I use a Roku for the streaming services, but most of my content is served from my own nfs server, and so far, Boxee is the only reasonable option I've found for that. I'm not sure what I'll do when it dies. I tried plex, but it requires too much horsepower on the server so it can transcode the video for no good reason. I'm considering doing my own control app for the web interface on vls.
Exactly; my second Leaf lease is about to end. I made the mistake of buying my first Leaf after the lease ran out because it looked like the tech wasn't advancing as fast as I'd expected, then the battery wore out enough to make regional driving problematic, but not enough to trigger a replacement. So I replaced the battery with a bigger one (24kWh -> 30kWh), which happened to come with a new Leaf;-) Unfortunately, Nissan doesn't believe in active cooling, making the 30kWh battery actually *worse* for regional/cross country driving (unless you treat it like a lower capacity battery and don't charge it over 60%) because it overheats quickly.
I have an early reservation for the Tesla M3, but with the lack of a real dash and no hatchback, I'm probably going to cancel that. The Bolt uses a charging network that is not widely deployed. The new Leaf wimped out on the battery, leaving no real good options yet for an EV I'd want to actually buy.
At the moment, I'm looking at buying a Kia Niro plugin when this lease runs out and just sticking with that for the forseeable future.
If they will truly have the content reliably (the main reason I never started using Hulu et al - too many stories of episodes disappearing), and the streaming apps work better than any of the others I've seen so far, then maybe...
i.e. facebook's all too common mode of putting large font text in a big block of color - social media's version of all caps SHOUTING in my mind. Apparently people can't read normal sized text...
Even if it's in my possession, if it requires someone else to approve my watching it every time I want to, or it's not playable by standard software so I can be sure that as platforms are updated I'll still be able to watch it, then it's just a rental, not a purchase. No thanks.
The shopping list (which I do on the google version because it's easier to use on my phone) is probably the most useful feature (and worth it by itself). I also use it as my alarm clock. I have it interfaced to my solar panels (how much power was made yesterday?) and weather station (current temperature, rain today, etc), and with my eyes, it's often easier to ask alexa what time it is that try to read a clock in the distance. I explicitly *disabled* being able to order things, and will leave it that way until it can recognize that it's me doing the ordering and not someone else. Maybe not even then, as what I order from amazon generally needs some research first anyhow.
I'm nearly 59 and I hate video news as well. The only exception is if there's actually something visual and moving to show, and even then I'd rather have text with the story and a link to the clip.
Who actually *reads* "composed by" credits anyhow? I don't think any but audio nerds actually care who did it as long as they like the sound. Computers couldn't have done a worse job than the soundtrack for Ladyhawke.
While I agree, the Echo is *not* AI, I also find the interface very easy to use, nearly trivial. The work is all in writing your application to do what you want it to do when given the verbal command to do it. I have mine interfaced to both my solar panels and my weather station, as well as some minor non-device tied apps.
I haven't done paper in years, and have no interest in going back when my entire library fits on an sd card instead of filling up a room or two, not to mention that as my eyesight deteriorates, paper is increasingly hard to read. I've been doing more reading that tv watching lately, so I'm doing my part to make their stats out of date;-)
Most of the time *I'm* the wireless carrier, and it saved so much money over what I was paying Sprint, it paid for the phone in 4 months (for the Nexus 5X).
As one of those two people, it's pretty annoying, as it's the most useful feature of these devices. I switched to google's device for the shopping list specifically because it used Keep, which is much faster to startup than the Amazon Alexa app, which is where they put their shopping list. Now google is basically doing the same thing, eliminating the one advantage it had.
It's amazing the things you could tell about a computer by looking at the patterns the lights on an IMSAI 8080 when it was running, not to mention just being pretty.
This is the sort of thing why I've never let any sort of browser thing do autofill. I have a password manager on my phone and when I need to, I look it up and *type* it in. A minor nuisance, but for frequently used passwords, I then don't need it as I actually remember them. The others are by definition infrequently used.
Though I have to admit, it's the most used feature of my phone. It also means I don't have to worry about synchronizing across many different browsers and computers, or the lack of security having all that in multiple places.
As a sysadmin, speaking very unofficially, from a small regional provider, and who used to single-handedly run a small local isp (which is still a withering hosting service), fees and caps had ought to be clear up front, and network capacity reporting is not a big deal. It's something you'd better be monitoring anyhow.
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I use a Roku for the streaming services, but most of my content is served from my own nfs server, and so far, Boxee is the only reasonable option I've found for that. I'm not sure what I'll do when it dies. I tried plex, but it requires too much horsepower on the server so it can transcode the video for no good reason. I'm considering doing my own control app for the web interface on vls.
