The various flavors of USB are enough to drive someone to drink. USB-C is a welcome change that actually fulfills the promise of the word "Universal" in USB.
By "flavor" do you mean the USB connector, or the protocol carried over the cable? USB-C does nothing to sort out the protocol. E.g., so you can plug in a USB-C cable. That doesn't guarantee support of USB 3[.1]. It doesn't guarantee any particular charging power level. It might support video. Or not.
What kind sad relationship did you have with your parents?
It's upsetting to some parents when they see that others' are able to form trusting, mature relationships with their children. Start saving for bail now.
Hell, when I was a kid, most parents seemed to want you to come back or check in maybe every 4 hours at best. And now, parents want their kids in the home and heavily monitored with what they are doing. What gives?
^^^ This guy has it. All things being equal, why not monitor the heck out of your kids? Even if it's a small chance something bad is going to happen, might as well be safe right? No.
The problem is all things aren't equal. By monitoring them, you rob them of the life experience of learning how to deal with things on their own and solve their own problems. Not to mention, you teach them about a big scary world where bad things are lurking around every corner, as opposed to one that's open for them to enjoy and experience.
The benefit you get from removing that minutely small chance they'll be preyed up online (or whatever, I'm honestly at a loss what people think they are protecting their kids from) isn't worth robbing them of life skills.
I told my son that I can see all the websites his phone goes to.
Well, he'll never figure out how to get around that one will he (or figure out you are full of crap)? His friends don't have phones. Or computers. And he'll never figure out how to disable the software checks. Nor will his friends. I'm sure.
I told my son he can look at anything but explained some of the things he's going to find and let him know he should talk to me about if he has questions finds something disturbing. Your kids are going to see it all more sooner than later. It'd behoove you to prep them for that rather than try to hide it from them. All you are doing is letting them know when they do see it that they'd better not let you find out.
By the time your kids are teens you are basically done. They are mainly learning from and emulating their peers and (non-parental) mentors. You'd better hope you've equipped them to handle what they can find online before that. If not you have bigger problems than choosing a surveillance software package.
You are right. the 4G/128G i5 Asus is $629. Still $150 more than you quoted though. And it has a smaller screen.
You can't compare the first-day retail price of this new device with the discounted sale price from wherever you bought your Asus. Want me to find a laptop from 2 years ago that's cheaper than your Asus then claim you got ripped off? Why not?
The cheapest model of which is $599 (retail, but let's compare apples to apples huh?). But since you said "2x the memory", you must have been talking about the core i5 / 8GB model. That one is $699.
i'd much rather save a few hundred bucks and not have a shitty geforce 'm" card, and instead use a desktop card of my choosing. it's upgrade-able, performance isn't quite as gimped due to heat/power issues, and laptop is lighter and cheaper..
They've been putting full-on "desktop" GPUs in laptops for some time now. All you have to do is pay for it and invest in a heat shield for your nuts.
Microsoft says it has also improved the standby time -- so much so that "you could go away on spring break and still have the same battery life when you returned."
Appealing not to people that will actually attend spring break since they hardly have money for gas and beer, rather, to people with fond memories of spring breaks past.
Don't forget Cali is about to go bankrupt, as is San Francisco. Just wait and see how "desirable" it is when it's in receivership. (Have a look at Detroit and how it died for how this goes down). It's going to get a lot worse and a lot more expensive before it gets better there. Was I the only one who saw the mass robbery on BART the last few days? Desirable? Not on your life. I'll visit and see the sights, but I'm not staying there.
Pretty clear you *want* this to be the case, but you couldn't be more wrong. CA is one of the largest economies in the *world*. Detroit died because the one and only industry behind it went in the crapper. The tech industry isn't quite in the same boat.
Was I the only one who saw the mass robbery on BART the last few days? Desirable? Not on your life. I'll visit and see the sights, but I'm not staying there.
OMFG you saw a news story about CRIME in San Francisco? Say it isn't so!
My wife went to university here in the US and got an H1B after she graduated to be an interpreter. I agree the loop holes need to be closed but let's not kid ourselves into thinking it's not beneficial.
So true. There's a shortage of high quality asian wives.
You should read less between the lines. I didn't say anything about the right / wrong of the action. I said the analogy of stopping a bigger weapon with a smaller weapon is exactly the opposite of the actual example. But don't let this get in the way of your ranting. Carry on soldier!
That doesn't make them Christian. When they win an election it does not mean the country has become more Christian.
He (Erdoan) quotes Islamic values and acts on them in the name of Islam. And yes, if the population of a country elects a religious leader that runs on religious values, it DOES mean the country has become more religious.
