The iPhone 8 has no jacks at all, not even a charging port. You'll receive one wireless charging plate with your purchase, which plugs into a USB-C port. Specially positioned magnets magically center the phone onto the charging plate.
Belkin, Griffin, and countless other Chinese companies will unveil phone holders for cars that have built-in wireless charging. To make the phone even thinner, no screws will be used. It will all be glued together.
The next MacBook Pro will have a Charge Bar along with the new Touch Bar. You just place your phone on the laptop and it charges.
For allowing such a broken internet design to continue to exist. For allowing ICANN, RIPE, ARIN and APNIC to continue to exist. For not adopting IPv6 faster/earlier. For not adopting DNSSEC faster/earlier. For not adopting Blockchain based name services faster/earlier and leaving the power at the hands of incompetents.
Just like non-voting during critical government elections, we vote for those attacks to continue by our lack of action.
You want those attacks to stop? DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Thanks for that, even if I think that eventually with enough trippings of such a cable, the connector will damage the on-board female adapter and break the solder.
I still think it's absolutely stupid to remove the MagSafe adapter from the laptop, it doesn't take that much space. And I absolutely hate how USB-C feels when you connect it into a device. At least you can connect it without thinking about the direction/position, but it still feels terrible when you plug it in, and it's also kinda small and flimsy.
I trip it ALL the time. My wife does it, too. My daughter does it as well (she's a 3 year old).
I will not be upgrading to a new MacBook if MagSafe is dropped, because for the amount of money I'd spend on a MacBook Pro, I might as well get a more powerful laptop that isn't made of bendy metal (which BTW sucks!), and run Linux on it.
It wasn't the main focus of the purchase, we bought it because of its size and other (non-infotainment) features that matched our requirements. If this was an Android or iOS based infotainment system, the car would be simply perfect 10/10 (for a gas engine anyway). That, and the amplifier/speakers are Sony, and they do sound great (when the system manages to connect to my phone and I can play Spotify...).
It's really pretty bad. I wish it was easy to replace, and that there was an open source project to replace it. The moment I saw that Microsoft bezel under the infotainment system, I knew it was trouble. Hopefully this lawsuit forces Ford to replace every single one of them with something more usable.
I strongly disagree. The beauty of BASH is not in the syntax - it's that you start real simple by simply running commands, passing parameters, and then starting with asking questions and acting on the results. Anyone can learn BASH and go as slow, or as fast as they one, but anyone can at the very least write a super simple HELLO WORLD bash script with zero effort.
I also think once you learn proper BASH programming, it's an excellent gateway to other languages, and best practices, including proper escaping and sanitation of inputs.
Consider how simple the following script is, and how rough it would be if you had to do this in ANY other language:
echo "Hello $1!"
You put this in a script, make it executable, and just run it:./script John
You can code a LOT of cool stuff with just BASH, which mimics how BASIC used to run on the Apple ][ computers of the 80's. I mean any command you can run within a bash script, you can also type in the CLI.
Mark my words: The day will come when an update from Microsoft will nuke the Windows installation beyond repair. ISPs will suddenly see a massive drop in traffic. Downloads and streaming will suddenly be super fast for everybody else. Spam, Ransomware, DDoS Bots and Trojans will vanish from the planet for 24 to 48 hours until people reinstall Windows on their machines and will access infected sites, get infected again... and the whole thing will start all over again:-)
I actually already forgot about them. If not for this absurdity showing up on Slashdot, I wouldn't even be reminded that the olympics existed in the first place.
Something either happens, or not. There's a 50:50 chance we will be discovered by aliens in the next 2 years (either it will happen, or it won't... it's a 50/50 chance).
Tell me about it. I just experienced this recently. I purchased tickets to a Kraftwerk event here in Los Angeles. I purchased the tickets almost two months ago, and the event is in September. Despite the huge amount of time between the purchase and the event itself (and this is Kraftwerk, an obscure German band, not something like Taylor Swift), we discovered most tickets have already been purchased by professional scalper companies.
If Kraftwerk really wanted, they would hire a small management company and handle the whole thing themselves. They could sell the tickets directly and make significantly more money from their tour.
But like you say, I'm pretty sure soon enough we'll see companies offer this type of service (TAAS - Tour As A Service) to bands around the world.
