You're apparently one of those people who buys a phone. You're doing it wrong, you're supposed to buy a lifestyle to impress the people you meet who buy into marketing.:)
Well, smartphones aren't needed, either. Like them, it is a want. What's the user advantage of a thinner phone? Easier to break? Less room for battery capacity? An excuse to build in planned obsolescence with a non-user replaceable battery?
"Or it could be that it IS working as it is supposed to,"
OK, if it's working as it should, what's the reason for removing the jack? It's not any of the bullshit ones the marketing department came up with: cost ($800 phone and you need a $40 accessory to replace all the lost functionality), size/space (plenty of phones to compare, a dongle is bigger, and they charge more for larger phones, anyway), water resistance (a jack can be just as water resistant as a USB port). I suspect the reason Apple did it was strictly aesthetics - one less hole in their device. That's not unexpected, they make a lot of form over function design decisions ("you're holding it wrong"). But please, what's the legitimate, real, user benefit of removing the jack?
I got an Echo recently. It's useful for some things - you can ask it factual questions ("what's the weather/time", "how many feet in a furlong"), and it's good for casual music ("Alexa, play some Christmas music"). But beyond that, you have to learn what to say to control stuff ("tell x to do y"). It's no good at interpreting intent - you need to learn what it expects instead of it learning what you want.
But, for the $25 it cost on a Black Friday sale, it's more a fun toy than a useful assistant.
I just plan on going into my Amazon account every few weeks and deleting all voice recordings. All the ones it's kept so far have checked out to be innocuous. If someone finds out I've been telling my Echo to turn on the living room lights, I really don't care (much).
"the number of companies selling computer-programmable universal remotes that have real buttons, LCD screens, and have programming software that isn't restricted to ONLY their "value added resellers" (burn in hell, UEI) is... well... zero."
But, that doesn't solve the problem. For many devices they still need to go through a vendor's cloud service for control - it's not local. E.g., HA will control a Nest or Ecobee, but it does so by talking to the vendor's Internet service, the devices themselves simply do not have local APIs. Home Assistant and openHAB won't help you out if the vendor discontinues support or goes away, or even just has a server failure.
"IoT devices themselves are fine. ZWave or ZigBee light switches donâ(TM)t depend on whims of a manufacturer. "
Uh, wha??? IoT is Internet of Things. Neither ZWave nor ZigBee use IP, they are definitely not IoT devices.
And actual IoT devices are very, very, commonly dependent on a vendor's servers. Wink and SmartThings hubs, Ecobee and Nest thermostats, many cameras, etc. Some will provide basic functions when they've lost contact with the mothership, but full function depends on external services which you can't control.
CRT resolution is related to bandwidth, focus, and physical size. NTSC monitors were lucky to achieve 160 horizontal lines of resolution (comparable to 320 pixels), and they were fixed at 525 lines vertically. RGB monitors could do better, and often allowed the timing to be changed to increase the vertical resolution.
Oh, and the guy in that video is using "resolution" wrong. When referring to CRTs, "resolution" was taken to mean lines of horizontal resolution. As used for LCD displays, it normally refers to display resolution, where it's an ambiguous misnomer, but most often meant to mean pixel dimensions (e.g. 1024x768). He's saying CRTs don't have pixels, despite the fact that pixels were used to describe CRT images long before LCDs were even thought of. For CRTs displaying bit-mapped images, the display resolution depends on both the capabilities of the display, and the device driving it. Hence, the old CGA/VGA/XGA, etc. nomenclature. Later CRT monitors could accept different timings and display resolutions.
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Perhaps when the GP speaks of making "devices thinner," they're referring to wallets.
You're apparently one of those people who buys a phone. You're doing it wrong, you're supposed to buy a lifestyle to impress the people you meet who buy into marketing. :)
Well, smartphones aren't needed, either. Like them, it is a want. What's the user advantage of a thinner phone? Easier to break? Less room for battery capacity? An excuse to build in planned obsolescence with a non-user replaceable battery?
"Or it could be that it IS working as it is supposed to,"
OK, if it's working as it should, what's the reason for removing the jack? It's not any of the bullshit ones the marketing department came up with: cost ($800 phone and you need a $40 accessory to replace all the lost functionality), size/space (plenty of phones to compare, a dongle is bigger, and they charge more for larger phones, anyway), water resistance (a jack can be just as water resistant as a USB port). I suspect the reason Apple did it was strictly aesthetics - one less hole in their device. That's not unexpected, they make a lot of form over function design decisions ("you're holding it wrong"). But please, what's the legitimate, real, user benefit of removing the jack?
