Honestly, I disagree. I wouldn't want a back fingerprint reader; I would just like security levels for different apps/websites. Just being able to use a PIN for my bank and not bother me on my/. password would be enough.
No, my complaints are specific to FaceID and some corner cases on UI. The phone as a whole is great-- awesome cameras, great speaker, good feel, great screen, solid battery, etc.
While I do have two issues with FaceID, and a couple others regarding the missing home button... it is impossible for me to believe this story. The screen is a huge selling point, and you get the same real-estate as a plus but in the smaller form factor. FaceID is great for trivial security and for securing the phone.
So, my complaints: I am not comfortable with FaceID for securing banking passwords... but it is too secure for storing my/. password; I can't use FaceID while laying on my side in bed. For the home button, the inconsistencies between devices now is a pain.
Have to agree! My original 2009 iMac was awful due to screen reflectance. The laminated assembly cuts down on glare dramatically.
I did open the 2009 unit once, presumably for a hard drive upgrade. For my 5k 2017, I just sprung for the bigger drive up front; if it somehow manages to last another 8 years I am sure I will make due.
I sympathize with what you are saying, but an all-in-one router/AP has some serious fundamental limits. Sadly, it quickly gets to the economic "smashing point," where it is more efficient to just replace.
Personally, I have migrated to Ubiquiti from Asus. While they do have some cool mesh solutions too, most of the places you have problems a mesh just makes it worse with additional RF pollution. Nothing beats a small access point on low power in each (or most) rooms when you want speed and reliability. With Ubiquity, I end up with a more manageable solution for about $350 including two switches, a router, and two access points.
For some users, OSX (whoops... MacOS) is becoming a real pain in the ass. They eliminated FTP and Telnet, and they make a number of things that used to be very easy downright painful. Every update I cringe because I need to figure out how to fix their broken implementation of SMB in the new version, make sure my local dhcp server for my office's non-routable VLAN is still intact...
Spot on. Primary containment fails: decision tree is to repair or take out of service prior to a sufficiently high risk that the secondary containment fails.
Since the vitrification plant is behind schedule and has some risks in terms of long-term effectiveness, the loss of the tank is a disappointment, but not the end of the world.
Diamonds might not be a good example, but gold's value as a store of vale has more to do with its history as an item with value. The use for jewelry is also significant, especially in some cultures.
The first solution is to tax plastic packaging to make it significantly less attractive to use it for single-use applications. Once you artificially inflate that cost to reduce volume, you can likely burn a good part of it for energy, or subsidize recycling costs.
The likes of Amazon need to be doing more to encourage sustainable packaging... which helps them lower their cost; it is asinine to ship shoplift-resistant packaging to the end user.
Your first problem is ensuring trust of the information and that it isn't coopted by the regime (or an equally unsavory party). Once you do that, the need for external communication, or your communication perimeter, is established.
Then we have the question of what type of message would be trusted. Do we need 4K video, or just text? Do we need to be able to prove sender identity and chain of custody?
Any peer-to-peer communications system you build is unlikely to be effective at more than 6 hops, and you would likely need a communication radius of at least 20 miles, ideally 100 miles. So, you end up with super-peers in the mix... back to trust issues.
It could have gone straight down the middle quite effectively and economically and been integrated into the strip itself with stations. It also would have worked logically, as it is clear to anyone on the strip where it goes.
But negotiations are a bitch for that kind of thing.
Running trains to the airport gets expensive quickly. Monumentally stupid for Las Vegas to not plan for it from the start (best chance in getting people to use a metro system throughout a visit is with an easy, direct connection from the airport).
As for LAX, unfortunately I don’t think it would have made a difference then, and it won’t now with the Air Train. The problem would have been the same either way: there simply isn’t a good way to serve all 8 terminals (T8 doesn’t count). The air train will require a significant walk and poor routing from baggage claim, and then the transfer at the multi-modal facility. And I am someone who actually has (and has used) four transit options to go to the airport from my home and office. The only way you could make it work is if check in and baggage claim were actually at the multi-modal facility.
