It's not even clear that power in Germany really is expensive. You have to factor in the return on investment on the technology that benefits the German economy and tax revenue. You have to consider the externalised costs of fossil fuels. You have to compare the tax subsidies that are instead made plain to see on the German bill.
There are good reasons to switch into high power mode. When the user opens something two things happen. There is an animation run on the GPU. That hides the processing needed to generate the thing being opened. If it isn't ready quickly then the phone feels slow.
More over, from an energy saving perspective it's often slightly better to do a quick, high power burst than a longer low power one. This is especially true with lipo batteries.
Battery chemistry doesn't work like that. It's entirely possible to ship a battery large enough to provide adequate current for its entire lifetime (industry standard is 20% capacity loss, but 50% is easily possible). The current supply capacity does not scale linearly with capacity, it's a function of the battery structure and size of the nodes.
The only other phone with this issue is the Nexus 6P.
No they can't, because the SMS app will be updated and Google Play Services can patch critical parts of the OS too.
If this really was a huge security disaster we would see vast armies of botnets, mobile carriers desperately trying to block stuff, millions of people complaining about their $9000 phone bills... But that hasn't happened.
Google is actually good at security. They are a prime target, but you don't see billion user leaks of Google data. Chrome is the most secure browser. For all their faults, they get security right.
Most electric vehicle manufacturers specify the battery capacity in kWh. For some reason BMW uses Ah, which is dumb because it's only half the information you need to compare it. Maybe that's the point.
If course none of them tell you the usable capacity. A 30kWh battery has maybe 28kWh usable in a typical EV.
Most manufacturers design their phones to work at maximum performance with aged batteries. If the battery is fairly large it's generally not a problem anyway.
Apple likes to use small, low capacity batteries. I guess it helps them keep the smaller models thin. What is really bad is that they apparently didn't test with degraded batteries. That's a really basic mistake to be making.
Even if they didn't test before launch, I'd expect them to have phones on long term test, going through charge cycles and stress tests so that they can see any problems before they become widespread. That's what I do.
It was different with Japan though. China builds down to a price that the West wants. They can do really high end too, it's just that most people want cheap.
With Japan they wanted quality from the start, and during the war demonstrated it with things like some very competitive aircraft. But after the war everything was in short supply, Japan has few natural resources and a lot of talent had been lost. Even so, by the 60s they were offering the best technology in the world. High speed rail, cameras, audio. Of course a lot of it didn't reach the West, and what did was often the cheaper stuff. It's a lot like anime - people think it's all violence and boobs, but that's just because that's what was being imported and was thought likely to sell.
Nice anecdote, but what does it have to do with Russian interference? There is hard evidence for it, posts from Russian accounts that were pretending to be westerners that went viral and got millions of views. The evidence is very strong and clear.
Not just on Facebook either. Even Slashdot has been affected. Search comments for "AntiFa Boston" (Google works well) to see how many people that fake account tricked. Check the number of links to RT, especially around election time.
Doesn't work in Chrome full stop. Chrome doesn't auto-fill if any script on the page can read the login form, it waits for the user to start typing in the field. Same with credit card auto fill.
It's unfortunate that the word's meaning got diluted over the years, e.g. we now have grammar Nazis and soup Nazis. But there are literal Nazis too, and in recent years they have seen a resurgence and gains in political power.
Rant aside, this is an actual thing on social media. Buzzfeed did a series of articles based on leaked emails from Steve Bannon and other alt-right figures about it. Also, if you go over to 4chan's pol board or certain parts of Reddit, they talk openly about it.
The idea is to make Nazism more mainstream and acceptable by presenting it in a more palatable way. This happens at all levels, from your basic Twitter Nazi to far right web sites like Brietbart.
(Can't find the other link I wanted to a leaked far right journalism style guide now, because I'm in China and stuck with Bing)
The basic idea is to engage with more mainstream things and use them to introduce nationalism to mostly young and easily influenced people. There is a whole ecosystem to support it, with Brietbart etc pumping out the fake news with a veneer of respectability, and a range of progressively harder stuff and guys like Milo to guide people along the way.
Some ISPs do a MITM attack on you, to force you to view a web page and agree to stop pirating before you can do anything else. Since a lot of IoT devices use HTTP it could break them until you open a browser and agree.
There are already examples of people losing out due to lack of internet access. In the UK all the best deals on any kind of service - utilities, banking, savings, postage, travel, events etc - are only available online. You often get discounts for having an online only account.
The people who arguably need these deals the most often can't get them. The poor with only phones and no computer/WiFi, the elderly with no computer skills. They end up paying more for lack of access.
There is discussion of forcing companies to offer these deals on the phone too, the theory being that most people who can prefer to go online anyway.
