OK, so Trump won. Can someone on "our" side please come up with a way forward that doesn't involve "fact checking" social media, telling white males to shut up even more, ripping books off shelves, cutting off Wikileaks, making "safe spaces" or "trigger words" real, or otherwise invoking even more censorship?
Do you even realize that many of the people who voted for Trump ALSO voted for Bernie? (Yeah, it happened a lot up here.)
The nicest thing about Android phones and tablets is that you can create an account and use the App store without ever putting in a credit card. That's the only way I could imagine letting my kids use those things. It's also why I don't use any Apple devices (except as I have to for work). There's just way too much risk with hooking your credit card up to a phone or tablet - you're just nuts if you do that AND hand it to a kid.
>> the hackers sent a series of phishing emails trying to trick dozens of victims into opening booby-trapped attachments containing malware, and clicking on malicious links
Vision for the future of nobility - FTFY. You heard it here first: there will be a special "Presidential" car and a second car for the rest of the royal families.
>> plans were nixed, largely over disagreements about the access to customer data that Alphabet wanted
Well, at least we finally understand the business model behind this "drone delivery" BS: Google gets your customer list, and you get a little PR bump by being able to talk about drones on local TV news.
>> Vine sucks, it was a stupid idea, and it needs to die.
I dunno. It's how my son consumes most of his professional sports. (e.g., "Who has time to wait for ESPN?" or "Did you see that catch? Here let me play it again.") And it's more conducive to conversation than a "long" 1-minute video, because everyone remembers what the context was after the clip.
I think these little Blitverts are thriving among the generation that will soon replace the whiney millennials - I wouldn't count them out.
^^^ Pretty much this. Every time I even touch my profile, old friends and acquaintances come out of the woodwork asking me if I'd want to work with them again.
I'll bet Uber drivers love this - I've rarely had a driver who could legally vote in America. (Yeah, I guess I'm one of the few people who talks to their drivers.)
>> White House said on Thursday it will establish 48 national electric-vehicle (EV) charging networks on nearly 25,000 miles of highways in 35 U.S. states
Better hurry up. It's a good bet that whatever crawls into the White House next will spend his or her time dodging civil and criminal lawsuits. "Ain't nobody gonna have time for your hipster charging stations!"
It's not. The model also worked for Microsoft. In fact, they worked it in two directions by bleeding out PC makers, who fell over themselves to build lower-and-lower margin boxes, while mainly Microsoft and consumers benefited.
>> concerns mount that the app economy has reached saturation
This was always a zero-sum game. I've owned ten different Android phones and four tablets now. I'm still waiting for the first time I actually need to *purchase* an app (or in-app content).
The whole point of "app stores" is to get developers to write apps for a platform, and then for competing apps to beat the price down to zero, thus providing the original platform provider and its users with (essentially) free apps. From what I see it's working perfectly as designed.
>> I live in Minnesota, where 1/3rd of the year is dark
Well that sounds like a perfect place to do solar! In all the places I've lived, it's dark a full half of the year - the locals call often call it "night".
>> it intends to make vehicle ownership a revenue generator for its drivers, rather than a cost center
Why wallow in the ditch with money - I'm sure the power will so abundant that we'll all find it too cheap to meter.
>> For Tesla, this represents an opportunity to jump-start its home solar business
Seriously, I know you need it to keep the Fed money flowing, but please dump the home solar BS and just concentrate on the one thing you do do well: build electric cars. Otherwise Telsa could easily become the next DeLorean.
>> "the Watch List," the app will recommend shows based on the content viewers access through their Apple TV
I seem to remember Netflix suggestions just showing up on my main content selection screen. Never having seen one, why does an Apple TV need a separate app to suggest TV shows to its viewers?
I thought Corel picked up Paint Shop Pro too. (I still installed/used PSP v6.2 on most of my personal machines until Paint.NET came along - that one copy I bought in the early 2000's has been a great value!)
Um...the thing that makes the Internet the Internet is that anyone with $100 or a computer can contribute something new, whether open source, artwork or, for a little more investment, hardware. Space has a significant barrier to entry that will keep the vast majority of us...er...grounded.
I disagree. Parents will hate it because kids will keep losing those damn controllers. Meanwhile gaming adults will hate the controllers because they have sharp edges that dig into their hands. And it there are any metal contacts (in the docking station, between controllers and pad, etc.) then everyone will hate it because they'll do nothing but wear out and get gummed up. (Remember the original consoles and blowing on the cartridges? Now add Cheetos-stained fingers if the contacts are on the controllers.)
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OK, so Trump won. Can someone on "our" side please come up with a way forward that doesn't involve "fact checking" social media, telling white males to shut up even more, ripping books off shelves, cutting off Wikileaks, making "safe spaces" or "trigger words" real, or otherwise invoking even more censorship?
Do you even realize that many of the people who voted for Trump ALSO voted for Bernie? (Yeah, it happened a lot up here.)
>> in apple in-app purchases has an entry in restrictions also you can make it so any purchases ask for your password
Google has this too. However, it's safer to just never have your CC hooked up to a mobile account - period - so I just avoid Apple's ecosystem.
