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dysamoria said:

Does this mean they've definitely abandoned Airport?

Thanks Sergioz for letting us know Cisco Umbrella was OpenDNS. I have used the free service from OpenDNS for years. This doesn't mean anything about Airport since you can configure Airport to use Cisco Umbrella (OpenDNS).  It's just as simple as setting it to use the Cisco DNS instead of ISP DNS.  I used Cisco Meraki for a while and it's quite cool but I don't think a subscription Wifi router would catch on with consumers.  It's good stuff though.

If you would ever have needed insurance, your compliance risks or liability is probably quite high.   You should probably still get insurance with those products, but it should be quite a bit cheaper.

haywood said:

I was hoping that they would add sleep tracking.  I still have to wear my Fitbit at night for sleep stats.

I find Sleep Cycle on the phone to be a good sleep tracker.  I am sure the Fitbit or watch sensors can give you additional good info.    I think I would find it hard to sleep with the watch on.

tallest skil said:

StrangeDays said:

Sounds like a handy over-generalization talking point you've got there.

Only to someone who knows absolutely fucking nothing about the topic at hand and thinks that his feelings matter in the face of objective truth.

DC is 11th in violent crime, 7th in murder, 23rd in rape, 8th in robbery, 17th in assault, 19th in property crime, 13th in larceny, and 34th in auto theft. The only things too far down for me to care about counting are burglary and arson. As to the reason for this, we’ll leave that for another thread.

I'm not an expert and I won't be researching stats for the purposes of a rebuttal, however I will claim to know fucking something about the topic since I spend most of the day, most days, in the heart of Washington, DC and most of the last 40 years in the area.  DC is much better than it was, no longer "murder capital of the world." DC has relatively a lot of crime for a  small city, but it isn't a crime-ridden dump (as it surely was).  There is a lot of crime in some parts of the city, and relatively little in other parts. It might surprise you to learn that Apple has not chosen as a site for its store a location in the midst of an open-air drug market. The police are not regularly gathering corpses around the old Carnegie Library. Guests at the nearby expensive hotels are not likely to be shocked (or shot) when they walk around town.  If Apple can manage to put stores around Detroit, this won't be any problem.  I do see they haven't dared open a store in Baltimore.

tallest skil said:

SpamSandwich said:

Isn't much of Washington, DC a crime-ridden dump thanks to their mayor?

Well, the mayor may be totally corrupt, but I hardly think he’s personally responsible for the majority of crimes…

When we discuss crime in DC, I assume we're excluding Congress. DC was a crime-ridden dump thanks in part to a mayor a few mayors ago.   Some parts of the city are still better to avoid, much of it is quite nice. BTW, the current mayor is not a he and hasn't really been in office long office to be blamed for anything.

The area where this Apple Store will be located is in a pretty good part of town, just north of Chinatown and across the street from the convention center. The location isn't great for casual foot traffic (other than convention visitors) but it's not far from a couple of subway stations and only a block or so out of the way.  Chinatown has a lot of restaurants (mostly not Chinese) and a sports arena. There are also a few museums in the area.  This Apple Store will also be the only one that's in downtown proper, with the current nearest stores being in Georgetown and across the river in Virginia.  For those of you not familiar with DC geography, Georgetown is quite affluent and also inconvenient.  The subway doesn't go there and with traffic it could take a little while to drive there despite the fact it's only a couple miles from the center. If I am downtown and need an Apple Store, I would go to the one at Pentagon City in Virginia.

I watched the video. Some things are just timeless.      But not that.