3. The answer and ignore touch screen buttons are so close together, it's easy to accidentally tap ignore when trying to answer a call ...
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1. They removed the volume knob in favour of a volume slider on the touch screen. Very difficult to use, and even after a couple of years I have not been able to get used to it, and keep reaching for a physical input.
2. There's many UI quirks (bugs and ill conceived design flows) that make menu navigation, managing saved stations, switching from AM to FM, connecting a Bluetooth device etc. extremely difficult. RDS is even disabled by default, which defeats the purpose of having all the extra real estate of the touch screen.
Lots of complaints from users, taking them years to acknowledge it sucks.
But can you afford to buy it?
Do you disable auto-update, and risk running a broken version of the encryption library or software, or do you enable auto-update and risk a remote backdoor injection via the auto update?
Technical support / customer service.
Email is not the tool for you if you believe you're apt to be arrested and your communications subpoenaed.
If you do not trust the provider you can still use email securely by utilizing something like PGP
Of course the service provider can be compelled by law enforcement to hand over encrypted data. Law enforcement may then either attempt to brute force the encryption key password, or compel the user to provide the encryption key password (typically the account password with end-to-end encrypted services): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law
Does ordering you to hand over your password entail a form of self-incrimination or a violation of the right to silence? Would granting police the power to compel passwords cross a line centuries old against forcing a person to speak to build the case against them? https://globalnews.ca/news/5310901/canada-privacy-passwords-...
Imagine a warning label: this product known to cause global warming in a test environment ....
Agreed, it's easy to become desensitized. That said, I would have otherwise not been aware of the issue at all! So the labels do help (me) with general awareness. And although I can't always avoid it, I'm now on the lookout for furniture made without these types of chemicals. I would have been clueless sans warning.
Big box restaurants here have to post calorie counts on their menus, and while I still can't believe my favourite burger combo is over 2400 calories (lunch), and I can't resist most of the time, it's got me thinking. Like maybe once per week, and then go for something not so heavy on the calories.
A counter point article I just read - graphic health warnings on cigarette packages losing their impact, study shows: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/graphic-health-warnings...
But they did / still do have an impact.
Amazon launched a product called "Amazon Drive" in 2015 ...
Unlimited cloud storage! $11.99/year for photos and $59.99/year for everything:
https://venturebeat.com/2015/03/26/amazon-launches-two-new-c...
At the time, anyone familiar with cloud storage (Dropbox, Sync.com, Box etc.) knew that Amazon was undercutting their rivals (selling at a loss) to enter the consumer market.
Worse, many cloud providers resell AWS storage (Dropbox did at the time, and was an Amazon customer).
Amazon ran this "loss leader" for almost 2 years, hoping to drive the competition out.
In the end all they did was upset existing AWS customers, and eventually duped their own newly minted Amazon Drive customers, because they shuttered the service 2 years later (the losses started adding up on both sides):
https://techcrunch.com/2017/06/08/amazon-ends-its-unlimited-...
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/dropbox-saved-almost-75-millio...
- Using Google Images search for: fun crafts.
- Results loaded with Pinterest hosted images.
- Visit any of those Pinterest hosted image pages
- The page on Pinterest may not include the image you are looking for (anymore)
- Or the Pinterest page may be an intermediary page that links to some other external website with the original image (Google doesn't give the original website the traffic)
- After 5 seconds you start getting prompts to create a Pinterest account
Athletes may value Olympic Gold more so than gold at a smaller, regional competitions, even when posting better results at the smaller venues ...
Society at large has been "tuned" to regard Olympic Gold as the "gold standard" regardless of whether the athlete performed better at other competitions.
The same thing happened with Tangerine.ca when they launched their new website late last year. Tangerine is owned by one of Canada's "big 5" banks, Scotiabank.
For at least a week after the launch, users were experiencing login errors, timeouts, incorrect balances and features not working. Backend code exceptions would bubble up to the surface. It was ugly.
But even with the backend issues ironed out weeks later, users continue to lament about the horrible new UI, which over 6 months later, is still a UX nightmare on desktop web browsers.
Reading the 400+ Facebook comments on their "launch day post (they since removed the post from the timeline) is quite an eye opener.
Apparently they did minimal testing and disregarded all user feedback during the beta phase.
The comments are still accessible from the post photo here: https://www.facebook.com/TangerineBank/photos/pb.46798899664...
Price depends on grading factors such as cut, colour and clarity (inclusions). I was surprised to learn that lab grown diamonds also vary in colour, and may have inclusions, and as such are graded on the same scale as natural diamonds.
At most of the stores I visited, the price of lab-grown diamonds was about 30% cheaper compared to their natural counterparts at the same grade.
Most surprising though was that the sales people were really pushing hard to sell the lab grown diamonds over the natural ones.
I would imagine the markup and commission is much much higher.
It's hard to see the facts through the click bait this day and age. Journalists used to vet their sources, and I'm sure (hope) most still do, depending on the gravity of the subject matter.
This is a great example though.
Here we have multiple "reputable" news outlets reporting softer than expected demand for the iPhone X. And the comments mostly calling "BS".
Who to believe?
Apple news itself has a history of vague sources (Appleinsider, MacRumours etc.) .. almost impossible to filter in either direction.
