That didn't exist in 1994, when I established my current surfing habits. Now get that new fangled "expose" stuff off my lawn.
(ps - if I had my way, I'd have focus-follows-mouse Ala OpenWindows....)
There are a few haxies that do that in OS X/macOS; but I personally hate that. It's like constant "focus-stealing", which I HATE with the heat of a thousand suns!
Look, you clearly prefer iPhones over Android. That's fair enough, and I'll never say you're wrong. But you seem to be trying to assert that your preference represents some sort of objective truth rather than a preference, and everyone should share in it. That's clearly incorrect. Different people value different things.
All I stated was my preference. It is no more or less valid than yours.
I agree, and I also agree that the "worth owning" by and large, is a personal preference (as is platform choice).
But it becomes somewhat less "subjective" if the choice of phones with stock-standard Android is so poor that virtually no one would find any of the choices acceptable.
I feel that if this was not the case, that by now, you would have eagerly touted at least a few that would likely be acceptable to most (or at least a large number of "some") potential users. But I honestly feel that you are sort of dodging the underlying issue at this point.
2. Change the Tabs to a Pull-out Side-Tab list, so longer names can be displayed in a Vertical Tab-List (didn't someone do this at one point? FireFox?). And/Or have a button/Keyboard Shortcut to temporarily display a vertical Tab-List.
In other words, there were fantastic in the engineering lab, where conditions could be tightly controlled and optimized; but in the real-world, they just didn't work out so well.
So, what we have with the AMD Ryzen CPUs is something which, when benchmarks are constructed like virtually NO software actually is, they appear to kick ass. But, with software that is written like 99% of developers and their development toolchains do it, they are actually LOWER-performing than their "slower" counterparts.
TL;DR: LOL!!!
Actually not true. Where Ryzen helps in the real world is having the system remain responsive when having a million things open that uses threads like Chrome for example. Ryzen is a skylake i5 with several cores basically. An i7 has more performance per core which you are correct.
Keep in mind phones today have more cores than i7 and Intel has now woken up and redesigned coffeelake to include 6 and 8 cores.
A ryzen r3/5 is cheaper than an i5 and has SMT (hyperthreading) where you need an i7 with an intel. I think in the real world Ryzen is a great value as even the budget r3 1200 is a true quad core CPU at an i3 price! The speed difference is not that great for single tasking but things are changing and having +30 tabs in Chrome, running a game, virus scan in the background with Office will show some benefits having SMT and +4 cores.
You could be right, actually; especially with OSes like macOS and iOS, which uses Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) to dole out threads to various cores basically automatically and transparently to the Application Developer.
BTW, Apple Open Sourced GCD under the Apache License model; so there's really no excuse for any OS not to use it! But apparently, gcc doesn't support "blocks"; so neither Linux nor Android use it (or at least not generally). But then, there's always LLVM/clang, which again, Apple contributes to (and uses) as Open Source.
Unfortunately (perhaps), Apple has not yet put anything but Intel in their desktops/laptops. But things can change, and it has been quite awhile since AMD was competitive in the CPU department; so we shall see...
"At least China is upfront about their efforts to keep a tight reign on their citizens and make no excuses for their actions." This statement was not intended to be a compliment or supportive in any way towards Chinese government. It is simply the truth. The fact that Apple and quite a few other companies agree to every Chinese demand just so they can have access to the Chinese market.
So no PRC bot here. Although I have traveled all over the world and the Chinese have always been friendly or at least not hostile. On the other I have found Europeans to be simpering ass hats with a massive inferiority complex which they try to compensate for by berating and insulting every US citizen the run across. And this attitude is nothing new. I experienced this attitude in my first encounters 30 years ago.
Sorry to call you a PRC-bot; but you have to admit, your comment sounded like it.
I would imagine that, by and large, the Chinese PEOPLE are quite nice. But unfortunately, their GOVERNMENT is, um, NOT.