The bigger problem here is that piracy is rarely proven to any legal standard. They just send the notice to essentially random people based on flawed detection methods. You either accept the arbitrary punishment or go to court, which costs you a lot of money.
For that reason courts in the UK have clamped down on the claims quite a bit. There is a huge imbalance of power and the copyright trolls rely on it to function.
It's a lot like the DMCA situation. Costly to defend, and no punishment for false claims.
Lots of women end up with guys who can't support their children, or who just leave and don't pay any maintenance. It's not like they didn't know those guys were bums. People just make bad decisions, often for emotional reasons.
Or to shoot up a school like that Rodger guy... It definitely can cause mental health problems, and groups like the "incels" on Reddit just amplify the misery.
Some towns in the UK have this problem too. They tend to have a lot of pub fights.
Pacifism isn't refusing to defend yourself. It's just treating force as the absolute last option, never attacking first, and always doing the minimum possible to end the conflict with as few casualties as possible.
War isn't a great way to gather resources. Men know this. They prefer peace and security for their families.
In most cases having multiple wives is just a status symbol. There are some benefits like continually getting younger wives who are attractive and capable of having children (who are also assets and under their control), but mostly it's about flaunting wealth and power.
I have some first hand experience from distant relatives. It made me sick because the wives were barely literate slaves and treated like property.
This is entirely accurate. Obama didn't create division himself, he didn't do identity politics either. That was all other people using him to create rage.
That's exactly what Europe has done, except now people are saying "hurrrr Germany needs France to keep the lights on!!1"
Yeah, they do. By design.
On a related note, the UK government's assessment of the interconnection with the EU post Brexit basically amounts to "electricity is important in modern Britain." Great insight.
Bingo. French bills look low, but actually when you factor in the tax diverted to EDF and the other French energy companies, it's insanely expensive.
The French got fed up with it and it nearly bankrupted EDF. They were saved by ripping off other countries, e.g. the UK where they are getting all the usual subsidies plus a guaranteed ultra high price per MWh and Chinese investment. Yeah, a critical part of the UK power supply is owned by the French and Chinese, and we are paying them handsomely for the privilege.
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It's not even clear that power in Germany really is expensive. You have to factor in the return on investment on the technology that benefits the German economy and tax revenue. You have to consider the externalised costs of fossil fuels. You have to compare the tax subsidies that are instead made plain to see on the German bill.
There are good reasons to switch into high power mode. When the user opens something two things happen. There is an animation run on the GPU. That hides the processing needed to generate the thing being opened. If it isn't ready quickly then the phone feels slow.
More over, from an energy saving perspective it's often slightly better to do a quick, high power burst than a longer low power one. This is especially true with lipo batteries.
Battery chemistry doesn't work like that. It's entirely possible to ship a battery large enough to provide adequate current for its entire lifetime (industry standard is 20% capacity loss, but 50% is easily possible). The current supply capacity does not scale linearly with capacity, it's a function of the battery structure and size of the nodes.
The only other phone with this issue is the Nexus 6P.
No they can't, because the SMS app will be updated and Google Play Services can patch critical parts of the OS too.
If this really was a huge security disaster we would see vast armies of botnets, mobile carriers desperately trying to block stuff, millions of people complaining about their $9000 phone bills... But that hasn't happened.
Google is actually good at security. They are a prime target, but you don't see billion user leaks of Google data. Chrome is the most secure browser. For all their faults, they get security right.
What was the issue with quarter hours? 25 minutes is an integer.
When the Japanese adopted the western calendar they just numbered the months one to twelve.
This is the worst argument against the meric system I've ever read.
Most electric vehicle manufacturers specify the battery capacity in kWh. For some reason BMW uses Ah, which is dumb because it's only half the information you need to compare it. Maybe that's the point.
If course none of them tell you the usable capacity. A 30kWh battery has maybe 28kWh usable in a typical EV.
Most manufacturers design their phones to work at maximum performance with aged batteries. If the battery is fairly large it's generally not a problem anyway.
Apple likes to use small, low capacity batteries. I guess it helps them keep the smaller models thin. What is really bad is that they apparently didn't test with degraded batteries. That's a really basic mistake to be making.
Even if they didn't test before launch, I'd expect them to have phones on long term test, going through charge cycles and stress tests so that they can see any problems before they become widespread. That's what I do.
It was different with Japan though. China builds down to a price that the West wants. They can do really high end too, it's just that most people want cheap.
With Japan they wanted quality from the start, and during the war demonstrated it with things like some very competitive aircraft. But after the war everything was in short supply, Japan has few natural resources and a lot of talent had been lost. Even so, by the 60s they were offering the best technology in the world. High speed rail, cameras, audio. Of course a lot of it didn't reach the West, and what did was often the cheaper stuff. It's a lot like anime - people think it's all violence and boobs, but that's just because that's what was being imported and was thought likely to sell.
