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Comment Re: Seen all of this before (Score 1) 260

As someone who recently (two weeks ago) dumped PC & Android for all-mac (iPad, iPhone X, MacBook Pro), I can say definitively that the android ecosystem has nothing whatsoever on the apple ecosystem where "seamless integration" is concerned. Apple products are far from perfect, but the way the devices integrate with one another is phenomenal.

Comment Re:Always recording? (Score 3, Interesting) 129

This is pretty much why I just dumped my Echo. The fact that I literally have no idea what it's transmitting at any given time makes me nervous. I love the idea of a voice driven assistant, but I also don't love the idea that MS/Amazon/Google could know anything I say to anyone.... I work from home and discussing sensitive business information within earshot of an always-on microphone makes me twitch.

Comment Re:Propofol is great stuff (Score 1) 92

The amnesia effect with that stuff is insane. Every time I've had it I remember being wheeled toward the OR, and then I'm sitting next to the nurse in recovery. Then for the next 6-12 hours, I may or may not remember anything that happens to me. I don't remember entering the OR, counting down, etc.

It kinda weirds me out that I was conscious and doing something at one point that I now have no recollection of at all.

Comment Re:It's not terrible... (Score 1) 157

Can't argue with this. Their developer tools are lousy compared to Chrome/FF. I would give a slight edge to FF at the moment due to the fact that they support everything chrome does, and they also let you quickly and easily browse all events related to any element you're inspecting.

Comment Re:It's not terrible... (Score 1) 157

As an aside, the reason I haven't swapped to Firefox (their latest release is superb on the desktop) is that their mobile browser is a slob. The interface is decent, but I can't run more than 1-2 tabs without it just becoming totally unresponsive and/or crashing. If their browser ran as well as Chrome did, I would have swapped to FF and probably been pretty happy with it.

Comment It's not terrible... (Score 4, Interesting) 157

Edge is OK. Where I think it lacks, in the same way that the latest Firefox lacks, is in its integration support, mobile features, and plugins.

I use Google services a lot, and the fact that Chrome has native sign-in to Google, makes the integration really clean. Also the plugins on Chrome tend to be a lot more mature and stable than those for the "lesser" browsers. That's less of an issue with FF, but it's still present.

Edge IS quite fast, and does a good job with proper page rendering.

I think the problem is that Chrome is just a great browser. It doesn't matter if Edge is "just as great," or even "a little greater in this one area." A ton of people are embedded with Chrome now, and unless there's a REAL incentive to change, why would they?

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