6. Escalating taxes on fossil fools for transportation use. The aim should be to phase them out for ground transport within 20 years, worldwide.
7. Ban all unnecessary use of pesticides and herbicides. Agriculture is a valid use if used in moderation; so is disease control. Having a perfect, green lawn in your boring shithole of a suburb is NOT a valid use.
What about pesticides and other toxins as well? We're dumping this shit into our environment and some of it is persistent. Agriculture is one thing, but whenever I see a house with a perfect, green lawn, I want to smack the owners in the face.
This leads to the following question: a laptop can boot up immediately with a dead battery and a power adapter, or even with the battery removed. Why don't most new phones have the same capability?
US already has nuclear weapons, therefore they're a viable solution in the US. China, India, Russia, France, Israel, UK, and Pakistan are nuclear weapons states and contain almost 50% of Earth's population. The non-proliferation argument is basically bullshit, especially since states that already have weapons can reprocess for states that don't.
What a larf. Suggesting that someone who dislikes telemetry migrate to Chromebook (ChromeOS), king of the cloudfucked operating systems, aka a glorified WebTV.
Fragment too much and all of the streaming services lose... remember that virtually EVERYTHING is available on sites like the "Harbor for Renegade Sailors" or via hacked Kodi devices. These things are slightly inconvenient to use, but if you have to deal with having 10 accounts, the balance of convenience shifts towards piracy.
There are limits to what contracts can stipulate. For example, you can't write a contract that says, "if you violate our terms of employment, we can shoot you in the head." An employer doesn't have an absolute right to impose conditions on their employees, especially if they're no longer being paid. Fuck off with your corporatism.
Obviously. But "local storage of media" is where the micro-SD slot comes in. 256GB microSD cards are under $50 these days.
I'd rather have a 32GB + SD phone that I use cloudfree than a 256GB phone that's more cloud-dependent for data transfer (cough... Apple... cough). At least with the phone with SD, I can remove the card and stick it in a laptop or whatever to offload data.
USB-C is bidirectional and digital -- should be no problem including a mic and playback controls that are BETTER than current 3.5mm headphones. If manufacturers don't, that just means they're being assholes who want you to buy a $100 set of Bluetooth headphones instead.
Realistically, it's a phone -- why does it need "large internal storage"? 32GB is enough for an OS and apps even when running Windows -- not sure how you'd come close to filling it with current Android releases and apps.
Then again, there's a recent push for stricter environmental laws (which might take care of planned obsolescence) and right-to-repair laws. Both in the EU and in the USA. There's SOME hope IMHO.
OMG, so a phone with 3.5mm jack might be 2mm thicker than one without. Who cares? The issue with most modern phones isn't thickness anyway, but their huge footprint. The 4" iPhones were perfectly sized, but this size of phone is hard to get in the USA in 2019.
Maybe small in the USA. In countries that use phones but have 1/5 to 1/10th the per-capita GDP of the US, a $5 set of 3.5mm headphones is equivalent to spending $50. Bluetooth/USB-C stuff is likely simply out of reach.
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6. Escalating taxes on fossil fools for transportation use. The aim should be to phase them out for ground transport within 20 years, worldwide.
7. Ban all unnecessary use of pesticides and herbicides. Agriculture is a valid use if used in moderation; so is disease control. Having a perfect, green lawn in your boring shithole of a suburb is NOT a valid use.
What about pesticides and other toxins as well? We're dumping this shit into our environment and some of it is persistent. Agriculture is one thing, but whenever I see a house with a perfect, green lawn, I want to smack the owners in the face.
This leads to the following question: a laptop can boot up immediately with a dead battery and a power adapter, or even with the battery removed. Why don't most new phones have the same capability?
$29 battery replacement vs $500 to $1000 phone that removed features. What a choice!
Because manufacturers are not offering them in higher-end phones, and other features are more important to lusers than a replaceable battery.
US already has nuclear weapons, therefore they're a viable solution in the US. China, India, Russia, France, Israel, UK, and Pakistan are nuclear weapons states and contain almost 50% of Earth's population. The non-proliferation argument is basically bullshit, especially since states that already have weapons can reprocess for states that don't.
Cue the NIMBYs and cowards ... nuclear bad! Braaaaaaaaawk!
You talkin bout Snooki?
What a larf. Suggesting that someone who dislikes telemetry migrate to Chromebook (ChromeOS), king of the cloudfucked operating systems, aka a glorified WebTV.
Coward spotted.
Again, that's what the microSD Card is for! 32GB + microSD = virtually unlimited storage.
Exactly -- balkanization shifts the point of maximum convenience towards piracy.
Fragment too much and all of the streaming services lose ... remember that virtually EVERYTHING is available on sites like the "Harbor for Renegade Sailors" or via hacked Kodi devices. These things are slightly inconvenient to use, but if you have to deal with having 10 accounts, the balance of convenience shifts towards piracy.
There are limits to what contracts can stipulate. For example, you can't write a contract that says, "if you violate our terms of employment, we can shoot you in the head." An employer doesn't have an absolute right to impose conditions on their employees, especially if they're no longer being paid. Fuck off with your corporatism.
Obviously. But "local storage of media" is where the micro-SD slot comes in. 256GB microSD cards are under $50 these days.
I'd rather have a 32GB + SD phone that I use cloudfree than a 256GB phone that's more cloud-dependent for data transfer (cough ... Apple ... cough). At least with the phone with SD, I can remove the card and stick it in a laptop or whatever to offload data.
USB-C is bidirectional and digital -- should be no problem including a mic and playback controls that are BETTER than current 3.5mm headphones. If manufacturers don't, that just means they're being assholes who want you to buy a $100 set of Bluetooth headphones instead.
I do. A cable provides power + audio, meaning I never have to worry about charging another fucking device.
Realistically, it's a phone -- why does it need "large internal storage"? 32GB is enough for an OS and apps even when running Windows -- not sure how you'd come close to filling it with current Android releases and apps.
Sarcasm I ass-u-me :)
Right: those damned libruhl states, actually caring about workers' rights. How dare they!
Then again, there's a recent push for stricter environmental laws (which might take care of planned obsolescence) and right-to-repair laws. Both in the EU and in the USA. There's SOME hope IMHO.
Solution: don't use the gym -- gyms stink (literally!) anyway.
OMG, so a phone with 3.5mm jack might be 2mm thicker than one without. Who cares? The issue with most modern phones isn't thickness anyway, but their huge footprint. The 4" iPhones were perfectly sized, but this size of phone is hard to get in the USA in 2019.
No, it's just one more stinking thing to remember to keep charged if you want to use it. Whereas 3.5mm (or USB-C) headphones just plug in and work.
Maybe small in the USA. In countries that use phones but have 1/5 to 1/10th the per-capita GDP of the US, a $5 set of 3.5mm headphones is equivalent to spending $50. Bluetooth/USB-C stuff is likely simply out of reach.