Massaging the numbers isn’t exactly an ethics thing; it is that there are different ways to interpret the same thing, and an accounting clerk (or even controlled) might not have all the information that the tax lawyer or tax accountant does. Much of it is not black and white.
Simple example— if you buy software on a subscription, that is treated differently than a traditional perpetual license. A 12-month subscription paid in August could be treated differently than a license purchased in April. Meals associated with a billable project may be 50% or 100% deductible. Many things are t black or white, so you might massage the parts to make the whole reflect the true condition.
As much as I hate sympathizing with the Blockchain!!! PR machine, the cloud is an environment where blockchain might actually make sense; you have (at least in theory) a very portable, yet verifiable “database” with distributed validation.
I won’t pretend to understand why some information benefits from such a “database,” as a ledger isn’t really a database unto itself. I also won’t pretend to understand why some information wants to be “committed” by a third party, unless it can actually validate the data.
But, IBM jumping “all-in” should be a sign that we are hitting peak-blockchain.
From an analytical perspective it is pretty easy to identify how a fire would cause fairly uniform temperature rise within a floor, how the building’s fire protection features (steel coatings and sprinklers) would be compromised by the impact of a large plane, and that the natural failure mode of each floor is pankaking (especially with a perimeter column and central core configuration). Likewise, as multiple floors pankake down the process would continue as the magnitude of forces of the falling floors is significantly higher than wind or any eccentric factors.
This doesn’t take much outside consultation, just a simple analysis. But, it is based on the fact/hypothosis that one or more floors pankake to start the reaction.
Most PEOPLE want simple answers in black and white terms. Politics, like most things, does not lend itself to absolute truths. Socialism: good or bad? is a dumb mindset; it is both good and bad. George W Bush: Man or Monkey? is likewise an ineffective distinction.
The people that benefit from a highly polarized environment are the ones making matters worse, and the birther scam is one of the most egregious. A percentage of people are will always respond to that kind of tripe, but pushing the essence of the debate down to that level is just sad.
Ice dams are for snow. Gutters are for water. It would be very odd if Chicago did t require roof drainage, so I would assume there is a concealed gutter in the overhang. It just doesn’t do anything for the snow build-up.
Apple retail stores are badly designed as functional buildings. Why should this one be any different! Let’s hope they also found a way to make the winter winds worse as well!
While the animated poo is what gets me out of bed in the morning, the screen and physical size are clear differentiation compared to the plus. Yeah, I feel stupid having paid that much for a phone... but the incremental cost to me offered value. Oh, and the company paid...
Which, if you go back in a time machine each of the last 3 years (at least) the same news keeps getting pushed out that Apple slashed orders of their flagship phone for CQ1, but when CQ1&2 financials come out, sales end up being roughly where expected.
While clearly a limited microcosm, everything I see suggests pretty robust sales and consumer interest. I wouldn't expect the X to account for more than 15-20% of sales, but that is still a huge jump in ASP.
C'mon, I still miss my Suunto Stinger! It wasn't 220g since I had a G10 band, but the original metal band must have been close. If some fucker (possibly myself) hadn't cross-threaded it when changing the battery I don't know if I would have ever bought another watch.
But functionally, unless I am diving 3-4 times a day, the Apple Watch is better.
There are people that need $20,000 on their wrist, and there are people that focus on effective solutions. I knew one billionaire that wore a g-shock for that reason; I imagine he is working hard to resist the Apple Watch today, if he has not already succumbed.
Function vs heirloom. I have several watches more valuable than my Apple Watch that sit in my dresser because it is more useful to have ready access to selected information of my choosing. Don't get me wrong... I miss my old watches from a style and uniqueness aspect, and I am not sure what the hell to do this week for a timer this week as I go scuba diving.
But... I can't get the current temperature, stock ticker, text messages, or a host of other info on my awesomely simple Welder.
Corruption. Local grid operators want to keep coal jobs and buddy's power plant running (more jobs). Importing power equates to exporting money and jobs.
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Honestly, I disagree. I wouldn't want a back fingerprint reader; I would just like security levels for different apps/websites. Just being able to use a PIN for my bank and not bother me on my /. password would be enough.
