Just because you personally have no sense of self control and can't avoid buying the latest shiny, in no way transfers that blame to Apple.
Try not buying the latest and greatest just because you somehow thing it matters, and try choosing a tool that covers your needs instead of is only there to impress your friends.
Then the waste you cause will be significantly reduced.
Agree 100%.
What I don't understand is why the GP doesn't see the Catch-22.
Either Apple creates a new phone every year and gets blamed because people 'feel forced' to buy them (generally due to a lack of self control), or Apple doesn't create a new phone every year and gets blamed for not having the newest technology in their latest phones (see the complaints about the Apple laptops and desktops not being refreshed often enough).
A big bank can hard fork the ethereum protocol for their own internal needs and ETH will not be affected.
This is happening now (and has been happening for at least a year).
A good friend of mine in Investment Banking is working on blockchain technology for their customers. The big thing (apparently) is to stop using the U. S. dollar as an intermediary for foreign exchange transactions and instead use a blockchain as an intermediary currency (if I understand things correctly).
It's obvious there are only two possible answers. Either Facebook itself informed Harvard, or a person who was a member of that private group informed Harvard. Anyone who was a member of that private group who somehow manages to still be accepted by Harvard would be a prime suspect.
Actually, I would think prime suspects are others in that private group who got rejected from Harvard.
Nah - as a Trump voter these numbers suck just as they did under the Obama administration.
It's just funny watching the Obama voters on here suddenly agree.
As an Obama voter (and someone who voted for Secretary Clinton), I think these numbers aren't so bad.
An unemployment rate of 4.4 percent isn't too bad, and recent data shows people that are re-entering the workforce was steady.
Unemployment rates that drop too much from where we are may cause inflation. I think the current rate could survive an increase of the minimum wage. But what do I know. I'm not an economist. I bow to the likes of Krugman ( https://krugman.blogs.nytimes....https://twitter.com/paulkrugma... ) on things like this.
Another question: How many people throw their old iPhone in the trash when they get a new one?
I've had 4 or 5 iPhones over the years, my wife about the same. Every single time we upgraded, we either sold the old phone back to Apple or gave the old one to a family member. (Same thing with previous non-Apple phones, by the way.)
Why should I care how recyclable an old iPhone is? I haven't recycled a phone ever.
The system also gives Cadillac's vehicles a safety check not available to Tesla, which can't stop drivers from using Tesla's semi-autonomous Autopilot even when they're not on a highway.
Pretty sure Tesla can roll out that change to all their self-driving models if they want to. Heck, they already have the capability to geofence to raise the suspension of the car at places set by the driver (ie: a dip in your driveway).
Hopefully Cadillac and Tesla nudge each other on to the point of completely self-driving vehicles.
I think I see where MS is headed with "mobile" - a future where a device runs the same kernel (OneCore) as a desktop or game console. The device may or may not have a screen (similar to Roku or Google Alexa).
Windows has been heading this way for quite some time. Heck, it's almost 5 years since Windows 8 was released (with a desktop that was optimized for touch screen devices).
5 years is a long time to wait (on the mobile side) for convergence. Especially since they haven't even perfected it on the desktop version yet. Meanwhile, Android may beat them to it with the new Samsung phone docking station.
The total number of Tesla Model S vehicles is small. Therefore the number on the second hand market is small. Add that to the hype of the car and associated demand and you end up with user cars that sell fast at a premium of similar priced luxury cars.
As a Tesla owner, I'm not sure I would trust a Tesla being bought from another owner and would certainly pay a premium for a "certified preowned" model. This is because a damaged battery (due to draining it completely) is not something that would be obvious on physical inspection or even test drives.
While Tesla batteries are warrantied for 8 years/unlimited miles, the warranty is void if the battery is damaged by draining it to 0%.
I love my Tesla Model S. I don't drive a lot compared to you. Maybe 80 miles a day on work days and may a hundred total on the weekends. I've owned mine for just over three years and have nearly 80k miles on it.
