Not only do I enjoy driving, I PREFER to drive a stick shift. My personal car is a Mustang for the weekends. I requested my employer provided car to be a stick shift as well.
Living out here in flyover country, (small-medium city 200k), a 10 minute commute to work would be a lifetime. Lots of great country to drive in here. From time to time, I have to go to Tulsa, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit but I don't fly...I drive.
As long as the cruise control & spotify work, doesn't bother me one bit.
I only have three things to set. Alarm clock, my Mustang, and my work car.
Everything else is automatic, but, that being said, DITCH IT! Set it either standard time or DST
and leave it alone.
Tell me how often you see kids in vehicles, with the WINDOWS DOWN. Probably almost never, because mommy is
on the phone and doesn't want the noise LOL.
Oppo designs & builds everything with a OnePlus label.
It was a pretty ingenious marketing idea by BBK Electronics. Create a "small startup" called OnePlus.
ONLY advertise on social media & their website. Create the hype by saying you have to have an INVITE
to spend your money (because they are a poor little startup). Hype it up with things like smash your device
(which went sideways) and a girls only thing (which went sideways), but, any coverage is "good" and FREE
press. Make up with pretty high specs, but cut a few corners, sell it for "cost" and say any profit is put in to
making more devices for devoted users. With each new device, tweak the price higher and higher and higher
to the point it's NOT the bargain it use to be, or bargain, if you use Apple & Samsung as a benchmark.
With pretty much NO customer service and NO testing before release, leave it to the customers to report
bugs which get fixed, and use THAT to say look how many updates we push out. We "listen" to the customers
(yeah because the phones didn't work like they were suppose to!)
The phones are made by Oppo, and usually look just like some Oppo phone, but as a less expensive price.
They can be good devices, after they've been in the wild for a while and the bugs are fixed.
Oppo pulls the strings, OnePlus is just the puppet.
In fact, at almost 60, I'm still 100% factory equipment!
Appendix, wisdom teeth, no body parts have been removed.
My mom said the reason I was the only one in the family that
didn't have to have their wisdom teeth removed was because
I had a big mouth. LOL, well, she was right in a way.;)
Yeah, it said some came from MS but, wonder how many came that were ex-NASA or other ex-government?
Government employees typically never care about two things.
1. Deadlines
2. Budgets
They work "for the government" and their unlimited resources (taxpayers) and never worry about performance
as they usually have to kill someone to be fired (except for politicians.)
The Chinese will take the ram, reverse engineer it, and then dump THEIRS on the market cheaper, driving
out the competition, then jacking the price up when they have the entire market.
How do you think they got so successful in everything else? They COPY everything.
In fact, in most places, to do business there, you have to give up some of your property "secrets".
If they did, people would stop buying this stuff.
Nope, the commie government, has approximately 1.5 BILLION "cheerful" workers to exploit one way or another.
And those workers, when shown in the print & television media will have SMILES on their faces, with brand new
clean uniforms.
Nope, they won't be shown in their "living conditions", which are basically a prison dorm, where the money you
make, goes toward your room & board, to the point you are pretty much a slave to the shop you work for.
Gotta keep churning out all that Chinese made electronics so people world wide can stand in line for a new
one every few months.
Man is going to destroy the planet by the end of the 1990's.
Cow farts could cause the Earth to reach the tipping point by 2010
And on and on....now bitcoin mining will cause sea level to rise.
PANIC! Not!!
Stupid moving the clock around. In the agricultural days, farmers, that's all they did...farm. What difference did it make?
NONE. it was all a con job, to "allow" people to have what they though was more free time after work to go do things.
IE: spend money.
The old Indian saying is best.
"only white man would cut bottom from blanket, sew it on top and think he had longer blanket"
Just put the clocks either on standard time or daylight savings time and LEAVE IT.
Bad enough we have so much crap, face ID, chip cards and all this other crap.
It's just more conditioning, so in the years/decades to follow people become even more
accepting to this crap. "it's for your safety, for your convenience" Load of BS. It more
for tracking, data mining and all other crap. Eventually they will load these with a death
dart, and at some point when you are no longer good to "the state" they can just cut you
down.
You watch...this will be hooked onto by the leftist, as a new "crisis".
Wouldn't surprise me people back in the 60's through 80's also had trace amounts of
"microplastics" in their stool samples too.
I've been repairing electronics, since the era of vacuum tubes, transistors, through to IC's.
I've also repaired many smartphones. Even at my age, my skills, sometimes it is like doing
nerve surgery.
Moto might be releasing this, as a way for people to jack up their phones to the point, they
have to buy new ones.;)
It's so they can charge you MORE for the faster charger. DUH
I prefer slow charging anyway. Typically safer charges are when you
slow charge. And it typically has less chemical impact on the battery life.
