zroger73

BMW may backtrack on this for now, but don't expect that to last.

Subscription-based services and features are the future.

At work, we used to buy AutoCAD and keep it for years until it became obsolete. Now, you can no longer buy it - you can only rent it. When you stop paying, it stops working. Same for Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop and Acrobat and Quicken and the list goes on.

Beginning with the 2019 RDX, Acura no longer includes keyfob-based remote start...on a $50K SUV. Remote start is now app-based and requires an $110/year subscription to keep it working.

DoorDash. Ha!

I first tried this service a few months ago because it was the only food delivery service in the small town where I work.

The restaurant from which I ordered is five minutes away. The restaurant immediately began preparing the food when I submitted the order and it was ready for pickup within minutes. Using the app, I watched one driver accept the run only to cancel minutes later before another driver from almost 30 minutes away accepted it. The quesadillas were finally delivered to me by a smelly, middle-aged obese man wearing a tank top and too-short shorts driving a filthy SUV full of passengers including an unrestrained child in the front seat about an hour and fifteen minutes later.

I got a full refund and canceled my service. Thankfully, I joined and canceled in June.

cornchip said:

Weird I never got the option to update to 13.0. Will check it out, looks like a nice update.

That's because the first release of iPadOS is 13.1 - not 13.0.

Sometimes when I'm watching a small child color in a coloring book or a grandmother quietly knitting a sweater or a barber giving a shave using a straight razor, I become transfixed on the activity and am overcome with a relaxed, highly pleasurable feeling that is difficult to describe exactly. It gives me goosebumps and makes my hair stand on end.

I've never been able to duplicate this experience on demand - it's just something that happens once every several years. Most people just look at me funny when I describe the sensation - except for my mother. She experiences this, too. Small children playing seem to be triggers for both of us. I'm also triggered by watching someone performing very delicate work in a quiet environment.

A few years ago, I stumbled across a YouTube video of a man whispering into a microphone and gently tapping on various objects. While reading the comments, I learned that what I had been experiencing was called "ASMR". It's interesting that ASMR has gone from some inexplicable feeling I occasionally experience to something that has gone viral.

Unfortunately, I've not yet been able to induce this feeling by watching/listening to videos, although I've come close. I've also noticed that there are a lot of "junk" ASMR videos being produced in the interest of making money or getting views.

I also have synesthesia. As far back as I can remember, when I think of numbers and letters, each always appears in my mind's eye in a particular color. The color of each letter and number has remained consistent all my life. 

lordjohnwhorfin said:

Mine survived a full cycle in the washing machine and work as good as new months later. 
For those who want Space Gray: https://www.colorware.com/p-1040-colorware-airpods-space-gray.aspx

My brother ruined a left AirPod in a laundry cycle. The right AirPod and case survived, but he threw everything away, and bought a new set. Not long after, he ruined a right AirPod in another laundry cycle. Too bad he threw the original set away!

AppleExposed said:

I wonder if debris can cover the sensors?

Ear detection is accomplished with two infrared transceivers on each AirPod. I can hold the AirPods in front of the foward-facing camera on my iPhone and can see the IR light. The AirPods are clean and the circular windows for these sensors are flat and flush. I can only assume some type of electronic failure. I've tried all the usual resets to no avail. No big deal since I don't use this feature, but it is worth noting that the feature did stop functioning at some point causing me to have to disable "automatic ear detection" in my devices.