Twitter isn't sustainable in its current form, but it's too popular with media outlets and customer service departments to be a financial dead-end.
There is a way to make it profitable, just not doing what they're currently doing. Perhaps making corporations and verified people pay a small fee to stay verified? I don't know, but as much as it is a media darling, there is a value there, it just needs to be unlocked.
It's a separate card number. Once you attach a specific card to Samsung Pay, they create a new credit card number for the phone to use.
I guess I'm worried that malware will hijack this solution and start charging things to my card; or malware that will record everything I buy. I'm probably worrying without merit, but adding more functionality to my phone, especially allowing it to make payments just makes me feel very uneasy for some reason.
Paying with a phone at any credit card swipe machine is incredibly nice. Works everywhere and people are always surprised when I pay with a phone at a regular terminal.
Call me old fashioned, but I don't want to pay using my phone. I need my wallet anyway because it has my drivers license and health insurance card in it- two things I'd never go anywhere without. So my wallet is on me anyway.
I'd rather have a completely separate device (my credit card) to my phone rather than not be able to pay if my battery dies, or slow everyone down by using some bloody app (like those annoying ladies at Target with their cartwheel app).
Plus from a security stand point- I don't know that I trust my phone to have payment authorization. From a privacy standpoint I don't either.
Not an iPod specifically, but I recently bought a new mp3 player for the gym since I don't want to take my phone into the gym with me. Sure... there's still desire for mp3 players and a market (if a smaller market). My kids all have mp3 players too- the eldest is only 13 so some way off needing a phone still.
/ side rant- nothing worse than the chick who sits on the equipment you want to use playing with her phone for 30 minutes and not exercising... I swear 20% of the people at the gym don't actually do any exercise.
Until of course the emotionally unstable person who missed their hormones decides to go rogue with an M16 in a foxhole.
Wasn't that long ago people were saying that women couldn't be trusted because they would go rogue with an M16 every time they got a period. I highly doubt a trained soldier will go rogue just because they missed hormones. If that's all it took for them to go rogue then they should never have been in the military in the first place- has nothing to do with them being transgender.
I've always equated Wal-Mart with cheap products made in China. Isn't that kind of a stereotype about Wal-Mart? I don't think I've ever heard anyone accuse Wal-Mart of being very "American" in their offerings.
First, it is none of my business what an adult does to their body willingly. Have at it.
Don't force anyone else to inhale 2nd hand smoke.
At least e-smokers don't constantly liter and think nothing about it. Saw yet another smoker driving yesterday throw the cig butt on the road. Automatic $1000 fine here.
But the smell of both smoking methods is highly offense. I completely understand why someone would smoke some pot, but I don't get the cigs or e-cigs at all.
When I first came to the US I was absolutely disgusted how many cigarette butts were littering every single intersection where cars came to a stop... it looked awful.
Nowadays you really don't see cigarette butts nearly enough. You can go to the beach and the kids can play in the sand without finding cigarette butts. It's been a real impressive turnaround. As you say, if vapers aren't littering everywhere, that's a huge improvement...
Well... and vaping isn't completely harmless; but, there again, it doesn't have to be. It only needs to be less harmful than smoking to be an improvement.
And as a third party, someone not smoking or vaping, I know which I'd rather endure. I'd much rather be with someone vaping than smoking if I had to choose.
I'd certainly never kiss a woman who smokes again- but a vaper... if I were single, maybe.
" The smoker and the non-smoker are on an even footing if it's just a matter of annoyance, and complaining about smoking in a bar would be the equivalent about complaining about loud noise in a nightclub. Don't like it? Don't go."
No, second hand smoke is proven to be a cause of cancer. I should not be required to increase my risk of cancer to go to a club, simple as that. Your analogy is plain stupid.
Cigarettes have probably increased my life expectancy!
I hated bars and nightclubs when I was a teen/early 20 something, because the smoking bans hadn't fully been implemented yet. I hated smelling like an ash tray.
As a result, I almost never went, and probably saved myself from adopting a binge drinking habit that so many of my friends of that age got into.
... assuming the UK is still a first-world nation by 2040.
Assuming the UK will still be a country in 2040. If Scotland leaves the UK, I imagine England will still be first world- and Scotland will at least neighbor a first world country.
Kids will go "whee" instead of "vrr" when they play with toy cars.
Unlikely. They'll learn to make those noises from their older relatives. Just like people still say they want to "roll up/down the windows" in a car. My daughter says it and she was in a vehicle with hand cranked windows once in her life when she was 8 years old. People still "dial" a number on their phone and hang up their cell phone, pump gas, rewind a scene in a video, been through the wringer, etc.