Same thing as here in the U.S. People generally friendly and nice. Goverment: Only about 1000x less jack-booted than the Chinese Government (although we're trying HARD to catch-up!)
Well you did say "as long as it's not one of those modified Android versions that the carriers crank out." One of the reasons people buy Apple is so that they don't have to worry about that issue and other similar issues. If you have the technical expertise to deal with it then that's great for you but not everyone has the time or skills to do the same.
Exactly!
In my case, I have the expertise (many years an Embedded Dev.); but don't have the time nor the inclination to mess with running down and installing "Custom ROMs" for my frickin' PHONE.
Buy Apple; because Life's to short to sweat the petty things.
You're ignoring that fact that not all carriers put bad copies of Android on their phones, and you can easily buy phones that just have stock Android on them. No technical expertise is necessary.
Actually, are there any phones worth owning, that are sold through Carriers, that have Stock Android on them?
In other words, there were fantastic in the engineering lab, where conditions could be tightly controlled and optimized; but in the real-world, they just didn't work out so well.
So, what we have with the AMD Ryzen CPUs is something which, when benchmarks are constructed like virtually NO software actually is, they appear to kick ass. But, with software that is written like 99% of developers and their development toolchains do it, they are actually LOWER-performing than their "slower" counterparts.
Personally, running on hardware of equal power, I find Android to be superior to iPhone (as long as it's not one of those modified Android versions that the carriers crank out). But the reality is that both operating systems are roughly equally capable, so which one a person prefers is more a matter of taste than of some sort of objective superiority.
So, in other words, you only like Android if it's a version no one without technical expertise can load.
Now, I assume the manufacturer has a similar Android App; but it is just cool that this can now be done in a reasonable manner, with a smartphone App.
No, they don't. But they'll sell you a $1000 remote that'll pair up and do 1/3rd of what the iPhone does so you can use your Android phone with it. Of course, it'll disconnect every 3 minutes and half the time, when you adjust a setting, it doesn't apply. And heaven forbid you run down its battery as then it goes wonky and screws up your configuration as well.
And I wish I was joking.
And yes, people get steered away from the iPhone-compatible hearing aids towards "generic" wireless hearing ads ("works with anything if you buy this box!" (without it, no wireless connectivity)) because what if you don't want an iPhone? Of course, the hearing aids cost the same amount of money, people like the "works with Android too!" part, but forget they need to pony up $1000 to buy the sh*tty box that is as I described above. And while insurance covers your hearing ads, accessories like the wireless box aren't covered, so aren't you cool to spend more money?
In the end people choose to return the box and deal with the inability to use a phone properly rather than needing to carry a huge box that doesn't work.
Wow! That's HIDEOUS!
As someone else said "If Apple can FIND any "suitable" (scrupulous) Hearing Aid Mfgs"!!!
It's a good way to prevent commuters from resting their heads against the windows but you think no company would try to find ways to get more ads? You know what they'll do? Can't literally prevent muting it, but they make it so using the menu to get to the mute, stops your video or restarts it or some crap, to discourage people from stopping the ads from playing.
Obviously you run ads to be so defensive about it, run long now.
I agree that's pretty evil; but I also submit that it has nothing to do with beaming signals into cochlear implants.
Scare-mongering fake news article produced by the deaf lobby. (Yes there is a big cabal of rich deaf people, who promote deafness worldwide as a positive thing and oppose treatments. They even hire Mengele-style madmen doctors to sort their sperm and eggs, so that only 100% guaranteed deaf kids will be produced.)
Yes. The "Glory of Deafness" crowd.
Talk about a "Sweet Lemons" effect...
God (and/or Evolution) wouldn't have stuck those ugly-ass sound-horns on the side of our (and nearly every other specie's) head if he didn't intend them to WORK.
(my suspicion : first time the bluetooth audio is handled by the main SoC of the implant instead of a separate bluetooth chip feeding the analog input of an already FDA-approved processor)
Addendum : actually it's even more minor. Apple has simply introduced a new audio protocol (in addition to A2DP, SDP) and this new one works over Bluetooth Low Energy/Bluetooth Smart. (And has been available but poorly advertised on recent iphones) and that's it.
meh.
