That's why I said 'my' essential phone;) I don't need my phone connected to my scale, watch, lamps (wtf ?!)... I don't use any keyboard, mouse,... with my _phone_. I think you listen/read/eat/swallow/... too much "you're so 2016.." marketing propaganza. You don't "need" it. Professional marketers say you need it (and you listen to them).
And I'm not the grey beard old fart you think I am (I work in IT and love technology a lot!). But we don't need everything to be connected and traceable 24/7. Same thing for things like Amazon Echo where you have a microphone listening in your house 24/7 and send it to a remote server for "analysis". I'm not sure people really realize the future implications/risks of that. Add to that IoT connected to the internet 24/7 without any serious security protection ("mom and dad" blindly trust this stuff).
Back to phone... If you 100% trust all your 24/7 connected stuff, like to throw money on every new shiny stuff because 'it's trendy',... good for you. It's so cool you can control your lamp (again.. wtf?!)... I'm jealous.:D
If I got lost without a GPS (HO MY GOD!) you know what? I'll ask for help, read a map (electronic or not),... I don't how people did 15-20 years ago without a GPS beside them 24/7.
And you know you can use Google Map (or any other maps) without a GPS. You don't "need" a GPS. People will also say (soon) they "need" an assistant like Google Assitant, Siri,... because you know, what people will do if they do not have an assistant remembering them to breath, take a bath, brush their teeth, eat, take their children to school, go to work,...
- Phone service (duh!)
- Replaceable battery
- Audio jack
- SD card support
- Basic camera (doesn't need 9 Gazillon Pixels resolution)
- Wifi
That's it.
What I don't need:
- GPS (if need one, I'll buy one)
- High quality camera (if need one, I'll buy one)
- Finger scanner
- Face recognition
- Bluetooth (I prefer cable)
- Too thin phone
- 4K resolution on a 5" screen!
- "3D Touch"
- and any other "cool features"
-...
Remove all this and you will have freakin long battery life and better security/privacy!
Java != Javascript. I don't know what your company is selling, but I will not buy anything from you if your IT dept cannot make the difference between Java and Javascript.
First I don't trust any software (I'm a software engineer for 22 years now). Especially if they are remotely controllable (which will be the case for sure for these cars).
Exactely.What will be the reason next time? Forking a project because a commitee member post a tweet about how tasteful was his last deer he hunt and some contributors are vegans (or PETA supporters)? Come on!
Am I the only one who don't want a device listening 24h/7 in my home?
And why do I want to talk to a plastic device to search/ask for something (and probably repeat 2 or more times because the device didn't understand what I said the first time) ?
Same thing for me. My Google Pixel XL is the last 'high-end' phone I bought. I just need a phone I can make calls (duh!), read my emails, send SMS, browser the web, take some random photos (don't need 999 megapixels resolution!),... THAT's IT. Don't need 4K resolution on a 5.7" screen! Don't need 3D [insert whatever here].... My next phone will cost me less than 300/400$ for sure.
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That's why I said 'my' essential phone ;) I don't need my phone connected to my scale, watch, lamps (wtf ?!)... I don't use any keyboard, mouse, ... with my _phone_. I think you listen/read/eat/swallow/... too much "you're so 2016.." marketing propaganza. You don't "need" it. Professional marketers say you need it (and you listen to them).
And I'm not the grey beard old fart you think I am (I work in IT and love technology a lot!). But we don't need everything to be connected and traceable 24/7. Same thing for things like Amazon Echo where you have a microphone listening in your house 24/7 and send it to a remote server for "analysis". I'm not sure people really realize the future implications/risks of that. Add to that IoT connected to the internet 24/7 without any serious security protection ("mom and dad" blindly trust this stuff).
Back to phone... If you 100% trust all your 24/7 connected stuff, like to throw money on every new shiny stuff because 'it's trendy', ... good for you. It's so cool you can control your lamp (again.. wtf?!)... I'm jealous. :D
If I got lost without a GPS (HO MY GOD!) you know what? I'll ask for help, read a map (electronic or not), ... I don't how people did 15-20 years ago without a GPS beside them 24/7.
And you know you can use Google Map (or any other maps) without a GPS. You don't "need" a GPS. People will also say (soon) they "need" an assistant like Google Assitant, Siri, ... because you know, what people will do if they do not have an assistant remembering them to breath, take a bath, brush their teeth, eat, take their children to school, go to work, ...
Here is my "Essential' phone :
- Phone service (duh!)
- Replaceable battery
- Audio jack
- SD card support
- Basic camera (doesn't need 9 Gazillon Pixels resolution)
- Wifi
That's it.
What I don't need: ...
- GPS (if need one, I'll buy one)
- High quality camera (if need one, I'll buy one)
- Finger scanner
- Face recognition
- Bluetooth (I prefer cable)
- Too thin phone
- 4K resolution on a 5" screen!
- "3D Touch"
- and any other "cool features"
-
Remove all this and you will have freakin long battery life and better security/privacy!
Java != Javascript. I don't know what your company is selling, but I will not buy anything from you if your IT dept cannot make the difference between Java and Javascript.
Another option: stop using MS tools. There is so many other options (free and commercial).
Delivering an half-baked new file system.
I got an iBoner when I read it!
Windows banned from Russia government systems over concerns about USA
Apple is just a fashion company. Nothing more.
RSS is simple. Decentralized. And if you don't have a RSS feed on your site, you don't exists (at least for me).
A developer who doesn't use Visual Studio/Oracle DB/...?
A developer who will take his employer source code and drop it on GitHub?
A developer is a developer. Using Linux/Postgres/OpenLDAP/... doesn't make you an "Open Source" developer.
Imagine what humans in 3700 years will discover when they found our tablets!
First I don't trust any software (I'm a software engineer for 22 years now). Especially if they are remotely controllable (which will be the case for sure for these cars).
Second I really like driving.
Just prove how immature are Node.js project contributors.
Exactely.What will be the reason next time? Forking a project because a commitee member post a tweet about how tasteful was his last deer he hunt and some contributors are vegans (or PETA supporters)? Come on!
Am I the only one who don't want a device listening 24h/7 in my home?
And why do I want to talk to a plastic device to search/ask for something (and probably repeat 2 or more times because the device didn't understand what I said the first time) ?
Same thing for me. My Google Pixel XL is the last 'high-end' phone I bought. I just need a phone I can make calls (duh!), read my emails, send SMS, browser the web, take some random photos (don't need 999 megapixels resolution!), ... THAT's IT. Don't need 4K resolution on a 5.7" screen! Don't need 3D [insert whatever here]. ... My next phone will cost me less than 300/400$ for sure.
Sonos is now removed from my list of potential sound system.
Can we now integrate it to systemd please.
No I will not paying for another streaming service. Good luck with that.
Emacs and/or Vim.
Yes, same thing happened to W3C...
[ ] Windows Defender (part of Windows)
This is what Boomarks are for : keeping a list of frequently visited sites.
And if you are a tabs hoarder, The Great Suspender extension is your best friend on Chrome : https://chrome.google.com/webs...
On Firefox, you can use Suspend Tab or UnloadTab extensions I think.
Exactly. People (read here 'shitty tech journalism') mix AI and Automation.