I suspect cars will continue to say "Brum-Brum" just like trains continue to say "Choo-Choo"; however, a child playing with a toy car will make sound effects that sound like the car. I didn't physically say "Brum Brum" when pushing my toy cars around... when I was younger of course... I gave up toys when I turned 35.
Future generations will see your V8 as a stinky, polluting, noisy and wasteful old relic. Kids will go "whee" instead of "vrr" when they play with toy cars. You will become that old fart complaining that today's youth don't get the greatness of your antiquated ways.
I already do see V8's as stinky polluting, noisy and wasteful old relics. I'm not one of these ultra-green environment-folk, and I think V8's are obnoxious and wasteful. Can't imagine what future folk will think.
If I use this free product, does it mean I will have "ties to Russia?" I'm sure that if I actually pay for their more advanced product, I will then have "links to Kremlin-associated Russian bankers." I don't want to get in trouble with the New York Times.
As long as you're not committing treason by conspiring with a foreign power to influence an election at home then you're not doing anything wrong. Or if you're not making foreign policy decisions whilst not the elected leader.
Assuming this is correct and it's not just a minor effect, that's probably the only valid objection I've seen so far. This is not something I was aware of, but I would hope the ban is based on poor immune system rather than being transgendered. (if someone is demonstrably not immunocompromised, they would be allowed in, but someone who is, regardless of gender, should be banned).
Even if you argue that transgenderism isn't in itself a mental disorder, a transgender individual is far more likely to have multiple other mental disorders, a much higher risk of suicide, etc.
On the other hand, African-americans have much high rates of incarceration. However, we all know (even if some won't admit it), that discriminating against people of different races is wrong for job vacancies. No rational person would say that blacks are "too-criminal" to be in the army.
Everyone should be treated as an individual. If a transgender individual is insane- don't let them in the army. We shouldn't assume they're all nutters that are going to "off-themselves".
Are you seriously implying that being a fighter jet pilot doesn't require a high-end physique?
I'm sure being a fighter jet pilot requires you to be in tip-top physical shape, but it wouldn't necessarily require bulging biceps. You would need a tip-top cardiovascular health, but not necessarily being a bulky muscle-bag.
If you look at the top formula one drivers (in many languages they're called pilots, a formula one car has a lot of similarities to a fighter-jet, but won't get into that), most of the best drivers are short, smaller individuals and not very muscular (compared to other athelets).
They are very fit and have great endurance though, usually conditions from running and cycling.
(and before you say there are not many women drivers- that has more to do with the fact that very few take up carting compared to men, the usual route to entering the sport).
With a name like Oswald McWeany, the whole point is snark, no? Yer a special kind of troll. Don't ever change.
The name comes from a kids show, "Oswald". Oswald had a dog named Weanie.
The show was on in the background when I signed up for this account. (I actually have a much older account, but I've long since forgotten the name I used, or the old throw-away e-mail account I signed up for it with- so it can't be retrieved- I use a different name on every site and often they have no specific relation to my life)
>All the idiots who won't get their kids vaccinated will see their genetic line die off. Those with vaccinations will be OK.
You need to read up on herd immunity. Vaccines aren't 100% effective (and some people simply can't have them for medical reasons), so just having your shot isn't enough, you need to have everyone else have their shots so it's unlikely an infected person will even come into contact with a vulnerable person.
Yeah, I know. I also know that the kids aren't responsible for the decisions that their parents foolishly make- nor should they suffer for the mistakes of their parents. My post was perhaps too flippant. It was more a raised middle finger at the numpties who won't vaccinate their kids than my real point of view.
Modern sensibilities? By not giving in to people with a mental disorder and not allowing them to enter the army
It hasn't been considered a mental disorder by the sciences for decades. However, to humor you, so what if it is? What would the harm be?
Do you prevent people with high-functioning autism in the army? Do you think people with minor anxiety are prevent from joining? What about ADD? Get PTSD you should be kicked out?
Even if were a mental disorder- it's far less harmful than any of the above, and the above won't get you barred from the military.
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Twitter isn't sustainable in its current form, but it's too popular with media outlets and customer service departments to be a financial dead-end.
There is a way to make it profitable, just not doing what they're currently doing. Perhaps making corporations and verified people pay a small fee to stay verified? I don't know, but as much as it is a media darling, there is a value there, it just needs to be unlocked.
It's a separate card number. Once you attach a specific card to Samsung Pay, they create a new credit card number for the phone to use.
