Yes, jumpers existed long before electrically reprogrammable non-volatile memory was commercially available.

What could possibly go wrong?

https://www.amazon.com/Mutant-...

It's always easy for the guy who doesn't have to do it.

"If future archeologists only find fragments of information about the Kardashians, they might come to the conclusion that they were imaginary religious deities."

Wait, what? I thought they were!

"The" reason? One of several. Smaller format that was easier to carry, more efficient to store. Less sensitive to scratches and dirt. Easy to make portable. I think that last one was quite important, possibly the most important. Wasn't recordable at first, that came later and was just icing on the cake.

Beat me to it. Saved me the trouble. :)

For the record, you're talking about PD (Power Delivery) charging. https://www.zdnet.com/article/...

I too have several PD chargers, and they all do a very nice job charging iGadgets via Lightning cables on the rare occasion I have to charge a friend's phone.

He clearly isn't actually interested in testing the anti-collision mode; he's more interested in testing the anti-collision override. Neighborhood kid is just smarter than he thinks. :D

Welcome to a world where people use "literally" figuratively.

"She's invoking HIPAA, so..."

Yep, and she's an idiot. She claims it's a HIPAA violation to ask her, which shows a boss-level ignorance of HIPAA.

When asked, all she had to do is say "that's private" or "NOYB" or the good old standby, "no comment". Instead she chose to display her ignorance for the world to see and poke fun at.

I like it! "Unreversavle Mass Destruction" is my new band name. Do not diss the band name.

I find it mildly ironic that you fixed one error and missed two more. Eh. They're just typos. We all make typos, especially in informal writing like this. I wouldn't even have said anything if you hadn't tried to fix it.

Besides, I wanted to claim the band name!

So customers will be paying more for unlimited data that's more unlimited than unlimited data.

Agreed that anybody trying to equate "unlimited" with "infinite" is being a pedantic jerk AND is conflating two different terms.

"Unlimited" in this context means "we won't put a limit on your data transfer amount." Otherwise known as a "cap."

"Asking for [full bandwidth]... 24/7" isn't the real argument here. Nobody (except possibly pedantic jerks) is arguing that every network should give you 100% of its nominal capacity at all times regardless of circumstance. The argument here is whether _artificially_ limiting your data transfer speed counts as limiting your data amount.

I'd argue that it does. The phone companies and ISPs like to sell you "unlimited" data and then limit your data, but instead of doing it by cutting you off at an arbitrary limit, they do it by reducing your data rate after you've reached an arbitrary limit. It's really a different way to accomplish the same thing, but because they're applying a different method, they can give it a new shiny name that doesn't trigger you, and by splitting hairs they can market it as "unlimited" even if the effect is to limit you. It also helps that they're not completely cutting you off. By allowing you to continue, albeit at a reduced data rate, they're limiting the pain and making it more likely that you will accept it.

I do not believe this is being done in good faith.

"Your ID should be much lower to remember those good old days."

And yet, I remember them too.

It's possible for somebody to not have signed up for /. on day 1 but still be old enough to have e.g. watched the moon landing on TV as it happened.

"Might ask John McAfee about the 31 TB..."

Too late.