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20tibbygt06··on Amazon Go
What happens when parents walk in with kids? Does little Bobby need his own account for everything he's going to touch and pickup?

What if I walk in with a friend on our way to somewhere else and they don't have an account and I'm just getting something quick, do they not get in and wait outside? Everybody in the video was just one person or all had an account/phone.

Overall, I hope this works and expands. Checkout lines can be a hassle at times.

20tibbygt06··on Microsoft Surface Studio
Starting at $2,999 to $4,199

Product Page: https://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msusa/en_US/pdp/Surface...

*Surface Dial included

edit: as pointed out below you do get a Surafce Dial with the purchase of the studio. I originally looked at the "what's included" section where the dial was not listed.

20tibbygt06··on A Report on the Flawed 2016 Democratic Primaries
Election Justice USA reporting their site is under attack since reporting their findings. [0]

[0]https://twitter.com/Elect_Justice/status/758376021674561536

At this time, I'm still unable to reach their site.

20tibbygt06··on How hackers hack you using simple social engineering [video]
This is part of a longer video: Real Future: What Happens When You Dare Expert Hackers To Hack You (Episode 8)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjYhmX_OUQQ

20tibbygt06··on “Guccifer2”'s second release from DNC hack
Article talking about the files here. [0]

Also, I find it interesting that the Clinton Foundation has come out saying they have been breached as well. [1]

[0] http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/hacker-releases-clinton-fo... [1] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-21/clinton-fo...

paragraph of interest:

"Clinton Foundation officials said the organization hadn’t been notified of the breach and declined to comment further. The compromise of the foundation’s computers was first identified by government investigators as recently as last week, the people familiar with the matter said. Agents monitor servers used by hackers to communicate with their targets, giving them a back channel view of attacks, often even before the victims detect them."

20tibbygt06··on Killing the 3.5mm Jack: How Simple Is Changing into Needlessly Complicated
My car stereo has a 3.5mm jack. My TV has a 3.5mm jack. My speaker system has a 3.5mm jack. The new chromecast has the version with a 3.5mm jack.

I just don't understand where manufactures are going with this. I recently got a small Bluetooth speaker and have problems pairing from time to time, but not when I have a 3.5mm jack. I just connect the cable and it works. Don't even get me started with battery drain.

This is really annoying. It all reminds me of when I was searching for my first cellphone and most phone didn't have the jack. In the end my first cellphone (Samsung Omnia) didn't have a 3.5mm jack and it was really annoying having to buy an adapter in order to listen to music.

20tibbygt06··on New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft
Take a look at "Building Microsoft Surface Pro 3." [1] Microsoft definitely has set the bar for this type of device. I personally have been waiting for such a device that all the other offerings were just not up to par as each seemed to have some quirk or problem. Bad hinge design, drivers not working, performance was subpar, battery life was lacking.

Other manufactures will have to take notice.

[1] https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK3302

20tibbygt06··on New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft
The surface book has the potential to propel Microsoft past apple. I was so amazed at everything that the surface book offers. dedicated graphics, pci storage, the design, and the convertibility. I highly believe that 2 in 1 hybrids like the surface book will be the future. A device like this embodies everything that we have come to love with technology in this time and age. the tablet form, touchscreens, portability, performance, sleekness, applications.

I currently use a toshiba click2pro [1] as my laptop of choice. This device has the same spirit as the surface book, but fails on many ends where I see the surface book exceeding. So far I have not seen any other manufacture crack the right formula for this type of device. The Asus transformer book, HP Spectre, Toshiba click all have their drawbacks or just weren't design right.

Take my Toshiba click 2 pro for example. 1. the weight of the LCD is heavier than the keyboard dock causing the laptop to be top heavy when moving it around. Toshiba circumvented this by docking the screen not at the the where the dock and keyboard meet, but by moving the docking location in a bit the lcd will stay without being top heavy and failing over. 2. The keyboard dock has potential to add components such as extra internal storage when docked, adding another battery cell in the dock, adding dedicated graphics. 3. The docking hinge is awful this is the main problem that I currently see with these devices. All the 2 in 1 have terrible hinge technology to hold the device together.

Now Microsoft has gone and put a lot of thought into this device and I believe they have a winner. The have set the bar for this type of device and other manufactures will be coming with their own devices. The hybrid 2 in 1, a true laptop and tablet device. Why Microsoft will succeed is because they have not only looked as design, but they have put a lot of thought into performance and functionality. From adding dedicated graphics to the keyboard dock it transforms the tablet to a true power house of a laptop. Also from what I saw, they added extra batteries in the keyboard dock by doing this they have distributed the weight of the components. I hope to see more analysis on the weight and feel of the device. The hinge looks to be highly in house designed. There was a talk about how Microsoft built the surface pro 3 [2] and watching the talk you can see that Microsoft spent a lot of time designing the components to be functional. I highly believe that the "dynamic fulcrum" hinge is a step way above of what other manufactures have done so far for a device of this type. I hope we get analysis on the hinge.

