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“ front-facing ports”

Finally Apple actually put usability ahead of aesthetics!

I have a Tesla and one of my biggest complaints is the lack of Car Play. The onboard Nav system is quite good but it only shows Tesla chargers.

melgross said:

jeffharris said:

Just upgraded my old Apple USB extended keyboard to a Matias Wired Extended keyboard with RGB backlighting. 

The backlight colors can be changed, too! Purple keys! Very nice!

Not a real fan of laggy, battery reliant Bluetooth keyboards and mice, especially for a real desk setup.

They’re not laggy. And the battery lasts much longer than Apple states, several months before recharge. You can always just use it plugged in if wireless bothers you. On a REAL Desktop.

StrangeDays said:

Yeah there is no lag. Been using wireless KB and mouse for years. 

I wonder if the above poster is experiencing connection issues like I am. Most of the time the keyboard works perfectly but on a regular basis when the computer wakes from sleep the keyboard will be slow to connect, laggy and randomly repeat keys. Turning the keyboard off and back on or connecting it via the lightning cable fixes the problem until the computer goes to sleep again. 

I don't really need BT so I've taken to leaving it plugged in but it's a rather annoying bug. I feel apple forced me to pay for BT since they quit making the wired keyboards and then I got something no better than the cheaper wired keyboard I was happy with in the first place.

Have they fixed the Bluetooth connectivity issues or the moronic charge port location if the Mouse? 

Xed said:

Fitness companies come and go. Peloton will likely still have its niche but this pandemic boost was always going to be short-lived.

Peloton had a niche and a devoted following before the pandemic; the pandemic just pushed a lot of people onto the platform - I (and my family) am a perfect example.

I think there will be some attrition but there will also be many people who stay. At this point I can't imagine going back to our membership at the gym. We use the peloton far more than we ever did our gym membership and after the bike is amortized it is far cheaper. 

Xed said:

cg27 said:

So prior to the cuts Peleton has over 10,000 employees?  If that’s the case they’re beyond bloated.  There are successful EV startups that have fewer employees than that.  This is just a dumb bike with some app and personal trainers, not exactly rocket science.

Even if the article means to say 2800 remain that’s still a ton of overhead, for what??

That's a lot of odd statements. Because there are successful EV startups with fewer employees anyone who has more than the lowest has too many? are you aware that startups have few employees than established companies? Are you aware that Peloton does more than "dumb bikes"? How many employees did Amazon and Google have when they were just an online store and just a search engine?

Agreed, but I also think they were likely overstaffed.