If it's so "meh", then why have to blown-up this thread trying to minimize it?
Sounds like you actually care about it very much; but in some sort of sick, twisted fashion.
i.e.: even 15 years ago, patients were able to place calls simply by plugging their phones into their implant (well not the actual implant, the external processor).
If anything, latest Apple phone are the "disabled-hating" device because they drop this useful analog jack.
The only one "Hating" here is YOU.
Just plug the same ol' 3.5 mm plug into the same ol' 3.5 mm jack on the INCLUDED Lighting to 3.5 mm adapter, and off you go!
(But maybe time have changed, and current patients want to have "audio profiles" in their filters ? Rock music, classical music, etc. like some speakers ? In which case, yeah - having an app on a smartphone to tweak this might be vaguely useful)
Well aren't you special? Deciding what's "useful" to someone who has to LIVE THEIR LIFE with a Cochlear Implant?
Or are you just one of those sick "The Glory of Deafness" fuckers, that actually ESCHEW being able to hear (even as poorly as Cochlear Implants allow)?
Sneer all you want, but this is not minor for the actual users of these devices. The alternative is proprietary remote-control devices made by the hearing aid companies, which means that you pay the price of an iPhone, but get the functionality of a airco remote. Directly getting access to all sounds of an iPhone opens a new world for these users.
And that low-power Bluetooth audio on recent iPhones is not a coincidence, Apple has been cooperating with hearing-aid manufacturers for some time already, see https://www.apple.com/lae/acce...
No fooling!
I was over at a friend/client's house I do some Mac consulting for (he's 86, and still designing Theatres and Stage Equipment), and he was showing me the App on his iPhone that controls his new hearing-aids. He can change the gain, the EQ, and even clever stuff like "focus" the sensitivity-pattern to direct his "hearing" forward, to either side, or omnidirectional, and maybe other stuff, too. No ridiculous dedicated remote needed.
Now, I assume the manufacturer has a similar Android App; but it is just cool that this can now be done in a reasonable manner, with a smartphone App.
It will never fail to amaze me how the need to support Android (or hate on Apple) is so powerful for some it can literally hurt other people and the fanboi/hater will not care. Sick dude.
No shit. And from someone who purports to be an MD.
Glad I'm never going to be YOUR patient. You OBVIOUSLY have ALL the answers!
So - what innovative thing did Apple do that allows them to put voices in your head? What is news-worthy of this article other than "OMG Apple!"? There are plenty of examples of this very technology already existing from multiple vendors. Why is this news-worthy?
And what's relevant from your Hater-diatriabe except "Look, Apple is Teh Evilz!" (once-a-frickin'-gain!).
Don't like Apple? Easy: Don't buy their stuff. I'm sure they'll survive.
Slashdot Mirror
That didn't exist in 1994, when I established my current surfing habits. Now get that new fangled "expose" stuff off my lawn.
(ps - if I had my way, I'd have focus-follows-mouse Ala OpenWindows....)
There are a few haxies that do that in OS X/macOS; but I personally hate that. It's like constant "focus-stealing", which I HATE with the heat of a thousand suns!
It depends on what you consider worth owning.
Look, you clearly prefer iPhones over Android. That's fair enough, and I'll never say you're wrong. But you seem to be trying to assert that your preference represents some sort of objective truth rather than a preference, and everyone should share in it. That's clearly incorrect. Different people value different things.
All I stated was my preference. It is no more or less valid than yours.
I agree, and I also agree that the "worth owning" by and large, is a personal preference (as is platform choice).
But it becomes somewhat less "subjective" if the choice of phones with stock-standard Android is so poor that virtually no one would find any of the choices acceptable.
I feel that if this was not the case, that by now, you would have eagerly touted at least a few that would likely be acceptable to most (or at least a large number of "some") potential users. But I honestly feel that you are sort of dodging the underlying issue at this point.