Are you saying that Islam is defined by the outcome of Turkish elections?
Islam, as all religions, is defined by the values of the people that make up the faith and the leaders they elect / appoint to project those values. This, as opposed to how some random guy on the internet defines it.
How do Muslim's vote in the U.S.? If they vote Democrat does it mean Islam supports trans-gender bathrooms? If they vote Republican does it mean the Islam fears and hates it's followers?
I personally vote with the issues not based on the D/R in front of the candidates' names. To be honest though not even sure what you are getting at.
You are making the mistake of confusing his tactics with some coincidental attribute that he used to bind his followers to him.
His party has (had?) Islam in the name. He runs on Islamic values. He quotes Islam in his rulings. He was elected by a nation of Islam followers.
Regardless, the point is rather moot. A religion is as it's followers do. If 98% of condemn homosexuality, does it matter that several critics claim that homosexuality does not go against 's teachings?
Did I say anything about the Armenian genocide? What I implied was that Erdoan colors himself with Islam, his party runs on Islamic values, and he is elected by Islamic people. I think you should ask him if his values have "nothing to do" with Islam. I suspect the answer would be yes, they do.
Jesus Christ didn't hate on gay people. It's not a Christian issue. It's the dogma of a subset of IDIOTS who CALL themselves Christians.
Well the old testament does hate on gay people. See Romans 1:26-27.
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You don't need a fist full of adaptors. If every device you have fits into a USB A port on your surface, then all you need is one adaptor, a C to A.
Unless in the unlikely scenario you need to connect >1 USB device at a time. Only a power user scenario I know, but thought I'd mention it anyway.
1. Spread FUD about USB-C, and in so doing, about the new MBPs.
Apple goes all-USB-c ---> nerds rage.
Microsoft sticks with USB-A ---> nerds rage.
The various flavors of USB are enough to drive someone to drink. USB-C is a welcome change that actually fulfills the promise of the word "Universal" in USB.
By "flavor" do you mean the USB connector, or the protocol carried over the cable? USB-C does nothing to sort out the protocol. E.g., so you can plug in a USB-C cable. That doesn't guarantee support of USB 3[.1]. It doesn't guarantee any particular charging power level. It might support video. Or not.
What kind sad relationship did you have with your parents?
It's upsetting to some parents when they see that others' are able to form trusting, mature relationships with their children. Start saving for bail now.
Hell, when I was a kid, most parents seemed to want you to come back or check in maybe every 4 hours at best. And now, parents want their kids in the home and heavily monitored with what they are doing. What gives?
^^^ This guy has it. All things being equal, why not monitor the heck out of your kids? Even if it's a small chance something bad is going to happen, might as well be safe right? No.
The problem is all things aren't equal. By monitoring them, you rob them of the life experience of learning how to deal with things on their own and solve their own problems. Not to mention, you teach them about a big scary world where bad things are lurking around every corner, as opposed to one that's open for them to enjoy and experience.
The benefit you get from removing that minutely small chance they'll be preyed up online (or whatever, I'm honestly at a loss what people think they are protecting their kids from) isn't worth robbing them of life skills.
I told my son that I can see all the websites his phone goes to.
Well, he'll never figure out how to get around that one will he (or figure out you are full of crap)? His friends don't have phones. Or computers. And he'll never figure out how to disable the software checks. Nor will his friends. I'm sure.
I told my son he can look at anything but explained some of the things he's going to find and let him know he should talk to me about if he has questions finds something disturbing. Your kids are going to see it all more sooner than later. It'd behoove you to prep them for that rather than try to hide it from them. All you are doing is letting them know when they do see it that they'd better not let you find out.
By the time your kids are teens you are basically done. They are mainly learning from and emulating their peers and (non-parental) mentors. You'd better hope you've equipped them to handle what they can find online before that. If not you have bigger problems than choosing a surveillance software package.
Remember: The USA is only 4% of the world.
Wait. What is this "world" you speak of?
You are right. the 4G/128G i5 Asus is $629. Still $150 more than you quoted though. And it has a smaller screen.
You can't compare the first-day retail price of this new device with the discounted sale price from wherever you bought your Asus. Want me to find a laptop from 2 years ago that's cheaper than your Asus then claim you got ripped off? Why not?
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lol.
A $1000 tablet that can only run App Store apps? Someone at Apple is getting a raise.
The cheapest model of which is $599 (retail, but let's compare apples to apples huh?). But since you said "2x the memory", you must have been talking about the core i5 / 8GB model. That one is $699.
So you were only off by ~30% in your price quote.
RTFA. This is NOT their education offering. That's a different animal.