Not to mention, the few places I travel to, are within 6 hours, and given how much time you
have to waste, getting to the airport hours early, going through the violations of your rights (TSA),
plus the hassle getting out of the airport, plus, being packed onto a plane like sardines, I would rather
just drive there anyway. I enjoy driving, seeing the scenery, listening to the music...I'll drive first!
It started with the TSA...full body search, FOR YOUR SAFETY.
It continued with full body scans, FOR YOUR SAFETY.
It continued with "Real ID", FOR YOUR SAFETY.
Now, facial recognition, FOR YOUR SAFETY.
Where does it end? Implanted bio chips of course.
Been in the copier/printer/fax/computer business almost 40 years.
Printers print a row of light yellow dots, even on b&w copies along the
edges to ID each print. It's not as bad with "fake" stuff these days because
most printers have tech to know if it is a "non copy" document. Unless you
copy them over 150% or less than 74% of the original size, they come out
blank or black, or just won't copy at all.
If the number isn't in my address book, I just swipe it to voicemail. If it is important, they will
leave a message. If they don't, it goes into my block list.
99% of the phone numbers I get that start with my area code and my prefix are spam anyway.
I've had my same number for over a dozen years, so I know there isn't a lot of them left, so they
are obviously SPAM.
Product. Saw the specs before release, then when the price was announced at 700 bucks, just laughed it off.
Once they had the "fire sale" on Amazon for less than 300 dollars, got one as a backup. Good phone, updates
quickly, but does have one little issue. (USA user here) The antenna/modem or case design causes the signal
to suffer. Couple places where my mate 9 has a signal, the Essential has NO signal.
Ran it for 3 months, other than the antenna/signal issue, NOT ONE other problem.
Updates usually 1-2 days at the beginning of the month, fast, no lag, battery makes it through the day with 30-40%
to spare.
They should have done like Oppo did with the OnePlus brand. Build it for a give away price, do some viral marketing
and what not to build a fan base. But, they thought just because "Andy Rubin's" name was one it, they could charge
what they did. Outside the tech/geek bunch, no one has a clue who he is.
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Not only do I enjoy driving, I PREFER to drive a stick shift. My personal car is a Mustang for the weekends. I requested my employer provided car to be a stick shift as well. Living out here in flyover country, (small-medium city 200k), a 10 minute commute to work would be a lifetime. Lots of great country to drive in here. From time to time, I have to go to Tulsa, Dallas, Chicago, Detroit but I don't fly...I drive. As long as the cruise control & spotify work, doesn't bother me one bit.
I did...my last 3 phones have had 4,000mAH batteries, and were great!
I only have three things to set. Alarm clock, my Mustang, and my work car. Everything else is automatic, but, that being said, DITCH IT! Set it either standard time or DST and leave it alone.
Tell me how often you see kids in vehicles, with the WINDOWS DOWN. Probably almost never, because mommy is on the phone and doesn't want the noise LOL.
Oppo designs & builds everything with a OnePlus label. It was a pretty ingenious marketing idea by BBK Electronics. Create a "small startup" called OnePlus. ONLY advertise on social media & their website. Create the hype by saying you have to have an INVITE to spend your money (because they are a poor little startup). Hype it up with things like smash your device (which went sideways) and a girls only thing (which went sideways), but, any coverage is "good" and FREE press. Make up with pretty high specs, but cut a few corners, sell it for "cost" and say any profit is put in to making more devices for devoted users. With each new device, tweak the price higher and higher and higher to the point it's NOT the bargain it use to be, or bargain, if you use Apple & Samsung as a benchmark. With pretty much NO customer service and NO testing before release, leave it to the customers to report bugs which get fixed, and use THAT to say look how many updates we push out. We "listen" to the customers (yeah because the phones didn't work like they were suppose to!) The phones are made by Oppo, and usually look just like some Oppo phone, but as a less expensive price. They can be good devices, after they've been in the wild for a while and the bugs are fixed. Oppo pulls the strings, OnePlus is just the puppet.
In fact, at almost 60, I'm still 100% factory equipment! Appendix, wisdom teeth, no body parts have been removed. My mom said the reason I was the only one in the family that didn't have to have their wisdom teeth removed was because I had a big mouth. LOL, well, she was right in a way. ;)
Yeah, it said some came from MS but, wonder how many came that were ex-NASA or other ex-government? Government employees typically never care about two things. 1. Deadlines 2. Budgets They work "for the government" and their unlimited resources (taxpayers) and never worry about performance as they usually have to kill someone to be fired (except for politicians.)