Exactly; my second Leaf lease is about to end. I made the mistake of buying my first Leaf after the lease ran out because it looked like the tech wasn't advancing as fast as I'd expected, then the battery wore out enough to make regional driving problematic, but not enough to trigger a replacement. So I replaced the battery with a bigger one (24kWh -> 30kWh), which happened to come with a new Leaf ;-) Unfortunately, Nissan doesn't believe in active cooling, making the 30kWh battery actually *worse* for regional/cross country driving (unless you treat it like a lower capacity battery and don't charge it over 60%) because it overheats quickly.
I have an early reservation for the Tesla M3, but with the lack of a real dash and no hatchback, I'm probably going to cancel that. The Bolt uses a charging network that is not widely deployed. The new Leaf wimped out on the battery, leaving no real good options yet for an EV I'd want to actually buy.
At the moment, I'm looking at buying a Kia Niro plugin when this lease runs out and just sticking with that for the forseeable future.
That is my expectation as well
If they will truly have the content reliably (the main reason I never started using Hulu et al - too many stories of episodes disappearing), and the streaming apps work better than any of the others I've seen so far, then maybe...
i.e. facebook's all too common mode of putting large font text in a big block of color - social media's version of all caps SHOUTING in my mind. Apparently people can't read normal sized text...
It seems awfully suspicious that when unions are trying to unionize Tesla, all of a sudden there's a bunch of barely credible lawsuits happening...
The first thing I did when I got my Echo was disable voice ordering - that is just begging and shouting for disaster.
Amazon shines in two places:
1. You can get just about anything there, without having to check a bazillion places to find something.
2. It's very easy to use.
Manage both of those features and you'll be competitive.
Even if it's in my possession, if it requires someone else to approve my watching it every time I want to, or it's not playable by standard software so I can be sure that as platforms are updated I'll still be able to watch it, then it's just a rental, not a purchase. No thanks.
The shopping list (which I do on the google version because it's easier to use on my phone) is probably the most useful feature (and worth it by itself). I also use it as my alarm clock. I have it interfaced to my solar panels (how much power was made yesterday?) and weather station (current temperature, rain today, etc), and with my eyes, it's often easier to ask alexa what time it is that try to read a clock in the distance. I explicitly *disabled* being able to order things, and will leave it that way until it can recognize that it's me doing the ordering and not someone else. Maybe not even then, as what I order from amazon generally needs some research first anyhow.
Been doing that for nearly 20 years with my Paypal debit card. Has the advantage that it sends me email every time it gets used too.
I'm nearly 59 and I hate video news as well. The only exception is if there's actually something visual and moving to show, and even then I'd rather have text with the story and a link to the clip.
...if you jam a network, it will stop working. Whoever figures out how to avoid that will win a Nobel. And a position of headmaster at Hogwarts.
Who actually *reads* "composed by" credits anyhow? I don't think any but audio nerds actually care who did it as long as they like the sound. Computers couldn't have done a worse job than the soundtrack for Ladyhawke.
They should come checkout my backyard - it seems to have plenty of bugs in it, even with three pots of pitcher plants.
While I agree, the Echo is *not* AI, I also find the interface very easy to use, nearly trivial. The work is all in writing your application to do what you want it to do when given the verbal command to do it. I have mine interfaced to both my solar panels and my weather station, as well as some minor non-device tied apps.
I haven't done paper in years, and have no interest in going back when my entire library fits on an sd card instead of filling up a room or two, not to mention that as my eyesight deteriorates, paper is increasingly hard to read. I've been doing more reading that tv watching lately, so I'm doing my part to make their stats out of date ;-)
I use it to read slashdot, several websites and to get a number of tv shows.
Most of the time *I'm* the wireless carrier, and it saved so much money over what I was paying Sprint, it paid for the phone in 4 months (for the Nexus 5X).
As one of those two people, it's pretty annoying, as it's the most useful feature of these devices. I switched to google's device for the shopping list specifically because it used Keep, which is much faster to startup than the Amazon Alexa app, which is where they put their shopping list. Now google is basically doing the same thing, eliminating the one advantage it had.
It's amazing the things you could tell about a computer by looking at the patterns the lights on an IMSAI 8080 when it was running, not to mention just being pretty.
This is the sort of thing why I've never let any sort of browser thing do autofill. I have a password manager on my phone and when I need to, I look it up and *type* it in. A minor nuisance, but for frequently used passwords, I then don't need it as I actually remember them. The others are by definition infrequently used.
Though I have to admit, it's the most used feature of my phone. It also means I don't have to worry about synchronizing across many different browsers and computers, or the lack of security having all that in multiple places.
I don't really care if the support is there as long as I'm notified that content is so crippled so I can avoid it.
True, but since when have facts mattered lately...
Moon is a Harsh Mistress is one of my favorite books...
As a sysadmin, speaking very unofficially, from a small regional provider, and who used to single-handedly run a small local isp (which is still a withering hosting service), fees and caps had ought to be clear up front, and network capacity reporting is not a big deal. It's something you'd better be monitoring anyhow.