To eliminate the crapware that comes on a mobile phone, and to install a hosts file based block of ads & facebook. It makes android a delightful experience.
Thank you....
I've not had an android phone before, so was curious as to why this seems to be so popular.
Do all Android phones come with this "crapware" as you termed it....apps are installed that you don't want and can't delete? Is this common for all android phones, or does it vary by the price range of the phone?
Does Facebook come on these android phones even if you don't make an effort to download and install it from the app store?
Thanks for the info....I've had friends try to get me to buy android next time, and I'm trying to find compelling reasons to move from iPhone....having to hack around on the phone to get rid of stuff like this sounds a bit disconcerting.
LMFAO, you got an ARM based tablet computer for computing horsepower? And "buying a string of less capable items" (an i5 or i7 with a decent graphics card is about the same price but faster)? And the Canon 5D3's wifi is likely slow as molasses. Copying "11 RAW images" while plugged in over USB over microSD will take seconds to transfer GB, not minutes (and be less taxing on battery life)
You might wanna get your facts a bit better....?
The canon 5D3 doesn't have built in wifi....not sure where you got that.
I use a card reader to unload my cards to my main work computer.
I just moved some files between dropbox and the iPad Pro for working on while I'm out and about, and it works great.
I only mentioned the camera version of the RAW images, to give an idea what size files this things is working with to stitch together or focus stack...the pano was 11 images each one about 28.2MB apiece. It took a bit for the iPad pro to do it, but I've seen laptops that would struggle more than the iPad did.
But again, this is not my main computer, I have a workstation set up for my serious photo and video work, but it is nice to be able to do some work on them while out at the pool, etc.
Again, not talking transfer speeds, but processing speeds of a unit that is amazingly snappy and capable, I'd not expected it to work quite this well.
For a higher percentile number, I imagine there is a higher correlation with the 12â iPad Pro... which I really donâ(TM)t get. A recent flight in first, I was the only plebeian with an old beat-up iPad Air... For flying they seem completely impractical as anything but a status symbol.
My first iPad was the 10.5" one...the Pro model, I got it decked out with full memory and cellular (if I were to need it).
I didn't buy for a status symbol, frankly, I don't know of anyone that would consider one a status symbol, much less have people look at it and readily know what model I had.
I bought mine for the computing power, while traveling I often use some pretty intensive apps, like Affinity Photo and Procreate....the former can really churn the capabilities when you are stitching together 11 or so full RAW images from a canon 5D3....into a panorama, or focus stacking images like that.....or doing "painting" with it.
That pencil that you can get to work with an iPad Pro is an amazing tool,....but it costs money.
And if you save your pennies, it isn't that hard to save up and get something really nice and useful, rather than buy a string of cheaper, less capable items over the years.
....seems to give most folks I know the subtle impression that I"m not available....
Am I the only one that screens?
Am I the only person in the world that doesn't feel obligated to not only NOT answer every text and call as it comes in (if I'm otherwise occupied) immediately if at all?
Are that many people so hooked, that they can't put it down and leave it alone for hours at a time at least?
Hmm....sounds like one of the first legitimate uses of such tech in the US, like stingray.....
Rather than use it on law abiding citizens,let's use it to more readily track the illegal immigrants in the US (border hoppers and VISA overstays) and use this to more readily track them down.
This would go a long way of circumventing the sanctuary cities that don't obey the laws and cooperate.
I don't have a problem with people coming and migrating to the US to integrate and become US citizens, but if you are coming to the country, at least sign the fucking GUEST BOOK on the way in, and do things legally.
Well, what's to stop the companies, like wikipedia, etc....from pulling all servers physically IN the EU, and just serving their content as they please from the remaining servers around the world?
Sure, it might slow some pages loading a bit in the EU, but there would then be fuck-all they could do about them serving the content they wished....?
Well, the thing is....even if they find ALL of this is true, likely I"m thinking the quite little they can charge FB with and punish them for....
I mean, while no one likes it, under current US law, there's really NOTHING that is codified as being illegal about it, otherwise we'd be stringing up tons of companies over this type thing.
The only good thing that could come out of this, is for the US to pass at least basic privacy laws for our citizens and let it be know that WE own our own data, have rights to see/view, and opt IN if we want it shared or used for us, and can also have it removed/deleted if we wish.
I'm not much of one for most EU type laws, but that last one on data privacy could be used for a model here, if anything useful is to come out of this FB data outrage.
It sounds like Amazon will be providing equipment for planning routes and all...like UPS and the other big boys have, to help make delivering efficient and help save fuel costs...that should help.
They DO have "sensible knife laws" in Japan. If you're caught walking around with a knife over a certain size (think it was ~2 inches), you're gonna have a bad time.
