We are about to test it too at the chain were I work. It will be a regular store that will be open 24/7 only at night there will be no on site personnel. It will only be open to people who have membership/owner cards. Since it is a cooperation, you pay a small amount to become a member/owner, so it is not like one of those "membership" cards you get at the register.
Today I was looking into buying a car radio with Appleplay and Android Auto. So I found a Pioneer radio and did a bit of googling to see what people says about it and I discovered that it had problems with IOS 11. https://www.pioneer-car.eu/eur...
Now this radio was a new radio released in 2017 so one would assume that a update would fix it, but I have been unable to find any evidence that the issue have been resolved.(and I need a 1-din radio of which there are few options)
So apparently now your radio needs software updates to stay useful and keep functioning with the same feature set and I am guessing BMW wants money to keep programming and delivering software updates?
I am just at 3000 hours pr year and 450 views pr. day right now(11 hours pr day now). I enabled monetization just to see what would happen and with 1000 views pr day which happened at some point, I had seen income from $1 to $4 With 450 views pr day, it was around $0.3 to $0.5 pr day So with only 4000 hours of viewing pr year, it matters little, I am guessing 100-200$ pr year. Now I have disabled ads again, no need to bother people with that crap for a few $ that isn't going to make any difference.
Also, I am just doing it for fun, because it was a challenge for me to do and lean, and I am doing everything wrong, like not uploading every day or week, not sticking to one subject or style, varying quality and boring content of interest to no one. And now I am going to take a break for a few months which means less views because people who have viewed a video, will not get recommended another one if you don't upload at least every week it seems as views on random videos goes down.:)
Here in Denmark, we have an app for that, http://www.112app.dk/ (sorry don't think there's an english version)
When you install it, there's (IIRC), you have to add your phone number though, so I assume they send the phone number along with GPS coordinates when you run the app via the data connection and then it just uses the regular phone for calling. I have used it once, and they did get the exact location and were able to send ambulances to the accident, which made it easier because I only roughly knew where I was, like the approximate distance to city I was driving to and where I was coming from, but not the name of the road. The operator did say that it was not always that it worked.
I usually have to go inside and make a pre-paid amount using the credit card, like $50 and then when that is approved, I can fill up the car. I then only get charged for the amount of gas I actually filled into the car. It can be a problem at night time when it is closed, then they sometimes accept my card at the pump and at other times, I can't fill up at all. I know a few gas stations the places where I have been many times where I always could fill up, one is a Conoco.
It has been annoying that I can't use my credit card at US gas stations since I have a foreign Mastercard and VISA and live in a 4 digit zip code. So they won't accept it at the pump. I have heard that Shell have replaced all their readers with the ones that can read the chip because there were a demand that all gas stations updated their readers. But now they have extended their deadline to 2020.:/ Oh well, I will in the states soon again so I will try to fill up at Shell to see if it works.:)
With one year without Facebook, my challenge will be, can I make it two? I think so, I don't want it back. I found that most time spent on Facebook was a waste of time and did little of value to me. There were communication with our local HOA, a closed community "security" group, and my local MTB club/trail maintenance. But besides from that, it did nothing good for me.
One thing I would say if you HAD to have a facebook account. Don't have the app on you cell phone, just use login from a dedicated browser on your machine so you won't fall into the trap of checking the damn thing all the time.:)
I got the impression that was why it once were free to ride(iirc), you had to find your way trough the casinos, to get there and get out again. But since it is a hassle go get to and from it AND you have to pay for it and there is still too much walking involved, who wants to use it.
It's not that I have anything against walking when it is the right place but sometimes you just want to get from point a to b fast and taking a cab seems to be the only way.
I havenâ(TM)t carried cash in years, except when traveling, to the US for example. We got the app (mobile pay) in 2013 that enabled us to transfer small amount between people instantly and everyone of all ages uses that. We have had chip on cards for some time and now contact less visa and mastercards.
Most stores donâ(TM)t hold enough cash because the open borders across the EU have imported new crime we werenâ(TM)t used to in Scandinavia. So the banks donâ(TM)t have money to prevent bank robberies and the criminals turned to robbing shops and old people in their homes.
Just don't compare 20 or 30 years ago, because it is really going downhill. At least here in Denmark.
