Not everyone can afford the monthly mortgage payments for a 15 or 20 year loan. Yes, you pay more with a 30, but at least monthly payments can be made!!!
Glad to be so close to retirement and then I won't have to deal with this crap.
You will NOT come out of this unscathed. None will. What will you do when inflation hits and thus marginalizes you life savings? What happens when -not if-, the US becomes insolvent. In fact, paying down the national debt is mathematically near impossible; or so it was last year. It hasn't exactly improved a year later.
I'm reminded of the saying. What cannot go on forever, won't!
Sorry AC, both the young, middle aged, and elderly are about to get get fucked badly. In different ways of course, but fucked none the less.
And that's precisely why millions love it; familiarity with added functionality with each new version. Unlike Android where the entire UI and included apps can change.
People want less learning curve, ease of adaptability to new features as they become available, and reliable operation. The later is due to Apple controlled hardware and top tier Android makers. The el-cheap "free" phones or very inexpensive devices did to reboot or crash spontaneously from either overheating or crap NAND onboard.
Very misleading, and bad wording at best. Before I moved to iOS, I was using a Droid2. So the "switching" applies to me. However, the above quote should have been worded like this...
The final threat for Google's Android may be the most pernicious: What if a significant number of the people who adopted Android as their first smartphone move on to a platformed more refined to their now acute sense of needs and ease of use.
All true, but really the decision comes down to a philosophical one.
A: Would you rather take control of your own genetic code, re-edit it, and risk a catastrophic failure for future generations long after advanced civilization has collapsed from war (rebooting society is now impossible, forgettaboutit).
B: Leave it into the hands of %deity% and hope for the best, thereby absolving all current and future responsibility.
It's a pandora's box for sure. Sometimes the best move is not to play with it in the first place. And...sometimes it is!
Note: Your cell line has lived for about 3,600,000,000 years. The trick to living 3,600,000,000 years is to repair damage faster than it occurs
Yeah, no, not so much. It's more like compiling an OS, using it for 90 years (if you're lucky), then collect the best matching code from another computer and recompile into a fresh new drive. Eventually, the two original OSes running on their respective computers will fail from bloat and mismanagement. In effect, defective by design.
Most likely AI will not be a monolithic hive-mind. It will be the next step in the evolution of life, much like the single cell organism evolving to multicellular life. The laws of survival can be assumed to be universal. As such, expect advanced machine AI to not only compete with other forms of AI, but perhaps forge symbiotic relationships with the most intelligent dominant biological on the planet - Homo sapiens. And I have no doubt to believe that AI would dabble in the reconfiguring of our genome in the process of said relationship. Perhaps also being cybernetic during the union.
Application experience can vary widely between the different phones, OS, and UI version combinations. It's ultimately up to the developer to iron out the kinks, but can be such a PITA that depending on user-base, "good enough" is all that's needed. In some cases, it's just plain crappy.
I found iOS app experience to be at least consistent and more polished. I'm not sure it's so much of the OS as it is lack of Apple models and iOS versions to test against. That, and Apple is picky on who and what gets publish in the App Store. Though I will concede that limits consumer choice, but honestly I don't miss it. There are more iOS apps than I know what to do with anyways.
Is that 90fps recommendation universal for all VR headsets, or circumstantial to the game your playing? For example, a scenic stroll through an RPG world vs the twitch-fest that is Call of Duty.
I can only speak of iPhone5 and above, but that's simply not possible if done properly.
Settings --> General --> Reset --> Erase All Content and Setting. That will clear it back to factory settings. Perhaps you only chose the "Reset all Settings" option which left the content in place. That, or iCloud synced photos back to the phone when you signed in with your iCloud account with the iPhone.
So what you're saying is that you want companies to do your thinking for you?
If you mean "innovation", then yes. Make a product that I like and conforms with my life, and I'll be inclined to make a purchase. Life is too short. I don't have time to think of everything.
See, this is why I'm a convert to Apple iOS. Yes, there are a few reputable hardware vendors for Android like Samsung and LG; and in many cases, superior hardware specs for the latest device. The problem is the hardware/software permutation and lack of post-sales support and upgrades. THIS is why I abhor the Android platform. Yes, it's open source, but it's also chaotic in quality control when comparing and contrasting between not just vendors, but the year in which the vendor brought to market! Love it or hate it, Android is pretty much anarchy wild-wild-west while Apple is, well, Apple.
I can only speak for myself, but I like consistent, stable, and well throughout platforms; even if that renders me very little control. It all comes down to trust. Burn my trust, and I walk.
Those cars are marketed to the rich hip-hop crowd. It's the poor ghetto groupie wannabes that get associated with driving them too. Yeah, in their wildest wet dreams; not happening!
Yeah, it would be far easier to launch a few sats in space to collect solar, beam the energy back down as microwave, and collect with a large spread out antenna grid array on the surface. If I recall, it's very safe for people and wildlife directly in the rays path.
Honestly. Guns, ammo, water, and MREs. You need to be a "prepper". Your nation will have a bloody revolution, and you will want to protect yourself. Can't say what the outcome will be, but what can't go on forever, won't!!!
INAA - But perhaps these other stars are made up of differing ratios of the elements based on what's already in the clouds of dust they're born from?? Differing ratios = differing densities, burn rate, and behaviors.
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Not everyone can afford the monthly mortgage payments for a 15 or 20 year loan. Yes, you pay more with a 30, but at least monthly payments can be made!!!
Glad to be so close to retirement and then I won't have to deal with this crap.
You will NOT come out of this unscathed. None will. What will you do when inflation hits and thus marginalizes you life savings? What happens when -not if-, the US becomes insolvent. In fact, paying down the national debt is mathematically near impossible; or so it was last year. It hasn't exactly improved a year later.