Wow, really?
I was just making a joke....
Glad they got rid of the knife laws in most of the US...I think it used to be something like 3", but now many if not most states don't have restrictions anymore, at least the ones I travel in.
They already have Beats headphones so why they want to re-invent that makes no sense.
Well, perhaps they actually want some over the ear headphone that actually sound worth a shit....something with more of the full spectrum presented in a pleasing manner, rather than just a bad overly strong base signal.
"Why did we have to have a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol....and another one to legalize alcohol again, YET.....pot was outlawed with the stroke of a pen in congress?"
You forgot to ask yourself if the law is just and if the pu ishment meets the crime. To blindly follow a law because it is alaw is like blindly follow an order.
If you don't like the law...CHANGE the law.
By they way, it is the legislators that make and pass the laws, so, tender your vote that way election time.
In certain parts of the US, they're too busy chasing illegal immigrants and small-time drug users to focus on crimes that actually cause physical or psychological harm...
Well, they do often cause physical and psychological harm....?
I think US citizens should have the right to do with their bodies as they wish, however.
And we should protect our borders from those committing the crime of crossing illegally...if they start right off breaking the law, then it would seem logical they don't have qualms about breaking other laws here.
The problem with your argument is that it applies to regular customers and not at all to transients. The TIP comes AFTER the service, and thus cannot be a causal mechanism for GOOD service. The only time a good tip does cause better service is when you are a known regular, the tip amount applies to the LAST few tips and not the tip for this service, and being a known regular is going to get you better service anyway.
Well, the premise is ALWAYS there, that the tip come for good service.
I find even as a transient customer, that if I'm personable, happy to be there, friendly to the server (saying thank you goes a long way), these are indications I'm likely to be a good tipper.....and it works.
Really don't like the service? Talk to the manager.
THIS^^
So much THIS!!!
Nothing motivates a server like a good tip.
I remember this from MY waiting and bartending days....and I also remember to try to keep up MY end of the arrangement and be a cheerful, happy and friendly customer.
It's amazing what being nice, and tipping decently will do for you if you become a regular somewhere.
I'm the one getting a bit more attention and better drinks and food and service than you, perhaps just because of this.
Give it a try, especially if you are a regular somewhere.
Hell, I like to call out my bartenders and waiters by name when I can, before their ever looking for a name tag......I mean, you know how good it makes YOU feel when someone remembers your name?
Its all about people and people skills folks....and the bottom line on top of that.....they work for tips.
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Thank you....
I've not had an android phone before, so was curious as to why this seems to be so popular.
Do all Android phones come with this "crapware" as you termed it....apps are installed that you don't want and can't delete? Is this common for all android phones, or does it vary by the price range of the phone?
Does Facebook come on these android phones even if you don't make an effort to download and install it from the app store?
Thanks for the info....I've had friends try to get me to buy android next time, and I'm trying to find compelling reasons to move from iPhone....having to hack around on the phone to get rid of stuff like this sounds a bit disconcerting.
You might wanna get your facts a bit better....?
The canon 5D3 doesn't have built in wifi....not sure where you got that.
I use a card reader to unload my cards to my main work computer.
I just moved some files between dropbox and the iPad Pro for working on while I'm out and about, and it works great.
I only mentioned the camera version of the RAW images, to give an idea what size files this things is working with to stitch together or focus stack...the pano was 11 images each one about 28.2MB apiece. It took a bit for the iPad pro to do it, but I've seen laptops that would struggle more than the iPad did.
But again, this is not my main computer, I have a workstation set up for my serious photo and video work, but it is nice to be able to do some work on them while out at the pool, etc.
Again, not talking transfer speeds, but processing speeds of a unit that is amazingly snappy and capable, I'd not expected it to work quite this well.
I"m curious....why would you want to root your phone, what functionality is it lacking that you need to root it?
Is it for needed functionality, or is it more of wanting to climb that mountain "because it is there" type thing?
My first iPad was the 10.5" one...the Pro model, I got it decked out with full memory and cellular (if I were to need it).
I didn't buy for a status symbol, frankly, I don't know of anyone that would consider one a status symbol, much less have people look at it and readily know what model I had.
I bought mine for the computing power, while traveling I often use some pretty intensive apps, like Affinity Photo and Procreate....the former can really churn the capabilities when you are stitching together 11 or so full RAW images from a canon 5D3....into a panorama, or focus stacking images like that.....or doing "painting" with it.
That pencil that you can get to work with an iPad Pro is an amazing tool,....but it costs money.
And if you save your pennies, it isn't that hard to save up and get something really nice and useful, rather than buy a string of cheaper, less capable items over the years.