Apple has cut orders for parts used in its iPhone X by 60 percent, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the iPhone supply chain. Another person familiar with Apple's production goals said the gadget giant slashed its output targets to 20 million iPhone X units in the first three months of the year, down from about 40 million, according to the report.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-to-curtail-iphone-x-produ...
https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-reportedly-slashes-iphone-x-...
Overall it was easier to just purchase an Android TV device (Nvidia Shield).
I too find that Netflix, a few niche players and the odd movie rental from Google Play covers virtually all of my needs, but there's always something that comes up (someone brings some USB stick over or whatever) which Apple TV doesn't support.
It's odd that Google can develop a TV platform that supports all file formats easily, multiple players etc. and with Apple you still have to jump through hoops to play a file ...
I find myself increasingly stuck in an Apple 2011 - 2013 universe.
For starters Apple has not yet provided a viable upgrade for my primary desktop machine: a 2011 Mac Mini (2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 with 8 GB ram and SSD). The specs on the current 2018 Mac Mini lineup are considerable lower than yesteryears Mac Mini. No idea why? I'd love to upgrade to a faster Mac Mini, but there's really no options, even 6 years later. So nope.
Then there's my 2013 MacBook Air (1.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 with 8 GB ram and SSD). This thing has been a workhorse. That said I'd love to get a similar form factor with Retina, however, the only somewhat viable upgrade option seems to be the 12" MacBook. Too small, so nope.
Finally, there's my iPhone 5S (2013 as well). It's showing it's age (sluggish at times), however, I've replaced the battery and to be honest, it's still got some life left in it. Admittedly, the iPhone is the only Apple product I own that actually does have a viable upgrade path.
Unfortunately, with the lack of upgrade options for my primary Apple devices, and issues I've had with iTunes and Apple TV, I'm hesitant to buy in again ...
Most other Apple devices and products I own simply collect dust:
Various iPods and thousands of purchased iTunes songs collecting dust - as I switched to Spotify. I switched to Spotify when iTunes + iCloud (perhaps user error, not sure) somehow deleted all of my ripped MP3s from along time ago. Generally speaking the iTunes app itself got to the point where it was unusably bloated and convoluted. Not sure why.
Apple TV collecting dust. Replaced by an Android TV due to not making it easy to play all file formats.
AirPort Extreme collecting dust - had multiple issues and it eventually stopped working (bricked).
Finally, MacOS itself has been lacklustre the past couple of releases. I hesitate to upgrade now, due to various bugs and lack of quality control. Apps I previously purchased on the Mac App store have stopped working as well.
So while Apple embarks on a new chapter in it's "middle age", it seems like the previous generation has been left to rot ... with not much in the way of upgrade options. How is this an inwardly-focused strategy?
It's unfortunate that the community wasn't organized enough to come a consensus on "scaling" ...
It was only a few months ago that it appeared as though the possibilities were endless. We had excellent "long-term" solutions in development (Segwit and Lightning) AND a good "short-term" fix ready to go (Blocksize increase).
As an early adopter I feel betrayed, that we were forced to choose a side, that politics trumped usability. It's toxic. Self-limiting, and difficult to "buy" into at this point.
I read the article up until that point.
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I'm just saying ... Google "how to get your first 10 customers"
https://www.google.ca/search?q=how+to+get+your+first+10+cust...
This article has hit the front page. I'm sure most businesses owners looking to get their first 10 customers research those keywords, and may be looking for a payment solution, to get incorporated etc. So the subtle SEO here helps Stripe / Stripe Atlas get more customers.
Furthermore, as a startup, content like this allows you to post and promote your brand on Quora, HN, Reddit etc., which can start conversations that lead to sales. These types of posts particularly work great on popular entrepreneur forums.
We got many of our first customers, and continue to get customers, by posting content. Combined with a free option. So far we haven't done any spamming via cold emails.
Certainly cold emails can work, but they may also come across as being "spammy".
Because the article is heavy on word count but light on details.
The author should provide details on the benefits of posting such an article in the first place (potential front page on HN, SEO, nurture customers), which could yield better results compared to what the author actually recommends in the article (spamming).
Edit - to answer my own question I searched Google and found this: http://jalopnik.com/dear-car-companies-stop-punishing-employ...
A long time ago I did an internship at a marketing firm that did work for Subway Sandwiches. As such, it was considered a fireable offence to bring any other branded "sub" into the office.
Just a few weeks? Is it that trivial to swap out a library?
The issue with Dropbox is that they also have access to your encryption keys, which means they can easily decrypt and access your files, at their discretion.
According to Drew Houston (Dropbox CEO), they need access to your files to offer features like search, to be able to better understand how you're using the service, ability to integrate with third-parties, and for law enforcement. Some of these "trade-offs" are mentioned by Mr. Houston himself in this interview when responding to criticism from Edward Snowden a few years ago: https://techcrunch.com/2014/11/04/dropboxs-drew-houston-resp...
More to the point, giving Dropbox (and their affiliates and trusted third-parties) permission to access to your files is a key provision of the Dropbox terms of service:
Our Services also provide you with features like photo thumbnails, document previews, commenting, easy sorting, editing, sharing and searching. These and other features may require our systems to access, store and scan Your Stuff. You give us permission to do those things, and this permission extends to our affiliates and trusted third parties we work with.
As Mr. Houston said in the article referenced above, if you want better encryption there are alternatives.
Disclaimer: I work at Sync.com
The easier work around at the moment is to cast from a laptop.