It was the only smartwatch that met my needs, and it did so well enough that it has become indispensable to me. Now there's nothing on the market that I'm aware of that can replace it.
Working for a corporation doesn't make you a robot.
Quite often (but not always), particularly for sensitive issues, working for a corporation absolutely makes you a robot. Given the choice between having a viable career in the corporation or shutting up and going along, choosing the former means that you aren't really part of the corporation and choosing the latter makes you a robot.
That's interesting. I find all the non-sugar sweeteners to taste bad to varying degrees, but Stevia is the least bad of them all. Splenda is terrible, and Sweet 'n Low is even worse.
This company is no different than AVG and Kaspersky when it comes to anti-virus services.
It's very different. With software from AVG or anyone else, you have a choice. If you object to their collection practices, you can simply not use their software. That's not really the case with Windows for most people. You're locked in, and you can't turn the collection off.
No, we really don't. Whether or not this works remains a matter of controversy, and there is little unambiguous evidence to support either side of the debate.
I've been running Linux exclusively on all my own machines for 15 years or so now, so I won't be worrying about this at all. I do have to use Windows machines for work, but those are supplied and supported by my employer, so I don't have to worry about it there, either. Hooray!!
I think it's more that hobby contributors have been replaced by corporate paid, "my way or the highway" contributors. That has had both positive and negative effects
I can tell you from experience that Konqueror is a browser with a vastly smaller footprint than Chrome or Firefox. There are times when this can make a really big difference, particularly if you are in a situation where you need to X-forward a browser session over the internet; Chrome and Firefox might be particularly painful while Konqueror could be usable.
Yes. As a general purpose web browser, Konqueror blows pretty hard. But for the use case you cite, or for reading locally installed documentation, Konqueror is better than any of the heavyweight browsers. It still has its role, and performs it well.
There is still demand for a standalone mail client, though I can't say I've used KMail much. I use Thunderbird religiously. I most certainly do not want it to look any more like Outlook, in fact I value how much it looks like the old Netscape Communicator.
Agreed. I'm a Thunderbird user (KMail is far too buggy to be considered usable, at least if you're using IMAP). I very, very strongly prefer standalone clients over any web-based system that I have used. I certainly DON'T want my client to resemble Outlook. I hate Outlook.
Specifically, whatever I use has to have a decent weather applet, a good clock/calendar applet, a decent sensors applet, a customizable drawer applet to start all the stuff I actually use
Personally, I couldn't care less about applets at all.
KDE has been my preferred desktop for many years now, but it has clearly been dying (at least in terms of its usefulness to me) for quite a while. I noticed it first when they introduced that whole "Plasma" thing, and it's been downhill ever since.
It hasn't yet reached the point where I'm uncomfortable enough to put the effort into changing my desktop, but I can see that day coming fast.
So they think, that people who do not like forced updates and telemetry will resolve the problem by upgrading to Windows 10? That does not make sense.
It makes a certain sense. At this point, most everyone who hates Windows 10 and isn't allergic to switching to a different OS has already done so. Those who hate Windows 10 but don't want to leave Microsoft's nest are hanging back with 7. If the can give 7 the major disadvantages of 10 it will make it more likely that those users will "upgrade" to 10 sooner.
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It was the only smartwatch that met my needs, and it did so well enough that it has become indispensable to me. Now there's nothing on the market that I'm aware of that can replace it.
Working for a corporation doesn't make you a robot.
Quite often (but not always), particularly for sensitive issues, working for a corporation absolutely makes you a robot. Given the choice between having a viable career in the corporation or shutting up and going along, choosing the former means that you aren't really part of the corporation and choosing the latter makes you a robot.
Man, Microsoft sure used a whole lot of words to say "yes".
Alas, this is true. But it means you could buy them online.
In the U.S. you won't find Nestle's chocolate bars for sale in stores because it sucks.
That can't be the reason. Nestle chocolate sucks, but Hershey is still in the stores and it sucks even worse.
