Now would be a good time to start watching Doctor Who (2005) if you haven’t yet 😂

I think people just like to pick on Apple. They support old phones for at least 5 years with software and security updates, and sometimes even longer. They’ve even been known to push out the occasional security update for devices nearing a decade old.

That’s not to say they’re a perfectly innocent company. I just think there’s an Apple hate bandwagon people like to jump on. Rather than doing that, I’d like to see people focusing on the specific shitty things they do, and giving them credit for the things they get right.

I mean yeah it’s not as optimized, but that’s not what the claim was. That’s also not exclusively an Apple behavior so I don’t get why we’re singling out one manufacturer here.

Apple doesn’t make anyone buy anything every year. They support older devices longer than most other manufacturers, so I still don’t understand your point.

Yeah that’s not my experience. Maybe it’s yours and I apologize for that, but my 11 is still running like it was brand new.

Got any proof that “Apple intentionally builds in incremental slowdowns in each patch”? There was batterygate but that was a messaging problem.

Please elaborate on the iTrash slowdown thing. I have an idea of what you’re referring to but want to make sure I’m right.

Question: How the shit does the US legal system claim that “High crimes and Misdemeanors” disqualifies someone from being President, but 34 FELONIES is ok?

Answer: because the people in charge don’t care.

I’m glad he’s been convicted but any idiot can see that this should disqualify him.

IMO the simplest answer is L2 charging everywhere, DCFC on highways, both with reliable uptime and repair windows.

If one could charge at home, work, the grocery store, the bank, the mall, the theater or everywhere else they might run an errand from time to time, the chargers don’t need to be that fast or expensive, EV batteries don’t need to be as big, and L2 chargers are a fraction of the installation and upkeep cost of DCFC with minimal wear on battery life. This also means EVs could be lighter and cheaper with smaller batteries.

DCFC makes sense every 50 miles or so on freeways to more than cover anyone looking to road trip.

Ubiquity and SLA’s are the two biggest areas functionally holding back our infrastructure.

It annoys me to no end when you see a mall advertising EV charging and it’s like 2 plugs that work maybe half the year for their parking lot with like 1k spaces.

The problem isn’t range or speeds. It’s availability and reliability. That’s it. Not all chargers need to be DCFC, we just need more of them with reliable uptime

Source: EV driving apartment-dweller who’s never been able to enjoy charging at home and lives this daily.

Oh absolutely it is. But glass is even better between the two.

Any win is a win though :)

Cans have plastic in them

The charging infrastructure is one of the biggest advantages their core product has.

All Tesla owners can take advantage of the higher speeds, relatively low charging price (at least in my area), and plug and charge functionality and that goes a long way in closing the sale for first time EV buyers.

So although not a core product itself, it’s one of the biggest selling points they have. Even non-teslas can charge at compatible stations and that’s just more profit for them. Combined with NACS being the new standard it makes sense to keep investing.

This decision doesn’t really make sense. You’re right though, we’ll see what happens ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Nice

Ugh of course it was that hahaha. Thanks! 👍

Weird. No issue in edit but I see it too.

Reminders of our current impending doom should make us mad, not depressed. Maybe then we could collectively demand something. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We lose more than a 9/11’s worth of people every day still due to COVID. The presence of other factors that result in death in no way erases this amount of loss, and yet we’re so numb to this it almost feels like it isn’t happening anymore to most of us.

Unfortunately I think we’re all too desensitized from the last decade or so to care if anything does happen, but I genuinely hope I’m wrong. It’s not looking good, though.

Taco time has no business being as good as it is but yeah their kits aren’t quite as great. It started in my hometown and has never gone down in quality, only expanded and released other things. Nothing beats a taco time soft bean burrito imo.

You my friend are so lucky to have known it too, and I am so jealous of your taste buds for only just starting this t-bell journey. Hope you liked it!

Yep. They see it as a way of making life easier without any downsides.

I looked into these the other day as my canon inkjet is on its last legs, but it seems any brother laser printer with a comparable featureset now has its own subscription model, and I could be wrong but this is how it seems to work based on my research:

• You automatically get a trial subscription with the toner you get in these printer models (not sure, I hope it’s opt-in)

• If you don’t continue the subscription after the trial, the toner cartridges lock and there’s no way to continue using them, even if you renew your subscription later. You have to pay for new toner cartridges.

Left-to-right makes sense in iOS because new pages or screens in an app typically animate in from Right-To-Left, so the back gesture is just the opposite of that.

Different OS, different paradigm.

It still exists, you swipe down on the bar at the bottom of the screen. You can also set up a feature called “Back Tap” and set a double or triple-tap on the back of the phone to trigger it or any number of other actions.