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Emergency video sharing absolutely will NOT be compatible with Emergency SOS via Satellite. You repeatedly state and imply that one would be able to send video through the satellite communication feature, but that is not the case. Emergency SOS Video sharing will only work through cellular or wifi connections. This announcement has ZERO to do with satellite. Did you even read the press release? "Satellite" is mentioned 0 times.

beowulfschmidt said:

Xed said:

What a PoS. What's interesting is that drivers who have hit a bicyclist almost never get in trouble for the accident unless there's gross negligence involved, or they already had something else outstanding, like a suspended license or a warrant out for their arrest.

I'm mostly convinced that this is because many, if not most, cyclists either don't know the rules of the road to which they are subject, or just don't care, which often makes the accident the cyclist's fault, and not the driver's.  As a cyclist myself, this pisses me off greatly, as those types ruin it for everyone.

Numerous studies have shown that cyclists are at fault in only 13-25% of accidents involving motor vehicles, with studies saying, on average, that just under 19% of accidents are the cyclist's fault. I think your entire attitude in that comment is anti-cyclist and espousing widely and falsely held beliefs that cyclists do not respect the road. I'm not a professional cyclists, I don't even have one of those skin-tight cycling outfits or pedals that clip into special shoes, I road bike once or twice a week for exercise. But the vast majority of cyclists that I know or encounter are extremely aware of their surroundings, are careful, and above all, they all know they are to abide by the rules of the road just like a car should, and for the most part they do. I can't think of a time when I've seen someone flagrantly disobeying road rules/law, other than rolling through a stop sign at a 4 way stop within a neighborhood with no cars nearby (which the motor vehicles also do, but with greater frequency, speed, carelessness, and unawareness). If you want to talk about whether motor vehicle drivers or cyclists are more prone to disobey traffic laws, it is without a doubt motor vehicle drivers. Let's not continue to perpetuate this anti-cyclist attitude with little to back it up.

With this thing you're always looking at a screen. You're never actually looking directly at any objects through optical lenses, even with the Nikon eyepiece. It's all rendered digitally and displayed on your choice of screen. There's a lot about that fact that makes me wholeheartedly want nothing to do with this thing. I can pull up beautiful images of every visible part of this Universe online and look at it via a screen, why would I want to pay this amount of money to do exactly that same thing but with more steps and a slower process. 

What I mean to say is that a telescope should allow you to look directly at an object with your eyes. Nothing but optics and lenses to magnify and sharpen the photons into your eye. No electronic conversions or processes messing with the image you see. This telescope removes ALL the awe and magic of being able to discern amazing celestial bodies with your own eye. I am ALL for telescopes that can auto find and focus on whatever object you want, but I have no interest in this completely digitized and over processed fake astronomy that removes any and all realness of traditional telescopes. For a second I thought the pro model with the viewfinder would be the saving grace here, but no, even the image you see through the viewfinder is merely another freaking digital screen.

I really don't understand these schemes. Why on earth would you want to chance not having the payments and ending up incurring interest, defaulting, and getting bad marks on your credit? For something under $1000...if you can't afford something that inexpensive in one go, you shouldn't be taking out a risky loan just to get it right now. At least with credit cards you can just pay the minimum if you can't afford to pay it all off in one go. And I'm not saying people should keep a balance on a credit card, that's not great either, but these little 6 week loans are ten times worse.
How can you truly not wait those 6 weeks? Save up that money you think you'd otherwise have to pay off the loan, and buy it in a normal transaction. A month and a half is not that long to wait to buy whatever nonessential item you think you need right away.
How exactly do you think these companies are making money on these short term loans? From the majority of their lower income customers being late or defaulting on payments and incurring huge fees and interest. These schemes are bad for consumers and it's truly a shame that Apple ever got into it.

pulseimages said:

I have 2019 16” MBP and it’s working just fine. I don’t see any need to upgrade at this time. 

I have that same Intel MBP and feel the same way, though as an Apple fan it's taking the entirety of my self control to stop myself from upgrading. It sucks just buying the best MBP and mere months later they announce the M series chips; same thing happened to me when they switched to Intel, oh well.
I think I'm going to hold out until the OLED MBP comes out, which is rumored for 2025. I do fear that the resell price on this MBP will be trash by then though.