Now separate the numbers between work travel (compulsory) and leisure. I’d not be surprised to see the latter fall off a cliff.
I’ve been to the US 10-15 times. Lovely people, at least in the areas I went, and beautiful land. All for work.
But now I’d not cross the border (ie. submit to the Taking Shoes Agency, or worse) if you paid me. 🤷♂️
On a stock Samsung S22 with the latest security patch (November).
+1 for me on this behaviour, too. Usually after making a reply, but rarely (not never) at other times. Usually need to kill the app and reload to fix it.
It’s been happening for about a month now?
Edit: There it is again, after making this reply. 😅
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Remember when everyone used to say that competition breeds innovation? 😖
Turns out that’s nowhere near as shareholder-friendlyprofitable as consolidation, monopoly and micro-iteration.
Looking forward to all public US companies being a subsidiary of the Amazon-Walmart-Disney mega-conglomerate in 20 years or so…
I certainly see the appeal of being able to make it avoid certain areas. Sounds better than arranging furniture or using those little battery-powered outposts to repel the Roomba (can’t remember what they’re called).
But, for me, I don’t see that outweighing the risks of cloud dependencies (and the inevitable expiration date).
Even assuming a solid internet connection, reliable cloud service and perfect software updates, you may still only get a year or two out of it before they decide to yank it or make it a subscription service. The last decade or so of shitty manufacturer behaviour has permanently jaded me, I think… 😅
Interesting to hear the feedback, thanks.
I’ve had a dumb Roomba (560? 650?) for years. The worst they can do is stop making replacement batteries and brushes available, and there’s plenty of third-party alternatives.
Who buys a smart device when a dumb one is available and does the job just as well. 🤷♂️
Neat idea!
But innovation in the smartphone space? What timeline is this?
Aha! Thank you.
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The words are from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but aren’t the images stills from The Neverending Story?
Is this one of those ‘“Use the Force, Luke” -Gandalf, with an image of Harry Potter’ type memes?
Or am I going mad? 😄
Saw the YT video for this a while back (~15 mins) and thought it mostly a nostalgic throwback to the stuff we saw or hoped for in the 80s and 90s. If “how can we charge rent for this?” hadn’t come along and destroyed innovation, anyway.
It seems more like a proof of concept, as it just fills soapy water up past the seal line, shows progress and wildlife scenes on screen (which will definitely be used to advertise at you eventually), sprays your face and other bits above the water line, drains, and then blow dries you. You’d still need to scrub, and wash your back, butt, etc.
I was kind of hoping for one of those sonic/pulsing water/jet-wash/scrubbing shower things you see in SF. This isn’t it.
But it is great that some companies are still innovating. It’s been a while.
You can still use tailscale and reverse proxy to allow remote streaming
I used to use Plex and when I discovered there was paid remote streaming function - that goes through their servers - my reactions were “Haha, no”* and checking whether my existing WireGuard setup would do it instead.
Whaddya know, remote streaming using Plex and PlexAmp at no cost.
*Not because I begrudge them recouping costs, but because it’s designed that way to justify charging for it, gives them whatever information they want from my viewing, and it’s not self-hosting if there’s any third party cloud/account component to it.
But using mandatory facial recognition for that? I think that is way too far.
I agree. As I’ve said from the beginning.
I don’t know if I would call mandatory facial recognition for children online “the right thing.”
I don’t think so either, which is why I didn’t say it. You skipped my final paragraph.
By “right thing”, I was referring to doing anything, which appears to be more than they’ve tried so far.
The parental responsibility argument was probably valid when there was 1-2 standard computers in a home and getting online was a Whole Thing in itself. Now we have supercomputers in our pockets that are permanently online. It’s a whole lot harder than a simple “parents should take responsibility” one-liner.
I’m not saying they bear no responsibility, but to hand wave that as the answer is not an answer.
Also: Thinking of myself at that age, though public internet didn’t exist until I was almost an adult, I know I’d have found ways around things. A digital equivalent to slipping out of your window to see friends or hiding your Brussels sprouts in a pocket.
The technical education required to correctly protect, monitor and configure the necessary hardware and software is unreasonable for the vast majority of people.
Though you could probably find a kid who’ll happily show you how to do it all…
This. Imagine being a company who suddenly has to do the right thing simply because they can’t afford the “we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas” approach any more.
Litigation may be an awful substitute for regulation, but at least its having some positive effect here.
Shame about the way they’re doing it, though. It’s a wet dream for politicians and activists in favour of age verification, and for the hackers who’ll inevitability get their hands on all of it.
No leaning forward in the heat of the moment… 😄
Good lord, I had one of these. By SoundBlaster, IIRC (May still have it in a box somewhere).
For the confused younger folk: They were a neat idea on paper, but awful in practice. Being all rigid plastic without padding on the base, they excelled at transmitting every bump/vibration of the desk, keyboard taps and (roller ball) mouse movement. 😬
Before headsets with mics or decent noise cancellation were a thing, and before online gaming was much of a thing, so most gamers had powered speakers on their desks. Which the mic was also great at picking up…
The same Anna’s Archive that allows free anonymous downloads that are throttled to the speed of a 1990-era modem unless you pay?
Yes, I’m sure preservation and social good is their goal. Definitely not about making money.