Who needs tabs? Still rocking stacked windows Netscape 1.1N style ... OpenApple-N for new window, OpenApple-` to cycle through them.
Been browsing this way for 20+ years, since my TCP/IP gateway ran Banyan VINES ... not changing now.
(and let's not talk about the fact that I don't use bookmarks either ...)
Who need to Cycle through Open Windows? How Windows-Like! This is macOS!!!
Use the Feature-Formerly-Known-As-Expose to show all of Safari's Windows arrayed on the Desktop, then just click the one you want!
Howabout two separate Safari Preferences to:
1. Allow Favicons (which I personally hate)
2. Change the Tabs to a Pull-out Side-Tab list, so longer names can be displayed in a Vertical Tab-List (didn't someone do this at one point? FireFox?). And/Or have a button/Keyboard Shortcut to temporarily display a vertical Tab-List.
There. Done. Ship it!
Wasn't the time to try and negotiate fees and terms BEFORE you Clicked "Accept"?
This won't survive Summary Judgment (if such a doctrine, or similar, exists in the Chinese Tort-Claims system).
He called them "Lab Queens".
In other words, there were fantastic in the engineering lab, where conditions could be tightly controlled and optimized; but in the real-world, they just didn't work out so well.
So, what we have with the AMD Ryzen CPUs is something which, when benchmarks are constructed like virtually NO software actually is, they appear to kick ass. But, with software that is written like 99% of developers and their development toolchains do it, they are actually LOWER-performing than their "slower" counterparts.
TL;DR: LOL!!!
Actually not true. Where Ryzen helps in the real world is having the system remain responsive when having a million things open that uses threads like Chrome for example. Ryzen is a skylake i5 with several cores basically. An i7 has more performance per core which you are correct.
Keep in mind phones today have more cores than i7 and Intel has now woken up and redesigned coffeelake to include 6 and 8 cores.
A ryzen r3/5 is cheaper than an i5 and has SMT (hyperthreading) where you need an i7 with an intel. I think in the real world Ryzen is a great value as even the budget r3 1200 is a true quad core CPU at an i3 price! The speed difference is not that great for single tasking but things are changing and having +30 tabs in Chrome, running a game, virus scan in the background with Office will show some benefits having SMT and +4 cores.
You could be right, actually; especially with OSes like macOS and iOS, which uses Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) to dole out threads to various cores basically automatically and transparently to the Application Developer.
https://developer.apple.com/li...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
BTW, Apple Open Sourced GCD under the Apache License model; so there's really no excuse for any OS not to use it! But apparently, gcc doesn't support "blocks"; so neither Linux nor Android use it (or at least not generally). But then, there's always LLVM/clang, which again, Apple contributes to (and uses) as Open Source.
Unfortunately (perhaps), Apple has not yet put anything but Intel in their desktops/laptops. But things can change, and it has been quite awhile since AMD was competitive in the CPU department; so we shall see...
"At least China is upfront about their efforts to keep a tight reign on their citizens and make no excuses for their actions."
This statement was not intended to be a compliment or supportive in any way towards Chinese government. It is simply the truth. The fact that Apple and quite a few other companies agree to every Chinese demand just so they can have access to the Chinese market.
So no PRC bot here. Although I have traveled all over the world and the Chinese have always been friendly or at least not hostile. On the other I have found Europeans to be simpering ass hats with a massive inferiority complex which they try to compensate for by berating and insulting every US citizen the run across. And this attitude is nothing new. I experienced this attitude in my first encounters 30 years ago.
Sorry to call you a PRC-bot; but you have to admit, your comment sounded like it.
I would imagine that, by and large, the Chinese PEOPLE are quite nice. But unfortunately, their GOVERNMENT is, um, NOT.
Same thing as here in the U.S. People generally friendly and nice. Goverment: Only about 1000x less jack-booted than the Chinese Government (although we're trying HARD to catch-up!)
