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  • Apple renews 'For all Mankind' for third season

    hodarhodar
    I was truly impressed with the technical skill involved in the For All Mankind series.  Having been a child during that timeframe, seeing the clothes, home decor, dishes, cars and re-creating that whole period in time was truly masterful.  We have enjoyed quite a few of the Apple shows, and are anxiously awaiting to see Season 2.
    Appleishronnwatto_cobra

  • Second-generation AirPods Pro, third-gen AirPods may land in early 2021

    hodarhodar
    Can the quality of the sound be improved?  Bose has a pair of earbuds that have increased the bass response, providing a more pleasing overall sound.  If there is a single part of the Earpod experience that is lacking, it's the bass - not the size of the stems.  Let's put performance ahead of style, give some more bass capabilities to make the sound more pleasing - then naturally the battery life.  Functionality and form is pretty much nailed - they are the earbuds considered by many to be the superior design.  Their only shortcoming is quality of the music - and isn't that one of the reasons people use head sets?
    GeorgeBMacentropys

  • Hear Steve Jobs demo his NeXT computer in 1988

    hodarhodar
    Really doesn't matte what industry you are in - NOBODY comes close to the presentation finesse and skill that Steve Jobs delivered, and demanded from his team.  Even today, years after his death - his company's presentation style and basic skills are among the best of any company, anywhere.

    If you deal with sales, or presenting for your company - reviewing Apple's presentations is time very well spent.  No detail is unrehearsed, no inflection is accidental, no sentence is ad lib.  It's practiced, it's timed, it's paced and organized such that those who want a high level review get it; and those who want to look deeper, can review it and look not only what is said, but what is on the screen and get a much broader understanding.

    Simply masterful.
    watto_cobra

  • Apple facing yet another multi-state probe related to iPhone throttling

    hodarhodar
    So, in an effort to keep your phone from crashing, due to normal battery degradation; Apple freely admits they ran battery testing and reduced the performance on older iPhones to prevent them from randomly rebooting, due to worn batteries.
    This was done, with the intent to make perfectly serviceable phones, continue to be usable.  If anything, it allowed their customers to use older iPhones for more than they would have, and likely delayed some customers from upgrading immediately - as their phone "still worked'.

    No good deed goes unpunished.  All Apple had to do was push a note during boot-up that said "Your iPhone battery is weak and needs to be replaced, in an effort to prolong the life of the battery, your iPhone's performance will be reduced.  To restore full performance, please have your battery replaced".

    That mistake was expensive.
    george kaplanBeatswatto_cobra

  • Apple releases trailer for season 2 of 'For All Mankind'

    hodarhodar
    entropys said:
    Serious question. Do cartridges fire in space?


    Gunpowder has it's own oxidizer, so yes they will fire.  Without atmospheric pressure external to the gun, the chamber pressure will be slightly higher, so I would expect a higher muzzle velocity.  As another reader pointed out, the bullet will likely enter an orbit, or fly into space.  But given the amount of microscopic - massive space debris we have naturally, moving at far higher energy levels - the odds of the bullet hitting something are remote compared to other space junk.

    Space is a really big place.

    randominternetpersonSpamSandwichwatto_cobra