Heh.
No, my complaints are specific to FaceID and some corner cases on UI. The phone as a whole is great-- awesome cameras, great speaker, good feel, great screen, solid battery, etc.
Not everything is black and white you know....
While I do have two issues with FaceID, and a couple others regarding the missing home button... it is impossible for me to believe this story. The screen is a huge selling point, and you get the same real-estate as a plus but in the smaller form factor. FaceID is great for trivial security and for securing the phone.
So, my complaints: I am not comfortable with FaceID for securing banking passwords... but it is too secure for storing my /. password; I can't use FaceID while laying on my side in bed. For the home button, the inconsistencies between devices now is a pain.
But hell.... it is the best phone I have owned.
Have to agree! My original 2009 iMac was awful due to screen reflectance. The laminated assembly cuts down on glare dramatically.
I did open the 2009 unit once, presumably for a hard drive upgrade. For my 5k 2017, I just sprung for the bigger drive up front; if it somehow manages to last another 8 years I am sure I will make due.
I sympathize with what you are saying, but an all-in-one router/AP has some serious fundamental limits. Sadly, it quickly gets to the economic "smashing point," where it is more efficient to just replace.
Personally, I have migrated to Ubiquiti from Asus. While they do have some cool mesh solutions too, most of the places you have problems a mesh just makes it worse with additional RF pollution. Nothing beats a small access point on low power in each (or most) rooms when you want speed and reliability. With Ubiquity, I end up with a more manageable solution for about $350 including two switches, a router, and two access points.
Agree; for most users it is a blessing.
For some users, OSX (whoops... MacOS) is becoming a real pain in the ass. They eliminated FTP and Telnet, and they make a number of things that used to be very easy downright painful. Every update I cringe because I need to figure out how to fix their broken implementation of SMB in the new version, make sure my local dhcp server for my office's non-routable VLAN is still intact...
It almost makes me long for systemd. j/k.
Spot on. Primary containment fails: decision tree is to repair or take out of service prior to a sufficiently high risk that the secondary containment fails.
Since the vitrification plant is behind schedule and has some risks in terms of long-term effectiveness, the loss of the tank is a disappointment, but not the end of the world.
Like a lawsuit?
Diamonds might not be a good example, but gold's value as a store of vale has more to do with its history as an item with value. The use for jewelry is also significant, especially in some cultures.
The first solution is to tax plastic packaging to make it significantly less attractive to use it for single-use applications. Once you artificially inflate that cost to reduce volume, you can likely burn a good part of it for energy, or subsidize recycling costs.
The likes of Amazon need to be doing more to encourage sustainable packaging... which helps them lower their cost; it is asinine to ship shoplift-resistant packaging to the end user.
Your first problem is ensuring trust of the information and that it isn't coopted by the regime (or an equally unsavory party). Once you do that, the need for external communication, or your communication perimeter, is established.
Then we have the question of what type of message would be trusted. Do we need 4K video, or just text? Do we need to be able to prove sender identity and chain of custody?
Any peer-to-peer communications system you build is unlikely to be effective at more than 6 hops, and you would likely need a communication radius of at least 20 miles, ideally 100 miles. So, you end up with super-peers in the mix... back to trust issues.
I just puked in my mouth... but Blockchain?
It could have gone straight down the middle quite effectively and economically and been integrated into the strip itself with stations. It also would have worked logically, as it is clear to anyone on the strip where it goes.
But negotiations are a bitch for that kind of thing.
Running trains to the airport gets expensive quickly. Monumentally stupid for Las Vegas to not plan for it from the start (best chance in getting people to use a metro system throughout a visit is with an easy, direct connection from the airport).
As for LAX, unfortunately I don’t think it would have made a difference then, and it won’t now with the Air Train. The problem would have been the same either way: there simply isn’t a good way to serve all 8 terminals (T8 doesn’t count). The air train will require a significant walk and poor routing from baggage claim, and then the transfer at the multi-modal facility. And I am someone who actually has (and has used) four transit options to go to the airport from my home and office. The only way you could make it work is if check in and baggage claim were actually at the multi-modal facility.
