13 inch vs 15 inch is no big deal. Make it 27" at least.

The criticism of Elop is my nerd pet peeve. He took over a company that was already in serious trouble - the previous CEO had been fired for losing massive market share. Nokia at the time was basically in the business of selling dumbphones and feature phones in a world that already had the (very good) iPhone 4. Android 2.3 was good enough that decent sub $200 smartphones were becoming a thing and killing the 3rd world market for Nokia's dumbphones.

Elop either had to go with Windows Phone or become yet another Android manufacturer ala LG or Ericsson. Polishing up a nerdy new platform with no developer support wasn't a real option against established, mature competition.

It didn't work, but of course it was a long shot. The only valid criticism of Elop is that he failed to perform a miracle.

Yo Mr. Constitutional Expert, which one fits best? "to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States;" or "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts,"? Maybe "To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof."???

Who was that guest editor who wrote an editorial about how replaceable battery were battery banks? Was this written by the same guy?

People can already easily buy bluetooth accessories that do this well...a bluetooth speaker, keyboards, game controller, etc. (The idea of add-on lenses is stupid).

So what is this guy arguing? That Apple should promote it more? That there should be official Apple licensed bluetooth game controllers? That users should be more into it? That app developers should do a better job supporting it?

Right O. For this very reason I like to go around town with my flip phone. I also carry a camera, a cell phone, a Garmin GPS, and old iPod, a calculator, a laptop, an e-reader, and a flashlight.

Seriously, my iPhone 12 is great and I have no real need to replace it. Meanwhile cheapo Androids show their age almost immediately. Disposable electronics.

I guess a $10 pair of boots might seem like a good deal, but you have to repair them more than the $50 pair.

Maybe you don't use Instagram or phone apps, but enough people do that there is simply much less content for Google to Index than before. Which is why you might as well add "+reddit" to any web search - that and Wikipedia are just about the only places which still have anything that anybody might care about.

Look at it historically. The constitution wasn't the US's first government. The first was the Articles of Confederation, which was generally understood to be a failure because the federal government was too weak. The whole point of the Constitution was to replace a state driven model with a stronger Federal government.

How is Google not going to suck more? The internet has changed. Nobody's writing webpages anymore. Who's still blogging? People use the internet by logging on to Instagram or using a phone app, which can't be accessed by a Google search.

That is a very angry bit of editorializing, and it's entirely misplaced.

Still bummed that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, a book intended for children, got rid of references to blacks being packed up in ships and made to be unpaid labor with whips? Did you love the description of their big lips and how they are given away as property?

A better whine is how "Lord of the Flies" got rid of Piggy calling the wild kids the n-word. However of course that was the right decision, Piggy dropping racist language changes our understanding of the character unless it's read as a historical artifact.

But it's not like the leather is going to be thrown away and Apple is pulling cowskin out of dumps. It's still going to be used, with or without Apple. Just, Apple driving up the demand for leather means cow ranchers get paid more, which means cows are more economical to raise, which means more cows get raised...and raising cows is bad for the environment.

Apple never used Ctrl-z for undo, it was Command-z (command being denoted by the 4-lobe clover icon).

Interesting. Looks like it is used to a very small extent in California, and has been for decades. I'll guess it's less than 90% efficient, but I really have no idea.

It's actually a $500 annual fee.

If you're not familiar with e-readers, why are you posting? E-readers use a different sort of screen than a tablet. It's a easier to read (or different, at least) and uses less battery. Yes, you can read a book on a tablet with an LCD screen, but that's not the same thing.