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  • Expedia chairman attacks Apple's 'disgusting' 30% commission fee

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    The moment the article said "Expedia", I stopped reading.

    Expedia is the biggest scam site around.  It's hypocrisy to the max.

    Expedia literally stole $800 from me years ago.  F**k them.
    Dogperson[Deleted User]pmasterjony0watto_cobra

  • Senator demands answers about Pentagon's warrantless spying on Americans

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    While I can see this being an issue with my government tracking us U.S. citizens, this seems to be more of a global thing I kind of struggle with this.  If they want to track international members of Hezbollah and ISIS, I would not see a problem with it.
    williamlondon

  • Hunter Fan launches new HomeKit-enabled ceiling fan models

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    Hey Hunter, what about your current customers that haven't been able to get their own Homekit-enabled fans working properly?

    Hunter Fan owner here.  I bought their fan because of this option.  When it work, it great.  I emphasize "when".

    Their implementation is crap.  I don't know if they just lack the expertises in-house, or they farmed-out their iOS development to some shoddy 3rd party, but it's garbage.  Trying to download updates is a trial of patience and I gave up a LONG time ago with trying.  Their iOS App most of the time does not connect to my fan, yet the native iOS Home app does pick it up.  It's a hit and miss and Hunter should really be embarrassed for how bad their HomeKit capabilities are.

    I hope this next-gen version have improved.  I'm not going to remove my entire ceiling fan because of this as it is just too much work and wasteful.  They should really fix their current owners as well.

    If you're looking for a home-kit enabled ceiling fan, I'd look elsewhere.
    minicoffeeJapheywatto_cobra

  • Hermes has exclusive $699 AirTag Travel Tag, $570 iPhone 12 MagSafe case

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     I suppose this is no more extravagant than those that bought the $10,000 Gold Apple Watch back in the day.  I guess if you have the money to blow on what is obviously an overpriced product, go right ahead and let the country enjoy the extra sales tax.

    I'm expecting the Kim Kardashians and other Instagram "influencers" to show this piece of excess off in the photos.
    Beatswilliamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple debuts colorful 24-inch iMac with M1, upgraded camera and audio

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    toddzrx said:
    elijahg said:
    stuartf said:
    elijahg said:
     It also has no Ethernet port at all on the base model, 

    The specs say the base model has Ethernet as a configurable option. It's probably as simple as swapping the power supply!
    That's a good point, I/we have no idea yet how many pins are in the power supply. Would be cool if it had USB C such that you could plug things in to the hidden power supply brick, would keep things tidy. Otherwise the case would need to be different for each config. I'd prefer a USB socket on the side too for things like memory sticks, and a SD card reader would be good too, dunno why they got rid of that. I use mine regularly.
    Get a dock...
    Totally defeats the purpose of an AIO.
    No it doesn't.  Done right, if anything it enhances the AIO experience.  My 2020 iMac (at home) is connected to a Caldigit TS3+ dock which is bolted underneath my desk table.  So in addition to the power cable on the back of my iMac, I have one neat, slender Thunderbolt 3 cable going under my very clean, cable-managed desk.  That's it.

    To that dock, I have plugged into it a second Thunderbolt monitor, two Promise RAID R6 & R8 disk arrays, Gigabit Ethernet, and an Audio Engine Digital-to-Analog sound converter for my kick-butt sound system.  The front has an SD card slot I use constantly, along with USBa, and USBc ports for those occasional times I need to recharge/connect something.  

    I use a 2015 iMac at the office connected to two additional thunderbolt displays, and everything else is connected cleanly to another Caldigit TS3+ dock under that standing desk too.  Again, just one nice clean thunderbolt cable coming out of it under the desk to the dock with all cables neatly hidden.  

    Doing it your way, I'd have all those cables going to the back of my iMac which would make it a rats-nest of ugliness, might strain some of the connectors, and makes for a very ugly, sloppy appearance.  No thank you.

    My setup has all the cables neatly routed and hidden under my desk.  Both my office and home setups are standing desks and every cable is neatly hidden.  Super clean.  I don't want any of those wires going to the back of my iMac.

    I've received numerous compliments by my coworkers about the cleanliness of of my desk's cable management ideas.  Now others are doing the exact same thing to theirs.

    I prefer the least amount of cables going to the back of my iMac as it can be seen from the back.  If anything, adding the ethernet jack into the power brick I think is/was a brilliant move to continue to de-clutter the back of the iMac.  I think they should have went a step further and also included a USB4 port as well so along with a dock, only one cable would be needed on the back of an iMac.  Perhaps they'll do that for the bigger version of the iMac.
    docno42baconstangwilliamlondonwatto_cobra