“There’s no advertising in Google News. It is not a revenue-generating product to Google. We think it’s valuable as a service to society. We are proud to have it as part of the stable of properties that people have.”
I've got an S5 and use Google maps on it, including "send to device". For general maps, though, I Prefer 'HereWeGo' as it works offline and is pretty good, and the voice is nicer.
I don't get the problems that the poster is suffering, but that may be due to my location, Australia. Maybe Google has not rolled out these 'enhancements' here yet?
in Australia (apparently a nazi country since we have govt regulation of business, gun control, national healthcare?) we also have the Electoral commission.
They run the voting system.
Everyone votes the same way, on paper.
They hire extra staff from existing public service agencies, experienced & arguably trustworthy govt workers.
Voting is too important to let states or cities make up their own rules, or to let just anyone work in the polls.
And boy, am I curious to see the results and hysteria of these US midterm elections, it is going to make Bush vs Gore look like a couple of toddlers fighting over a toy!
No idea! I'm not a climatologist, just that I've read - more than once - that the MWP was not global. I don't know that it's true, but I don't know that it's not, either.
I believe, though, that the hole in the ozone layer is predominatly over the south pole, not the north, so there is some... evidence?... that the extreme north and south atmospheric composition differs?
Umm, it's not established that the medieval warm period (MWP) was global, and it seems quite likely that it was restricted to parts of the northern hemisphere.
Though this article does mention that anthropomorphic climate change deniers quite like the idea of the MWP, I leave it to the reader to decipher why.
Umm... no, it doesn't help at all, not one little bit, I believe?:(
"By incorporating the gas in a liquid state, however, Gallant and her co-workers found a way to achieve electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion using only a carbon electrode."
Liquid CO2, not dry ice, not gaseous. Liquid.
Compressed gas bottles are... I think... compressed gas CO2, not liquid CO2?
If I'm wrong I'm happy to be corrected, with citations, thanks:)
As an aside, if you look at the time on your wristwatch when you start running, and then again whenever you want to know how long you've been running, basic base 12 (I think?) math tells you how long you've been running, no need for a Fitbit for that (heart rate aside, and telling your own pulse is a skill used with... a watch). And you measure your speed by how long it takes you to cover a given distance. Again, by looking at your wristwatch.
Having had an all-in-one entertainment centre, I again agree with you, discrete components are better, though more expensive. But over time, I'd consider them less expensive, yes.
I don't think I've EVER seen a petrol powered tractor used on a farm.
And I grew up (as a townie) in wheat/sheep country.
Everything used on a farm in my experience is diesel powered. It's a cheaper fuel, the engines last longer and are cheaper to repair and they provide more torque.
And I've changed plenty of spark plugs in my time, when it was an owner/operator proposition - but I'm not likely to touch (or even see) the spark plugs in my 2016 TSI Skoda Octavia....
Hmmm...
I may be replying to wrong comment? Aaah, no-one will notice, care or up-mod....
For 8-9 months of the year I do indeed ride a bike (pedal powered, not motor) to work and back home again, it's why I bought my house bike riding distance from work. I hope to restart riding this week, actually, now that it's finally warmed up to make it 'not cold'!
And no, I don't need to know the time while riding my bike to work or to home, and if I do need to know the time the few rare times I might ride my bike elsewhere, I stop and pull out my phone. Time isn't that important to me that I can't spare 30 seconds of it to get the phone out of my backpack to find out what time it is!
And if I'm eating wings and drinking beer, my beer hand is clean (though perhaps moist from the glass) and is able to use my phone. I eat wings one handed.Or... ask for some napkins/serviettes if the wings are covered in slimy sticky slippery sauce, so that I can clean at least one hand when required.
And that's assuming there is no clock in the bar/restaurant - which, now you've made me think of it, is a good assumption - so I'd just ask someone nearby for the time. The bartender/wait staff will certainly know how long it is until their shift is over!
I agree that a wrist watch is effective and useful, certainly, that's why I wore one until I got a mobile phone - and I'm old enough to remember and have said, many times. "hello operator, please dial 84 for me". I remember mobile phones that were a handset attached to briefcase. And I owned a Nokia 3110.
Get off my lawn!:)
If you want to know the time? Wear a $20 digital watch that tells the time, and has the date and on which you can set alarms if you don't want to be late, and that requires recharging (via replacing the battery) about once a year. That would seem to fulfill many uses of a smart watch, no?
If you want to use a smart phone, use a smart phone.
Buying a smart watch, at least for me, and for how my life works - is not required, not immediately useful and certainly expensive. I'd rather spend that much money on getting the ceiling in my toilet fixed, thanks.
Response to artr1: Yeah, but if what you're doing with your hands is so important, you don't NEED to know the time. Or need to know who just called or texted or liked or shared your post. That's assuming you don't have a clock on the desk or wall in the room in which you are too busy to look at your phone to know the time, as you would if being so busy with your hands is common - while needing to know the time.
