Which doesn't help if the vast majority of stores in which you can see and touch a phone before buying it sell only locked phones.
So do what everyone else does. Go into the store that sells locked phones, try them out, then buy an unlocked phone on the internet. Make sure you tell the salesdroid that you're not going to buy a phone in his shop because they don't sell unlocked phones, on your way out.
I'd be careful on that. I have had some carriers lock unlocked phones, or re-lock phones that were unlocked.
Next time, don't hand them your phone. Just install their SIM. There's literally no way for a SIM to lock your phone, although maybe Google will add that to Android Q, too.
That's as stupid as saying you make a body armor vest that is mostly immune to impacts although guns can be problematic.
It's more like saying that you make a body armor vest that is mostly immune to gunshots, but it's still vulnerable to knives, or arrows. And absent a shock plate, that's precisely how modern armor is.
If CPUC sets their maximum profit, then how can the problem be excessive profit?
Because the CPUC is also corrupt. You look surprised. Someone should explain to you how the world works. Sorry your parents didn't, mine didn't either and I had to figure it out on my own by paying attention. Maybe you should try it.
Hey I know, these are such wonderful people, how about you move a few families into your home to help cover your bills? They are obviously great people and better than your neighbors.
I don't know where he plans to get the cars, but I'd get them from the plant to be built in China, since they're already buying Chinese cars in Europe. Slide a few over there now to high-profile (celebrity) customers, and then fill the demand later.
Even people who do not engage in what you apparently term sociopathic behavior as a result can still induce a drain on a social medical system through sickness, general poor health, and perhaps ultimately an ill-timed death.
Smokers cost less medically because they die early and fast. I wonder how other drugs compare.
The idea that people who do such harm to themselves through drug abuse are not really harming others is at best an illusion.
And the idea that they're doing it just for fun is also at best an illusion — studies have shown that people whose conditions actually improve have an easier time recovering from drugs.
Paying off an accuser and not declaring it to the FEC is a felony, Michael Cohen is charged with a felony and 5 years for doing the same with Stormy Daniels.
...during the run-up to an election. So only a subset of those congresscritters have done the same.
In addition I'm sure some of the 264 sexual harassment accusers are legit
Probably most of them. If they're obviously not legit, then it's not worth paying them off.
Except drugs are not an entirely victimless crime.
Using drugs should not be a crime. Society should provide alternatives to drugs which are attractive. The sociopathic behavior that some people engage in when using drugs should continue to be a crime.
Then again, maybe the entire purpose of this is to get the rental devices to drive themselves from the private property where they are abandoned (or stolen), back to a public sidewalk where they can be retrieved by the owners without legal complications.
Let me know when they can build one that can transform into a robot and kick the shit out of bike thieves.
Who needs this? Who is asking for this? What is the problem that this is trying to solve?
A lot of people have been complaining about the fact that bikes and scooters are littering the landscape. This is a solution to that problem. So, lots and lots of people have been asking for a solution, and this is a potential solution.
I guess my point is what the fuck is wrong with these people?
When population grows, the low-hanging-fruit of ideal living areas goes away. We can thin out people instead of trees, but that won't go over very well with people
You can thin out trees, or you can put people where the trees aren't, but you can't just put the people in the trees and then expect it to go well.
That is where, the Democrats, were they reasonable humans, would say something like "How about 3 billion more for border security, only some of which may be used for new fencing, and the Dreamer extension you mentioned". See how that works?
They already tried that. Then Trump said "am I going to get my wall?" and they said "no" and then he walked out. He claims he didn't slap his hands down on the table, they say he did. Did you forget all of this already, or just blink and miss it?
But you can't buy a Sony A/V receiver and call it HiFi.
That depends. Are you trying to say it's hot shit now, or that it would have been hot shit back when the term was coined? Because any half-assed Sony receiver from today would be at least decent back then so long as it didn't fail. You don't have to use the DSP crap.
The TSA was created in large part to give the average traveler the sense that three or four guys with box cutters couldn't take over the plane and smash it into a big building to make a political point.
Two or perhaps two point five things were needed for that: hardened cockpit doors (the point five is security procedures to go with them) and air marshals. People asked for and got those things, and that's all that was necessary to reassure them. We also got the TSA to keep people scared — they've never caught a single terrorist and they get failing grades every time we test their ability to catch guns or explosives, but they do manage to feel people up, look at their naked body on the scanner, and steal their bottled water, shampoo and lighters.
Thanks for the link, my own more limited experience jibes with that OK. My audio listening equipment comes down to Sennheiser HD420s plugged into an older M-Audio Mobile Pre USB, which is in turn plugged into the low-noise USB DAC plug on my PC, which plugs into a Tripp Lite isobar 4... I also have a Kenwood and some Yamaha monitors, but I don't have them hooked up ATM.