Massaging the numbers isn’t exactly an ethics thing; it is that there are different ways to interpret the same thing, and an accounting clerk (or even controlled) might not have all the information that the tax lawyer or tax accountant does. Much of it is not black and white.
Simple example— if you buy software on a subscription, that is treated differently than a traditional perpetual license. A 12-month subscription paid in August could be treated differently than a license purchased in April. Meals associated with a billable project may be 50% or 100% deductible. Many things are t black or white, so you might massage the parts to make the whole reflect the true condition.
As much as I hate sympathizing with the Blockchain!!! PR machine, the cloud is an environment where blockchain might actually make sense; you have (at least in theory) a very portable, yet verifiable “database” with distributed validation.
I won’t pretend to understand why some information benefits from such a “database,” as a ledger isn’t really a database unto itself. I also won’t pretend to understand why some information wants to be “committed” by a third party, unless it can actually validate the data.
But, IBM jumping “all-in” should be a sign that we are hitting peak-blockchain.
From an analytical perspective it is pretty easy to identify how a fire would cause fairly uniform temperature rise within a floor, how the building’s fire protection features (steel coatings and sprinklers) would be compromised by the impact of a large plane, and that the natural failure mode of each floor is pankaking (especially with a perimeter column and central core configuration). Likewise, as multiple floors pankake down the process would continue as the magnitude of forces of the falling floors is significantly higher than wind or any eccentric factors.
This doesn’t take much outside consultation, just a simple analysis. But, it is based on the fact/hypothosis that one or more floors pankake to start the reaction.
Most PEOPLE want simple answers in black and white terms. Politics, like most things, does not lend itself to absolute truths. Socialism: good or bad? is a dumb mindset; it is both good and bad. George W Bush: Man or Monkey? is likewise an ineffective distinction.
The people that benefit from a highly polarized environment are the ones making matters worse, and the birther scam is one of the most egregious. A percentage of people are will always respond to that kind of tripe, but pushing the essence of the debate down to that level is just sad.
Ice dams are for snow. Gutters are for water. It would be very odd if Chicago did t require roof drainage, so I would assume there is a concealed gutter in the overhang. It just doesn’t do anything for the snow build-up.
Apple retail stores are badly designed as functional buildings. Why should this one be any different! Let’s hope they also found a way to make the winter winds worse as well!
Check out the Tesla store... they do.
While the animated poo is what gets me out of bed in the morning, the screen and physical size are clear differentiation compared to the plus. Yeah, I feel stupid having paid that much for a phone... but the incremental cost to me offered value. Oh, and the company paid...
Which, if you go back in a time machine each of the last 3 years (at least) the same news keeps getting pushed out that Apple slashed orders of their flagship phone for CQ1, but when CQ1&2 financials come out, sales end up being roughly where expected.
While clearly a limited microcosm, everything I see suggests pretty robust sales and consumer interest. I wouldn't expect the X to account for more than 15-20% of sales, but that is still a huge jump in ASP.
C'mon, I still miss my Suunto Stinger! It wasn't 220g since I had a G10 band, but the original metal band must have been close. If some fucker (possibly myself) hadn't cross-threaded it when changing the battery I don't know if I would have ever bought another watch.
But functionally, unless I am diving 3-4 times a day, the Apple Watch is better.
There are people that need $20,000 on their wrist, and there are people that focus on effective solutions. I knew one billionaire that wore a g-shock for that reason; I imagine he is working hard to resist the Apple Watch today, if he has not already succumbed.
Function vs heirloom. I have several watches more valuable than my Apple Watch that sit in my dresser because it is more useful to have ready access to selected information of my choosing. Don't get me wrong... I miss my old watches from a style and uniqueness aspect, and I am not sure what the hell to do this week for a timer this week as I go scuba diving.
But... I can't get the current temperature, stock ticker, text messages, or a host of other info on my awesomely simple Welder.
Corruption. Local grid operators want to keep coal jobs and buddy's power plant running (more jobs). Importing power equates to exporting money and jobs.