Plusses: * The pickup is wonderful. Not just the 0-60, but the 50-80 on the highways. * The battery gets just as much out of a charge now as it did when I first got it. (It's apparently warrantied for 8 years unlimited miles so long as you don't damage it by discharging it completely) * Streaming audio is free and great (mine has 3G built in and free so far, newer ones have LTE built in and free so far). They don't use your phone at all. You can stream audio from TuneIn streaming radio and a service similar to Pandora in functionality. * Software updates can add functionality; they come out a few times a year and are free. They download in the background and you are given the option to install them after you leave the car or overnight. * Map updates (separate from software updates) occur a couple times a year and are free. * Maintenance is minimal. One service a year and even then it's just to check the brakes (still original and with almost no wear) and top off the windshield wiper fluid. * I get the equivalent of 24 miles for every dollar of electricity. (This was even more impressive when comparing it to $4/gallon gasoline a few years ago.)
Minuses: * The wheels wear down a bit faster than I expected. I'm on my third set and plan on getting replacements next year. * The software is mediocre. Though it has gotten better since I've gotten it. * The media system to play your own music is substandard. Doesn't apparently sync iPods. If you want MP3s, you have to play them on your phone and use bluetooth streaming or use a USB drive. The USB drive gets all your metadata so you can browse by artist or album, but there's no playlist functionality. * Software updates can remove functionality. Sometimes the updates make minor changes in the UI that appear just cosmetic. * The maintenance schedule is confusing. They don't give me a recommendation on when to bring the car back in. So I take it in once a year. * It's an expensive car. Even among luxury cars.
About electric vehicles in general: * Most of your charging is going to be at home, overnight. So have a garage available to plug in nightly. Roadside charging is available but time consuming compared to gassing up a gas-powered car. The Tesla superchargers are significantly faster than plugging in anywhere else, but even they will take more than an hour to charge a car from near-empty to near-full. * Charging at home means never leaving home without a "full" charge (Tesla recommends charging to 90% most of the time). I never stop at a gas station, let alone during rain or freezing weather. * Regenerative brakes mean your disc breaks will last a lot longer than in a gas or diesel car.
All in all, I'm very happy to own my Model S. It's pricey and I probably wouldn't want to get another can at that price range. But I will definitely get another luxury all-electric car as my next car. If it's a Tesla depends on price breaks on the Model S going forwards rather than offerings from other luxury car manufacturers. Tesla has to lose me as a customer before someone else can win me over.
A lot of people with a bit of "play money" are putting it in TSLA. I know I did when I was buying individual stocks a couple years ago. I sold (at a reasonable profit) and got out, but a lot of friends get anxiety frequently with the turbulent ride of TSLA in the market.
The cars are excellent (I own a Model S), but there's no way the company can justify the valuation of the stock (nor are they trying).
Pretty sure this is issue predated Trump by a few years.
Yes, there's many issues with the Trump presidency (including some that are criminal in nature). But DRM on tractors is a longer term issue than something he created over the past few months.
Can I interest you in chemical warfare in Syria? If so, remember, only we know who launched the chemical weapons. Everyone else has it wrong. Everyone!
As for Rotten Tomatos I find that their average rarely coincides with my tastes anyway, I've realized that when using Vudu and noticing that I've enjoyed a lot of movies that had a poor Tomatoes score yet a rather good Vudu user score (the interface shows both scores when looking at the movie info.)
I've found that Criticker ( https://www.criticker.com/ ) is a lot closer to my ratings, because they adjust the ratings I see based on how I rated similar movies.
It's gotten fantastically close after I rated ~20 movies there.
The stupid thing is, you could easily make a secondary UI for tablet users and even protocols for a UI switch for when a tablet becomes a desktop (ie: docking).
But, no. UIs are not built by engineers anymore. We've got to hire touchy-feely liberal arts guys that have no idea what good UI design means to make these decisions.