We've been breaking up "monopolies" since the 1800's. No difference, if it can be proven these companies are monopolies or anti-trust type situations
The Chinese will take the ram, reverse engineer it, and then dump THEIRS on the market cheaper, driving out the competition, then jacking the price up when they have the entire market. How do you think they got so successful in everything else? They COPY everything. In fact, in most places, to do business there, you have to give up some of your property "secrets".
If they did, people would stop buying this stuff. Nope, the commie government, has approximately 1.5 BILLION "cheerful" workers to exploit one way or another. And those workers, when shown in the print & television media will have SMILES on their faces, with brand new clean uniforms. Nope, they won't be shown in their "living conditions", which are basically a prison dorm, where the money you make, goes toward your room & board, to the point you are pretty much a slave to the shop you work for. Gotta keep churning out all that Chinese made electronics so people world wide can stand in line for a new one every few months.
I would need MAGNIFICATION to read a "tiny" book, as would most people over 50.
Man is going to destroy the planet by the end of the 1990's. Cow farts could cause the Earth to reach the tipping point by 2010 And on and on....now bitcoin mining will cause sea level to rise. PANIC! Not!!
Stupid moving the clock around. In the agricultural days, farmers, that's all they did...farm. What difference did it make? NONE. it was all a con job, to "allow" people to have what they though was more free time after work to go do things. IE: spend money. The old Indian saying is best. "only white man would cut bottom from blanket, sew it on top and think he had longer blanket" Just put the clocks either on standard time or daylight savings time and LEAVE IT.
Bad enough we have so much crap, face ID, chip cards and all this other crap. It's just more conditioning, so in the years/decades to follow people become even more accepting to this crap. "it's for your safety, for your convenience" Load of BS. It more for tracking, data mining and all other crap. Eventually they will load these with a death dart, and at some point when you are no longer good to "the state" they can just cut you down.
You watch...this will be hooked onto by the leftist, as a new "crisis". Wouldn't surprise me people back in the 60's through 80's also had trace amounts of "microplastics" in their stool samples too.
Mr Cook...it isn't like APPLE doesn't data mine. What a joke (cr)Apple has become.
I've been repairing electronics, since the era of vacuum tubes, transistors, through to IC's. I've also repaired many smartphones. Even at my age, my skills, sometimes it is like doing nerve surgery. Moto might be releasing this, as a way for people to jack up their phones to the point, they have to buy new ones. ;)
It's so they can charge you MORE for the faster charger. DUH I prefer slow charging anyway. Typically safer charges are when you slow charge. And it typically has less chemical impact on the battery life.
Not to mention, the few places I travel to, are within 6 hours, and given how much time you have to waste, getting to the airport hours early, going through the violations of your rights (TSA), plus the hassle getting out of the airport, plus, being packed onto a plane like sardines, I would rather just drive there anyway. I enjoy driving, seeing the scenery, listening to the music...I'll drive first!
It started with the TSA...full body search, FOR YOUR SAFETY. It continued with full body scans, FOR YOUR SAFETY. It continued with "Real ID", FOR YOUR SAFETY. Now, facial recognition, FOR YOUR SAFETY. Where does it end? Implanted bio chips of course.
Been in the copier/printer/fax/computer business almost 40 years. Printers print a row of light yellow dots, even on b&w copies along the edges to ID each print. It's not as bad with "fake" stuff these days because most printers have tech to know if it is a "non copy" document. Unless you copy them over 150% or less than 74% of the original size, they come out blank or black, or just won't copy at all.
GOOD! Finally solve for Pi! LOL
If the number isn't in my address book, I just swipe it to voicemail. If it is important, they will leave a message. If they don't, it goes into my block list. 99% of the phone numbers I get that start with my area code and my prefix are spam anyway. I've had my same number for over a dozen years, so I know there isn't a lot of them left, so they are obviously SPAM.
Ya know?
Product. Saw the specs before release, then when the price was announced at 700 bucks, just laughed it off. Once they had the "fire sale" on Amazon for less than 300 dollars, got one as a backup. Good phone, updates quickly, but does have one little issue. (USA user here) The antenna/modem or case design causes the signal to suffer. Couple places where my mate 9 has a signal, the Essential has NO signal. Ran it for 3 months, other than the antenna/signal issue, NOT ONE other problem. Updates usually 1-2 days at the beginning of the month, fast, no lag, battery makes it through the day with 30-40% to spare. They should have done like Oppo did with the OnePlus brand. Build it for a give away price, do some viral marketing and what not to build a fan base. But, they thought just because "Andy Rubin's" name was one it, they could charge what they did. Outside the tech/geek bunch, no one has a clue who he is.