
Re: Recovering fanboy here.
I was an early non-adopter.
I didn't get an original iPhone, and I've been one of the first to not buy a new iPhone every year since. ;o)
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I actually paid for the upgrade to the ad-free version, not because the ads were a major annoyance, but because it's such a useful program.
The fact that it "Works anywhere" without a need for a mobile or data signal, is a major factor, and it doesn't try to rape your privacy with unnecessary permissions.
You do realise that it is the white that nourishes the growing yolk, don't you?
If unions were of no benefit to their members, people wouldn't join them. Yet they do join, so there must be some perceived benefit.
Maybe it's the guaranteed work breaks, the paid holidays, the pension contributions, the sick pay, redundancy pay, the lack of a "fire-at-will" option for employers?
Maybe it's all of the above?
This was the problem at my school. We were the also the first year to take O level Computer Science, and our CS teacher was primarily a Religious Education bod.
Needless to say, the results were appalling. I got an "E" grade, and only two boys scraped a "C" grade pass out of 12 entrants. It was one of my favourite subjects, too.
However, I was bitten by the bug, and am still suffering the effects of long Computing...
Once you had trained it to your particular voice, and learned to speak with clear...gaps...between...the...words, Via Voice was perfectly usable on a 486 under OS/2.
The way similar sounding words changed as the context became clear was impressive.
How many times more powerful is a modern smartphone over a 486/100? This never needed to be remotely "processed," it's just a way to better target advertising, or general spying on their users.
I had imagined them taking power from an overhead grid system, like a fairground bumper car.
Seems like unnecessary complication, having to carry the weight of batteries around, and having to stop to recharge, with the risks associated with LiPo cells.
Easier to kill the power to the entire grid, too. No uncontrollable fires.
Am I under-thinking this?