I guess I'm worried that malware will hijack this solution and start charging things to my card; or malware that will record everything I buy. I'm probably worrying without merit, but adding more functionality to my phone, especially allowing it to make payments just makes me feel very uneasy for some reason.
Paying with a phone at any credit card swipe machine is incredibly nice. Works everywhere and people are always surprised when I pay with a phone at a regular terminal.
Call me old fashioned, but I don't want to pay using my phone. I need my wallet anyway because it has my drivers license and health insurance card in it- two things I'd never go anywhere without. So my wallet is on me anyway.
I'd rather have a completely separate device (my credit card) to my phone rather than not be able to pay if my battery dies, or slow everyone down by using some bloody app (like those annoying ladies at Target with their cartwheel app).
Plus from a security stand point- I don't know that I trust my phone to have payment authorization. From a privacy standpoint I don't either.
People still bought these?
Not an iPod specifically, but I recently bought a new mp3 player for the gym since I don't want to take my phone into the gym with me. Sure... there's still desire for mp3 players and a market (if a smaller market). My kids all have mp3 players too- the eldest is only 13 so some way off needing a phone still.
/ side rant- nothing worse than the chick who sits on the equipment you want to use playing with her phone for 30 minutes and not exercising... I swear 20% of the people at the gym don't actually do any exercise.
The good news is 6.5 people have better sense.
Who are you to call a little person "0.5"??!
It's not a little person. It's a man with split personality disorder.
More people would buy them if they removed the headphone jack. Maybe apple should try that.
Until of course the emotionally unstable person who missed their hormones decides to go rogue with an M16 in a foxhole.
Wasn't that long ago people were saying that women couldn't be trusted because they would go rogue with an M16 every time they got a period. I highly doubt a trained soldier will go rogue just because they missed hormones. If that's all it took for them to go rogue then they should never have been in the military in the first place- has nothing to do with them being transgender.
The good news is 6.5 people have better sense.
I've always equated Wal-Mart with cheap products made in China. Isn't that kind of a stereotype about Wal-Mart? I don't think I've ever heard anyone accuse Wal-Mart of being very "American" in their offerings.
What has changed?
Trade 1 filthy habit for another?
First, it is none of my business what an adult does to their body willingly. Have at it.
Don't force anyone else to inhale 2nd hand smoke.
At least e-smokers don't constantly liter and think nothing about it. Saw yet another smoker driving yesterday throw the cig butt on the road. Automatic $1000 fine here.
But the smell of both smoking methods is highly offense. I completely understand why someone would smoke some pot, but I don't get the cigs or e-cigs at all.
When I first came to the US I was absolutely disgusted how many cigarette butts were littering every single intersection where cars came to a stop... it looked awful.
Nowadays you really don't see cigarette butts nearly enough. You can go to the beach and the kids can play in the sand without finding cigarette butts. It's been a real impressive turnaround. As you say, if vapers aren't littering everywhere, that's a huge improvement...
Well... and vaping isn't completely harmless; but, there again, it doesn't have to be. It only needs to be less harmful than smoking to be an improvement.
And as a third party, someone not smoking or vaping, I know which I'd rather endure. I'd much rather be with someone vaping than smoking if I had to choose.
I'd certainly never kiss a woman who smokes again- but a vaper... if I were single, maybe.
" The smoker and the non-smoker are on an even footing if it's just a matter of annoyance, and complaining about smoking in a bar would be the equivalent about complaining about loud noise in a nightclub. Don't like it? Don't go."
No, second hand smoke is proven to be a cause of cancer. I should not be required to increase my risk of cancer to go to a club, simple as that. Your analogy is plain stupid.
Cigarettes have probably increased my life expectancy!
I hated bars and nightclubs when I was a teen/early 20 something, because the smoking bans hadn't fully been implemented yet. I hated smelling like an ash tray.
As a result, I almost never went, and probably saved myself from adopting a binge drinking habit that so many of my friends of that age got into.
... assuming the UK is still a first-world nation by 2040.
Assuming the UK will still be a country in 2040. If Scotland leaves the UK, I imagine England will still be first world- and Scotland will at least neighbor a first world country.
Kids will go "whee" instead of "vrr" when they play with toy cars.
Unlikely. They'll learn to make those noises from their older relatives. Just like people still say they want to "roll up/down the windows" in a car. My daughter says it and she was in a vehicle with hand cranked windows once in her life when she was 8 years old. People still "dial" a number on their phone and hang up their cell phone, pump gas, rewind a scene in a video, been through the wringer, etc.
