From everything I’ve read, this is actually an urban legend. Not that it has impact particularly one way or another, but they just don’t generate the magnitudes of energy required for that kind of action, either over time or in bursts. Now if you lithium ion battery caught fire, that would be a different story, but…

Hmm ... I thought I had looked into that before, but I have to admit that a sample of “normal” versus “Deuteranopic Vision” side-by-side sure look awfully similar to me. :)

We got one in our office, and our whole group immediately noticed “how much louder” it is. Not sure I could quantify it to 2x or 3x, but definitely more than a smidge. If it’s just me typing in a room, that’s fine, but when there are a dozen of us typing along a row of desks, it seems like it’s going to be a…

... not sure whether to high-five you or punch you. :) Oh, well, it’s a star either way. :)

Thankfully, Musk has the Multiple Policy benefit with Tesla and PayPal — if not for that discount, he’d really be screwed. This will probably cost him his Good Launcher discount, though.

For us, it was totally worth it — we had DirecTV, which (after $10 HD fee, $12 DVR fee, $6 ‘regional sports fee’ (even though we don’t watch sports), etc.) was $108 per month. That was plain “standard level” television — no HBO or other more expensive, but yes to Comedy Central or Cartoon Network.

My thoughts exactly! The fact that I now don’t know how many landings they’ve stuck, or various other details, is awesome. Saying, “Yay for the extraordinary becoming routine!” sounds kinda sad, but I love that it’s happening here.

Wow. Normally I read through the comments and think, “well, that’s an interesting opinion,” or “okay, yeah, that person and I certainly come from different backgrounds!” This time ... I suspect you are made of entirely anti-me, and if we ever high-fived, we’d explode in an enormous fireball.

Fair enough — I’ve done iOS development for the last six years, and have certainly been in the same situation of waiting for them to get to a verified bug. I guess it’s more like ... I’ve also done Android development, and the benefit there is that at least you can often dig into the source code, where you find a…

One of the things that makes iMessage great on iOS might not translate as well on Android. Basically, the system seamlessly integrates with traditional SMS, such that if it detects an iPhone, it will send it using iMessage, meaning it doesn’t count as a text message for me, doesn’t have arbitrary rules for message…

Customer: Hi! I think my phone is infected with something!

For us, it made a huge difference to switch to streaming — we had the “note quite base” DirectTV package, and it was costing $108 per month, without any premium channels included. This is because above the base items they list when you price compare, they add:

I’m watching Star Trek: The Next Generation with my kids, and last night there was an episode with the Romulan general sitting at a desk. She is *clearly* thumb-typing on a cell phone, and says, “I’m just finishing up some notes on a speech you’re going to give.” I had to skip back and watch it again, it was so eerie.…

Oh, thanks — I had put the whole thing aside for a bit, but your note has inspired me to get off my butt and check it out. :) The lack of fingerprint scanner is sad, but considering she’d be going from a vanilla 4 before, she wouldn’t miss it, and there are certainly enough features added to make up for it. Thanks!

Yeah, it’s kind of surprisingly functional. :) I’ve tried to use the system everywhere I can to find its current benefits and limitations. A few retailers (I think CVS and/or RiteAid, locally) who are still in their CurrentC contracts have the hardware, and yet report a “Card read failed” or something if you try to…

For Apple Pay, you set a default card which shows up first — I use my Citibank MasterCard most of the time, so if I just hold my wrist or phone up, that’s usually what will change. If I want, I can cycle to other cards with a button-press.

As far as I know, the Apple Pay (or Android Pay, etc.) basically use the same tech, and should be identical in speed to your current system. When I use it with my phone or watch now, I go through the same behavior: hold the device up near the reader for a moment, and it buzzes/chimes/etc., and the transaction is…

Thanks — I realized I should just Google it all, but there were all you already-knowledgeable people here, and it seemed the best resource rather than random internet notes. :)

Well, yeah, low-earth-orbits can do that to a person. Makes me wonder why we even have these things! (sorry)

I should point her at that. We’re pretty invested in the Apple ecosystem at this point (I develop iOS software, so we have a zillion iPhones and iPads and junk around), but even so, she might appreciate an actual modern phone instead of staying with 2012 tech forever. :)