We could both make guesses, but they'd be wildly different and both are likely to be completely wrong. That's my point. You can't reasonably say "no one seems to be buying them", and I can't counter with "everyone seems to have one".
And worse, it's been proven that smartwatches and fitness trackers in general don't result in better health for users.
Anecdotally, I actually get up from my desk and walk around at least once an hour to keep it happy. That doesn't suddenly make me a triathlete, but plenty of studies do show that me getting off my ass from time to time helps me not die.
I can't speak for everyone, but I have lost weight from trying to meet my daily calorie burning goals. Maybe that's not the common case, but I'm happy with the result.
I glanced around my office and saw 6 of them within a dead cat throw of here. We're not an Apple developer, either - just a bunch of people working on completely non-Apple-related stuff.
You have your anecdote. I have mine. Neither one is likely representative of the truth.
Marketing or whatever, I bought and Apple Watch and I like it. I even upgraded it for Christmas. It's a nice device and I enjoy using it. It's OK that you don't like it. That's why there are so many companies selling different things for different people! But understand that I'm as happy with my purchase as you are with your non-purchase. That doesn't make either of us stupid.
It's also trivial and free to implement with Certbot. If everything were encrypted, then encrypted stuff wouldn't stand out in traffic analysis as "potentially interesting; worth investigating". Given the price, ease, and value in protecting absolutely everything, my policy is that everything that can be encrypted is unless there's a specific reason why it shouldn't be.
AFAIK, all Apple devices introduced in 2013 and later have been 64-bit. I don't think you can reasonably call mobile devices older than that "early obsoleted".
In before "I still use my Amiga and a Palm IIIxe, and these modern kids with their wasteful ways, upgrading every decade argh warble". That's nice, Grandpa. But in the real world, people upgrade their mobile devices at least every 4 years. That might not be as true now as we're approaching "good enough" in a lot of ways, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to be saddled with an iPhone 5 (the last 32-bit model) today.
There's literally no reason for essentially basic x86 code to not fucking run.
ISA aside, there sure is: a tiny computer with limited resources is spending quite a bit of them on providing a 32bit compatibility layer of libraries, etc. Tossing that would allow those resources to more efficiently run the other applications, save battery, use less of the small and finite flash storage, and so on. In the specific case of an iPhone, it likely also means that the apps in question are probably using ancient API versions that Apple would like to deprecate, low-res graphics, have fixed-size and fixed-ratio display canvases, and aren't taking advantage of any modern features.
None of those matter so much on a PC with (comparatively) enormous storage, huge amounts of RAM, and unlimited power drawn from a wall outlet. They're a pretty big deal on a phone, though.
I don't think it's that simple. You're right about screens being astoundingly bright, and also about the oranged screens being darker. In my experience, though, being dark-adjusted and looking at a reddish light is fine. Being adjusted and looking at a blue/white light - even a darkish one - feels like staring into the depths of the sun.
Here's a Scientific America article with neuroscientists who researched it. I don't have any decent journal access, but those names might be a good starting point.
Even if it didn't have medical effects, I still like the visual effect. When I wake up in the middle of the night and pick up my phone to check the time, the normal daytime colors sear my retinas while the orange hues don't. Any potential health benefit is just a bonus.
I wonder if fracking will bring enough money into the region to pay for the damages which will be caused by the major earthquake which is now foreseeably coming their way?
LOL no. Oklahomans seem to think they're in the business of exporting energy. No. They're in the business of importing environmental devastation from other states who want energy without destroying their own homes. So thanks, Oklahoma! Enjoy the money while it's still medically safe for your kids to play outside, but understand that the rest of us have no plans to help you clean up the mess afterward. After all, that's what we paid you for. Best of luck!
We canceled our cable subscription about a year ago, and while I was OK with it my wife hated not having certain live TV channels. We'd tried Sling, but it was hit-and-miss on the stuff we wanted. Some channels, like BTN, aren't available at all on Sling. DirecTV is only a little more and actually covers the live programming we want.
Make no mistake, the launch was rough. I don't think they allocated enough hardware or bandwidth to handle their initial demand, so streaming cut out constantly. It's finally getting to be pretty solid, though, and I'd much rather pay Sling a few bucks than have anything to do with Comcast.
There is a difference between a pardon and commutation.
...which doesn't matter, of course, because the Wikipedia specifically said "clemency" (which is explicitly defined as including commutation). There is also a difference between jeans and grapefruit, but that's also irrelevant to the topic at hand.
If she's already gone through gender reassignment surgery, then no, I can't think of any circumstance in which she'd answer "male". Frankly, if she's managed to convince the US freaking Army that she's a woman, then that should be good enough for pretty much anyone.
I try to go along with whatever, but I understand: my brain can handle he/she/they and that's about it. Much beyond that, and we end up with per-person pronouns - which are basically just names in the first place.
