with even 50% accuracy. Their recommendations on YouTube for music are sometimes makes excellent, but oftenthe recommendations just leave me scratching my head. Are they that bad or are they pushing certain music on me just because they are getting paid to do so - like the way the prioritize search results? If that's what they are doing than I can't see ever paying for their "service". For free it's occasionally worth it as I find some gems from time to time (which I then buy), but Google isn't better than any other streaming service I've tried (including a free trial of Apple Music). Come to think of it, none of these companies - Amazon, Google, Netflix, Spotify, Apple, etc. are very accurate with their recommendations. Amazon seems to be somewhat better than the others, but only marginally so.

I gave my employer 4 1/2 months notice, but there are some caveats. 1) I trusted my boss who fully understood my importance to the organization. 2) His new boss I didn't trust as much though I've known him a few years. He just go promoted by a Trumpian executive and was eager to please. That guy's boss (the Trumpian) I did not trust a lick. He was fairly new and may not have understood or appreciated what I did. He thought he invented everything himself. 3) However, our HR department bends over backwards to avoid lawsuits and bad publicity so he'd have a problem if he didn't honor my notice. 4) In any case, when I gave my notice I was prepared financially to leave right then. I was better off leaving on my preferred date, but I knew it would not be a disaster if I left right then. They fully honored my date and I worked with a number of folks assigned to take on my work. All of the bosses in the chain appreciated the heads up and my willingness to organize and prune my documentation and work with the people who would inherit my work. The company you are retiring from probably cares about its image and does not want you bad mouthing them once you leave. You are doing them a favor after all. Notice is rarely mandatory.

Funny because I also use Safari and I run Adblock - right now in fact. There are tons of extensions and privacy features. The ad industry is up in arms about the latest Safari feature - no allowing the ad networks to track you across different web sites. I suspect you don't use Safari at all because you don't know anything about it. Do you work for Google or Microsoft?

Since when do you speak for Slashdot? I find the post interesting and relevant. That doesn't mean I'll run Windows 10 though.

Yes. Next question?

In the article it says you can use the headphones without the app. Bose "encourages" customers to download and use the app with the headphones. That should give it away. Why do you think they want you to use their app? You can adjust the app settings - presumably what it can and cannot do. It seems what Bose did wrong was not be clear up front as to what the default result of using the app would be. That's not quite as bad as your smart TV spying on you if you connect it to your internet connected LAN.

I'm going to recheck my microwave now. I wonder if I should down this GE microwave app.

Most of the center-right parties in Europe have "Christian" in their names. That doesn't make them Christian. When they win an election it does not mean the country has become more Christian. One wouldn't get many votes in Turkey if your party's name included "Christian". So, you use "Islam". Whatever gets the votes. Now almost all of Erdogan's opponents in Turkey are also Muslim. Are you saying that Islam is defined by the outcome of Turkish elections? What about all the Muslims in other countries? Most Muslims don't live in Turkey. How do Muslim's vote in the U.S.? If they vote Democrat does it mean Islam supports trans-gender bathrooms? If they vote Republican does it mean the Islam fears and hates it's followers?

What makes you think that a majority of Christians agree on any specific social issue? First of all, "Christian" or "Christianity" is not a religion. It's an umbrella term claimed by many religions. Many denominations, churches and sects identify as "Christian", but not all of them agree on who is or is not. Mormans believe they are Christian. Most other "Christian" groups don't think they are. The KKK and Aryan Brotherhood types identify themselves as "Christian" though I'd think almost every other "Christian" group rejects them and their claim. Islam is similar in this respect. It's not even as simple as Sunni versus Shiite. I've read that most people who identify as Muslim reject ISIS. Is ISIS a Muslim group? Most of Erdogan's opponents in Turkey identify as Muslim. So while it is possible to look at a specifi group and make your argument, Christians and Muslims are not specific groups. T

You are making the mistake of confusing his tactics with some coincidental attribute that he used to bind his followers to him. Erdogan is an authoritarian working to install a one-party dictatorship. He's something of a Fascist. Since he happens to be Muslim along with his people he's using that religious and cultural context to employ pretty universal tactics. The Nazi's and Fascists used some Christian symbols and traditions. Stalin even resorted to Tsarist and Orthodox symbols and traditions to build popular support during World War II. Religion and culture are used to create bonds between the leader and the followers. It's their source of tribal identity. Modi in India uses Hindu culture and traditions. In Myanmar it's Buddhism.

I'm sure you are correct because I saw your post on the internet.

I don't have an internet!

I use both the mac os app store and buy direct. If an app and its publisher are not well known the app store has advantages. It's easy enough to find and you know you can trust it. Reviews give you some idea about its value. Prices tend to be low so its an easy decision to go ahead and buy it. Once I own and am familiar with the app though, I'd be perfectly willing to buy it direct or go direct to the publisher to get an upgrade or related product. So my conclusion is that the mac app store is a good place for developers to start in order to break into a market. Once they are established i.e. are known and liked by users, the store's value diminishes. For established publishers it might still be a good place to sell you entry level versions. Except for Xcode, I never get my development tools from the app store, but that is a special category.

Apple Pay does not cost the merchants a thing. It also does not keep them from using loyalty cards and such. I have such a loyalty card from Walgreens. It's in my Apple Phone with my credit cards. When I'm checking out it pops up and I scan it and then swipe to a credit card and scan it to pay. Walgreen's gets their data, I get points/ discounts and Apple Pay securely handles the transaction. I only need my watch to pay. So why can't these merchants just copy what Walgreen's does? If they they don't know how then I also don't trust them to secure my credit card information so I'm glad I use Apple Pay. The merchants and these banks don't want customer freedom or choice. They want more control over the customer. I don't trust them to secure my information or credit card information so I don't want them to be able to bypass Apple's security. Target? TJ Maxx? Kohls? Home Depot? All kinds of stores have had major breaches.

I own several Bose products and have tried others. Many of the products are great if you follow the instructions. Some are crap. If its not a speaker or headphone it's probably crap. If it is then it might be great or it might be crap. I loved my Bose 901's but ended up ditching them because my wife refused to decorate the house around them and their requirements. I still secretly long for that wall of sound. It's true that you could push Bose 901s to volumes that a man likes and still not provoke a woman to say "could you turn that down a bit, please?". Filled the room nicely.

First point about fraud - not true in the U.S. at least If the merchant follows the banks procedures and system and the card is approved, its off the hook. If the merchant commits a fraud or whatever then the bank will deny payment and/or try to recoup payments made. The fee a merchant pays does not change depending on whether you are using Apple Pay, Android Pay or a physical credit card. So, accepting Apple Pay costs the merchant nothing extra nor does it cost the customer anything extra. The decision by the merchant to accept any credit card payments is the point when the card companies transaction fees come into effect. Apple Pay's fee comes out of the set fee charged by VISA, MasterCard, etc.