.
whatever causes the mainstream movie/entertainment industry PAIN, I'm all in favor of.
you assholes have been milking the consumer for far too long. your model is outdated and in need of major change.
oh, and btw, go fuck yourselves.
bad guys are convince us they're the good guys - can and will abuse this.
because it exists, they'll get (have gotton) around any inconvenient barriers and now, everything is of 'national security, just let us in' level.
I advocate for ending all law-enforcement and government access to email and online encrypted comms. governments exist for the betterment of their people (that's the idea, even though its never quite followed, in practice). no LE official really can be trusted with power; we're seeing this almost daily, certainly weekly. give authority figures lots of power and they'll abuse it.
so, I advocate for fully removing all access, even so-called emergencies. you blew you. we tried trusting you, you fucked us and now we have to take the ability away for all things, both good and bad. thanks for fucking this up, guys. it could have worked, but noooooo, you had to go mess things up for everyone.
that's what I would like to see. removal of all spy powers, all code in core routers, edge routers, switches, gateways, etc - will have the sections removed for the next build cycle (lol..., I can dream, its my dream, dammit.)
its only a dream. reality is far uglier. routers/etc have 'legal intercept' built and baked right in, and I think that's just wrong. because the ones who have access to that can't be trusted and those above them (on up) - I really wish that feature set was gone, tomorrow. we'd be a step closer to real freedom online and because goverments really hate it when their people are truly free, they will do all they can to keep things the way they are now.
we can't change what's below tcp and ip. but we can layer new secure virtual networks on top of that. that's what the tech community should be working towards. the layers below - all spooked. fully untrustable. go define new secure layers on top of that mess and then we'll have internet-v2 that we can really trust.
just one word:
calea
'nuff said?