Spoken like a true 16 year old script kiddie who is not yet making a stable income, and is spending his time playing PC games and coding Wordpress modules in PHP.
I saw an interview very recently with one of the popular bands. The band's leader said they used to make no money at all from touring. Touring was done mostly to promote your music (and get in touch with your fan base, sleep with groupies, etc), and money was made primarily from record sales. Now, he says, they make most of their money from ticket sales during tours.
Instead of working closely with the smaller companies to create a diverse and competitive market, their predatory (legal) and greedy (bad business) tactics caused the shutdown of many music startups, angering music lovers, and ultimately, they are shooting themselves in the foot because when only have Apple and Amazon to deal with, they will:
1. Negotiate terms that leave the music industry with lower profits
2. Eventually launch their own music labels, mimicking what Netflix did with Movies & TV series, to create further leverage
You will notice Bloks is basically the physical implementation of MIT's web based Scratch language for kids. Furthermore, I think the web based version would be a great natural next step for those children, since it will allow them even more freedom and sophistication plus the ability to share their creations with other children.
Say what you will about the evil empire, It's good to see something like this coming out of Google.
I thought the same as you, but when you use Spotify for a while your eyes open. For example I play my favorite play list at the office, from Desktop Spotify, when I go to the car and start spotify, it will pick up where I left off, and it even offers to switch from Amazon's Echo (which is what I use at the office) back to the car.
Also, you get user curated playlists. There's a movie you liked? Someone probably made a playlist around that movie. Prince died? Someone made a "Prince's Best" playlist. You love Japanese Meditative music? Someone made a playlist for that.
Do you like to sing along some of your tracks? or at the very least see the lyrics? Spotify does that, and it's synchronized with the actual singing! (Karaoke style). There's a song without lyrics, but you know the lyrics? They have an editor!
Also: Not ALL tracks are on Pandora or even Spotify. You have your own mp3 files? They can be added to your favorite playlist! This one was important for me because when my Mac still had a CD-Rom drive, I used iTunes to sample many of my CD's into MP3 files (because CD's don't last forever, they scratch, etc, it's good to have a backup).
Finally, and this one was a big one: Offline mode!!! You like a certain playlist or radio? Hit that "Available Offline" button and you're set! Your phone has massive storage, why not use that to cache all of your favorite music for those moments where you are without wifi, and cellular reception is spotty?
This is just the tip of the iceberg. I suggest you try it out before you settle.
I believe they curate the stations, manually. When you listen to a a Pandora station, someone carefully and thoughtfully associated other tracks to the tracks you liked. It's also somewhat enriched by feedback from other listeners.
Still, their client software is miserably lacking in features. All it takes is trying Spotify for a week or two, to realize how much more advanced they are. It's like a Tesla car vs. an old steam car.
Pandora does not have a content problem, they always had great content. They have a usability/features problem. I abandoned Pandora in favor of Spotify because I got fed up with how miserable and limited the client software was.
Pandora is such a piece of crap compared to newer entrants like Spotify, it will take massive efforts for Pandora just to copy them. Spotify is years ahead with their tech.
I will be surprised and impressed even if all they do is copy Spotify 1:1, but something tells me they aren't going to be able to do that, and will end up getting delisted from their stock exchange.
As much as we love to hate Microsoft and their mediocre, poorly tested, insecure products, in the case of Skype there is STILL no viable competitor.
I mean a communications tool that will let you EASILY connect with others, on many platforms, easily overcome firewalls, NAT, and transparently handle changing network conditions with relative grace. Simple to setup, Easy to locate and add people, and a UI that mostly works.
For now, until a competitor becomes as easy to use as Skype, it is here to stay.
Sure, there's Slack, which now has Voice Calling (but no screen sharing, no video, etc). There's even Facebook Voice/Video and it's decent, but FB is mostly for private people. Then there's Facetime, which only works on Mac/iDevices (and remember, when Microsoft does that, people cry foul!).
Jitsi is the only close "competitor" out there. And it doesn't come close to Skype's simplicity.
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The iPhone 8 has no jacks at all, not even a charging port. You'll receive one wireless charging plate with your purchase, which plugs into a USB-C port. Specially positioned magnets magically center the phone onto the charging plate.
Belkin, Griffin, and countless other Chinese companies will unveil phone holders for cars that have built-in wireless charging. To make the phone even thinner, no screws will be used. It will all be glued together.