The nicest thing about Android phones and tablets is that you can create an account and use the App store without ever putting in a credit card. That's the only way I could imagine letting my kids use those things. It's also why I don't use any Apple devices (except as I have to for work). There's just way too much risk with hooking your credit card up to a phone or tablet - you're just nuts if you do that AND hand it to a kid.
>> the hackers sent a series of phishing emails trying to trick dozens of victims into opening booby-trapped attachments containing malware, and clicking on malicious links
So...phishing is news now? Zzzzzzz...
Almost all the candidates live their online lives on Wordpress:
http://cybertical.com/wordpress-troubles.html
>> How will these predictions change once Trump assumes office?
The sea level will rise even further as Clinton's supporters hurl themselves into the ocean?
>> vision for the future of mobility
Vision for the future of nobility - FTFY. You heard it here first: there will be a special "Presidential" car and a second car for the rest of the royal families.
>> plans were nixed, largely over disagreements about the access to customer data that Alphabet wanted
Well, at least we finally understand the business model behind this "drone delivery" BS: Google gets your customer list, and you get a little PR bump by being able to talk about drones on local TV news.
That's why people pick deceptive names for nasty stuff. For example, "Affordable Care Act" or "Patriot Act"
>> Doing it in these papers will apparently reach about 5 million people
Well, if they just kept churning out exploding phones and flying washing machine lids they'd have the opportunity to reach many more.
>> Vine sucks, it was a stupid idea, and it needs to die.
I dunno. It's how my son consumes most of his professional sports. (e.g., "Who has time to wait for ESPN?" or "Did you see that catch? Here let me play it again.") And it's more conducive to conversation than a "long" 1-minute video, because everyone remembers what the context was after the clip.
I think these little Blitverts are thriving among the generation that will soon replace the whiney millennials - I wouldn't count them out.
>> US President Barack Obama
Er...thanks for letting us know who "Barack Obama" is, I guess.
^^^ Pretty much this. Every time I even touch my profile, old friends and acquaintances come out of the woodwork asking me if I'd want to work with them again.
I'll bet Uber drivers love this - I've rarely had a driver who could legally vote in America. (Yeah, I guess I'm one of the few people who talks to their drivers.)
Wish I could remember the old Max Headroom bit about the top two candidates negotiating a plausible election result for network 66.
>> White House said on Thursday it will establish 48 national electric-vehicle (EV) charging networks on nearly 25,000 miles of highways in 35 U.S. states
Better hurry up. It's a good bet that whatever crawls into the White House next will spend his or her time dodging civil and criminal lawsuits. "Ain't nobody gonna have time for your hipster charging stations!"
>> How is that different from your PC?
It's not. The model also worked for Microsoft. In fact, they worked it in two directions by bleeding out PC makers, who fell over themselves to build lower-and-lower margin boxes, while mainly Microsoft and consumers benefited.
>> concerns mount that the app economy has reached saturation
This was always a zero-sum game. I've owned ten different Android phones and four tablets now. I'm still waiting for the first time I actually need to *purchase* an app (or in-app content).
The whole point of "app stores" is to get developers to write apps for a platform, and then for competing apps to beat the price down to zero, thus providing the original platform provider and its users with (essentially) free apps. From what I see it's working perfectly as designed.
>> I live in Minnesota, where 1/3rd of the year is dark
Well that sounds like a perfect place to do solar! In all the places I've lived, it's dark a full half of the year - the locals call often call it "night".
>> it intends to make vehicle ownership a revenue generator for its drivers, rather than a cost center
Why wallow in the ditch with money - I'm sure the power will so abundant that we'll all find it too cheap to meter.
>> For Tesla, this represents an opportunity to jump-start its home solar business
Seriously, I know you need it to keep the Fed money flowing, but please dump the home solar BS and just concentrate on the one thing you do do well: build electric cars. Otherwise Telsa could easily become the next DeLorean.
>> "the Watch List," the app will recommend shows based on the content viewers access through their Apple TV
I seem to remember Netflix suggestions just showing up on my main content selection screen. Never having seen one, why does an Apple TV need a separate app to suggest TV shows to its viewers?
I thought Corel picked up Paint Shop Pro too. (I still installed/used PSP v6.2 on most of my personal machines until Paint.NET came along - that one copy I bought in the early 2000's has been a great value!)
>> tremendous run of groundbreaking products...since 2001
That's more polite than saying "Apple was peeing awesome sauce until Jobs started pushing up daisies"
>> Space Can Be the New Internet
Um...the thing that makes the Internet the Internet is that anyone with $100 or a computer can contribute something new, whether open source, artwork or, for a little more investment, hardware. Space has a significant barrier to entry that will keep the vast majority of us...er...grounded.
>> clever modular design
I disagree. Parents will hate it because kids will keep losing those damn controllers. Meanwhile gaming adults will hate the controllers because they have sharp edges that dig into their hands. And it there are any metal contacts (in the docking station, between controllers and pad, etc.) then everyone will hate it because they'll do nothing but wear out and get gummed up. (Remember the original consoles and blowing on the cartridges? Now add Cheetos-stained fingers if the contacts are on the controllers.)
Boo.