Nice anecdote, but what does it have to do with Russian interference? There is hard evidence for it, posts from Russian accounts that were pretending to be westerners that went viral and got millions of views. The evidence is very strong and clear.
Not just on Facebook either. Even Slashdot has been affected. Search comments for "AntiFa Boston" (Google works well) to see how many people that fake account tricked. Check the number of links to RT, especially around election time.
Doesn't work in Chrome full stop. Chrome doesn't auto-fill if any script on the page can read the login form, it waits for the user to start typing in the field. Same with credit card auto fill.
It's unfortunate that the word's meaning got diluted over the years, e.g. we now have grammar Nazis and soup Nazis. But there are literal Nazis too, and in recent years they have seen a resurgence and gains in political power.
Rant aside, this is an actual thing on social media. Buzzfeed did a series of articles based on leaked emails from Steve Bannon and other alt-right figures about it. Also, if you go over to 4chan's pol board or certain parts of Reddit, they talk openly about it.
The idea is to make Nazism more mainstream and acceptable by presenting it in a more palatable way. This happens at all levels, from your basic Twitter Nazi to far right web sites like Brietbart.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/josep...
(Can't find the other link I wanted to a leaked far right journalism style guide now, because I'm in China and stuck with Bing)
The basic idea is to engage with more mainstream things and use them to introduce nationalism to mostly young and easily influenced people. There is a whole ecosystem to support it, with Brietbart etc pumping out the fake news with a veneer of respectability, and a range of progressively harder stuff and guys like Milo to guide people along the way.
Some ISPs do a MITM attack on you, to force you to view a web page and agree to stop pirating before you can do anything else. Since a lot of IoT devices use HTTP it could break them until you open a browser and agree.
Another reason to use a VPN.
There are already examples of people losing out due to lack of internet access. In the UK all the best deals on any kind of service - utilities, banking, savings, postage, travel, events etc - are only available online. You often get discounts for having an online only account.
The people who arguably need these deals the most often can't get them. The poor with only phones and no computer/WiFi, the elderly with no computer skills. They end up paying more for lack of access.
There is discussion of forcing companies to offer these deals on the phone too, the theory being that most people who can prefer to go online anyway.
The bigger problem here is that piracy is rarely proven to any legal standard. They just send the notice to essentially random people based on flawed detection methods. You either accept the arbitrary punishment or go to court, which costs you a lot of money.
For that reason courts in the UK have clamped down on the claims quite a bit. There is a huge imbalance of power and the copyright trolls rely on it to function.
It's a lot like the DMCA situation. Costly to defend, and no punishment for false claims.
Correlation or causation? As countries get less shitty they tend to get less religious too.
Lots of women end up with guys who can't support their children, or who just leave and don't pay any maintenance. It's not like they didn't know those guys were bums. People just make bad decisions, often for emotional reasons.
Or to shoot up a school like that Rodger guy... It definitely can cause mental health problems, and groups like the "incels" on Reddit just amplify the misery.
Some towns in the UK have this problem too. They tend to have a lot of pub fights.
Pacifism isn't refusing to defend yourself. It's just treating force as the absolute last option, never attacking first, and always doing the minimum possible to end the conflict with as few casualties as possible.
War isn't a great way to gather resources. Men know this. They prefer peace and security for their families.
In most cases having multiple wives is just a status symbol. There are some benefits like continually getting younger wives who are attractive and capable of having children (who are also assets and under their control), but mostly it's about flaunting wealth and power.
I have some first hand experience from distant relatives. It made me sick because the wives were barely literate slaves and treated like property.
This is entirely accurate. Obama didn't create division himself, he didn't do identity politics either. That was all other people using him to create rage.
The ultimate test will be of energy prices in the US fall dramatically due to Trump's anti-environmental polices.
That's exactly what Europe has done, except now people are saying "hurrrr Germany needs France to keep the lights on!!1"
Yeah, they do. By design.
On a related note, the UK government's assessment of the interconnection with the EU post Brexit basically amounts to "electricity is important in modern Britain." Great insight.
Bingo. French bills look low, but actually when you factor in the tax diverted to EDF and the other French energy companies, it's insanely expensive.
The French got fed up with it and it nearly bankrupted EDF. They were saved by ripping off other countries, e.g. the UK where they are getting all the usual subsidies plus a guaranteed ultra high price per MWh and Chinese investment. Yeah, a critical part of the UK power supply is owned by the French and Chinese, and we are paying them handsomely for the privilege.