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Mondain said:

And in the process, making pictures even harder to text/mail/send/airdrop to people. Not sure which consumers benefit from the ever-increasing pixel density and file sizes. I have a Nikon D800, (40megapixels) and have always reduced file size. I guess it will impel flash drive development.... 

It provides more headroom for editing photos and video. The end product is significantly better if editing and adjustments are made at high resolution before reducing to a lower resolution for showing sharing or whatever. If you reduce to the final resolution first and then apply the exact same edits and adjustments, the final product will be inferior to the same thing edited at higher resolution and then reduced.  So if you want to produce a 4K video, you'll get better results if you shoot and edit in 8K and then downsample the final edit to 4K for distribution. 

waveparticle said:

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GeorgeBMac said:

AppleZulu said:

waveparticle said:

AppleZulu said:

waveparticle said:

GeorgeBMac said:

hexclock said:

waveparticle said:

hexclock said:

nicholfd said:

lkrupp said:

sdw2001 said:

maciekskontakt said:

I am touched. Wait a moment.I have never been on Twitter and left Facebook one year ago. Maybe changes to Meta and Dorsey leaving Twitter were result of that 

I quit both earlier this year.  Both are evil companies.  I don't suspect this will improve Twitter at all.  At Least Hipster Rasputin won't have his mug everywhere.  

Apple is not exactly a saint either. Maybe not ‘evil’ per se but tiptoeing around it sometimes.

WTF does Apple have to do with any of this?  They don't have a social media presence!

He’s not wrong though, as Apple sometimes treads in murky waters, especially in regard to China. 

In regard to Twitter, nothing will change about that company. Unfortunately he is still on at Square. 

Did Apple experience China haters' accusations in China? None! Nada! This is unlike what Twitter experienced in US. 

People in China are either not allowed to know what is going on, or afraid to speak of it if they do. 

Or perhaps they don't have professional propagandists spreading conspiracy theories.

This is correct answer. Unlike western countries people can spread any false information under protection of free speech, Chinese cannot spread false information. Anyone doing that will be dealt seriously. Think about it. Before the internet age, people can send opinion to newspapers. An opinion will be scrutinized by an editor before it may be published. Why it that? Because many people hold opinions that are contrary to facts. Some people here hate me because I post some facts that they don't like. I expose liars.

You are suggesting a binary situation where there is not a binary situation. Your statement is only correct if the official position of the Chinese government is always consistent with the truth. I would suggest that the more correct statement would be that 'Chinese cannot spread information that is inconsistent with the official position of the Chinese government, and that anyone doing that will be dealt [with] seriously.' 

Do you understand politics? I see Chinese government is very similar to all government. A government sole responsibility is to govern. If a government can not deal with people that refuse to follow order, the government becomes ineffective. You should also be very careful using the word truth. I have stated in this forum before. Finding truth is like the story of blind men and elephant. They want to find out the truth of what elephant looks like. Each man gives a statement of what he thinks the elephant looks like after touching it. Isn't each statement a fact? But each fact is far from the truth. Even all statements are not equal to truth. Western opinion on China is just like that. Many China haters produce facts about China. But they hide all facts that are in favor of China. Often they insert lies to the statements. 

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Facts are facts.
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 I prefer the US Constitution, where if the government officially denies the existence of the elephant in the room, enough of us plain old citizens who know better can vote out the elephant denier and vote for a new president who listens to scientists and other experts....

A free press is essential for democracy.  WIthout it democracy cannot stand.  But, these days cable news, social media and other sources are using and abusing it to spread disinformation that is destroying the country and its democracy.

So let's go back to his original statement that, in China you are not allowed to spread disinformation.  That is true.  It is good -- except when or if the government "gets it wrong" -- then there is no check on them.  They define the truth.  That is Communism's greatest weakness and what will, eventually, take them down.

But here we are swimming in the opposite -- a sea of disinformation.

FauxNews led the way in spinning the truth using "facts" -- they paint one side of a story to push their ideology and their agenda.  And now talk radio, social media and other sources are using the same technique to spread disinformation as well.  

... In other words, using his analogy, you are shown an elelphant's trunk and, based on that "fact' you are told that an elephant is a thick tube like creature.  They used "facts" to lie you.

The proof is in the pudding:  China has 25 cases of COVID a day -- partly because they don't have to deal with corrupt idiots teaching people to hate and rebel from their country because "vaccines won't protect you" or one of the many other pieces of one-sided bullshit you hear on U.S. media.

As for us voting out those who lie to us:  The BigLie is still being used to discredit the last election and set the foundation for overturning the next (and the next).  So much for your democracy.  Kiss it goodbye.