On the sidelines of Windows 10 S and affordable Chromebook-like laptops announcements, Microsoft also announced the newest addition ...
So... can Microsoft credibly make the same claim?
I'll answer that for you: no, because no one actually has it yet, let alone has had it for 4+ years.
P.S., your Macbook is about to catch on fire and burn, within the next several weeks. Can you credibly claim otherwise?
i'd much rather save a few hundred bucks and not have a shitty geforce 'm" card, and instead use a desktop card of my choosing. it's upgrade-able, performance isn't quite as gimped due to heat/power issues, and laptop is lighter and cheaper..
They've been putting full-on "desktop" GPUs in laptops for some time now. All you have to do is pay for it and invest in a heat shield for your nuts.
Microsoft says it has also improved the standby time -- so much so that "you could go away on spring break and still have the same battery life when you returned."
Appealing not to people that will actually attend spring break since they hardly have money for gas and beer, rather, to people with fond memories of spring breaks past.
So we spoke with people who currently rely on Hackintoshes to see how the computers are being used -- and what they'd like to see from Apple.
2TB NVME m.2 boot drive (+2x NVME m.2 slots)
Intel Core i7 6950X overclockable liquid cooled
2x NVidia Titan X
4x empty drive bays for expansion
8x PCIE 16x slots
Subwoofer built into case
RGB lighting
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$900
I've seen the tax rates... I know why companies are leaving the state in droves, many heading to places like Texas (where I live).
You can keep repeating what your talk shows tell you, but that doesn't make it true.
Don't forget Cali is about to go bankrupt, as is San Francisco. Just wait and see how "desirable" it is when it's in receivership. (Have a look at Detroit and how it died for how this goes down). It's going to get a lot worse and a lot more expensive before it gets better there. Was I the only one who saw the mass robbery on BART the last few days? Desirable? Not on your life. I'll visit and see the sights, but I'm not staying there.
Pretty clear you *want* this to be the case, but you couldn't be more wrong. CA is one of the largest economies in the *world*. Detroit died because the one and only industry behind it went in the crapper. The tech industry isn't quite in the same boat.
Was I the only one who saw the mass robbery on BART the last few days? Desirable? Not on your life. I'll visit and see the sights, but I'm not staying there.
OMFG you saw a news story about CRIME in San Francisco? Say it isn't so!
pay more because those same databases tell the site you're gay or transgender, saving the lower prices for straight, white and married?
Wow. What flavor is the Koolaide?
My wife went to university here in the US and got an H1B after she graduated to be an interpreter. I agree the loop holes need to be closed but let's not kid ourselves into thinking it's not beneficial.
So true. There's a shortage of high quality asian wives.
All I can say is, enjoy your delusion. Imagining people think things and then yelling at them for it is FUN!
You should read less between the lines. I didn't say anything about the right / wrong of the action. I said the analogy of stopping a bigger weapon with a smaller weapon is exactly the opposite of the actual example. But don't let this get in the way of your ranting. Carry on soldier!
That doesn't make them Christian. When they win an election it does not mean the country has become more Christian.
He (Erdoan) quotes Islamic values and acts on them in the name of Islam. And yes, if the population of a country elects a religious leader that runs on religious values, it DOES mean the country has become more religious.
Are you saying that Islam is defined by the outcome of Turkish elections?
Islam, as all religions, is defined by the values of the people that make up the faith and the leaders they elect / appoint to project those values. This, as opposed to how some random guy on the internet defines it.
How do Muslim's vote in the U.S.? If they vote Democrat does it mean Islam supports trans-gender bathrooms? If they vote Republican does it mean the Islam fears and hates it's followers?
I personally vote with the issues not based on the D/R in front of the candidates' names. To be honest though not even sure what you are getting at.
You are making the mistake of confusing his tactics with some coincidental attribute that he used to bind his followers to him.
His party has (had?) Islam in the name. He runs on Islamic values. He quotes Islam in his rulings. He was elected by a nation of Islam followers.
Regardless, the point is rather moot. A religion is as it's followers do. If 98% of condemn homosexuality, does it matter that several critics claim that homosexuality does not go against 's teachings?
Are you literate, able to read at all?
Did I say anything about the Armenian genocide? What I implied was that Erdoan colors himself with Islam, his party runs on Islamic values, and he is elected by Islamic people. I think you should ask him if his values have "nothing to do" with Islam. I suspect the answer would be yes, they do.
Jesus Christ didn't hate on gay people. It's not a Christian issue. It's the dogma of a subset of IDIOTS who CALL themselves Christians.
Well the old testament does hate on gay people. See Romans 1:26-27.