sirozha

Wood1030 said:

Question...is there anyway to delete/forget or block wifi networks that are within range of my device that I never connect to, ie: neighbors, businesses, etc.?

Yes, there is. You need to do this on the Mac by deleting the networks you don't need in System Preferences > Network > Wi-Fi > Advanced > Wi-Fi. These networks will be removed from the iPhone's list of known networks (which you cannot see on the iPhone, but the list is there nonetheless). Your Mac's list of known Wi-Fi network will sync with your iPhone's list via iCloud. 

ihatescreennames said:

Does this doorbell require a subscription or connecting to some service provided by Netatmo?

No. It has a built-in SD card reader that you can install up to 32 GB SD card in. Additionally, it can save footage to Dropbox and to an FTP server. There is no pay-for cloud storage offered by Netatmo.

AppleZulu said:

zoetmb said:

Unfortunately, this is the "journalistic" world we live in today.   Every website wants clicks and they get those clicks by turning everything into horror (much like local TV news does with weather).  If that means misleading editing of interviews, so be it.  

When "The Verge" publishes an article stating that people who have home blood pressure gauges also might have false positives and seek care when they don't need it, then I'll take them a little more seriously.   There's nothing wrong with people monitoring their own health.   It doesn't mean they rush to a doctor (if we have a problem in this country, it's that they don't).  It means they have a data point to tell their doctor the next time they go.   

It’s acually likely that the person will have lots of data points to share, rather than just one. While it’s just a single-lead ECG, the fact that it’s strapped to your wrist all the time means you’ll probably have lots of readings taken over time that you can share with your doctor, which is a benefit over a single reading taken just when the patient isn’t feeling well. There may be a lot of baseline information available that can help the doctor contextualize a concerning reading that prompts the visit.

You are not going to have a lot of EKG readings (samples) taken unless you repeatedly place your finger on the digital crown over the course of multiple days. The Apple Watch Series 4 doesn't take EKG samples by itself like it takes heart-rate samples and monitors for AFib.

My town is inundated with H1B-visa Indians who have replaced 50% or more of American IT personnel. About 35% of doctors are Indian on H1B visas. They have pushed Americans out of the jobs here, and these are not manufacturing jobs. These are high-tech and medical jobs. As a result, housing prices are  through the roof. These temporary Indians are buying several houses each on interest-only loans, knowing full well that they are going to have to leave within 5-6 years and can simply abandon their houses (if the market turns down) with no consequences. Their monthly mortgage payments are significantly lower than apartment rentals because of the ARM-type loans that they take out.  In the meantime, they are collecting rents on the multiple houses that they purchased with no credit history and no permanent status here. How can a temporary worker buy a house in the US on a mortgage is beyond comprehension. We have not learned anything from the 2009 housing crash. 

If we don't want to manufacture anything, we don't want to build anything, we don't want to work in agriculture, we don't want to study sciences, we don't want to work as engineers, we don't want to be doctors, what the hell are we good for? Are we going to be pigs for the rest of the world to raise until we get fat enough to be slaughtered? 

We can have robotic factories built in the US and train our citizens to maintain and program robots. If we don't know how to do this, let's invite Chinese, Japanese, and Germans to help us out, pay them handsomely, and learn how to make our own crap efficiently by leveraging the latest robotic technologies for manufacturing. This could not be done three decades ago, but with the advance of technology, it is now possible. 

Mike Wuerthele said:

sirozha said:

Tesla Model S for over $100,000 is way overpriced. Ten years from now, an EV sedan comparable to Model S will cost under $50,000 in today’s dollars. If an EV manufacturer jacks up the price from $50,000 to $75,000 ten years from now, should you be comparing the price to the price of Model 3 ten years prior or should you base such a comparison on the contemporaneous prices of competitive EV sedans?

It’s obvious that prices go down as the technology matures. To go decades back in time to bring those prices from the dead seems to be a curious thing to do. 

FTA: "Apple has always made you pay a lot for its newest and best Macs, and, believe it or not, the 2018 lineup isn't even close to the most expensive Apple has ever been. AppleInsider takes a look back at Apple's Mac pricing over the last three decades."

This is what we wrote. This isn't about cars, it isn't about comparing to Windows. This is literally addressing the whining that only Tim Cook has sold macs for so much money -- which is nonsense.

In a static technology, like cars, prices can drop as technology matures. They don't always. I don't think electric cars will. Given Moore's law up until a few years ago, and the slowing now, computer technology isn't static and you are getting more computer for the same money -- or less. That is literally the point of this article.

I know it’s not about cars. In the era that you wrote your article about, the Mac platform was intended mostly for professionals and for those who were willing to pay those high prices. Since the introduction of the iPod, Apple has gone for the masses. Apple hasn’t relied on high-ticket lower volume sales for close to two decades now. Volume for Apple matters a great deal. In fact, Apple completely dropped the server line and all but discontinued Mac Pro in the last decade, which were the highest-ticket items. 

The pricing structure should take into account the fact that Apple relies on the mainstream consumer for its success. A six-core 32 GB RAM 2TB SSD laptop is not a mainstream laptop for sure (it’s a Pro-level machine), but a quad-core 16 GB 512 GB SSD laptop is a mainstream laptop configuration nowadays. The Pro-level machines can cost north of $4,000, but the mainstream computers should be priced right around $2,000 for most people to consider them as viable options. The lower-end machines should be close to $1,000. 

2018 non-Pro Macs are about $500-$1000 overpriced, and these prices cause consternation among the Apple’s faithful. 

I do agree that the true Pro-level machines can cost whatever price Apple wants to charge, as they are means of production for highly paid occupations.