I'm reminded of the saying. What cannot go on forever, won't!
Sorry AC, both the young, middle aged, and elderly are about to get get fucked badly. In different ways of course, but fucked none the less.
And that's precisely why millions love it; familiarity with added functionality with each new version. Unlike Android where the entire UI and included apps can change.
People want less learning curve, ease of adaptability to new features as they become available, and reliable operation. The later is due to Apple controlled hardware and top tier Android makers. The el-cheap "free" phones or very inexpensive devices did to reboot or crash spontaneously from either overheating or crap NAND onboard.
The blood of young virgin women; the kind pent up with sexual frustration. THAT's what keeps a man young! :)
Very misleading, and bad wording at best. Before I moved to iOS, I was using a Droid2. So the "switching" applies to me. However, the above quote should have been worded like this...
All true, but really the decision comes down to a philosophical one.
A: Would you rather take control of your own genetic code, re-edit it, and risk a catastrophic failure for future generations long after advanced civilization has collapsed from war (rebooting society is now impossible, forgettaboutit).
B: Leave it into the hands of %deity% and hope for the best, thereby absolving all current and future responsibility.
It's a pandora's box for sure. Sometimes the best move is not to play with it in the first place. And...sometimes it is!
Note: Your cell line has lived for about 3,600,000,000 years. The trick to living 3,600,000,000 years is to repair damage faster than it occurs
Yeah, no, not so much. It's more like compiling an OS, using it for 90 years (if you're lucky), then collect the best matching code from another computer and recompile into a fresh new drive. Eventually, the two original OSes running on their respective computers will fail from bloat and mismanagement. In effect, defective by design.
Well, in that case, this article proves that least bullshit can be accessed at the speed of light.
Fucking brilliant!
*picks up iPhone* "NSA, where is the nearest Pizza joint?"
NSA: Five miles, then turn right at Ivy, Rd.
NSA: By the way, you have very few funds in your account. I recommend something cheap at TacoBell.
Uhh....ok, Thanks!...I think..
Most likely AI will not be a monolithic hive-mind. It will be the next step in the evolution of life, much like the single cell organism evolving to multicellular life. The laws of survival can be assumed to be universal. As such, expect advanced machine AI to not only compete with other forms of AI, but perhaps forge symbiotic relationships with the most intelligent dominant biological on the planet - Homo sapiens. And I have no doubt to believe that AI would dabble in the reconfiguring of our genome in the process of said relationship. Perhaps also being cybernetic during the union.
Application experience can vary widely between the different phones, OS, and UI version combinations. It's ultimately up to the developer to iron out the kinks, but can be such a PITA that depending on user-base, "good enough" is all that's needed. In some cases, it's just plain crappy.
I found iOS app experience to be at least consistent and more polished. I'm not sure it's so much of the OS as it is lack of Apple models and iOS versions to test against. That, and Apple is picky on who and what gets publish in the App Store. Though I will concede that limits consumer choice, but honestly I don't miss it. There are more iOS apps than I know what to do with anyways.
Is that 90fps recommendation universal for all VR headsets, or circumstantial to the game your playing? For example, a scenic stroll through an RPG world vs the twitch-fest that is Call of Duty.
I can only speak of iPhone5 and above, but that's simply not possible if done properly.
Settings --> General --> Reset --> Erase All Content and Setting. That will clear it back to factory settings. Perhaps you only chose the "Reset all Settings" option which left the content in place. That, or iCloud synced photos back to the phone when you signed in with your iCloud account with the iPhone.
So what you're saying is that you want companies to do your thinking for you?
If you mean "innovation", then yes. Make a product that I like and conforms with my life, and I'll be inclined to make a purchase. Life is too short. I don't have time to think of everything.
See, this is why I'm a convert to Apple iOS. Yes, there are a few reputable hardware vendors for Android like Samsung and LG; and in many cases, superior hardware specs for the latest device. The problem is the hardware/software permutation and lack of post-sales support and upgrades. THIS is why I abhor the Android platform. Yes, it's open source, but it's also chaotic in quality control when comparing and contrasting between not just vendors, but the year in which the vendor brought to market! Love it or hate it, Android is pretty much anarchy wild-wild-west while Apple is, well, Apple.
I can only speak for myself, but I like consistent, stable, and well throughout platforms; even if that renders me very little control. It all comes down to trust. Burn my trust, and I walk.
And English for marketing people.
Those cars are marketed to the rich hip-hop crowd. It's the poor ghetto groupie wannabes that get associated with driving them too. Yeah, in their wildest wet dreams; not happening!
"Avoiding" taxes is NOT a crime" ...YET, comrade. Do not displease the people's party.
Yeah, it would be far easier to launch a few sats in space to collect solar, beam the energy back down as microwave, and collect with a large spread out antenna grid array on the surface. If I recall, it's very safe for people and wildlife directly in the rays path.
No. The answer is to get the hell out of a state that's reached critical mass in population expense! It has, and will always be about cost of living.
I'm sure it will, and the TSA and border control goons still won't give a fuck. But yeah, good question.
Biometric scanners. Next time you're required identify yourself, you might get arrested instead for doing some nose candy.
Honestly. Guns, ammo, water, and MREs. You need to be a "prepper". Your nation will have a bloody revolution, and you will want to protect yourself. Can't say what the outcome will be, but what can't go on forever, won't!!!
Pretty much anything with deep composition via stringed instruments, including the piano. Done!
INAA - But perhaps these other stars are made up of differing ratios of the elements based on what's already in the clouds of dust they're born from?? Differing ratios = differing densities, burn rate, and behaviors.