alterbentzion

regurgitatedcoprolite said:

Jon Stewart, aka Jonathan Stuart Leibowtiz. has had his day. Time for him to hang it up.

Your comment smacks of antisemitism. Why else do you need to emphasize his Jewish surname?

Sorry, but I can't not call you on this.

My one experience with id.me was frustrating and unsuccessful. I had to sign up with them to preregister for a drive-through COVID PCR test a couple of weeks ago. Their questions, and the proofs they asked for, were seriously intrusive, especially for a company I'd never even heard of before - so much so that I would only provide them with my phone number. When that proved insufficient, I decided to skip the whole business and sign up the old-fashioned way when I got to the testing center.

I'd love to be able to edit the default order of icons, so when I rent a car (I travel frequently) I don't need to reinvent the wheel each time.

Mike Wuerthele said:

antiprotest said:

Why are even tech people so faint hearted as to find everything "creepy"? I see this word come up a lot in similar contexts. One might have no use for this product but it is far from creepy. This is nothing. 

Can't imagine why folks that have multiple decades in tech might have opinions on dumb tech.

Can't imagine why folks who have multiple decades of life experience, period, might have opinions about inanimate objects that essentially try to manipulate us.

How about templates?

sconosciuto said:

Brother says the printer can handle up to 40,000 pages per month, with a recommended monthly print volume of 3,000 pages.

So a laser printer needs to print an average of 100 pages a day? Or else…?

Or else… nothing. I think the manufacturer is just trying to tell you what kind of workload a printer is designed for. Aside from toner, laser printers very slowly burn through other consumables, such as rollers and transfer belts, and those parts are not cheap to replace. A printer that's designed for a heavier workload will (one hopes) have parts that can generate more printouts before they need to be replaced. Materials (plastic, rubber, etc.) don't deteriorate very quickly in an office environment, so underused parts simply last longer before they need to be replaced. It kind of mirrors the way unused toner stays usable, compared to inkjet cartridges and nozzles that dry out and clog.

I can tell you that when I was a nonprofit admin, I almost always bought printers that were designed for a slightly heavier workload than we needed at the time. I considered it future-proofing, and the savings on parts replacements more than made up for the initial up-front costs.

When I enable RCS, my phone doesn't offer SMS as a fall-back option, the way it does with iMessage. Is this a bug or a feature?

A few years ago, Cincinnati Children's Hospital standardized on iPhones and Epic/MyChart, with an iPad at every bedside. The laptops, though, still run Windows - and just this morning, as the nurses started the Q&A before my son's outpatient procedure, they complained about poorly-working computers.

What would be truly life-changing, though, would be for Apple to get involved in the user interfaces for medical equipment, the way they've moved into the automotive space.

I have to say I'm disappointed - not in the hardware, but in the loss of a relatively affordable iPhone. I'd love to replace my SE 2020, but not for twice what I paid for it as an open-box phone.

gatorguy said:

alterbentzion said:

When I enable RCS, my phone doesn't offer SMS as a fall-back option, the way it does with iMessage. Is this a bug or a feature?

A feature

Can you explain that? If an RCS message fails to be sent - say, because I have no data connection - why shouldn't the phone try sending it as plain-text instead, as long as I've deliberately set it up that way? Is that riskier behavior than the equivalent setting for iMessages?