30 years ago, people would joke about why would someone want a private hospital, today we have private hospitals as well as health insurances. Eccentric politicians were ridiculed when they projected the size of people working in some sort of governmental job and the tax level. Well, I could type an endless list but it's christmas so cheer up.
I bought a LaserJet 1000 many years ago(17?) an I finally cleaned out the closet space this year and got rid of the printer. It still worked, it was still on it's first toner, but the onboard processor was emulated in the software driver and was discontinued after Windows XP so getting it to work seemed impossible(/not worth the time) and it would not just accept PCL because of that. So I think they answer is, yes I don't print much.:D
Bummer, so I was just lucky. Well, their products are really expensive and if you have to deal with all the same crap as with cheaper products, then one might as well just buy the cheaper ones. There's no way I'm going to spend the money a new iMac costs for video editing. I have built a hackintosh that renders 3x the speed of my iMac, I just need a supported bluetooth adapter. But guess I should just learn Premier pro or DaVinci resolve instead and run windows. It is just a hobby after all.:)
I got my first macbook because I wanted to try something different than windows XP. it was configured in less time than I used to use just to get rid of bloatware on a new computer When I got my iPhone 3s, it as amazing how easy it was to get it to work. Back then "smartphones" were a pain to configure and get to work, connected it to the Macbook, a few questions and it worked too, emails contacts etc synchronized. Of course today that seems trivial as it just works on all platforms(i assume), but back then it was not something you just did.
Today some of the features that were supposed to work between my iDevices, did not work like handoff, send SMS from computer etc , and it took a lot of rebooting, resetting, reinstalling etc to get it to work.
Latest issue was that I could not use my iPhone as a hotspot. It said I should contact my cell provider which in turn said I should call Apple. But, alas, I didn't have Apple care and there are no real Apple stores in the country.
So I waited for my next(company paid) iPhone to call Apple with the 90 day(iirc) included Apple support for getting help.
It turned out to be a configuration issue that got carried over between each new iPhone when I restored(reset network configuration in settings that also will make it forget wifi passwords etc). In all fairness the apple support was quite good and they spent a lot of time ensuring me that they would help me until it was resolved when they handed me over to another supporter. I might even choose to pay for Apple care next time. I didn't know that they could remote control my iPhone screen when I called them, but it worked nicely.
So with all the features we have today, it seems they can't keep up with "it just works".:)
I have a late 2013 iMac that where I selected the fastest CPU and a GPU with 4 GB RAM. Via iStat I can see that it often uses all the GPU memory when rendering videos.
I'd rather not buy a new iMac. The old one still performs well with a external RAID cabinet for work files, but now I really hate that I have to replace everything to upgrade the machine. Since there's no proper new workstation(and when it comes, I doubt that I can afford it), I have built a Hackintosh with a GTX1080 and a I7-7700K. It seems to render 3 times faster than the old one, all I need is a compatible bluetooth adapter(I use a mouse in one hand and magic trackpad with the other to scroll fast) But there's a lot of time wasted getting it to boot the first time, and I'll bet that future updates will break the machine. I am guessing in the long run, I will either use Premier Pro(had it not been for the subscription license) or perhaps DaVinci Resolve. Oh well, it's just a hobby.
Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions:
It has published details of a vast experiment in which it manipulated information posted on 689,000 users' home pages and found it could make people feel more positive or negative through a process of "emotional contagion".
In a study with academics from Cornell and the University of California, Facebook filtered users' news feeds – the flow of comments, videos, pictures and web links posted by other people in their social network. One test reduced users' exposure to their friends' "positive emotional content", resulting in fewer positive posts of their own. Another test reduced exposure to "negative emotional content" and the opposite happened.
Yeah, I'm down to supporting only 3 channels, Today I found out, Periodic Videos and Taofledermaus. I'll keep supporting them on Patreon until an alternative comes up but there is no way I will be supporting more channels via Patreon with this money grab.:(
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We are about to test it too at the chain were I work.
It will be a regular store that will be open 24/7 only at night there will be no on site personnel. It will only be open to people who have membership/owner cards. Since it is a cooperation, you pay a small amount to become a member/owner, so it is not like one of those "membership" cards you get at the register.
According to his video, you can still be a good little consumer.
Today I was looking into buying a car radio with Appleplay and Android Auto.
So I found a Pioneer radio and did a bit of googling to see what people says about it and I discovered that it had problems with IOS 11.
https://www.pioneer-car.eu/eur...