All of the stores in my area still sell 100 Grand bars.
There is no quicker way to render good food inedible than by adding cilantro, even in small amounts, to it.
That's interesting. I find all the non-sugar sweeteners to taste bad to varying degrees, but Stevia is the least bad of them all. Splenda is terrible, and Sweet 'n Low is even worse.
Perhaps because Splenda tastes nasty?
It should be easy to do this without unacceptably affecting the taste of the chocolate, since Nestle chocolate is mediocre at best to begin with.
This company is no different than AVG and Kaspersky when it comes to anti-virus services.
It's very different. With software from AVG or anyone else, you have a choice. If you object to their collection practices, you can simply not use their software. That's not really the case with Windows for most people. You're locked in, and you can't turn the collection off.
We know this works.
No, we really don't. Whether or not this works remains a matter of controversy, and there is little unambiguous evidence to support either side of the debate.
I've been running Linux exclusively on all my own machines for 15 years or so now, so I won't be worrying about this at all. I do have to use Windows machines for work, but those are supplied and supported by my employer, so I don't have to worry about it there, either. Hooray!!
Akonadi, which frequently misbehaves and offers no practical advantage
Oh, god, so much this. Akonadi was one of, if not the, worst of the newer "features" added.
I was quite happy with KDE3, although it was getting a bit outdated.
What do you mean by "outdated"?
I think it's more that hobby contributors have been replaced by corporate paid, "my way or the highway" contributors. That has had both positive and negative effects
What are the positive effects?
I prefer Konsole over Yakuake. Konsole is great -- it does everything I want it to do, with no fuss or muss.
I can tell you from experience that Konqueror is a browser with a vastly smaller footprint than Chrome or Firefox. There are times when this can make a really big difference, particularly if you are in a situation where you need to X-forward a browser session over the internet; Chrome and Firefox might be particularly painful while Konqueror could be usable.
Yes. As a general purpose web browser, Konqueror blows pretty hard. But for the use case you cite, or for reading locally installed documentation, Konqueror is better than any of the heavyweight browsers. It still has its role, and performs it well.
There is still demand for a standalone mail client, though I can't say I've used KMail much. I use Thunderbird religiously. I most certainly do not want it to look any more like Outlook, in fact I value how much it looks like the old Netscape Communicator.
Agreed. I'm a Thunderbird user (KMail is far too buggy to be considered usable, at least if you're using IMAP). I very, very strongly prefer standalone clients over any web-based system that I have used. I certainly DON'T want my client to resemble Outlook. I hate Outlook.
Specifically, whatever I use has to have a decent weather applet, a good clock/calendar applet, a decent sensors applet, a customizable drawer applet to start all the stuff I actually use
Personally, I couldn't care less about applets at all.
As bad as KDE is becoming, I still prefer it over Gnome by a longshot.
KDE has been my preferred desktop for many years now, but it has clearly been dying (at least in terms of its usefulness to me) for quite a while. I noticed it first when they introduced that whole "Plasma" thing, and it's been downhill ever since.
It hasn't yet reached the point where I'm uncomfortable enough to put the effort into changing my desktop, but I can see that day coming fast.
So they think, that people who do not like forced updates and telemetry will resolve the problem by upgrading to Windows 10? That does not make sense.
It makes a certain sense. At this point, most everyone who hates Windows 10 and isn't allergic to switching to a different OS has already done so. Those who hate Windows 10 but don't want to leave Microsoft's nest are hanging back with 7. If the can give 7 the major disadvantages of 10 it will make it more likely that those users will "upgrade" to 10 sooner.
Well, you could contribute and fix whatever it is that is broken for you. Or just stay with Windows.
I'll begrudgingly accept the loss of control for a much improved ability to actually bring a new system up.
I consider an OS that forces this choice on you to be unfit for purpose.
But if they did that, then why would anyone use Windows 10??