I remember loving the IBM Think Pad commercials back then. Mainstream TV ads for laptops. Love it.

My fav was the one where they were at a lunch counter and talking about the laptop tracking for impact if dropped. Guy throws one on the floor: "That's not my laptop..." Other guy... "check please". Gold.

Medicare doesn't pay anything for hearing exams, hearing aid fittings, or hearing aids. Just FYI. So you're wrong in that sense.

But, it is a huge market.

OTC hearing aids have really brought the price down and forced prescription models to become more price competitive.

Still, a proper hearing test and fitting of a few different models to see what you like best is worth the cash if you have it. Plus follow up appointments to get everything dialed in.

But, this could prove a stepping stone for people curious if a proper hearing aid would benefit them.

> There is no USSR anymore.

Tell that to Putin.

> Also the UN is only so-so at best, since they can't seem to actually do anything.

The UN is a discussion forum. By design. Complaining they can't do anything is like complaining Slashdot can't do anything.

This IS the Hellscape of our future.

It's like you're a Simpson's episode.

Bloatware creep never ceases.

Here's the one thing that is unabashedly basic and straightforward... for *decades*. NOPE, not allowed.

Ok, Ok... probably fine ;) But I'm an old man Genx-er and want to rant.

I don't get the "Air" moniker these days. The lineup is SO fragmented.

I'd love to see them drop "Air" and just have the MacBook (13.6" and 15.x") and the MacBook Pro (14" and 16").

Then move on and clean up the mess that is the iPad lineup.

In the life/biological sciences at a major US research university, our graduate students are making between $27-$32k (this depends on their particular program). That also receive full tuition coverage and health insurance. $18.7k is crazy low. We could not retail or recruit any students with stipends that low.

Not to mention utility customers as far north as Minnesota are being forced to pay for the irresponsibility of Texas based natural gas companies (Centerpoint Energy) through increased utility bills (and we are being charged interest on it at nearly 9% to boot!).

The pulse oximeter was developed in 1972 and were common by the late 80's. Patent 10,588,553 was just granted this year. What innovation did Apple "steal"?

I just heard a story about this. When they bust people for prostitution if the prostitute turns out out to be a minor, it is labeled sex trafficking, because a minor can't legally concent. Actual cases of sex trafficking are extremely rare in the US. This is why "A lot of time, they're minors". Pretty much all the time. They also tend to do press releases about multiple arrests without making it clear they are all independent cases. This leads people to falsely believe there are sex trafficking rings, like Qanon says. Sorry, I can't find a link. Some guy talking about his book on NPR.

Sure, that's the first definition:

But right under that it says,

These locations are buried under ~1 km of ice. They are pretty well protected.

Acer aquired Gateway in 2007.

Acer announced today that it has completed the merger of its indirect wholly owned subsidiary with Gateway

Yup.