When your hands are free and you desire to know the time, or check emails, texts, social media, news etc, then you pull out your phone and look.
While I'm sure many people (but a minority of the worlds population) have a need for a smart watch, specifically the latest Apple watch, I believe that most of the 7and counting billion of us will cope just fine without one.
I enjoyed not needing a watch once I'd obtained a mobile phone, and at the moment I see no reason for myself, nor for many others, to ever want something strapped to our wrists again.
And if my favourite political party was removed from social media, yes, there would be questions, and yes, unless the social media business/es gave a very good reason, I'd be upset.
Though the news media would still be reporting on it, and the parties own website would still work.
If there was a news blackout and their website was down, you're right, I'd be very worried and would assume that my country is under attack, presumably cyberattack.
Fair enough, you do make many good points, and no, I'm not very engaged in 'censorship issues' in the USA.
That said, I probably just have a dim view of people, or voters, who get their info solely from social media? I mean, if they can use social media they can use internet search engines to find other sources of... what might be fact, opinion or infotainment.
I think that's my main actual issue, that those who uncritically believe social media or infotainment and make their voting choice solely or largely on those. Or... those who just always vote for "their party" because that's how they've (or their dad/family) have always voted?
I vote for the party with what I think are the best policies, how they benefit not only myself, but the country as a whole. Or I try to.
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From the linked article:
“There’s no advertising in Google News. It is not a revenue-generating product to Google. We think it’s valuable as a service to society. We are proud to have it as part of the stable of properties that people have.”
So... nope, there is no ad revenue for Google.
Damnit, I don't have mod points at the moment! :)
How does the camera in the ATM - that takes photos of every person pushing ATM buttons - not see the culprit?
How does the camera filming the area the ATM/s are in not see someone at an ATM?
If you are invisible, there are easier and safer ways to get rich.
Or 'send to device'?
Your experience differs greatly from mine on my Galaxy S5.
Perhaps you haven't adjusted your settings and options enough?
I've got an S5 and use Google maps on it, including "send to device".
For general maps, though, I Prefer 'HereWeGo' as it works offline and is pretty good, and the voice is nicer.
I don't get the problems that the poster is suffering, but that may be due to my location, Australia. Maybe Google has not rolled out these 'enhancements' here yet?
While the system of government has changed, thanks to a lost war, the ruling family hasn't, in the last... 2,500 years or so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
And of course, there is the United Kingdom, as has been pointed out by an AC. They settled the American colonies, who ungratefully rebelled!
in Australia (apparently a nazi country since we have govt regulation of business, gun control, national healthcare?) we also have the Electoral commission.
They run the voting system.
Everyone votes the same way, on paper.
They hire extra staff from existing public service agencies, experienced & arguably trustworthy govt workers.
Voting is too important to let states or cities make up their own rules, or to let just anyone work in the polls.
And boy, am I curious to see the results and hysteria of these US midterm elections, it is going to make Bush vs Gore look like a couple of toddlers fighting over a toy!
So wishing I had some mod points...
Maybe tomorrow I will! :)
No idea! I'm not a climatologist, just that I've read - more than once - that the MWP was not global. I don't know that it's true, but I don't know that it's not, either.
I believe, though, that the hole in the ozone layer is predominatly over the south pole, not the north, so there is some ... evidence? ... that the extreme north and south atmospheric composition differs?
https://www.britannica.com/sci...
Umm, it's not established that the medieval warm period (MWP) was global, and it seems quite likely that it was restricted to parts of the northern hemisphere.
Though this article does mention that anthropomorphic climate change deniers quite like the idea of the MWP, I leave it to the reader to decipher why.
Yeah, sure, we stopped making CFCs...
https://www.bbc.com/news/scien...
Oops, except no, we didn't!!
Umm... no, it doesn't help at all, not one little bit, I believe? :(
"By incorporating the gas in a liquid state, however, Gallant and her co-workers found a way to achieve electrochemical carbon dioxide conversion using only a carbon electrode."
Liquid CO2, not dry ice, not gaseous. Liquid.
Compressed gas bottles are... I think... compressed gas CO2, not liquid CO2?
If I'm wrong I'm happy to be corrected, with citations, thanks :)
Yes!
We agree on this! :)
As an aside, if you look at the time on your wristwatch when you start running, and then again whenever you want to know how long you've been running, basic base 12 (I think?) math tells you how long you've been running, no need for a Fitbit for that (heart rate aside, and telling your own pulse is a skill used with... a watch). And you measure your speed by how long it takes you to cover a given distance. Again, by looking at your wristwatch.
Having had an all-in-one entertainment centre, I again agree with you, discrete components are better, though more expensive. But over time, I'd consider them less expensive, yes.
Spark plugs?
