Now that the Rs are in power, it's time to Obama to lean in and take one (or ten) for the team. Everything that's good, come out against it; everything that's bad, say you support it. The Rs will slavishly oppose and BAM! Progress.
As a former Bay Area resident who now lives in Florida, my advice is to stay in California if you can afford to and if you're okay with your current job. Florida isn't totally horrible, but CA is a million times better, ESPECIALLY the Bay Area. Two things off top of my head: the weather is better out there, and there's a whole lot more going on. Every month, it seems, I see an ad for some cool event or something happening right there were used to live. I'd move back in a second if I could afford to. Never should have left, but oh well, that's how life goes sometimes.
... I'm pretty sure "We are continuing to conserve resources while we chart our path forward" is code for "We executives are hiding money for ourselves until the inevitable shutdown." Unfair as the ruling is, I'm pretty sure they're hosed.
So if I'm at home AND I'm in the same room with it AND I don't have my phone in my pocket AND it's otherwise quiet in the room, I can totally ask it stuff. SIGN ME UP!
This will be so great for all those times that I'm standing alone in my living room with my hands full and I suddenly need to know "what's 28 degrees fahrenheit in celsius?"
Seriously, Amazon, just throw this useless piece of shit into the bargain bin with the Microsoft Kin and the Google Nexus Q and the Facebook Phone and oh yeah the Amazon Fire Phone. Call me in a few months when they announce what the write-down is on this turd.
Try something new, play well with others, start small... I'm liking this. Go, Satya! Take that lumbering hulk of a company and do something with it besides coast.
Smartwatches are hardly the first gaudy watch. Parent meant you can discreetly glance at your wrist, rather than non-discreetly pulling your phone out of your pocket. And smart or not, a basic black and/or silver watch with a basic black or silver band is pretty discreet.
>> and develop a system that meets merchant needs [emphasis mine] while protecting the consumer
> I don't believe those two things can be reconciled.
The difference is between "wants" and "needs". Merchants WANT data, but what they NEED is money. They only reason they want data is to (hopefully) get more money. If Apple Pay lets people spend money easily, and the merchant ends up with more money because of that, they'll be fine with that.* And if people reject CurrentC -- and they will, not because they give a shit about security, but because the whole picture-of-a-code thing is retarded -- then the merchant will have no say in the matter.
* Well, until greed kicks in. I mean, they'll always want more, but if there's no way to get data without pissing off customers, they'll have to accept that they can't have it. The choice between going with Apple Pay or trying to force CurrentC is going to come down to a simple equation: do you want a small portion of something, or a large portion of nothing?
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Your sample size is the least of my problems.
FOR FUCK'S SAKE SLASHDOT, MAKE IT STOP!
That pic is amazing. And I still get my ass kicked by Lunar Lander at anything but the easiest settings.
... for the google product graveyard.
Dear Slashdot,
PLEASE make him an editor. So I can block him. Thanks!
/ducks
Now that the Rs are in power, it's time to Obama to lean in and take one (or ten) for the team. Everything that's good, come out against it; everything that's bad, say you support it. The Rs will slavishly oppose and BAM! Progress.
When I saw the first three words of the headline, I thought it was going to be about this fucktard.
"Net Neutrality" is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.
Senator Ted Cruz, TX
What an absolutely fucking disgusting display of "If Obama is for it, I'm against it."
As a former Bay Area resident who now lives in Florida, my advice is to stay in California if you can afford to and if you're okay with your current job. Florida isn't totally horrible, but CA is a million times better, ESPECIALLY the Bay Area. Two things off top of my head: the weather is better out there, and there's a whole lot more going on. Every month, it seems, I see an ad for some cool event or something happening right there were used to live. I'd move back in a second if I could afford to. Never should have left, but oh well, that's how life goes sometimes.
> Suppose, you are... having a tender moment with your spouse... The device
> listens... Will it start offering suggestions?
"Hey! Moron! She said 'faster' like ten times already!"
... I'm pretty sure "We are continuing to conserve resources while we chart our path forward" is code for "We executives are hiding money for ourselves until the inevitable shutdown." Unfair as the ruling is, I'm pretty sure they're hosed.
Editing: now free!
In-app purchases:
PS: Speaking of lists: Slashdot, why don't you fucking render bulleted lists?!?!?
So if I'm at home AND I'm in the same room with it AND I don't have my phone in my pocket AND it's otherwise quiet in the room, I can totally ask it stuff. SIGN ME UP!
This will be so great for all those times that I'm standing alone in my living room with my hands full and I suddenly need to know "what's 28 degrees fahrenheit in celsius?"
Seriously, Amazon, just throw this useless piece of shit into the bargain bin with the Microsoft Kin and the Google Nexus Q and the Facebook Phone and oh yeah the Amazon Fire Phone. Call me in a few months when they announce what the write-down is on this turd.
Discard the shirts I'm wearing in all my mugshots.
Wait... what the fuck good will it do?
What's up with the Amazon links? HP doesn't have product pages anymore?
320x106 is SUPER widescreen. 3:1! This thing will be AWESOME for movies.
No gold, less space than an Apple Watch. Lame.
Because "cams" are so great, the only thing better would be one that included EVERY SINGLE MOVEMENT OF THE WEARER'S HEAD. Fucking A.
All those flame wars => page views => ad revenue => helps keep Slashdot open.
Try something new, play well with others, start small... I'm liking this. Go, Satya! Take that lumbering hulk of a company and do something with it besides coast.
Smartwatches are hardly the first gaudy watch. Parent meant you can discreetly glance at your wrist, rather than non-discreetly pulling your phone out of your pocket. And smart or not, a basic black and/or silver watch with a basic black or silver band is pretty discreet.
And "look good" is in the eye of the beholder.
> *well, no-one worth listening to, probably
Right. But there are many, and they vote and hold office and make policy.
"It's like SQL injectiooooooon, on a module that's designed specifically to help prevent SQL injection attaaaaaaaaaaacks"
It practically writes itself!
>> and develop a system that meets merchant needs [emphasis mine] while protecting the consumer
> I don't believe those two things can be reconciled.
The difference is between "wants" and "needs". Merchants WANT data, but what they NEED is money. They only reason they want data is to (hopefully) get more money. If Apple Pay lets people spend money easily, and the merchant ends up with more money because of that, they'll be fine with that.* And if people reject CurrentC -- and they will, not because they give a shit about security, but because the whole picture-of-a-code thing is retarded -- then the merchant will have no say in the matter.
* Well, until greed kicks in. I mean, they'll always want more, but if there's no way to get data without pissing off customers, they'll have to accept that they can't have it. The choice between going with Apple Pay or trying to force CurrentC is going to come down to a simple equation: do you want a small portion of something, or a large portion of nothing?
Regardless of the result, the ensuing brouhaha would be called "Gategate".