Yep, and not only that, we see spikes in heart attacks/death every time we fsck with the clocks and having it mess with our internal clocks.
I wish we could abolish it in the US too.
Am I the only one that screens?
Am I the only person in the world that doesn't feel obligated to not only NOT answer every text and call as it comes in (if I'm otherwise occupied) immediately if at all?
Are that many people so hooked, that they can't put it down and leave it alone for hours at a time at least?
Why???
I mean, if these are foreign people inside the US illegally, then this sounds like one of the most legitimate uses of such tech by the NSA and ICE.
If you didn't sign the guest book on the way in, we are obligated to find you and throw your ass back out of the country.
Rather than use it on law abiding citizens,let's use it to more readily track the illegal immigrants in the US (border hoppers and VISA overstays) and use this to more readily track them down.
This would go a long way of circumventing the sanctuary cities that don't obey the laws and cooperate.
I don't have a problem with people coming and migrating to the US to integrate and become US citizens, but if you are coming to the country, at least sign the fucking GUEST BOOK on the way in, and do things legally.
Well, what's to stop the companies, like wikipedia, etc....from pulling all servers physically IN the EU, and just serving their content as they please from the remaining servers around the world?
Sure, it might slow some pages loading a bit in the EU, but there would then be fuck-all they could do about them serving the content they wished....?
I mean, while no one likes it, under current US law, there's really NOTHING that is codified as being illegal about it, otherwise we'd be stringing up tons of companies over this type thing.
The only good thing that could come out of this, is for the US to pass at least basic privacy laws for our citizens and let it be know that WE own our own data, have rights to see/view, and opt IN if we want it shared or used for us, and can also have it removed/deleted if we wish.
I'm not much of one for most EU type laws, but that last one on data privacy could be used for a model here, if anything useful is to come out of this FB data outrage.
So, you're saying it is better to NOT try since you will be risking failure??
I mean...you know, you "can" try more than once...till you succeed, eh?
It sounds like Amazon will be providing equipment for planning routes and all...like UPS and the other big boys have, to help make delivering efficient and help save fuel costs...that should help.
Well, it estimates you can build up to pull in about $300K annually, even today that's not exactly chump change.
Yeah, but small price to pay to be able to start smoking again!!!
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Geez, what's with other languages having words/nouns "male" and "female" for things....with no rhyme or reason.
I've tried to figure that out for decades and it makes no fucking sense.
Now that today, somehow we have > 2 genders [rolls eyes], are those languages changing that, or making a telephone gender neutral?
Wow, really?
I was just making a joke....
Glad they got rid of the knife laws in most of the US...I think it used to be something like 3", but now many if not most states don't have restrictions anymore, at least the ones I travel in.
Sounds like they need "sensible knife laws" in Japan....
Well, perhaps they actually want some over the ear headphone that actually sound worth a shit....something with more of the full spectrum presented in a pleasing manner, rather than just a bad overly strong base signal.
Beats are pretty lousy.....
"Why did we have to have a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol....and another one to legalize alcohol again, YET.....pot was outlawed with the stroke of a pen in congress?"
If you don't like the law...CHANGE the law.
By they way, it is the legislators that make and pass the laws, so, tender your vote that way election time.
But until then, the law is the law.
Back in the old days, the saying used to be "you'll never get fired for buying IBM".
Today? If I was a manager and someone uttered as many as 2 of the 3 letters...I'd can that fscker right on the spot.
Well, they do often cause physical and psychological harm....?
I think US citizens should have the right to do with their bodies as they wish, however.
And we should protect our borders from those committing the crime of crossing illegally...if they start right off breaking the law, then it would seem logical they don't have qualms about breaking other laws here.
Well, the premise is ALWAYS there, that the tip come for good service.
I find even as a transient customer, that if I'm personable, happy to be there, friendly to the server (saying thank you goes a long way), these are indications I'm likely to be a good tipper.....and it works.
THIS^^
So much THIS!!!
Nothing motivates a server like a good tip.
I remember this from MY waiting and bartending days....and I also remember to try to keep up MY end of the arrangement and be a cheerful, happy and friendly customer.
It's amazing what being nice, and tipping decently will do for you if you become a regular somewhere.
I'm the one getting a bit more attention and better drinks and food and service than you, perhaps just because of this.
Give it a try, especially if you are a regular somewhere.
Hell, I like to call out my bartenders and waiters by name when I can, before their ever looking for a name tag......I mean, you know how good it makes YOU feel when someone remembers your name?
Its all about people and people skills folks....and the bottom line on top of that.....they work for tips.
It can be quite lucrative.
But what if the altered image has been printed, can the AI then check things to see if it is altered?