For instance, I like the close/minimize/maximize buttons on the top left of the window. Linux Mint Cinnamon allows me to set that without a problem. But Gnome applications don't follow the OS settings. They apparently know better.
Purely autonomous personal vehicles will solve this.
Recline your car seat back all the way and get in at 9 PM and have the car drive you all night long.
No TSA hassles. No rumblings about paying extra for a carry on bag, a snack that should cost $1 instead costing $5, or being kicked by the guy behind you getting out of his seat because he has a small bladder.
Driverless cars won't be the end of domestic airlines, but they will have to adapt to keep customers.
That's it. That's all this lawsuit is about, faulty failsafes on industrial equipment that lead to an accident. Probably with merit.
But sure, call it "rogue robots" and "killing"...
They lost me when they said 'colleague'. I don't have any robot colleagues. I do have a toaster I use at work, and a microwave. But we're not colleagues (and I don't think either the toaster or microwave considers me a colleague, either).
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Don't forget:
7. Keep well hydrated (unless your doctor tells you otherwise!).
How do you know you're well hydrated? Check your urine. Urine should be clear or slight yellow tinge. Medium- or dark-yellow means you're dehydrated.
According to Jared Kushner, the president's son-in-law and advisor [...]
Considering all the projects he's responsible for, what plans has he come up with?
I'm curious, as he's responsible for so much and yet I've heard so little that was actually attributed to him.
Depends on your point of view.
One interpretation is that New York is our Metropolis and Jersey City our Gotham.
Another interpretation (which I like) is that they are both reflections on our New York. New York is Metropolis by day and Gotham by night.
Same here.
Basically a simple page of frequently viewed sites, grouped by subject matter. A few RSS feeds as well.
Why bother going to /. when the /. RSS feed says that the're nothing that would interest me.
I used to use iGoogle for it. But since that no longer exists, http://www.protopage.com/ makes a fine replacement.
Just because you personally have no sense of self control and can't avoid buying the latest shiny, in no way transfers that blame to Apple.
Try not buying the latest and greatest just because you somehow thing it matters, and try choosing a tool that covers your needs instead of is only there to impress your friends.
Then the waste you cause will be significantly reduced.
Agree 100%.
What I don't understand is why the GP doesn't see the Catch-22.
Either Apple creates a new phone every year and gets blamed because people 'feel forced' to buy them (generally due to a lack of self control), or Apple doesn't create a new phone every year and gets blamed for not having the newest technology in their latest phones (see the complaints about the Apple laptops and desktops not being refreshed often enough).
A big bank can hard fork the ethereum protocol for their own internal needs and ETH will not be affected.
This is happening now (and has been happening for at least a year).
A good friend of mine in Investment Banking is working on blockchain technology for their customers. The big thing (apparently) is to stop using the U. S. dollar as an intermediary for foreign exchange transactions and instead use a blockchain as an intermediary currency (if I understand things correctly).
It's obvious there are only two possible answers. Either Facebook itself informed Harvard, or a person who was a member of that private group
informed Harvard. Anyone who was a member of that private group who somehow manages to still be accepted by Harvard would be a prime suspect.
Actually, I would think prime suspects are others in that private group who got rejected from Harvard.
Jealousy is pretty common among ... humans.
I think scratch is a flow chart-y language. Certainly is colorful.
Of course, I wouldn't do anything serious in it. It's just a nice way to introduce a pre-teen to flow control and language basics.
And then pull up your shirt and get to 23.
And that's why the robot overlords will harvest us in the Matrix.
Nah - as a Trump voter these numbers suck just as they did under the Obama administration.
It's just funny watching the Obama voters on here suddenly agree.
As an Obama voter (and someone who voted for Secretary Clinton), I think these numbers aren't so bad.
An unemployment rate of 4.4 percent isn't too bad, and recent data shows people that are re-entering the workforce was steady.