As Obama correctly said:  "We used to debate opinions.  Now we debate facts".

That's what the disinformation so rampant these days is doing:  misusing our freedom of the speach and the press in convincing large segments of the people that black is white and up is really down.

China has its Achilles heal and we have ours -- which is currently on full display.

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After thought:  Watch "The Line" on Apple TV.   It documents a psychopath murdering innocent people.  But, when arrested and indicted his family mobilized social media to discredit the charges and the people making those charges.  That lie progressed up the chain to FauxNews and the president injected himself into the process and the psychopath is, today free. 

Or, watch Jon Stewart's (I think) second episode where he talks about how freedom of the press is being misused to spread disinformation -- and is being used to dismantle our democracy.

We have our problems, yes, but this: "Chinese culture puts order higher than freedom" is nothing less than chilling. You don't have to be a "China hater" to not like that. At all.

Do you like being put into a small dark room and interrogated for a long time? This is happening every day in American airports by custom officials. And the purpose is order. Are you for it?

Without knowing the specific circumstances, I can't respond to the specific example.

More generally, where the US falls short of its ideals of following due process to balance personal freedom against the need for general civil order, no, I am not "for it." I am free to say that, and to criticize instances where I believe the government has failed to do the right thing. I can do that openly, and there will be no police showing up at my door to "deal with me."

waveparticle said:

AppleZulu said:

waveparticle said:

GeorgeBMac said:

hexclock said:

waveparticle said:

hexclock said:

nicholfd said:

lkrupp said:

sdw2001 said:

maciekskontakt said:

I am touched. Wait a moment.I have never been on Twitter and left Facebook one year ago. Maybe changes to Meta and Dorsey leaving Twitter were result of that 

I quit both earlier this year.  Both are evil companies.  I don't suspect this will improve Twitter at all.  At Least Hipster Rasputin won't have his mug everywhere.  

Apple is not exactly a saint either. Maybe not ‘evil’ per se but tiptoeing around it sometimes.

WTF does Apple have to do with any of this?  They don't have a social media presence!

He’s not wrong though, as Apple sometimes treads in murky waters, especially in regard to China. 

In regard to Twitter, nothing will change about that company. Unfortunately he is still on at Square. 

Did Apple experience China haters' accusations in China? None! Nada! This is unlike what Twitter experienced in US. 

People in China are either not allowed to know what is going on, or afraid to speak of it if they do. 

Or perhaps they don't have professional propagandists spreading conspiracy theories.

This is correct answer. Unlike western countries people can spread any false information under protection of free speech, Chinese cannot spread false information. Anyone doing that will be dealt seriously. Think about it. Before the internet age, people can send opinion to newspapers. An opinion will be scrutinized by an editor before it may be published. Why it that? Because many people hold opinions that are contrary to facts. Some people here hate me because I post some facts that they don't like. I expose liars.

You are suggesting a binary situation where there is not a binary situation. Your statement is only correct if the official position of the Chinese government is always consistent with the truth. I would suggest that the more correct statement would be that 'Chinese cannot spread information that is inconsistent with the official position of the Chinese government, and that anyone doing that will be dealt [with] seriously.' 

Do you understand politics? I see Chinese government is very similar to all government. A government sole responsibility is to govern. If a government can not deal with people that refuse to follow order, the government becomes ineffective. You should also be very careful using the word truth. I have stated in this forum before. Finding truth is like the story of blind men and elephant. They want to find out the truth of what elephant looks like. Each man gives a statement of what he thinks the elephant looks like after touching it. Isn't each statement a fact? But each fact is far from the truth. Even all statements are not equal to truth. Western opinion on China is just like that. Many China haters produce facts about China. But they hide all facts that are in favor of China. Often they insert lies to the statements. 

This says it all, doesn't it?

For the record, I don't hate China. That would be a lot of people to hate, and I am not a hateful person.

Even if I were one of those blind people described above, I can certainly feel parts of that elephant, and I can definitely smell that elephant. While my understanding of the elephant may be incomplete, I know if there's an elephant there. As an informed citizen, I will probably even seek out educated elephant experts to tell me more about the elephant. Facts are facts. I may not be able to tell you if it's wearing a cute little hat, but I can reliably tell you it's definitely an elephant.

