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Government agency issues warning over 'exploding' Samsung washing machines
Seems an appropriate time to post this Steve Jobs quote (orinally from the Walter Isaacson biography I think); how Steve Jobs picks a washer/dryer:“We didn’t have a very good one so we spent a little time looking at them,” he told contributing editor Gary Isaac Wolf. “It turns out that the Americans make washers and dryers all wrong. The Europeans make them much better – but they take twice as long to do clothes! It turns out that they wash them with about a quarter as much water and your clothes end up with a lot less detergent on them. Most important, they don’t trash your clothes. They use a lot less soap, a lot less water, but they come out much cleaner, much softer, and they last a lot longer.
“We spent some time in our family talking about what’s the trade-off we want to make. We ended up talking a lot about design, but also about the values of our family. Did we care most about getting our wash done in an hour versus an hour and a half? Or did we care most about our clothes feeling really soft and lasting longer? Did we care about using a quarter of the water? We spent about two weeks talking about this every night at the dinner table. We’d get around to that old washer-dryer discussion. And the talk was about design.”
Two weeks of discussions to choose a washing machine? That’s life in the Jobs household. (He opted for Miele in the end, adding, “I got more thrill out of them than I have out of any piece of high tech in years.”)
So how does he justify deliberating for so long? Well interestingly he compared it to a phone – an essential item, but something people don’t have time to spend figuring out. “You just don’t have time to learn this stuff, and everything’s getting more complicated.” So he simplified it all with the original iPhone, and the mobile landscape changed forever. If Apple made washing machines, you can bet they’d be the easiest to use in the world."
Source 9-5 Mac
https://9to5mac.com/2011/03/07/how-steve-jobs-picks-a-washerdryer/
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Apple to debut 'Spoken Editions' iTunes category, turn written news into audio podcasts
I'm really excited by this news.
I used to listen to Umamo content all the time. I was saddened and annoyed when Dropbox acquired them last year and promptly shut them down! They don't seem to have released anything comparable since. I don't really understand why they did that.
There are many blind and partially sighted people who also used Umano for obvious reasons. So I think they will find this new Apple service very very useful.
Also, listening to a real person read aloud is far superior to a synthetic speech-to-text voice. Having the appropriate inflections, timbre and emphases greatly helps with comprehention and maintains my interest for much longer.
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Samsung Note 7 battery fire woes triggered by rush to beat Apple's iPhone 7 - report
What a disgusting post! You should be ashamed.safi said:People who bought samsung got what they deserved! I hope more galaxy's blow up and blacken their faces!
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iPhone 7 solid-state home button works on capacitive touch, gloved users beware
The touch screen works fine through latex, vinyl and various thin polythene gloves that I use. Obviously, for thicker winter gloves you would need specific capacitive responsive gloves.flashfan207 said:
Fair enough, mobius. Curious though, what good is getting to the password unlock screen with a glove on if the screen won't read your numerical inputs? I have an iPhone 6, is there a way to do that that I'm missing? Also, from the lock screen what features does physically depressing the home button offer you that tilt to wake and hey Siri don't? I'm not asking to be facetious or a dick or anything, I'm honestly just curious in case I'm missing out on some functionality I don't know about. Winter is coming, after all.mobius said:
If you are someone, like me, who is often wearing gloves due to their job or other reason (there are many), you have to turn off Touch ID and instead use a passcode to secure your phone. There is currently no (convenient) way to reach the passcode entry screen without using the home button.slprescott said:
There are 2 buttons:mobius said:
Why not read the article before posting?shikotsumyaku said:Why not use the on/off switch on the side to activate the screen?With a physically depressible home button, gloved hands can wake iPhone, return to home, invoke Siri and perform other OS actions with ease. Not so with iPhone 7.
1. Home (in front)
2. Lock (on side)
This article is about button #1, whereas shikotsumyaku was referring to button #2. I believe shikotsumyaku is correct that using the side-mounted Lock button is a good workaround because it DOES respond to physical pressure.
Even better solution = the new "Raise to Wake"; thI s means you don't have to press ANY button to see the Lock screen (which is all you could see with previous iPhone if wearing non-capacitive gloves).
Further, I'm sure I don't need to tell you that the home button does more than activate the lock screen. The sleep/wake button isn't a solution to these issues. That's not to say it couldn't be utilised for some more of the home button's functionality in a software update.
It's not so much the features from the lock screen, more navigation once the phone is unlocked.
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Explosions prompt FAA to warn airline passengers against using Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in flight [u]
I suppose if you accidentally shoved a headphone jack into the Lightning port which made contact with the battery pin and the sudden surge in power blew your ears clean off? But yeah, not exactly life-threatening...ronn said:
What an asinine statement. The comparison is just stupid. The lack of a headphone jack isn't "life threatening" in any sense. Was this article even vetted by an editor?AppleInsider said:
Apple's own public relations issue -- the elimination of the headphone jack from the iPhone 7 series -- is a decidedly less life threatening controversy than the global Galaxy Note 7 recall.