Unemployment rates that drop too much from where we are may cause inflation. I think the current rate could survive an increase of the minimum wage. But what do I know. I'm not an economist. I bow to the likes of Krugman ( https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.... https://twitter.com/paulkrugma... ) on things like this.
I recently watched the Donkey Kong documentary 'King of Kong', I found new respect for the game, which I found extremely frustrating back in the day.
While I've played the 70s and 80s games in their list, I never got around to picking up Halo or Sonic.
I guess I've got some video game playing to look forward to.
Agree 100%.
Another question: How many people throw their old iPhone in the trash when they get a new one?
I've had 4 or 5 iPhones over the years, my wife about the same. Every single time we upgraded, we either sold the old phone back to Apple or gave the old one to a family member. (Same thing with previous non-Apple phones, by the way.)
Why should I care how recyclable an old iPhone is? I haven't recycled a phone ever.
The system also gives Cadillac's vehicles a safety check not available to Tesla, which can't stop drivers from using Tesla's semi-autonomous Autopilot even when they're not on a highway.
Pretty sure Tesla can roll out that change to all their self-driving models if they want to. Heck, they already have the capability to geofence to raise the suspension of the car at places set by the driver (ie: a dip in your driveway).
Hopefully Cadillac and Tesla nudge each other on to the point of completely self-driving vehicles.
I think I see where MS is headed with "mobile" - a future where a device runs the same kernel (OneCore) as a desktop or game console. The device may or may not have a screen (similar to Roku or Google Alexa).
Windows has been heading this way for quite some time. Heck, it's almost 5 years since Windows 8 was released (with a desktop that was optimized for touch screen devices).
5 years is a long time to wait (on the mobile side) for convergence. Especially since they haven't even perfected it on the desktop version yet. Meanwhile, Android may beat them to it with the new Samsung phone docking station.
Sounds like basic economics of supply and demand.
The total number of Tesla Model S vehicles is small. Therefore the number on the second hand market is small. Add that to the hype of the car and associated demand and you end up with user cars that sell fast at a premium of similar priced luxury cars.
As a Tesla owner, I'm not sure I would trust a Tesla being bought from another owner and would certainly pay a premium for a "certified preowned" model. This is because a damaged battery (due to draining it completely) is not something that would be obvious on physical inspection or even test drives.
While Tesla batteries are warrantied for 8 years/unlimited miles, the warranty is void if the battery is damaged by draining it to 0%.
Well, I guess you aren't interested in my review.
I love my Tesla Model S. I don't drive a lot compared to you. Maybe 80 miles a day on work days and may a hundred total on the weekends. I've owned mine for just over three years and have nearly 80k miles on it.
Plusses:
* The pickup is wonderful. Not just the 0-60, but the 50-80 on the highways.
* The battery gets just as much out of a charge now as it did when I first got it. (It's apparently warrantied for 8 years unlimited miles so long as you don't damage it by discharging it completely)
* Streaming audio is free and great (mine has 3G built in and free so far, newer ones have LTE built in and free so far). They don't use your phone at all. You can stream audio from TuneIn streaming radio and a service similar to Pandora in functionality.
* Software updates can add functionality; they come out a few times a year and are free. They download in the background and you are given the option to install them after you leave the car or overnight.
* Map updates (separate from software updates) occur a couple times a year and are free.
* Maintenance is minimal. One service a year and even then it's just to check the brakes (still original and with almost no wear) and top off the windshield wiper fluid.
* I get the equivalent of 24 miles for every dollar of electricity. (This was even more impressive when comparing it to $4/gallon gasoline a few years ago.)
Minuses:
* The wheels wear down a bit faster than I expected. I'm on my third set and plan on getting replacements next year.
* The software is mediocre. Though it has gotten better since I've gotten it.
