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Comment Re:I'm surprised they managed 2%. (Score 2) 79

I think a lot of these folks are missing implied point 3 and you might need to say it explicitly.

Humans can be held accountable for their mistakes and have an incentive to not just give an answer that might cause massive problems.

This is not an immediate moral problem, so I can understand why they might need the implications for business process explained to them as well >_>

Comment Re:smaller? (Score 1) 105

If you cant figure out how to pair bluetooth devices once and done

Read my post again. Note that I brought up dual-boot systems. Using the same Bluetooth device on the same computer whether it's booted into Windows or Linux (or whatever) is possible, but it's not nearly as simple as you think. If you only have one OS installed (probably the case if you're using a Mac or other computing white-goods), you need not concern yourself with this.

Comment Re:smaller? (Score 4, Insightful) 105

Wired keyboards and mice don't have batteries to go dead or (except for Bluetooth) dongles to lose. You plug them in and they Just Work. Bluetooth devices are a pain in the ass to get working with both OSes on a dual-boot setup, as they'll normally only pair to one of them at a time.

You can pry my wired input devices from my cold dead hands.

Comment Re: Applesauce (Score 1) 137

It's only for Android TV devices. Ordinary Android devices (phones, tablets, etc.) aren't supported. I tried running an Orange Pi 5 on one of my TVs with the build of Android (not Android TV, just Android) that's available for it, but it wouldn't run the Apple TV app. That's when I switched to Chromecasts for both of my TVs.

The 10-foot experience with the newer Chromecasts is objectively better, IMHO. Instead of farting around with your phone to control it, it has a proper remote control that can also be set to control power and volume on your TV (or your AV receiver, if you have one of those). I had previously run OpenELEC on Raspberry Pi 3s controlled by Playstation 3 Blu-ray remotes, but the WAF of the Chromecast is higher with access to more video sources.

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