jeffythequick

The main issue with DuckDuckGo and Ecosia is in the name.

What's in a name?

Let me Google that.

It's frankly difficult to say, "Let me DuckDuckGo that," or "Ecosia it"

At a point 20 years ago, google was a rhyme for the noun googol, representing 10^100.
Now, it's a verb for searching things.

Suggested name for Ecosia's search engine:
Tree-free, eSearch (for Earth Search), SearchTree (invokes trees and how trees branch out to find things)
"Tree-free it" - Will need time to build, but is distinguishable
"eSearch it" - easy for early adoption
"SearchTree it" - Kind of middle of the road between the above two

Japhey said:

As predicted last week. 

So, let’s see... that’s a total of $148 for a compromised charging speed OR $178 for a slightly better, yet still compromised, charging speed? Lol, I can’t wait to hear how it gets defended now.  

You sir, obviously hate the planet, and want to make ants in 2% of the islands in Indonesia unhappy, at least for 4.3 seconds.

Since I can't defend this, I'll just attack you.

(please please please nooooo.....)
ok...
/sarc

randominternetperson said:

It was determined a group of workers was slipping new iPhones like the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro into orders secretly, replacing the actually ordered contents of a package at the last moment. iPadizate reports it is believed the orders were placed by an accomplice.

Ya think?  Or perhaps they are the notorious Santa Thieves who just like giving expensive stuff to strangers.

The smaller packaging of the new iPhones marginally helps thieves as well.  Maybe Apple should start packaging then like CDs in the 1980s to make them bulkier.

In the Apple video, they told us that they wanted smaller packaging and told us there were headphones and power supplies overrunning our houses, causing us to buy larger houses, waste precious natural resources, and cause islands in the South Pacific to capsize.  To relieve this problem, they stopped shipping the power supplies and headphones, and pocketed the $38 retail value of these, and made the box thinner, so they could get more on the aircraft used to deliver them, instead of using an ocean transport.  Virtue will only convenient when it's convenient.

That was fun (not!) getting CD's in the '80s, and getting outside of Tower Records and cutting the package open and throwing it away, even for gifts. 

bluefire1 said:

Unfortunately, my iPhone 12 Pro Max, which all week long (including most of today) had a delivery dare of today, has now been rescheduled for Monday delivery. This really sucks, especially since you can’t pick up an Apple product at any UPS hub because of fraud concerns. Apple should arrange for Thursday delivery so if there’s a problem, we can still get our phones the next day instead of waiting until after 
the weekend. 

I just got home after they (UPS) didn't leave it at my doorstep.  I picked it up at the UPS place in Charleston, SC with my ID and the tracking number.  They UPS crew were friendly and knew we were there for iPhones.  Must be a regional thing, but I agree with you on the Thursday delivery.  Friday UPS delivery with signature required is a recipe for a bad out of box experience.