I don't think I've EVER seen a petrol powered tractor used on a farm.
And I grew up (as a townie) in wheat/sheep country.
Everything used on a farm in my experience is diesel powered. It's a cheaper fuel, the engines last longer and are cheaper to repair and they provide more torque.
And I've changed plenty of spark plugs in my time, when it was an owner/operator proposition - but I'm not likely to touch (or even see) the spark plugs in my 2016 TSI Skoda Octavia....
Hmmm...
I may be replying to wrong comment? Aaah, no-one will notice, care or up-mod....
Ha, me too.
Social media? It's meant to benefit me, not obligate me.
Oooh, abe.com? Thanks for the tip!
For 8-9 months of the year I do indeed ride a bike (pedal powered, not motor) to work and back home again, it's why I bought my house bike riding distance from work. I hope to restart riding this week, actually, now that it's finally warmed up to make it 'not cold'!
And no, I don't need to know the time while riding my bike to work or to home, and if I do need to know the time the few rare times I might ride my bike elsewhere, I stop and pull out my phone. Time isn't that important to me that I can't spare 30 seconds of it to get the phone out of my backpack to find out what time it is!
And if I'm eating wings and drinking beer, my beer hand is clean (though perhaps moist from the glass) and is able to use my phone. I eat wings one handed .Or... ask for some napkins/serviettes if the wings are covered in slimy sticky slippery sauce, so that I can clean at least one hand when required.
And that's assuming there is no clock in the bar/restaurant - which, now you've made me think of it, is a good assumption - so I'd just ask someone nearby for the time. The bartender/wait staff will certainly know how long it is until their shift is over!
I agree that a wrist watch is effective and useful, certainly, that's why I wore one until I got a mobile phone - and I'm old enough to remember and have said, many times. "hello operator, please dial 84 for me". I remember mobile phones that were a handset attached to briefcase. And I owned a Nokia 3110.
Get off my lawn! :)
If you want to know the time? Wear a $20 digital watch that tells the time, and has the date and on which you can set alarms if you don't want to be late, and that requires recharging (via replacing the battery) about once a year. That would seem to fulfill many uses of a smart watch, no?
If you want to use a smart phone, use a smart phone.
Buying a smart watch, at least for me, and for how my life works - is not required, not immediately useful and certainly expensive. I'd rather spend that much money on getting the ceiling in my toilet fixed, thanks.
Probably swap the 2nd and last sentences for better flow. Oops.
Still no edit button, but... that has its own certain charm I suppose.
Or just be honest and say 'excuse me, I've just got to check my phone for a sec to see if it's important".
Or, if you do not want to be disturbed, you've turned the phone off already.
And - unless you're the bride or groom - that's generally accepted behaviour.
OMG, seriously??
Wow, wish I had mod points!
That is 'return to vendor for full refund' stuff! :(
"added status"?
Being identified as a pretentious wanker counts as status now?
Wow... :(
Answer to question posed by OP is: Nope.
Response to artr1: Yeah, but if what you're doing with your hands is so important, you don't NEED to know the time. Or need to know who just called or texted or liked or shared your post. That's assuming you don't have a clock on the desk or wall in the room in which you are too busy to look at your phone to know the time, as you would if being so busy with your hands is common - while needing to know the time.
When your hands are free and you desire to know the time, or check emails, texts, social media, news etc, then you pull out your phone and look.
While I'm sure many people (but a minority of the worlds population) have a need for a smart watch, specifically the latest Apple watch, I believe that most of the 7and counting billion of us will cope just fine without one.
I enjoyed not needing a watch once I'd obtained a mobile phone, and at the moment I see no reason for myself, nor for many others, to ever want something strapped to our wrists again.
Your mileage may vary, of course.
Woosh and woosh...
The response was to this "... if you don't need to know calculus to work in a field, it's not a "scientific endeavor"."
If true, since Newton invented calculus, no-one before him was a scientist.
It's a joke, son! :)
And if my favourite political party was removed from social media, yes, there would be questions, and yes, unless the social media business/es gave a very good reason, I'd be upset.
Though the news media would still be reporting on it, and the parties own website would still work.
If there was a news blackout and their website was down, you're right, I'd be very worried and would assume that my country is under attack, presumably cyberattack.
Have a nice day,
DethLok
Fair enough, you do make many good points, and no, I'm not very engaged in 'censorship issues' in the USA.
That said, I probably just have a dim view of people, or voters, who get their info solely from social media? I mean, if they can use social media they can use internet search engines to find other sources of ... what might be fact, opinion or infotainment.
I think that's my main actual issue, that those who uncritically believe social media or infotainment and make their voting choice solely or largely on those.
Or... those who just always vote for "their party" because that's how they've (or their dad/family) have always voted?
I vote for the party with what I think are the best policies, how they benefit not only myself, but the country as a whole. Or I try to.
Thanks for the discussion!