* The media system to play your own music is substandard. Doesn't apparently sync iPods. If you want MP3s, you have to play them on your phone and use bluetooth streaming or use a USB drive. The USB drive gets all your metadata so you can browse by artist or album, but there's no playlist functionality.
* Software updates can remove functionality. Sometimes the updates make minor changes in the UI that appear just cosmetic.
* The maintenance schedule is confusing. They don't give me a recommendation on when to bring the car back in. So I take it in once a year.
* It's an expensive car. Even among luxury cars.
About electric vehicles in general:
* Most of your charging is going to be at home, overnight. So have a garage available to plug in nightly. Roadside charging is available but time consuming compared to gassing up a gas-powered car. The Tesla superchargers are significantly faster than plugging in anywhere else, but even they will take more than an hour to charge a car from near-empty to near-full.
* Charging at home means never leaving home without a "full" charge (Tesla recommends charging to 90% most of the time). I never stop at a gas station, let alone during rain or freezing weather.
* Regenerative brakes mean your disc breaks will last a lot longer than in a gas or diesel car.
All in all, I'm very happy to own my Model S. It's pricey and I probably wouldn't want to get another can at that price range. But I will definitely get another luxury all-electric car as my next car. If it's a Tesla depends on price breaks on the Model S going forwards rather than offerings from other luxury car manufacturers. Tesla has to lose me as a customer before someone else can win me over.
Absolutely agree.
A lot of people with a bit of "play money" are putting it in TSLA. I know I did when I was buying individual stocks a couple years ago. I sold (at a reasonable profit) and got out, but a lot of friends get anxiety frequently with the turbulent ride of TSLA in the market.
The cars are excellent (I own a Model S), but there's no way the company can justify the valuation of the stock (nor are they trying).
Pretty sure this is issue predated Trump by a few years.
Yes, there's many issues with the Trump presidency (including some that are criminal in nature). But DRM on tractors is a longer term issue than something he created over the past few months.
As a result, we have reduced the number of events collected and reduced, by about half, the volume of data we collect at the Basic level.
Better compression algorithm combined with consolidating events?
Nothing to see here. Move along. ...
Can I interest you in chemical warfare in Syria? If so, remember, only we know who launched the chemical weapons. Everyone else has it wrong. Everyone!
As for Rotten Tomatos I find that their average rarely coincides with my tastes anyway, I've realized that when using Vudu and noticing that I've enjoyed a lot of movies that had a poor Tomatoes score yet a rather good Vudu user score (the interface shows both scores when looking at the movie info.)
I've found that Criticker ( https://www.criticker.com/ ) is a lot closer to my ratings, because they adjust the ratings I see based on how I rated similar movies.
It's gotten fantastically close after I rated ~20 movies there.
The stupid thing is, you could easily make a secondary UI for tablet users and even protocols for a UI switch for when a tablet becomes a desktop (ie: docking).
But, no. UIs are not built by engineers anymore. We've got to hire touchy-feely liberal arts guys that have no idea what good UI design means to make these decisions.
For instance, I like the close/minimize/maximize buttons on the top left of the window. Linux Mint Cinnamon allows me to set that without a problem. But Gnome applications don't follow the OS settings. They apparently know better.
Jackasses.
Purely autonomous personal vehicles will solve this.
Recline your car seat back all the way and get in at 9 PM and have the car drive you all night long.
No TSA hassles. No rumblings about paying extra for a carry on bag, a snack that should cost $1 instead costing $5, or being kicked by the guy behind you getting out of his seat because he has a small bladder.
Driverless cars won't be the end of domestic airlines, but they will have to adapt to keep customers.
That's it. That's all this lawsuit is about, faulty failsafes on industrial equipment that lead to an accident. Probably with merit.
But sure, call it "rogue robots" and "killing"...
They lost me when they said 'colleague'. I don't have any robot colleagues. I do have a toaster I use at work, and a microwave. But we're not colleagues (and I don't think either the toaster or microwave considers me a colleague, either).