I suspect cars will continue to say "Brum-Brum" just like trains continue to say "Choo-Choo"; however, a child playing with a toy car will make sound effects that sound like the car. I didn't physically say "Brum Brum" when pushing my toy cars around... when I was younger of course... I gave up toys when I turned 35.
Future generations will see your V8 as a stinky, polluting, noisy and wasteful old relic. Kids will go "whee" instead of "vrr" when they play with toy cars. You will become that old fart complaining that today's youth don't get the greatness of your antiquated ways.
I already do see V8's as stinky polluting, noisy and wasteful old relics. I'm not one of these ultra-green environment-folk, and I think V8's are obnoxious and wasteful. Can't imagine what future folk will think.
Can you make that into a haiku instead?
I'll give it a go. Wouldn't it make more sense for Japan though?
Putin is all good.
The media is evil,
Fake news- bad, Comrade!
If I use this free product, does it mean I will have "ties to Russia?" I'm sure that if I actually pay for their more advanced product, I will then have "links to Kremlin-associated Russian bankers." I don't want to get in trouble with the New York Times.
As long as you're not committing treason by conspiring with a foreign power to influence an election at home then you're not doing anything wrong. Or if you're not making foreign policy decisions whilst not the elected leader.
Sure, but it is FREE cyberespionage!
It's free because you are the product. Or at least that's usually the applied logic of free software.
If you are the product, what kind of product are you to a Russian security firm?
I don't know I want to know the answer... although your FREE Cyber Espionage probably tells the story.
They are immunocompromised.
Assuming this is correct and it's not just a minor effect, that's probably the only valid objection I've seen so far. This is not something I was aware of, but I would hope the ban is based on poor immune system rather than being transgendered. (if someone is demonstrably not immunocompromised, they would be allowed in, but someone who is, regardless of gender, should be banned).
Even if you argue that transgenderism isn't in itself a mental disorder, a transgender individual is far more likely to have multiple other mental disorders, a much higher risk of suicide, etc.
On the other hand, African-americans have much high rates of incarceration. However, we all know (even if some won't admit it), that discriminating against people of different races is wrong for job vacancies. No rational person would say that blacks are "too-criminal" to be in the army.
Everyone should be treated as an individual. If a transgender individual is insane- don't let them in the army. We shouldn't assume they're all nutters that are going to "off-themselves".
Are you seriously implying that being a fighter jet pilot doesn't require a high-end physique?
I'm sure being a fighter jet pilot requires you to be in tip-top physical shape, but it wouldn't necessarily require bulging biceps. You would need a tip-top cardiovascular health, but not necessarily being a bulky muscle-bag.
If you look at the top formula one drivers (in many languages they're called pilots, a formula one car has a lot of similarities to a fighter-jet, but won't get into that), most of the best drivers are short, smaller individuals and not very muscular (compared to other athelets).
They are very fit and have great endurance though, usually conditions from running and cycling.
(and before you say there are not many women drivers- that has more to do with the fact that very few take up carting compared to men, the usual route to entering the sport).
With a name like Oswald McWeany, the whole point is snark, no? Yer a special kind of troll. Don't ever change.
The name comes from a kids show, "Oswald". Oswald had a dog named Weanie.
The show was on in the background when I signed up for this account. (I actually have a much older account, but I've long since forgotten the name I used, or the old throw-away e-mail account I signed up for it with- so it can't be retrieved- I use a different name on every site and often they have no specific relation to my life)
>All the idiots who won't get their kids vaccinated will see their genetic line die off. Those with vaccinations will be OK.
You need to read up on herd immunity. Vaccines aren't 100% effective (and some people simply can't have them for medical reasons), so just having your shot isn't enough, you need to have everyone else have their shots so it's unlikely an infected person will even come into contact with a vulnerable person.
Yeah, I know. I also know that the kids aren't responsible for the decisions that their parents foolishly make- nor should they suffer for the mistakes of their parents. My post was perhaps too flippant. It was more a raised middle finger at the numpties who won't vaccinate their kids than my real point of view.
Modern sensibilities? By not giving in to people with a mental disorder and not allowing them to enter the army
It hasn't been considered a mental disorder by the sciences for decades. However, to humor you, so what if it is? What would the harm be?
Do you prevent people with high-functioning autism in the army? Do you think people with minor anxiety are prevent from joining? What about ADD? Get PTSD you should be kicked out?
Even if were a mental disorder- it's far less harmful than any of the above, and the above won't get you barred from the military.
You want to know why Trump one?
I suspect it is because there are people who aren't intelligent enough to know how to spell "won", a three-letter word?