Well you did say "as long as it's not one of those modified Android versions that the carriers crank out." One of the reasons people buy Apple is so that they don't have to worry about that issue and other similar issues. If you have the technical expertise to deal with it then that's great for you but not everyone has the time or skills to do the same.
Exactly!
In my case, I have the expertise (many years an Embedded Dev.); but don't have the time nor the inclination to mess with running down and installing "Custom ROMs" for my frickin' PHONE.
Buy Apple; because Life's to short to sweat the petty things.
You're ignoring that fact that not all carriers put bad copies of Android on their phones, and you can easily buy phones that just have stock Android on them. No technical expertise is necessary.
Actually, are there any phones worth owning, that are sold through Carriers, that have Stock Android on them?
Don't worry about what children say.
Sez the COWARD.
He called them "Lab Queens".
In other words, there were fantastic in the engineering lab, where conditions could be tightly controlled and optimized; but in the real-world, they just didn't work out so well.
So, what we have with the AMD Ryzen CPUs is something which, when benchmarks are constructed like virtually NO software actually is, they appear to kick ass. But, with software that is written like 99% of developers and their development toolchains do it, they are actually LOWER-performing than their "slower" counterparts.
TL;DR: LOL!!!
Personally, running on hardware of equal power, I find Android to be superior to iPhone (as long as it's not one of those modified Android versions that the carriers crank out). But the reality is that both operating systems are roughly equally capable, so which one a person prefers is more a matter of taste than of some sort of objective superiority.
So, in other words, you only like Android if it's a version no one without technical expertise can load.
Makes sense to me...
At least China is upfront about their efforts to keep a tight reign on their citizens and make no excuses for their actions.
Found the PRC-bot.
Here in a Soviet Amurika, we don't cotton to having a giant tether to the Gummint.
As it is, U.S. civilian GPS (which, BTW, is accurate to about 3 FEET, not "an entire CITY") is PLENTY accurate enough (and bad enough) as it is.
Huh? They forced Apple to fix the issue, even though it only occurred when you had the cache turned off in Safari. They obviously have some pull.
They didn't "Force" Apple to do ANYTHING.
Your explanation presumes the fact that Apple didn't WANT to find/fix that Safari Bug.
Gimme a break, HATER!
It's "Consumer Reports"
Where was that sentiment when they were accusing Apple of battery-life issues in the 2016 MacBook Pro?
...And no, it's not a Goatse link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
Now, I assume the manufacturer has a similar Android App; but it is just cool that this can now be done in a reasonable manner, with a smartphone App.
No, they don't. But they'll sell you a $1000 remote that'll pair up and do 1/3rd of what the iPhone does so you can use your Android phone with it. Of course, it'll disconnect every 3 minutes and half the time, when you adjust a setting, it doesn't apply. And heaven forbid you run down its battery as then it goes wonky and screws up your configuration as well.
And I wish I was joking.
And yes, people get steered away from the iPhone-compatible hearing aids towards "generic" wireless hearing ads ("works with anything if you buy this box!" (without it, no wireless connectivity)) because what if you don't want an iPhone? Of course, the hearing aids cost the same amount of money, people like the "works with Android too!" part, but forget they need to pony up $1000 to buy the sh*tty box that is as I described above. And while insurance covers your hearing ads, accessories like the wireless box aren't covered, so aren't you cool to spend more money?
In the end people choose to return the box and deal with the inability to use a phone properly rather than needing to carry a huge box that doesn't work.
Wow! That's HIDEOUS!
As someone else said "If Apple can FIND any "suitable" (scrupulous) Hearing Aid Mfgs"!!!
You mean like http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/e... ?
It's a good way to prevent commuters from resting their heads against the windows but you think no company would try to find ways to get more ads?
You know what they'll do? Can't literally prevent muting it, but they make it so using the menu to get to the mute, stops your video or restarts it or some crap, to discourage people from stopping the ads from playing.
Obviously you run ads to be so defensive about it, run long now.