The medical profession does no such thing. You can argue it if you wish, but you can't debate it because that's not factually true. Words have meanings. Sex and gender do not mean the same thing and haven't for a while now.
That's what sex means in a medical context, though: your equipment. Your doctor is on the short list of people who have a need to care about that, because it's one of the rare places where anatomy matters.
I'm fairly far right on a lot of matters (and just spent a few ammo boxes hunting the elusive wild skeet this weekend). I'm socially liberal in the classic sense, though, in that I don't care what people do if it doesn't affect me. Want to smoke pot? Marry your gay partner? Go by a gender different from your biological sex (or even something totally different)? I couldn't care less. That's between you and your loved ones.
They are not medically or legally different things.
I grew up in a medical family and I've worked in healthcare in various capacities for a couple of decades now. In any organization I've dealt with, "sex" or "biological" sex explicitly refers to your anatomy. That's important because biological males can't get cervical cancer and biological females can't get testicular cancer, for instance. They're the words used on the occasions when anatomy are relevant. Most medical organizations I've been around in the last decade or so distinguish between "sex" and "gender", which is what the patient presents themselves as. Sure, they're most commonly the same value, but they are separate database fields referring to different concepts.
But what you and other extreme liberals
LOL. You presume much, and wrongly. But con/lib aside, I've never encountered a single problem with referring to someone by their gender. The people who care to distinguish between sex and gender appreciate the respect, and understand when medical decisions require healthcare providers to discuss their sex instead. It's easy to be nice to people, so why not do so? It doesn't cost us anything.
What special privilege is Chelsea asking for? She wants to be called by her gender (not biological sex; those are medically and legally different things). She's not asking to go to an all-girls high school or otherwise do anything controversial. In what remote sense does her request harm you in any way?
Leniency or mercy. A power given to a public official, such as a governor or the president, to in some way lower or moderate the harshness of punishment imposed upon a prisoner.
Clemency is considered to be an act of grace. It is based on the policy of fairness, justice, and forgiveness. It is not a right but rather a privilege, and one who is granted clemency does not have the crime forgotten, as in Amnesty, but is forgiven and treated more leniently for the criminal acts. Clemency is similar to pardon inasmuch as it is an act of grace exempting someone from punishment.
Barring contrary definitions, the President granted her clemency. I strongly suspect Assange is far too little to live up to his promise, but this is exactly the situation the Wikileaks tweet described.
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We could both make guesses, but they'd be wildly different and both are likely to be completely wrong. That's my point. You can't reasonably say "no one seems to be buying them", and I can't counter with "everyone seems to have one".
I'm glad we both made smart purchases and brought products appropriate to our individual needs and desires! Right on, Internet friend! high five
And worse, it's been proven that smartwatches and fitness trackers in general don't result in better health for users.
Anecdotally, I actually get up from my desk and walk around at least once an hour to keep it happy. That doesn't suddenly make me a triathlete, but plenty of studies do show that me getting off my ass from time to time helps me not die.
I can't speak for everyone, but I have lost weight from trying to meet my daily calorie burning goals. Maybe that's not the common case, but I'm happy with the result.
I glanced around my office and saw 6 of them within a dead cat throw of here. We're not an Apple developer, either - just a bunch of people working on completely non-Apple-related stuff.
You have your anecdote. I have mine. Neither one is likely representative of the truth.
Marketing or whatever, I bought and Apple Watch and I like it. I even upgraded it for Christmas. It's a nice device and I enjoy using it. It's OK that you don't like it. That's why there are so many companies selling different things for different people! But understand that I'm as happy with my purchase as you are with your non-purchase. That doesn't make either of us stupid.
Then you've never tried to have a server actually scale in the past.
"In the past" being the key part. SSL overhead is trivial now and has been for some time.
but pretty much excessive for mundane stuff
It's also trivial and free to implement with Certbot. If everything were encrypted, then encrypted stuff wouldn't stand out in traffic analysis as "potentially interesting; worth investigating". Given the price, ease, and value in protecting absolutely everything, my policy is that everything that can be encrypted is unless there's a specific reason why it shouldn't be.
AFAIK, all Apple devices introduced in 2013 and later have been 64-bit. I don't think you can reasonably call mobile devices older than that "early obsoleted".
In before "I still use my Amiga and a Palm IIIxe, and these modern kids with their wasteful ways, upgrading every decade argh warble". That's nice, Grandpa. But in the real world, people upgrade their mobile devices at least every 4 years. That might not be as true now as we're approaching "good enough" in a lot of ways, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to be saddled with an iPhone 5 (the last 32-bit model) today.
There's literally no reason for essentially basic x86 code to not fucking run.
