I own both the 2012 and 2013 Nexus 7s and they are like night and day. The 2012 is practically useless (sloooow due to the flash problem....) while the 2013 is still going strong and is one of the best Android devices I've owned. You can still get them at a discount (<=150) if you keep your eyes open. Not sure I'd recommend anything more expensive unless you have a specific need to fill. In fact there's no reason to buy any brand new (as in came out this year) electronic device when you can find the last few year's mid-to-high end models at steep discounts.
Alternatively... 1.) Tech in a non-tech company. Everyone loves you and thinks you can do anything. As long as things function properly, you can do what you want while at work. You may not be making Silicon Valley wages but you are well above the national average and can afford your mortgage.
In my experience, the real reason so many tech workers hate their jobs is that they blithely assume everyone around them is an idiot because they don't know what alt-tab or some-such is....
This is pretty much what you need to do if you want the versatility of your desktop on your TV.
Hook a small PC up to your TV and leave it there. A $10 USB WiFi adapter can connect it to your network. This is about the cheapest and most versatile solution. A < $100 box will do the job. Just find a small, old dual core box, install your OS of choice, maybe add some RAM and/or a SSD if you wanna splurge (also < $100) and you are all set. You can remote into or load files from your main desktop using pretty much anything you'd like. You can also stream anything you want from the internet. You can even stream games from Steam off your main PC.
Let me know how many more church massacres we need to experience before we decide that letting tens of thousands of vitriolic racists congregate on the "front page of the internet" may not be such a good idea.
If they can filter Reddit for pedophiles and intellectual property abuse then I think they can do it for pure HATRED, which, IMO, ranks far closer to the top than the bottom of that short list of what won't be tolerated on Reddit.
... did the poor artists on Apple's music service sign something which allows Apple to distribute their music for free? Are new artists STILL giving away the rights to their own music? Has nothing been learned in the past 10-20 years? Or can these small labels & artists sue the living shit out of Apple over this?
Business account? In that case call their business support line and explain... I despise Comcast for many reasons but in my experience (managing 30 locations on Comcast) they will replace equipment when asked to.
Legal or not, false scarcity is an abuse of intellectual property rights, as are indefinite terms, lack of refunds, and the spamming of some IP all over the goddamn place while still expecting to 'own' control of it. I'm sure there's more but I still need coffee....
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...after all these years.
Way to earn our trust.
Why do some people forgive almost any behavior if the end result is wealth & status?
I own both the 2012 and 2013 Nexus 7s and they are like night and day. The 2012 is practically useless (sloooow due to the flash problem....) while the 2013 is still going strong and is one of the best Android devices I've owned. You can still get them at a discount (<=150) if you keep your eyes open.
Not sure I'd recommend anything more expensive unless you have a specific need to fill. In fact there's no reason to buy any brand new (as in came out this year) electronic device when you can find the last few year's mid-to-high end models at steep discounts.
Alternatively...
1.) Tech in a non-tech company. Everyone loves you and thinks you can do anything. As long as things function properly, you can do what you want while at work. You may not be making Silicon Valley wages but you are well above the national average and can afford your mortgage.
In my experience, the real reason so many tech workers hate their jobs is that they blithely assume everyone around them is an idiot because they don't know what alt-tab or some-such is....
I used to be like that. I'm much happier now.
Or do we keep hiring people with paranoid delusions to work in our security agencies?
Maybe this is not such a good idea...
Period. Mostly just people lying for money.
One minute our advanced technology is going to give us more leisure time, the next it's extracting every last ounce of 'productivity' from us.
Make up your damn mind.
How? That sentence in the summary basically linked to itself in TFA.
Credibility lost....
This is pretty much what you need to do if you want the versatility of your desktop on your TV.
Hook a small PC up to your TV and leave it there. A $10 USB WiFi adapter can connect it to your network. This is about the cheapest and most versatile solution. A < $100 box will do the job. Just find a small, old dual core box, install your OS of choice, maybe add some RAM and/or a SSD if you wanna splurge (also < $100) and you are all set. You can remote into or load files from your main desktop using pretty much anything you'd like. You can also stream anything you want from the internet. You can even stream games from Steam off your main PC.
The (American only?) taboo on discussing compensation simply perpetuates inequality. If it seems unfair it probably is.
Share your secrets on facebook. What could possibly go wrong?
...the alternative is probably more swarms of bot nets then we might have otherwise.
Look who's talking.
Let me know how many more church massacres we need to experience before we decide that letting tens of thousands of vitriolic racists congregate on the "front page of the internet" may not be such a good idea.
If they can filter Reddit for pedophiles and intellectual property abuse then I think they can do it for pure HATRED, which, IMO, ranks far closer to the top than the bottom of that short list of what won't be tolerated on Reddit.
Yeah...And don't visit Nazi Germany if you don't like Nazis.
I'm getting tired of that argument.
Reddit is profiting from an army of racists.
I for one won't be back until
This. A thousand times, this.
... did the poor artists on Apple's music service sign something which allows Apple to distribute their music for free? Are new artists STILL giving away the rights to their own music? Has nothing been learned in the past 10-20 years? Or can these small labels & artists sue the living shit out of Apple over this?
I'm conditioned to open every chest and box I come across...
Business account? In that case call their business support line and explain...
I despise Comcast for many reasons but in my experience (managing 30 locations on Comcast) they will replace equipment when asked to.
I think they need cameras on the outside so you can toggle a quick view of reality without removing the gear.
..and then give it to your successor's boss to pass on.
"I don't own Android device, so I won't subscribe to Google Play."
Google Play Music works fine on iPhones. And it works best in (nearly any) desktop browser.
Sure! There are no rational reasons to fear guns. We just need LOVE guns more.
Legal or not, false scarcity is an abuse of intellectual property rights, as are indefinite terms, lack of refunds, and the spamming of some IP all over the goddamn place while still expecting to 'own' control of it. I'm sure there's more but I still need coffee....
Therefore, screw you lady. Cry me a river.
..and you can lose the video altogether for all I care.
I'm unlikely to watch any internet video while browsing/surfing, especially "news".