Now this radio was a new radio released in 2017 so one would assume that a update would fix it, but I have been unable to find any evidence that the issue have been resolved.(and I need a 1-din radio of which there are few options)
So apparently now your radio needs software updates to stay useful and keep functioning with the same feature set and I am guessing BMW wants money to keep programming and delivering software updates?
I am just at 3000 hours pr year and 450 views pr. day right now(11 hours pr day now).
I enabled monetization just to see what would happen and with 1000 views pr day which happened at some point, I had seen income from $1 to $4
With 450 views pr day, it was around $0.3 to $0.5 pr day
So with only 4000 hours of viewing pr year, it matters little, I am guessing 100-200$ pr year.
Now I have disabled ads again, no need to bother people with that crap for a few $ that isn't going to make any difference.
Also, I am just doing it for fun, because it was a challenge for me to do and lean, and I am doing everything wrong, like not uploading every day or week, not sticking to one subject or style, varying quality and boring content of interest to no one. :)
And now I am going to take a break for a few months which means less views because people who have viewed a video, will not get recommended another one if you don't upload at least every week it seems as views on random videos goes down.
gah, moderators are stupid fools.:D
Not only that, car hole wasn't good enough for them. Oh no, it's a "garage", like that will make any sense!
Stupid cheese eating surrender monkeys.
Here in Denmark, we have an app for that, http://www.112app.dk/ (sorry don't think there's an english version)
When you install it, there's (IIRC), you have to add your phone number though, so I assume they send the phone number along with GPS coordinates when you run the app via the data connection and then it just uses the regular phone for calling.
I have used it once, and they did get the exact location and were able to send ambulances to the accident, which made it easier because I only roughly knew where I was, like the approximate distance to city I was driving to and where I was coming from, but not the name of the road.
The operator did say that it was not always that it worked.
I usually have to go inside and make a pre-paid amount using the credit card, like $50 and then when that is approved, I can fill up the car. I then only get charged for the amount of gas I actually filled into the car.
It can be a problem at night time when it is closed, then they sometimes accept my card at the pump and at other times, I can't fill up at all.
I know a few gas stations the places where I have been many times where I always could fill up, one is a Conoco.
It has been annoying that I can't use my credit card at US gas stations since I have a foreign Mastercard and VISA and live in a 4 digit zip code. So they won't accept it at the pump. :/ Oh well, I will in the states soon again so I will try to fill up at Shell to see if it works. :)
I have heard that Shell have replaced all their readers with the ones that can read the chip because there were a demand that all gas stations updated their readers.
But now they have extended their deadline to 2020.
https://usa.visa.com/visa-ever...
With one year without Facebook, my challenge will be, can I make it two? I think so, I don't want it back.
I found that most time spent on Facebook was a waste of time and did little of value to me.
There were communication with our local HOA, a closed community "security" group, and my local MTB club/trail maintenance. But besides from that, it did nothing good for me.
One thing I would say if you HAD to have a facebook account. Don't have the app on you cell phone, just use login from a dedicated browser on your machine so you won't fall into the trap of checking the damn thing all the time. :)
I got the impression that was why it once were free to ride(iirc), you had to find your way trough the casinos, to get there and get out again.
But since it is a hassle go get to and from it AND you have to pay for it and there is still too much walking involved, who wants to use it.
It's not that I have anything against walking when it is the right place but sometimes you just want to get from point a to b fast and taking a cab seems to be the only way.
I havenâ(TM)t carried cash in years, except when traveling, to the US for example.
We got the app (mobile pay) in 2013 that enabled us to transfer small amount between people instantly and everyone of all ages uses that.
We have had chip on cards for some time and now contact less visa and mastercards.
Most stores donâ(TM)t hold enough cash because the open borders across the EU have imported new crime we werenâ(TM)t used to in Scandinavia.
So the banks donâ(TM)t have money to prevent bank robberies and the criminals turned to robbing shops and old people in their homes.
Just don't compare 20 or 30 years ago, because it is really going downhill. At least here in Denmark.
30 years ago, people would joke about why would someone want a private hospital, today we have private hospitals as well as health insurances.
Eccentric politicians were ridiculed when they projected the size of people working in some sort of governmental job and the tax level.
Well, I could type an endless list but it's christmas so cheer up.