I agree that's pretty evil; but I also submit that it has nothing to do with beaming signals into cochlear implants.
Nice try, though.
Run ALONG now.
Scare-mongering fake news article produced by the deaf lobby. (Yes there is a big cabal of rich deaf people, who promote deafness worldwide as a positive thing and oppose treatments. They even hire Mengele-style madmen doctors to sort their sperm and eggs, so that only 100% guaranteed deaf kids will be produced.)
Yes. The "Glory of Deafness" crowd.
Talk about a "Sweet Lemons" effect...
God (and/or Evolution) wouldn't have stuck those ugly-ass sound-horns on the side of our (and nearly every other specie's) head if he didn't intend them to WORK.
Glory of Deafness, indeed!
(my suspicion : first time the bluetooth audio is handled by the main SoC of the implant instead of a separate bluetooth chip feeding the analog input of an already FDA-approved processor)
Addendum :
actually it's even more minor.
Apple has simply introduced a new audio protocol (in addition to A2DP, SDP) and this new one works over Bluetooth Low Energy/Bluetooth Smart.
(And has been available but poorly advertised on recent iphones)
and that's it.
meh.
If it's so "meh", then why have to blown-up this thread trying to minimize it?
Sounds like you actually care about it very much; but in some sort of sick, twisted fashion.
Now go away. We know you don't like Apple.
You're a sick fuck.
Do your patients a favor and Die.
i.e.: even 15 years ago, patients were able to place calls simply by plugging their phones into their implant (well not the actual implant, the external processor).
If anything, latest Apple phone are the "disabled-hating" device because they drop this useful analog jack.
The only one "Hating" here is YOU.
Just plug the same ol' 3.5 mm plug into the same ol' 3.5 mm jack on the INCLUDED Lighting to 3.5 mm adapter, and off you go!
(But maybe time have changed, and current patients want to have "audio profiles" in their filters ?
Rock music, classical music, etc. like some speakers ?
In which case, yeah - having an app on a smartphone to tweak this might be vaguely useful)
Well aren't you special? Deciding what's "useful" to someone who has to LIVE THEIR LIFE with a Cochlear Implant?
Or are you just one of those sick "The Glory of Deafness" fuckers, that actually ESCHEW being able to hear (even as poorly as Cochlear Implants allow)?
Sneer all you want, but this is not minor for the actual users of these devices. The alternative is proprietary remote-control devices made by the hearing aid companies, which means that you pay the price of an iPhone, but get the functionality of a airco remote. Directly getting access to all sounds of an iPhone opens a new world for these users.
And that low-power Bluetooth audio on recent iPhones is not a coincidence, Apple has been cooperating with hearing-aid manufacturers for some time already, see https://www.apple.com/lae/acce...
No fooling!
I was over at a friend/client's house I do some Mac consulting for (he's 86, and still designing Theatres and Stage Equipment), and he was showing me the App on his iPhone that controls his new hearing-aids. He can change the gain, the EQ, and even clever stuff like "focus" the sensitivity-pattern to direct his "hearing" forward, to either side, or omnidirectional, and maybe other stuff, too. No ridiculous dedicated remote needed.
Now, I assume the manufacturer has a similar Android App; but it is just cool that this can now be done in a reasonable manner, with a smartphone App.
It will never fail to amaze me how the need to support Android (or hate on Apple) is so powerful for some it can literally hurt other people and the fanboi/hater will not care. Sick dude.
No shit. And from someone who purports to be an MD.
Glad I'm never going to be YOUR patient. You OBVIOUSLY have ALL the answers!
So - what innovative thing did Apple do that allows them to put voices in your head? What is news-worthy of this article other than "OMG Apple!"? There are plenty of examples of this very technology already existing from multiple vendors. Why is this news-worthy?
And what's relevant from your Hater-diatriabe except "Look, Apple is Teh Evilz!" (once-a-frickin'-gain!).
Don't like Apple? Easy: Don't buy their stuff. I'm sure they'll survive.