It is far too distracting when you have voices in the hall, phones ringing or anything else. Even having my own cell phone ring pisses me off sometimes, as it breaks my concentration. Of course it isn't every day that I need to concentrate like this, but I appreciate having that ability when the need arises.
Sometimes I work from home, but if my wife is around, her work has her on the phone all of the time, and I can't concentrate. She tells me that "I can't multitask", but to me multitasking is largely a myth unless the tasks are all fairly trivial and the mental context switching overhead is relatively small. A lot of "multitasking" that I see people doing amounts to "multi-goofing off".
On my S5, Android Pay seems to have gotten broken by the Marshmallow update. Every time I try and use it, the damned thing hounds me for the administrative password. And this is despite the fact that I used my fingerprint to unlock the phone.
So the stupid thing is basically unusable now. Simply not worth the effort. Samsung Pay seems like a joke to me, so I just pay cash or use EMV.
I was registering for something the other day (cough - United Airlines - cough), and they had it set up so that you could not do that. They had the same types of stupid canned questions (brand of 1st car, favorite sport, etc), and then a pulldown list from which you had to select an answer.
It depends on how good a job they do with the kiosks. In some restaurants I see customer scrolling from page to page to find the thing that they want, and ultimately taking 5 times longer than it would take to just go up to a human and ask for a coffee and a bagel.
When a call comes from a number I do not recognize, I just don't answer. Doesn't matter what it is. Once in a while if I am expecting a call I might answer an unrecognized number. Otherwise, let it go to voicemail.
If they leave a message and it is someone I want to talk to, I add them to my contacts and call them back
And if they robocall from the same number a few times, I add the number to the "ignore" list so I am not bothered by the sound of a ringing phone.
Something they did - I am not sure what absolutely killed performance. Turning off "Electrocution" seemed to help somewhat, but I am gradually migrating to Chrome as I just can't stand things the way they are now.
If you read the article and look at the video clips, you see the robot get a running start, get down into a crouch and then jump in the air just in time to clear a barrier.
In a real warehouse that would be a pretty useless capability, but it still seemed kind of cool.
I can say that it isn't really that complicated. Yeah, there are a few buttons. You just try them one at a time to see what happens. What's the worst that can happen?
Most of the time when I need a ride, I am at the airport, and they are lined up there waiting for you.
To get to the airport, I just call a local cab. The local cab company now has an app that shows you the location of the cab as it is on its way to your house.
The funny thing is that the millenials all *want* the crappy Ikea furniture. If they have an older relative trying to hand the solid stuff down - no thanks, they don't want it.
My attitude is that lot of these appliances didn't need to be on the internet on the first place. So while there might be a need for firmware updates for one reason or another, you shouldn't need to be constantly checking for updates just because of malware.
What's to stop people from going online and submitting bogus feedback. For example, demanding so much carbonation that all you ever get is a glass of foam?
The problem is this though. The people that are attaching these devices are largely unaffected by this. They got some cheap device of some sort that at least somewhat does what the purchaser wants, and their own device isn't attacking their own machines.
And the manufacturers don't care either. And even if they did, what are the chances that they would have any amount of success getting people to upgrade firmware?
I think VW gambled that they would only get a slap on the wrist. But had that happened, then cheating by other manufacturers would be rather likely. The EPA wanted t make an example of VW so that nobody else would be tempted to do the same thing.
I would note that there are cities all over the world with serious smog problems, and most of them are not in the first world.
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It is far too distracting when you have voices in the hall, phones ringing or anything else. Even having my own cell phone ring pisses me off sometimes, as it breaks my concentration. Of course it isn't every day that I need to concentrate like this, but I appreciate having that ability when the need arises.
Sometimes I work from home, but if my wife is around, her work has her on the phone all of the time, and I can't concentrate. She tells me that "I can't multitask", but to me multitasking is largely a myth unless the tasks are all fairly trivial and the mental context switching overhead is relatively small. A lot of "multitasking" that I see people doing amounts to "multi-goofing off".
On my S5, Android Pay seems to have gotten broken by the Marshmallow update. Every time I try and use it, the damned thing hounds me for the administrative password. And this is despite the fact that I used my fingerprint to unlock the phone.
So the stupid thing is basically unusable now. Simply not worth the effort. Samsung Pay seems like a joke to me, so I just pay cash or use EMV.
What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?
I was registering for something the other day (cough - United Airlines - cough), and they had it set up so that you could not do that. They had the same types of stupid canned questions (brand of 1st car, favorite sport, etc), and then a pulldown list from which you had to select an answer.
And both the Android and PC versions support YubiKey.
I also use password safe. And I use it with a Yubikey for 2FA. Works both with my phone and my PC.
It depends on how good a job they do with the kiosks. In some restaurants I see customer scrolling from page to page to find the thing that they want, and ultimately taking 5 times longer than it would take to just go up to a human and ask for a coffee and a bagel.
When a call comes from a number I do not recognize, I just don't answer. Doesn't matter what it is. Once in a while if I am expecting a call I might answer an unrecognized number. Otherwise, let it go to voicemail.
If they leave a message and it is someone I want to talk to, I add them to my contacts and call them back
And if they robocall from the same number a few times, I add the number to the "ignore" list so I am not bothered by the sound of a ringing phone.
Something they did - I am not sure what absolutely killed performance. Turning off "Electrocution" seemed to help somewhat, but I am gradually migrating to Chrome as I just can't stand things the way they are now.
If you read the article and look at the video clips, you see the robot get a running start, get down into a crouch and then jump in the air just in time to clear a barrier.
In a real warehouse that would be a pretty useless capability, but it still seemed kind of cool.
True, but even 40% is better than nothing. If all of this is true of course.
I can say that it isn't really that complicated. Yeah, there are a few buttons. You just try them one at a time to see what happens. What's the worst that can happen?
Of what if you can't use the thing because it is busy downloading updates.
Wait until there is an IOT toilet, and then it gets infected with malware so that it sprays you with cold water instead of warm.
OK, that is a fair point, but the local taxi company has the app now. So why bother with Uber?
Most of the time when I need a ride, I am at the airport, and they are lined up there waiting for you.
To get to the airport, I just call a local cab. The local cab company now has an app that shows you the location of the cab as it is on its way to your house.
The funny thing is that the millenials all *want* the crappy Ikea furniture. If they have an older relative trying to hand the solid stuff down - no thanks, they don't want it.
Oh, the felinity!
My attitude is that lot of these appliances didn't need to be on the internet on the first place. So while there might be a need for firmware updates for one reason or another, you shouldn't need to be constantly checking for updates just because of malware.
What's to stop people from going online and submitting bogus feedback. For example, demanding so much carbonation that all you ever get is a glass of foam?
Just to be on the safe side, you should stick your phone in a bucket of water.
I have an S5, and I have absolutely no motivation to get anything newer. The S5 still works well, and if you wanted a new one, you can still get it.
The problem is this though. The people that are attaching these devices are largely unaffected by this. They got some cheap device of some sort that at least somewhat does what the purchaser wants, and their own device isn't attacking their own machines.
And the manufacturers don't care either. And even if they did, what are the chances that they would have any amount of success getting people to upgrade firmware?
Brawndo has got what IoT needs.
That's only because it won't boot. That way, the machine can't get infected.
I think VW gambled that they would only get a slap on the wrist. But had that happened, then cheating by other manufacturers would be rather likely. The EPA wanted t make an example of VW so that nobody else would be tempted to do the same thing.
I would note that there are cities all over the world with serious smog problems, and most of them are not in the first world.