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Comment Not only do all the new ones suck... (Score 2) 149

All the existing ones do too. IMO, social media is the worst invention of the past century. It brings out the worst in people, promotes obsessive behavior, sucks away people's time, and can cause depression or even suicide when people are cyber-bullied or think their lives are worthless because they aren't as perfect as the fake facades that other people post on social media.

Comment Re:The iPhone X is a terrible phone (Score 1) 181

what, a 3d printed face mask isnt enought? https://www.theverge.com/2017/...

Of course it's not enough, and not even close to being as trivially easy as a photograph. If somebody has the resources and motivation to obtain a 3D scan of a person's face and then 3D print a mask, do you really think a fingerprint scanner would be any more secure against such a person?

Comment Re:The iPhone X is a terrible phone (Score 1, Troll) 181

why do people always post "cite your evidence.. i 'll wait" but cant seem to bother using GOOGLE??

Here is a 10 year old boy unlocking his moms phone https://www.wired.com/story/10...

here is a mask unlocking a phone https://www.macrumors.com/2017...

here is the face ID not working for apples own demo https://www.theverge.com/circu...

try using google..

And none of your examples demonstrate the AC's specific claim that a photograph can unlock Face ID. So please, by all means, go back to Google and find evidence of that. Once again, I'll wait.

Comment Re:Correct the article title, please (Score 1) 233

Should be: "Samsung's display that Apple buys for the iPhone X is the most innovative and highest performance display ever tested"

You mean the display that Samsung built to Apple's exacting specifications? (Apple basically designed the display, they just didn't manufacture it themselves).

Comment Re:Are they out of touch or am I? (Score 1) 94

which lets owners of the Google Home "smart" speaker order items through voice commands like owners of the Echo can do from Amazon.

Seriously? You seriously believe anyone wants to do that?

Not only do I want to do that, the ability to re-order items from Amazon is one of the main reasons I have an Echo, mainly because I have a bad memory or because I'm thinking about other things. So when I'm in the shower for example, and notice I'm running low on shampoo, I can just yell out (from the shower) "Alexa, order more shampoo" which is a godsend for me. Before I had an Echo, I would make a mental note that I needed more shampoo and then promptly forget about it as soon as I walked out of the bathroom.

Comment Re:Interestin (Score 2) 168

Does anyone have any stories about Alexa doing useful things? True stories only, not made up stuff about what it might do someday.

Well let's see, I use the shopping list, to-do list, reminders, alarm clock, etc. daily and they are all very useful. But by far the most useful thing for me (as somebody who orders A LOT from Amazon) is the ability to say, "Alexa, order more _______" and it will check my order history for the item, tell me the current price, and ask if I want to order it again. I say "yes" and it's on its way.

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