Another is to see it as working toward removal of an externality that non-parents exploit by being childless.
Since we're using more natural capital than is being replenished year on year, it's the people making more people than their mere replacements who owe those of us choosing not to replicate. It scarcely matters that we could be more efficient, since we are not; we are way over Earth's carrying capacity as we are behaving, and as we tend to behave.
I'm all for 24-bit audio so long as it doesn't suffer from compression, otherwise a giant waste of time and money.
I'm all for 24-bit audio as long as the hardware is of sufficient quality that it can make any conceivable difference, and if it doesn't cost a lot more. Otherwise, CD quality is at least adequate, if not ideal. I'd rather have more tracks and more channels than more bits (and with the ability to assign the former to the latter dynamically.)
The dems are about to save you a shitload of money, by not allowing a goofball with delusions of grandeur to blow it on something that won't ever stop a single illegal immigrant.
Now, that's an exaggeration. It would probably stop a handful, at least. It wouldn't put any meaningful dent in the numbers, however.
On the other hand, I don't think that the wall would ever actually get built. They'd say they're building the wall, and they'd maybe make a token effort, and then the money would disappear into the usual pockets and then you'd see the outstretched hand return — or you'd see Trump's back side retreat into the distance, but you wouldn't see a wall. It's much like how he goes golfing every weekend on the premise that it's necessary for him to reduce his stress level and govern effectively. Bollocks, of course; he has no intention of doing any such thing.
Because we're having border security issues up here with people fleeing the U.S.. We're anxiously awaiting how this all turns out.
Just like the US should be glad to have people fleeing violence and seeking a better life instead of participating in it, so should Canada. I've never understood why people would rant at any sort of travelers about how bad their country is. No shit, they left it, remember?
One of the most frustrating things about the Play store is that there's no way to sort the search results. It seems like the more popular apps (based on number of reviews since it hides the exact number of downloads) are clustered near the top, but they're not in any order I've been able to determine.
It's probably a mixture of factors like all of google's search results. Ranking by score is their core competency. Age, review scores, cost (since they take a percentage), downloads...
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Which doesn't help if the vast majority of stores in which you can see and touch a phone before buying it sell only locked phones.
So do what everyone else does. Go into the store that sells locked phones, try them out, then buy an unlocked phone on the internet. Make sure you tell the salesdroid that you're not going to buy a phone in his shop because they don't sell unlocked phones, on your way out.
I'd be careful on that. I have had some carriers lock unlocked phones, or re-lock phones that were unlocked.
Next time, don't hand them your phone. Just install their SIM. There's literally no way for a SIM to lock your phone, although maybe Google will add that to Android Q, too.
That's as stupid as saying you make a body armor vest that is mostly immune to impacts although guns can be problematic.
It's more like saying that you make a body armor vest that is mostly immune to gunshots, but it's still vulnerable to knives, or arrows. And absent a shock plate, that's precisely how modern armor is.
If CPUC sets their maximum profit, then how can the problem be excessive profit?
Because the CPUC is also corrupt. You look surprised. Someone should explain to you how the world works. Sorry your parents didn't, mine didn't either and I had to figure it out on my own by paying attention. Maybe you should try it.
This is the perfect time to send cars overseas since they do not have enough buyers here.
What are you smoking, and how do I contact your dealer? They can sell every car they can produce here, and then some.
Hey I know, these are such wonderful people, how about you move a few families into your home to help cover your bills? They are obviously great people and better than your neighbors.
I live literally surrounded by such families...
I don't know where he plans to get the cars, but I'd get them from the plant to be built in China, since they're already buying Chinese cars in Europe. Slide a few over there now to high-profile (celebrity) customers, and then fill the demand later.
Even people who do not engage in what you apparently term sociopathic behavior as a result can still induce a drain on a social medical system through sickness, general poor health, and perhaps ultimately an ill-timed death.
Smokers cost less medically because they die early and fast. I wonder how other drugs compare.
The idea that people who do such harm to themselves through drug abuse are not really harming others is at best an illusion.
And the idea that they're doing it just for fun is also at best an illusion — studies have shown that people whose conditions actually improve have an easier time recovering from drugs.
I remember the "slapping" that so incenses you,
Nice try snowflake, but I'm not incensed by it. I included it as an aid to memory since you clearly didn't know where we were in the conversation.
I can see you have no links to offer, so I win.
You don't win, dude. We all lose.
Paying off an accuser and not declaring it to the FEC is a felony, Michael Cohen is charged with a felony and 5 years for doing the same with Stormy Daniels.
...during the run-up to an election. So only a subset of those congresscritters have done the same.
In addition I'm sure some of the 264 sexual harassment accusers are legit
Probably most of them. If they're obviously not legit, then it's not worth paying them off.
Except drugs are not an entirely victimless crime.