ISA aside, there sure is: a tiny computer with limited resources is spending quite a bit of them on providing a 32bit compatibility layer of libraries, etc. Tossing that would allow those resources to more efficiently run the other applications, save battery, use less of the small and finite flash storage, and so on. In the specific case of an iPhone, it likely also means that the apps in question are probably using ancient API versions that Apple would like to deprecate, low-res graphics, have fixed-size and fixed-ratio display canvases, and aren't taking advantage of any modern features.
None of those matter so much on a PC with (comparatively) enormous storage, huge amounts of RAM, and unlimited power drawn from a wall outlet. They're a pretty big deal on a phone, though.
I don't think it's that simple. You're right about screens being astoundingly bright, and also about the oranged screens being darker. In my experience, though, being dark-adjusted and looking at a reddish light is fine. Being adjusted and looking at a blue/white light - even a darkish one - feels like staring into the depths of the sun.
Here's a Scientific America article with neuroscientists who researched it. I don't have any decent journal access, but those names might be a good starting point.
Even if it didn't have medical effects, I still like the visual effect. When I wake up in the middle of the night and pick up my phone to check the time, the normal daytime colors sear my retinas while the orange hues don't. Any potential health benefit is just a bonus.
I wonder if fracking will bring enough money into the region to pay for the damages which will be caused by the major earthquake which is now foreseeably coming their way?
LOL no. Oklahomans seem to think they're in the business of exporting energy. No. They're in the business of importing environmental devastation from other states who want energy without destroying their own homes. So thanks, Oklahoma! Enjoy the money while it's still medically safe for your kids to play outside, but understand that the rest of us have no plans to help you clean up the mess afterward. After all, that's what we paid you for. Best of luck!
We canceled our cable subscription about a year ago, and while I was OK with it my wife hated not having certain live TV channels. We'd tried Sling, but it was hit-and-miss on the stuff we wanted. Some channels, like BTN, aren't available at all on Sling. DirecTV is only a little more and actually covers the live programming we want.
Make no mistake, the launch was rough. I don't think they allocated enough hardware or bandwidth to handle their initial demand, so streaming cut out constantly. It's finally getting to be pretty solid, though, and I'd much rather pay Sling a few bucks than have anything to do with Comcast.
There is a difference between a pardon and commutation.
...which doesn't matter, of course, because the Wikipedia specifically said "clemency" (which is explicitly defined as including commutation). There is also a difference between jeans and grapefruit, but that's also irrelevant to the topic at hand.
If she's already gone through gender reassignment surgery, then no, I can't think of any circumstance in which she'd answer "male". Frankly, if she's managed to convince the US freaking Army that she's a woman, then that should be good enough for pretty much anyone.
That's probably not too far off. Thanks for the pointer!
I try to go along with whatever, but I understand: my brain can handle he/she/they and that's about it. Much beyond that, and we end up with per-person pronouns - which are basically just names in the first place.
Hang in there, sport. Prospects look bleak but it might get better.
The medical profession does no such thing. You can argue it if you wish, but you can't debate it because that's not factually true. Words have meanings. Sex and gender do not mean the same thing and haven't for a while now.
That's what sex means in a medical context, though: your equipment. Your doctor is on the short list of people who have a need to care about that, because it's one of the rare places where anatomy matters.
I'm fairly far right on a lot of matters (and just spent a few ammo boxes hunting the elusive wild skeet this weekend). I'm socially liberal in the classic sense, though, in that I don't care what people do if it doesn't affect me. Want to smoke pot? Marry your gay partner? Go by a gender different from your biological sex (or even something totally different)? I couldn't care less. That's between you and your loved ones.
They are not medically or legally different things.
I grew up in a medical family and I've worked in healthcare in various capacities for a couple of decades now. In any organization I've dealt with, "sex" or "biological" sex explicitly refers to your anatomy. That's important because biological males can't get cervical cancer and biological females can't get testicular cancer, for instance. They're the words used on the occasions when anatomy are relevant. Most medical organizations I've been around in the last decade or so distinguish between "sex" and "gender", which is what the patient presents themselves as. Sure, they're most commonly the same value, but they are separate database fields referring to different concepts.
But what you and other extreme liberals
LOL. You presume much, and wrongly. But con/lib aside, I've never encountered a single problem with referring to someone by their gender. The people who care to distinguish between sex and gender appreciate the respect, and understand when medical decisions require healthcare providers to discuss their sex instead. It's easy to be nice to people, so why not do so? It doesn't cost us anything.
What special privilege is Chelsea asking for? She wants to be called by her gender (not biological sex; those are medically and legally different things). She's not asking to go to an all-girls high school or otherwise do anything controversial. In what remote sense does her request harm you in any way?
And yet here we are explaining the basics of gender to you, so I guess some of us still have sympathy for the weakminded.
A definition of "clemency" says:
Barring contrary definitions, the President granted her clemency. I strongly suspect Assange is far too little to live up to his promise, but this is exactly the situation the Wikileaks tweet described.
I think your anger has blinded you to the situation. Have a nice evening, and best of luck with your endeavors.