You have this exactly backwards. Apple is making this technology available to more people, not fewer.
If you don't like Apple, you can always buy a device from Omron or some other manufacturer. It's way more expensive than an Apple Watch and doesn't do as much. It will do a better job of monitoring your heart though.
I think there's still a lot of opportunity for somebody to come along and make watching TV a lot better than it currently is. I'm interested in shows, not channels. I should never have to google "where can I watch the expanse".
I actually like Apple news. I've spent a lot of time liking and blocking stories and it's getting pretty good at finding stuff I want to read. The 50/50 rev share seems to be bothering a lot of people, but I'd need some context to really have an opinion. How does that split compare to what Hulu pays for shows I watch? what do magazines pay writers? What does Spotify pay to copyright holders?
Like I said, the great search is the number one reason I keep using it. I can throw just about any file in there and it seems to be able to index it. I will often take a snapshot of a whiteboard and store that in Evernote. It does an astonishingly good job of recognizing the handwritten text and so if I search for "object cache", I'm going to find web articles I've saved, source code snippets, pdfs from conferences, and snapshots of white boards.
I think what makes it valuable to me is the search. I just throw everything in there and can usually find exactly what I need with search. The number of search operators is pretty amazing.
The second big win is their web clipper (or is it Clearly?). It does a really good job of grabbing web page contents and leaving behind the stuff I don't want (mostly ads). I can tag it and store it in Evernote and find it later. When I'm working on a big project, it's a nice way of keeping all of my notes together.
I like Evernote a lot. It's worked very well for me and the few problems I've had over the years were resolved relatively quickly by support.
That said, I think the software was finished a while ago. I wish they would stop adding new features, make the company way, way smaller, and just polish and refine the core product. Everything that isn't the core product should be moved to an extension. Lower the development and support costs enough that the company can be profitable by charging users $1 or $2 per month.
It probably isn't enough. I think it's going to take somebody being able to show they've been harmed by the data collection and it will have to work it's way to the supreme court.
I wish the company had a way that I could get (or even purchase) a copy of the report on me. I can't think of any reason why they should object to that.
I think they want everybody on Windows 10 to entice developers. If you are going to write a Windows application, they want you to target Windows 10 and their universal platform. Until they get a big enough number of users there, it's a pretty tough argument to make.
If that's true, then I think they are damaging their brand for nothing. Other than games there's just not a lot of interesting things happening in Windows for mainstream consumers anymore. Windows is most interesting for business users and Microsoft has shown that they aren't willing to accept that yet.
I'm genuinely curious about this - what exactly is it that you want to do with Cortana? I've been running W10 on my home machine (desktop) since the original release and I've always had it configured to deactivate Cortana as much as possible (it's still always running though). I've never once been tempted to turn it on. Is there some use case that I'm not thinking about?
I understand the use case on mobile, but I don't see the value on a desktop machine.
The free-will-is-an-illusion crowd would point out that you had no choice about rolling out of bed. That you would do so was determined by the big bang billions of years ago. You're just a meat robot.
A company like Google surely has all of their records online. I can understand a raid 20 years ago when there would be a wall of file cabinets to cart away, but what do they expect to get today? A thumbdrive?
You're right. For a lot of people, the benefits outweigh the costs. Start showing people that their privacy has value and maybe the trend will be reversed.
I'll take the ebook every time. Thankfully, ebook DRM is pretty weak, so I've been able to strip it from every book I've bought.
Initially it used to bother me when a paper book cost less than an ebook, but I've pretty much let go of that now. Being able to search a book makes it more valuable and so it's worth a smallish premium to me.
How do you get around the fact that there are a small number of top coaches and a large number of places that want to hire them? Athletics departments are income generators for a lot of schools and a high profile coach can have a huge impact.
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You have this exactly backwards. Apple is making this technology available to more people, not fewer.
If you don't like Apple, you can always buy a device from Omron or some other manufacturer. It's way more expensive than an Apple Watch and doesn't do as much. It will do a better job of monitoring your heart though.
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I think there's still a lot of opportunity for somebody to come along and make watching TV a lot better than it currently is. I'm interested in shows, not channels. I should never have to google "where can I watch the expanse".
