The primary benefit of Verizon is their VHF 5G band, for a "call 911 device". Probably not important in cities.

In the meantime I got an unlocked Pixel 8 for $220 so I need to replace that 3x to make repairing interesting.

I am not good at screen replacement - busted two Pixels trying that.

'Linked' may be too strong

Associated, correlated, OK.

Like ice cream sales are 'linked' with crime rates.

Which is just a textbook example of "ignoring a common cause".

Social Science papers are more abour PR and H-index today than stats.

The benefit is for key distribution because you know whether that distribution has been intercepted or not.

The rest is more interesting than useful at this point. Clearly someone clever will find new uses in the future ... or at least it would be shocking if this is the end of the line (from a Philosophy of Science perspective).

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

People say that they couldnâ(TM)t make ends meet without the loan but the rates are so rapacious that you spend so much more!

If they just didnâ(TM)t take out the loans they would have more money and be able to cover more expenses.