Using drugs should not be a crime. Society should provide alternatives to drugs which are attractive. The sociopathic behavior that some people engage in when using drugs should continue to be a crime.
Then again, maybe the entire purpose of this is to get the rental devices to drive themselves from the private property where they are abandoned (or stolen), back to a public sidewalk where they can be retrieved by the owners without legal complications.
Let me know when they can build one that can transform into a robot and kick the shit out of bike thieves.
Who needs this? Who is asking for this? What is the problem that this is trying to solve?
A lot of people have been complaining about the fact that bikes and scooters are littering the landscape. This is a solution to that problem. So, lots and lots of people have been asking for a solution, and this is a potential solution.
I guess my point is what the fuck is wrong with these people?
Capitalism.
When population grows, the low-hanging-fruit of ideal living areas goes away. We can thin out people instead of trees, but that won't go over very well with people
You can thin out trees, or you can put people where the trees aren't, but you can't just put the people in the trees and then expect it to go well.
Nope. Link please as to what you think constitutes "trying".
Answer my question first, weasel.
That is where, the Democrats, were they reasonable humans, would say something like "How about 3 billion more for border security, only some of which may be used for new fencing, and the Dreamer extension you mentioned".
See how that works?
They already tried that. Then Trump said "am I going to get my wall?" and they said "no" and then he walked out. He claims he didn't slap his hands down on the table, they say he did. Did you forget all of this already, or just blink and miss it?
But you can't buy a Sony A/V receiver and call it HiFi.
That depends. Are you trying to say it's hot shit now, or that it would have been hot shit back when the term was coined? Because any half-assed Sony receiver from today would be at least decent back then so long as it didn't fail. You don't have to use the DSP crap.
The TSA was created in large part to give the average traveler the sense that three or four guys with box cutters couldn't take over the plane and smash it into a big building to make a political point.
Two or perhaps two point five things were needed for that: hardened cockpit doors (the point five is security procedures to go with them) and air marshals. People asked for and got those things, and that's all that was necessary to reassure them. We also got the TSA to keep people scared — they've never caught a single terrorist and they get failing grades every time we test their ability to catch guns or explosives, but they do manage to feel people up, look at their naked body on the scanner, and steal their bottled water, shampoo and lighters.
Maybe relevant for you - https://people.xiph.org/~xiphm...
Thanks for the link, my own more limited experience jibes with that OK. My audio listening equipment comes down to Sennheiser HD420s plugged into an older M-Audio Mobile Pre USB, which is in turn plugged into the low-noise USB DAC plug on my PC, which plugs into a Tripp Lite isobar 4... I also have a Kenwood and some Yamaha monitors, but I don't have them hooked up ATM.
Another is to see it as working toward removal of an externality that non-parents exploit by being childless.
Since we're using more natural capital than is being replenished year on year, it's the people making more people than their mere replacements who owe those of us choosing not to replicate. It scarcely matters that we could be more efficient, since we are not; we are way over Earth's carrying capacity as we are behaving, and as we tend to behave.
Trump then also proposed a compromise,
It's not a compromise if he gets everything he wants, and especially not if the only thing he's giving back is the hostages.
I'm all for 24-bit audio so long as it doesn't suffer from compression, otherwise a giant waste of time and money.
I'm all for 24-bit audio as long as the hardware is of sufficient quality that it can make any conceivable difference, and if it doesn't cost a lot more. Otherwise, CD quality is at least adequate, if not ideal. I'd rather have more tracks and more channels than more bits (and with the ability to assign the former to the latter dynamically.)
The dems are about to save you a shitload of money, by not allowing a goofball with delusions of grandeur to blow it on something that won't ever stop a single illegal immigrant.
Now, that's an exaggeration. It would probably stop a handful, at least. It wouldn't put any meaningful dent in the numbers, however.
On the other hand, I don't think that the wall would ever actually get built. They'd say they're building the wall, and they'd maybe make a token effort, and then the money would disappear into the usual pockets and then you'd see the outstretched hand return — or you'd see Trump's back side retreat into the distance, but you wouldn't see a wall. It's much like how he goes golfing every weekend on the premise that it's necessary for him to reduce his stress level and govern effectively. Bollocks, of course; he has no intention of doing any such thing.
Because we're having border security issues up here with people fleeing the U.S.. We're anxiously awaiting how this all turns out.
Just like the US should be glad to have people fleeing violence and seeking a better life instead of participating in it, so should Canada. I've never understood why people would rant at any sort of travelers about how bad their country is. No shit, they left it, remember?
One of the most frustrating things about the Play store is that there's no way to sort the search results. It seems like the more popular apps (based on number of reviews since it hides the exact number of downloads) are clustered near the top, but they're not in any order I've been able to determine.
It's probably a mixture of factors like all of google's search results. Ranking by score is their core competency. Age, review scores, cost (since they take a percentage), downloads...