I bought a LaserJet 1000 many years ago(17?) an I finally cleaned out the closet space this year and got rid of the printer. It still worked, it was still on it's first toner, but the onboard processor was emulated in the software driver and was discontinued after Windows XP so getting it to work seemed impossible(/not worth the time) and it would not just accept PCL because of that. :D
So I think they answer is, yes I don't print much.
Bummer, so I was just lucky. :)
Well, their products are really expensive and if you have to deal with all the same crap as with cheaper products, then one might as well just buy the cheaper ones.
There's no way I'm going to spend the money a new iMac costs for video editing.
I have built a hackintosh that renders 3x the speed of my iMac, I just need a supported bluetooth adapter. But guess I should just learn Premier pro or DaVinci resolve instead and run windows. It is just a hobby after all.
I see you know how to play knifey spoony
I got my first macbook because I wanted to try something different than windows XP. it was configured in less time than I used to use just to get rid of bloatware on a new computer
When I got my iPhone 3s, it as amazing how easy it was to get it to work. Back then "smartphones" were a pain to configure and get to work, connected it to the Macbook, a few questions and it worked too, emails contacts etc synchronized. Of course today that seems trivial as it just works on all platforms(i assume), but back then it was not something you just did.
Today some of the features that were supposed to work between my iDevices, did not work like handoff, send SMS from computer etc , and it took a lot of rebooting, resetting, reinstalling etc to get it to work.
Latest issue was that I could not use my iPhone as a hotspot. It said I should contact my cell provider which in turn said I should call Apple. But, alas, I didn't have Apple care and there are no real Apple stores in the country.
So I waited for my next(company paid) iPhone to call Apple with the 90 day(iirc) included Apple support for getting help.
It turned out to be a configuration issue that got carried over between each new iPhone when I restored(reset network configuration in settings that also will make it forget wifi passwords etc).
In all fairness the apple support was quite good and they spent a lot of time ensuring me that they would help me until it was resolved when they handed me over to another supporter. I might even choose to pay for Apple care next time. I didn't know that they could remote control my iPhone screen when I called them, but it worked nicely.
So with all the features we have today, it seems they can't keep up with "it just works". :)
I'm gone fishing
I got me a line
Nothing I do is gonna make the difference
So I'm taking the time
And you ain't never gonna be happy
Anyhow, anyway
So I'm gone fishing
And I'm going today
UPS, that's not a UPS,
THIS is a UPS!
hehe
It is not outages, it is neutrality freedom blackouts to ensure quality service. They need to add the Freedom package for full access.
It's Twitter, which is full of twats. It is sort of funny.
University College London apologises after 'dreaming of a white campus' tweet was deemed racist:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/edu...
I have a late 2013 iMac that where I selected the fastest CPU and a GPU with 4 GB RAM. Via iStat I can see that it often uses all the GPU memory when rendering videos.
I'd rather not buy a new iMac. The old one still performs well with a external RAID cabinet for work files, but now I really hate that I have to replace everything to upgrade the machine.
Since there's no proper new workstation(and when it comes, I doubt that I can afford it), I have built a Hackintosh with a GTX1080 and a I7-7700K. It seems to render 3 times faster than the old one, all I need is a compatible bluetooth adapter(I use a mouse in one hand and magic trackpad with the other to scroll fast)
But there's a lot of time wasted getting it to boot the first time, and I'll bet that future updates will break the machine.
I am guessing in the long run, I will either use Premier Pro(had it not been for the subscription license) or perhaps DaVinci Resolve.
Oh well, it's just a hobby.
Facebook reveals news feed experiment to control emotions:
It has published details of a vast experiment in which it manipulated information posted on 689,000 users' home pages and found it could make people feel more positive or negative through a process of "emotional contagion".
In a study with academics from Cornell and the University of California, Facebook filtered users' news feeds – the flow of comments, videos, pictures and web links posted by other people in their social network. One test reduced users' exposure to their friends' "positive emotional content", resulting in fewer positive posts of their own. Another test reduced exposure to "negative emotional content" and the opposite happened.
Yeah, I'm down to supporting only 3 channels, Today I found out, Periodic Videos and Taofledermaus. I'll keep supporting them on Patreon until an alternative comes up but there is no way I will be supporting more channels via Patreon with this money grab. :(
And I pay 25% VAT on top of that, so it is expensive to give someone a dollar. :/