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Comment Re:Pre-emptive strike against SLATE? (Score 2) 128

Some of their decisions were absolutely baffling, such as the lack of a proper factory sound system and infotainment screen. Bluetooth speakers jammed into the dash (yes, really, that was what Slate's designers came up with) and a phone holder are something you expect to see in a late 90s beater parked in front of Walmart, not a nearly $30k brand-new EV.

I dunno about that.

Here in the 21st Century. most people are listening to content on their phone. It may be music ripped from CDs, purchased, or streamed. They may be listening to podcasts or streamed "radio" stations.

I mean, about the only time I listen to the radio in my car is if I forget my phone. Navigation? Entertainment? Through the phone.

So, yeah, give me a bluetooth speaker and I'm pretty much set. Why do I need to pay for a Navigation system that I don't use? Why do I need to pay for a radio that I don't listen to?

Comment Re:NASA sucks (Score 1) 18

I'm not sure I understand.

From what I see, NASA gave them some money to come up with this. It didn't work. NASA didn't design it. NASA didn't build it. NASA didn't test it. They financed it. That was about it.

So why is it suddenly, "NASA sucks, man! They can't even send a satellite to the Moon. Where's the NASA of yesteryear?"

It makes me think of a launch that happened back in 2014. Fox News loudly proclaimed how awesome it was that private industry was taking over these NASA launches because now we'll see the power of the free market versus the bloated government.

Of course, then the rocket exploded on launch and suddenly Fox News was talking about how a NASA launch screwed up and the gubmint can't do nothin' right.

Comment Re:Tablet PCs suck. Always have, always will. (Score 2) 61

A former manager of mine left the Mac team for the Windows team and, of course, had to get all new hardware. He picked up one of those tablet PCs and loved it.

He could plug in a big display, keyboard, mouse, etc and use it like PC. But when he had to go to a meeting, he could unplug it and take notes with a pen--which he said was easier and less distracting to the presenter. When the meeting was done, he would come back to the office and have it turn his written notes into text.

Comment Re:I am sure the airline or airport (Score 4, Insightful) 28

no Siri & AI required and just a browser and internet connection will do nicely

I can do all these things. The idea is...I don't have to.

I don't have to open up messages and scroll through trying to find the message with the flight number (Oh! Mom didn't send it, my sister did), find the website that lets me look up the flight number and airport to get the airline, then go to the airline website that shows arrival times, then go to the traffic website to figure out what time I should leave in order to get there on time. Siri can do all those things for me and come back with, "Mom gets in at 5:30PM, but you should probably leave in 15 minutes if you want to get there on time."

Yes, I can write programs in assembler. But I don't have to.

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