I actually like Apple news. I've spent a lot of time liking and blocking stories and it's getting pretty good at finding stuff I want to read. The 50/50 rev share seems to be bothering a lot of people, but I'd need some context to really have an opinion. How does that split compare to what Hulu pays for shows I watch? what do magazines pay writers? What does Spotify pay to copyright holders?
Like I said, the great search is the number one reason I keep using it. I can throw just about any file in there and it seems to be able to index it. I will often take a snapshot of a whiteboard and store that in Evernote. It does an astonishingly good job of recognizing the handwritten text and so if I search for "object cache", I'm going to find web articles I've saved, source code snippets, pdfs from conferences, and snapshots of white boards.
How I've used it has changed over time.
I think what makes it valuable to me is the search. I just throw everything in there and can usually find exactly what I need with search. The number of search operators is pretty amazing.
The second big win is their web clipper (or is it Clearly?). It does a really good job of grabbing web page contents and leaving behind the stuff I don't want (mostly ads). I can tag it and store it in Evernote and find it later. When I'm working on a big project, it's a nice way of keeping all of my notes together.
I like Evernote a lot. It's worked very well for me and the few problems I've had over the years were resolved relatively quickly by support.
That said, I think the software was finished a while ago. I wish they would stop adding new features, make the company way, way smaller, and just polish and refine the core product. Everything that isn't the core product should be moved to an extension. Lower the development and support costs enough that the company can be profitable by charging users $1 or $2 per month.
Do you have any idea why the rights holders for those few shows insist on commercials?
It probably isn't enough. I think it's going to take somebody being able to show they've been harmed by the data collection and it will have to work it's way to the supreme court.
I wish the company had a way that I could get (or even purchase) a copy of the report on me. I can't think of any reason why they should object to that.
So do you think one day there will be a headline:
I just did the upgrade. I have 30 days to roll it back and I might do that but at least I have the license now.
I think they want everybody on Windows 10 to entice developers. If you are going to write a Windows application, they want you to target Windows 10 and their universal platform. Until they get a big enough number of users there, it's a pretty tough argument to make.
If that's true, then I think they are damaging their brand for nothing. Other than games there's just not a lot of interesting things happening in Windows for mainstream consumers anymore. Windows is most interesting for business users and Microsoft has shown that they aren't willing to accept that yet.
As long as you don't go online, you should be fine.
What computer do you use and where was it made?
I'm genuinely curious about this - what exactly is it that you want to do with Cortana? I've been running W10 on my home machine (desktop) since the original release and I've always had it configured to deactivate Cortana as much as possible (it's still always running though). I've never once been tempted to turn it on. Is there some use case that I'm not thinking about?
I understand the use case on mobile, but I don't see the value on a desktop machine.
Of course the concepts are related. You think a deterministic universe is compatible with free will?
The free-will-is-an-illusion crowd would point out that you had no choice about rolling out of bed. That you would do so was determined by the big bang billions of years ago. You're just a meat robot.
A company like Google surely has all of their records online. I can understand a raid 20 years ago when there would be a wall of file cabinets to cart away, but what do they expect to get today? A thumbdrive?
Can't she just pardon herself?
You're right. For a lot of people, the benefits outweigh the costs. Start showing people that their privacy has value and maybe the trend will be reversed.
Illegal? Maybe, maybe not: http://gizmodo.com/its-perfect...
It might be illegal but I don't have an ethical problem with stripping DRM from books I purchase.
I know what you mean, but at the same time I have a hard time being angry with Amazon because they serve me so well.
> it's not hard to choose
I'll take the ebook every time. Thankfully, ebook DRM is pretty weak, so I've been able to strip it from every book I've bought.
Initially it used to bother me when a paper book cost less than an ebook, but I've pretty much let go of that now. Being able to search a book makes it more valuable and so it's worth a smallish premium to me.
If I'm operating over an encrypted connection (like https) how can they determine of the endpoint is the phone or a laptop?
I'm not sure what your point is.
Google can help some people and that's a good thing.
How do you get around the fact that there are a small number of top coaches and a large number of places that want to hire them? Athletics departments are income generators for a lot of schools and a high profile coach can have a huge impact.