"I had NO problems with my iPhone 6 Plus with iOS 12.1.1 or 12.1.2."
Apparently, that makes you special.
"Mocked By Jimmy Kimmel..."
So, badge of honor.
Could be worse. They could have put the kid into church school with a priest.
That's redundant. Kenny was killed last week.
I got an Echo recently. It's useful for some things - you can ask it factual questions ("what's the weather/time", "how many feet in a furlong"), and it's good for casual music ("Alexa, play some Christmas music"). But beyond that, you have to learn what to say to control stuff ("tell x to do y"). It's no good at interpreting intent - you need to learn what it expects instead of it learning what you want.
But, for the $25 it cost on a Black Friday sale, it's more a fun toy than a useful assistant.
I just plan on going into my Amazon account every few weeks and deleting all voice recordings. All the ones it's kept so far have checked out to be innocuous. If someone finds out I've been telling my Echo to turn on the living room lights, I really don't care (much).
E, that's nothing. 5G? eh. This one goes to 11.
...meant to add, next thing they'll want to get rid of "fsck".
Change it to "Hooters," or "Twin Peaks."
"the number of companies selling computer-programmable universal remotes that have real buttons, LCD screens, and have programming software that isn't restricted to ONLY their "value added resellers" (burn in hell, UEI) is... well... zero."
You can still find NOS Nevo/Xsight remotes, programming is supported by RemoteMaster.
Yep. Whoop-de-shit. I haven't been attacked by chloroform since jr high science class, and then it was deliberate.
"...please consider donating to reputable organization with a real track record instead."
OK. Please point to an organization which has "a real track record" in removing mid-ocean plastic.
IMHO, they're honestly trying, but naive about the necessary technology.
But, that doesn't solve the problem. For many devices they still need to go through a vendor's cloud service for control - it's not local. E.g., HA will control a Nest or Ecobee, but it does so by talking to the vendor's Internet service, the devices themselves simply do not have local APIs. Home Assistant and openHAB won't help you out if the vendor discontinues support or goes away, or even just has a server failure.
"IoT devices themselves are fine. ZWave or ZigBee light switches donâ(TM)t depend on whims of a manufacturer. "
Uh, wha??? IoT is Internet of Things. Neither ZWave nor ZigBee use IP, they are definitely not IoT devices.
And actual IoT devices are very, very, commonly dependent on a vendor's servers. Wink and SmartThings hubs, Ecobee and Nest thermostats, many cameras, etc. Some will provide basic functions when they've lost contact with the mothership, but full function depends on external services which you can't control.
Logitech has a history of screwing their users. Consider that in your future purchasing decisions.
"more than 150 companies..."
And the Goog isn't listed. Which only means Google knows more about you than the bookface, and so wouldn't gain anything from their data.
Zuck wears blue underwear?
#deletefacebook
Microsoft is complaining that Google is using a embrace, extend, and extinguish strategy. I wonder where they learned that from.
That was well over a year ago, which simply reinforces the GP's point.
"What we mean is that CRTs were not like LCDs with a fixed number of physical pixels."
Except, a CRT alone doesn't produce an image. It's part of a system, and for bit mapped systems, there are pixels.
"Pixel" and "resolution" have long understood meanings. Don't be disingenuous by redefining them and then saying they don't apply.
"CRTs didn't have resolutions,"
Sure they did.
CRT resolution is related to bandwidth, focus, and physical size. NTSC monitors were lucky to achieve 160 horizontal lines of resolution (comparable to 320 pixels), and they were fixed at 525 lines vertically. RGB monitors could do better, and often allowed the timing to be changed to increase the vertical resolution.
Oh, and the guy in that video is using "resolution" wrong. When referring to CRTs, "resolution" was taken to mean lines of horizontal resolution. As used for LCD displays, it normally refers to display resolution, where it's an ambiguous misnomer, but most often meant to mean pixel dimensions (e.g. 1024x768). He's saying CRTs don't have pixels, despite the fact that pixels were used to describe CRT images long before LCDs were even thought of. For CRTs displaying bit-mapped images, the display resolution depends on both the capabilities of the display, and the device driving it. Hence, the old CGA/VGA/XGA, etc. nomenclature. Later CRT monitors could accept different timings and display resolutions.
"In 2018, we are out and proud about Python"
Careful, or some SJW will accuse you of cultural appropriation.