The next MacBook Pro will have a Charge Bar along with the new Touch Bar. You just place your phone on the laptop and it charges.
For allowing such a broken internet design to continue to exist.
For allowing ICANN, RIPE, ARIN and APNIC to continue to exist.
For not adopting IPv6 faster/earlier.
For not adopting DNSSEC faster/earlier.
For not adopting Blockchain based name services faster/earlier and leaving the power at the hands of incompetents.
Just like non-voting during critical government elections, we vote for those attacks to continue by our lack of action.
You want those attacks to stop? DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
Thanks for that, even if I think that eventually with enough trippings of such a cable, the connector will damage the on-board female adapter and break the solder.
I still think it's absolutely stupid to remove the MagSafe adapter from the laptop, it doesn't take that much space. And I absolutely hate how USB-C feels when you connect it into a device. At least you can connect it without thinking about the direction/position, but it still feels terrible when you plug it in, and it's also kinda small and flimsy.
I trip it ALL the time. My wife does it, too. My daughter does it as well (she's a 3 year old).
I will not be upgrading to a new MacBook if MagSafe is dropped, because for the amount of money I'd spend on a MacBook Pro, I might as well get a more powerful laptop that isn't made of bendy metal (which BTW sucks!), and run Linux on it.
It wasn't the main focus of the purchase, we bought it because of its size and other (non-infotainment) features that matched our requirements. If this was an Android or iOS based infotainment system, the car would be simply perfect 10/10 (for a gas engine anyway). That, and the amplifier/speakers are Sony, and they do sound great (when the system manages to connect to my phone and I can play Spotify...).
It's really pretty bad. I wish it was easy to replace, and that there was an open source project to replace it. The moment I saw that Microsoft bezel under the infotainment system, I knew it was trouble. Hopefully this lawsuit forces Ford to replace every single one of them with something more usable.
I strongly disagree. The beauty of BASH is not in the syntax - it's that you start real simple by simply running commands, passing parameters, and then starting with asking questions and acting on the results. Anyone can learn BASH and go as slow, or as fast as they one, but anyone can at the very least write a super simple HELLO WORLD bash script with zero effort.
I also think once you learn proper BASH programming, it's an excellent gateway to other languages, and best practices, including proper escaping and sanitation of inputs.
Consider how simple the following script is, and how rough it would be if you had to do this in ANY other language:
echo "Hello $1!"
You put this in a script, make it executable, and just run it: ./script John
output:
Hello John!
You see what I'm saying?
You can code a LOT of cool stuff with just BASH, which mimics how BASIC used to run on the Apple ][ computers of the 80's. I mean any command you can run within a bash script, you can also type in the CLI.
I actually wrote about this a few years ago (2008) in my blog:
http://skaag.net/2008/09/17/a-new-big-bang-theory/
I think it's kinda silly and a bit stupid. I did have a few beers while thinking it up. Don't take it seriously please :-)
Mark my words: The day will come when an update from Microsoft will nuke the Windows installation beyond repair. ISPs will suddenly see a massive drop in traffic. Downloads and streaming will suddenly be super fast for everybody else. Spam, Ransomware, DDoS Bots and Trojans will vanish from the planet for 24 to 48 hours until people reinstall Windows on their machines and will access infected sites, get infected again... and the whole thing will start all over again :-)
I actually already forgot about them. If not for this absurdity showing up on Slashdot, I wouldn't even be reminded that the olympics existed in the first place.
And honestly? good riddance.
Totally agree with you. I think the loss in sales will cause one of two things:
1. The CEO will be fired a week before, or after, next quarter's results
2. They will come back to Amazon with their tail between their feet
Something either happens, or not. There's a 50:50 chance we will be discovered by aliens in the next 2 years (either it will happen, or it won't... it's a 50/50 chance).
Tell me about it. I just experienced this recently. I purchased tickets to a Kraftwerk event here in Los Angeles. I purchased the tickets almost two months ago, and the event is in September. Despite the huge amount of time between the purchase and the event itself (and this is Kraftwerk, an obscure German band, not something like Taylor Swift), we discovered most tickets have already been purchased by professional scalper companies.
If Kraftwerk really wanted, they would hire a small management company and handle the whole thing themselves. They could sell the tickets directly and make significantly more money from their tour.
