I agree with both of ya, I would never intentionally go swimming with a phone regardless of the IP rating. But the 2 second water immersion that shorted out my Pixel 5 was an ACCIDENT, not a test of the IP rating, and it's kind of disappointing that it completely filled the case with water in a couple seconds, and that afterwards I could watch the water dripping back out. Like I said, there was no seal, just a gap in the case..

It's been many years since I played World of Warcraft with my daughter, but I loved the graphics and the developer's sense of humor. That game was also the inspiration for the The Guild web series my daughter and I binged. Y'all remember Felicia Day?

Have I mentioned how I can no longer use the Samsung Galaxy Watch I paid good money for, because Samsung refuses to ship the software that supports it, rendering it useless once the phone I orginally installed the software on stopped working?

he expected life of computer capacitors typically ranges from 5 to 15 years of real-world use, depending heavily on temperature, quality, and type. Of course, capacitor failure usually doesn't mean your computer fries and stops working, it usually just means the error rate goes up without filter caps.

Have we sold them the ropes with which they can hang us yet?

Ya know, "AI Bundy" would be an excellent name for a cartoon character...

What's the difference between a marketing manager and a prositute? There are some things a prostitute won't do for any amount of money! (My manager at Oracle pulled down his $40,000 quarterly bonus by billing a customer for work that wasn't done, then after the project was billed halfway down and late, brought me in to clean up the mess and take the blame for the failure or a project I had just been assigned to and finished within a week.)

That's actually one of my biggest issues with chatbots, they appear to be programmed to kiss ass (Trump must LOVE them!). I link that the biggest issue I have with Geminiis that when it can't find an answer to your question, it just makes one up instead of admitting it can't find an answer. So Gemini is really emulating human behavior, both sucking up and BSing instead of saying "I don't know". (Yeah, I know, AI answers aren't "correct", they are just the statistically most probably answer. Turns out if there is no answer, than any answer is equally probable, so I had it give 3 different answers to a question when I asked the same exact question 3 time. The question was "What is the BLE Company ID for Globe Tracker?" 3 different answers, The obvious fact check for it saying 03DF is to then ask "What company has BLE Company ID 03DF?" Hint: it wasn't Globe Tracker. So why isn't AI programmed to do a simple check on it's own hallucinations?

Thanks for the reminder of the other reason I buy Pixel phones: Google does a pretty good job of shipping updates for the Pixel phone. Samsung seems to consider Android updates a cost center, not a profit center. Google is probably just letting Pixel owners beta test their latest improvements. As far as the Trump phone, yeah, why not just buy the HTC U24 without the gaudy gold spray paint the screams "Look at me, I'm an attention whore!"

Nah, man, all the cool kids are playing Minecraft, 'cause it's still 2012 and always will be!

I'm hoping there will lots of cheap hardware availble once the bubble pops.

...and the IP68 rating of my Pixel 5 was a lie, the case wasn't sealed at all and the phone immediately because an ex-phone when I flipped my kayak. I do like Google's photo processing software though, that's probably the reason I keep buying Pixel phones.

The Standard Pixel 9 and Pixel 10 don't include support for the UWB that the Pixel Tag uses. Yep, Google already tryin' to make us buy another phone!

I ain't givin' up mah Trump Phone! MAGA! /s

No, Patrick, Mustard does not translate to "shit of mouse"! In general, many cultures colorful expressions can be hilarious when literally translated into English though. E.g. in Africa they would say a beta male is "still sucking on his momma's tit".