A device that blurs lines between the laptop and tablet. Between entertainment and performance. For some time we were split between a tablet device running an OS system that was designed for entertainment consumption, not being able to have the power to do more intensive tasks yet manufactures trying to sell it as if it could. (iPad Pro, the new Pixel C) to having to choose between OSX or windows for when we truly needed the power of full operating system. Like another comments stated we are seeing where Microsoft and Apple are heading. Microsoft is blurring the line of devices and like they stated are making us the hub where we are allowed to use our devices in different ways. To docking your phone to enjoy the desktop experience under continuum to using the surface book while lounging around and browsing as a tablet. I am liking where Microsoft is heading.

[1] http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2468274,00. [2] https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK3302

20tibbygt06··on New Windows 10 Devices From Microsoft
The surface book has the potential to propel Microsoft past apple. I was so amazed at everything that the surface book offers. dedicated graphics, pci storage, the design, and the convertibility. I highly believe that 2 in 1 hybrids like the surface book will be the future. A device like this embodies everything that we have come to love with technology in this time and age. the tablet form, touchscreens, portability, performance, sleekness, applications.

I currently use a toshiba click2pro [1] as my laptop of choice. This device has the same spirit as the surface book, but fails on many ends where I see the surface book exceeding. So far I have not seen any other manufacture crack the right formula for this type of device. The Asus transformer book, HP Spectre, Toshiba click all have their drawbacks or just weren't design right.

Take my Toshiba click 2 pro for example. 1. the weight of the LCD is heavier than the keyboard dock causing the laptop to be top heavy when moving it around. Toshiba circumvented this by docking the screen not at the the where the dock and keyboard meet, but by moving the docking location in a bit the lcd will stay without being top heavy and failing over. 2. The keyboard dock has potential to add components such as extra internal storage when docked, adding another battery cell in the dock, adding dedicated graphics. 3. The docking hinge is awful this is the main problem that I currently see with these devices. All the 2 in 1 have terrible hinge technology to hold the device together.

Now Microsoft has gone and put a lot of thought into this device and I believe they have a winner. The have set the bar for this type of device and other manufactures will be coming with their own devices. The hybrid 2 in 1, a true laptop and tablet device.

Why Microsoft will succeed is because they have not only looked as design, but they have put a lot of thought into performance and functionality. From adding dedicated graphics to the keyboard dock it transforms the tablet to a true power house of a laptop. Also from what I saw, they added extra batteries in the keyboard dock by doing this they have distributed the weight of the components. I hope to see more analysis on the weight and feel of the device. The hinge looks to be highly in house designed. There was a talk about how Microsoft built the surface pro 3 [2] and watching the talk you can see that Microsoft spent a lot of time designing the components to be functional. I highly believe that the "dynamic fulcrum" hinge is a step way above of what other manufactures have done so far for a device of this type. I hope we get analysis on the hinge.

A device that blurs lines between the laptop and tablet. Between entertainment and performance. For some time we were split between a tablet device running an OS system that was designed for entertainment consumption, not being able to have the power to do more intensive tasks yet manufactures trying to sell it as if it could. (iPad Pro, the new Pixel C) to having to choose between OSX or windows for when we truly needed the power of full operating system.

Like another comments stated we are seeing where Microsoft and Apple are heading. Microsoft is blurring the line of devices and like they stated are making us the hub where we are allowed to use our devices in different ways. To docking your phone to enjoy the desktop experience under continuum to using the surface book while lounging around and browsing as a tablet. I am liking where Microsoft is heading.

[1] http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2468274,00. [2] https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/BRK3302

20tibbygt06··on Secret Service Violated Privacy Law to Shame Lawmaker
Here is the pdf report:

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_U.S.%20new...

20tibbygt06··on Irving, TX ninth grader arrested after taking homemade clock to school
I am just baffled at the ignorance. Not only does everybody in that school automatically assumed it was a bomb, but the police has the audacity to: "They led Ahmed into a room where four other police officers waited. He said an officer he’d never seen before leaned back in his chair and remarked: “Yup. That’s who I thought it was.”"

The engineering teacher advising him to not show anyone else is just sad. He just wants to show people his passion, but everybody else's inability to for one second think that maybe this kid has great potential, rather think that he made a bomb, because what else could he possibly be making. This is infuriating.

You can buy your own damn clock kit on Amazon for $6! http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Production-Suite-Clock-…/…/

How are these people in these positions?

20tibbygt06··on E-Money (That's What I Want) (1994)
"My fellow passenger and tour guide is David Chaum, the bearded and ponytailed founder of DigiCash, and the inventor of cryptographic protocols that could catapult our currency system into the 21st century. They may, in the process, shatter the Orwellian predictions of a Big Brother dystopia, replacing them with a world in which the ease of electronic transactions is combined with the elegant anonymity of paying in cash."

Reading that and understanding that this was written in 1994 is quite surreal.