But like you say, I'm pretty sure soon enough we'll see companies offer this type of service (TAAS - Tour As A Service) to bands around the world.
Spoken like a true 16 year old script kiddie who is not yet making a stable income, and is spending his time playing PC games and coding Wordpress modules in PHP.
I saw an interview very recently with one of the popular bands. The band's leader said they used to make no money at all from touring. Touring was done mostly to promote your music (and get in touch with your fan base, sleep with groupies, etc), and money was made primarily from record sales. Now, he says, they make most of their money from ticket sales during tours.
Instead of working closely with the smaller companies to create a diverse and competitive market, their predatory (legal) and greedy (bad business) tactics caused the shutdown of many music startups, angering music lovers, and ultimately, they are shooting themselves in the foot because when only have Apple and Amazon to deal with, they will:
1. Negotiate terms that leave the music industry with lower profits
2. Eventually launch their own music labels, mimicking what Netflix did with Movies & TV series, to create further leverage
I mean weren't we very clearly told not to go there?
Just look at this: https://scratch.mit.edu/
You will notice Bloks is basically the physical implementation of MIT's web based Scratch language for kids.
Furthermore, I think the web based version would be a great natural next step for those children, since it will allow them even more freedom and sophistication plus the ability to share their creations with other children.
Say what you will about the evil empire, It's good to see something like this coming out of Google.
I thought the same as you, but when you use Spotify for a while your eyes open. For example I play my favorite play list at the office, from Desktop Spotify, when I go to the car and start spotify, it will pick up where I left off, and it even offers to switch from Amazon's Echo (which is what I use at the office) back to the car.
Also, you get user curated playlists. There's a movie you liked? Someone probably made a playlist around that movie. Prince died? Someone made a "Prince's Best" playlist. You love Japanese Meditative music? Someone made a playlist for that.
Do you like to sing along some of your tracks? or at the very least see the lyrics? Spotify does that, and it's synchronized with the actual singing! (Karaoke style). There's a song without lyrics, but you know the lyrics? They have an editor!
Also: Not ALL tracks are on Pandora or even Spotify. You have your own mp3 files? They can be added to your favorite playlist! This one was important for me because when my Mac still had a CD-Rom drive, I used iTunes to sample many of my CD's into MP3 files (because CD's don't last forever, they scratch, etc, it's good to have a backup).
Finally, and this one was a big one: Offline mode!!! You like a certain playlist or radio? Hit that "Available Offline" button and you're set! Your phone has massive storage, why not use that to cache all of your favorite music for those moments where you are without wifi, and cellular reception is spotty?
This is just the tip of the iceberg. I suggest you try it out before you settle.
I believe they curate the stations, manually. When you listen to a a Pandora station, someone carefully and thoughtfully associated other tracks to the tracks you liked. It's also somewhat enriched by feedback from other listeners.
Still, their client software is miserably lacking in features. All it takes is trying Spotify for a week or two, to realize how much more advanced they are. It's like a Tesla car vs. an old steam car.
Pandora does not have a content problem, they always had great content. They have a usability/features problem.
I abandoned Pandora in favor of Spotify because I got fed up with how miserable and limited the client software was.
Pandora is such a piece of crap compared to newer entrants like Spotify, it will take massive efforts for Pandora just to copy them. Spotify is years ahead with their tech.
I will be surprised and impressed even if all they do is copy Spotify 1:1, but something tells me they aren't going to be able to do that, and will end up getting delisted from their stock exchange.
As much as we love to hate Microsoft and their mediocre, poorly tested, insecure products, in the case of Skype there is STILL no viable competitor.
I mean a communications tool that will let you EASILY connect with others, on many platforms, easily overcome firewalls, NAT, and transparently handle changing network conditions with relative grace. Simple to setup, Easy to locate and add people, and a UI that mostly works.
For now, until a competitor becomes as easy to use as Skype, it is here to stay.
Sure, there's Slack, which now has Voice Calling (but no screen sharing, no video, etc).
There's even Facebook Voice/Video and it's decent, but FB is mostly for private people.
Then there's Facetime, which only works on Mac/iDevices (and remember, when Microsoft does that, people cry foul!).
Jitsi is the only close "competitor" out there. And it doesn't come close to Skype's simplicity.
This. I was just thinking this. What a HORRIBLE name!