I am not interested in having a government that can then announce that there is no elephant, and if I don't affirmatively agree and state that "yes, there is no elephant," that government then has the power to deal with me. I prefer the US Constitution, where if the government officially denies the existence of the elephant in the room, enough of us plain old citizens who know better can vote out the elephant denier and vote for a new president who listens to scientists and other experts. At least so far, here in the West, that's how we citizens can deal with a bad government, like we just did a year ago.

waveparticle said:

GeorgeBMac said:

hexclock said:

waveparticle said:

hexclock said:

nicholfd said:

lkrupp said:

sdw2001 said:

maciekskontakt said:

I am touched. Wait a moment.I have never been on Twitter and left Facebook one year ago. Maybe changes to Meta and Dorsey leaving Twitter were result of that 

I quit both earlier this year.  Both are evil companies.  I don't suspect this will improve Twitter at all.  At Least Hipster Rasputin won't have his mug everywhere.  

Apple is not exactly a saint either. Maybe not ‘evil’ per se but tiptoeing around it sometimes.

WTF does Apple have to do with any of this?  They don't have a social media presence!

He’s not wrong though, as Apple sometimes treads in murky waters, especially in regard to China. 

In regard to Twitter, nothing will change about that company. Unfortunately he is still on at Square. 

Did Apple experience China haters' accusations in China? None! Nada! This is unlike what Twitter experienced in US. 

People in China are either not allowed to know what is going on, or afraid to speak of it if they do. 

Or perhaps they don't have professional propagandists spreading conspiracy theories.

This is correct answer. Unlike western countries people can spread any false information under protection of free speech, Chinese cannot spread false information. Anyone doing that will be dealt seriously. Think about it. Before the internet age, people can send opinion to newspapers. An opinion will be scrutinized by an editor before it may be published. Why it that? Because many people hold opinions that are contrary to facts. Some people here hate me because I post some facts that they don't like. I expose liars.

You are suggesting a binary situation where there is not a binary situation. Your statement is only correct if the official position of the Chinese government is always consistent with the truth. I would suggest that the more correct statement would be that 'Chinese cannot spread information that is inconsistent with the official position of the Chinese government, and that anyone doing that will be dealt [with] seriously.' 

maciekskontakt said:

rob53 said:

maciekskontakt said:

What is "core" part? The proper name is battery core in cars. Go check in the store.

Where are you from? The term "core" is used by all sorts of automotive parts. It's the left over original part. It's a generic term not specific to a battery. As for your lawyer, get a grip. Automotive parts dealers recycle a lot of old parts, using new parts as well as smelting down iron and steel. Batteries are the number one recycled automotive part because most of the internal parts are easily recycled, turning them into new batteries. There's also hazardous waste requirements they have to deal with. Batteries are not allowed to be dumped anymore, at least in the US.

As for Apple requiring original parts to be returned to them, I agree with them. Unscrupulous repair people would sell bad parts on ebay and other sites, trying to make a quick buck. 

Yes they recycle. No need to mention, but the fact is you are not required to give them for recycle. They have obligation to give it back to you as it belongs to you. You may forfeit it. What part I am from is irrelevant I have lived in the US for 26 years and executed this procedure for repairs of my cars (I do a lot of my own besides IT).  There is no "core" parts and you are wrong. Tell me what is core in case of car brakes (I repaired for fun Mazda, Honda, Land Rovers, BMW e.t.c)? Have you ever even approached  car repair or you just play with cable to hook up your iPhone in car? I also replaced old iPod  batteries and Android phone with available components (back doors with sensors, batteries) as well as older MacBook's and Mac Minis. You know they did not require me to return "core" CPU when I replaced it with upgrade pulled out of old Dell laptop and installed into Mac Mini to make it dual core 64-bit circa 2006 model. Have you done those things? Any other questions I might help with so you know your rights and do not spread misinformation? BTW in California you may have restrictions on doing those things, but I couldn't care less what's in California. I live near New York City and plan to move to healthy south.

Sorry mate, but rob's right and you are wrong. A core charge is a monetary incentive to return the old part you're replacing so that it can be remanufactured or recycled. You are free to keep the old part, but the store will then keep your core charge fee.

The term actually started out as an acronym, COR, which stands for "Cash On Return." People started calling it "core" because it also seems like a word that could refer to the central or "core" part of a component that is useful for remanufacture or recycling. Please see the link below for one common car parts store's explanation, referencing various car parts as examples of things that have a core charge. If you've actually done lots of car maintenance and failed to return the parts that had a core charge, you must have quite a collection of useless, worn out automotive parts and a tidy sum of money you've left on the table. Also, your reference to brake pads is not a good example, because a core charge is only going to exist for parts that have a market for remanufacture or recycling.

Also, have you ever approached internet search "or you just play with cable to hook up your iPhone in car?" This information I've provided to you here is easily found via any common internet search engine. "Any other questions I might help with so you know your rights and do not spread misinformation?"

https://www.napaonline.com/en/what-is-a-core