September 18, 2015 - The WAN Show Document

[LinusTech]

 

Soundcloud Link: https://soundcloud.com/thewanshow/the-wan-show-doom-gloom-for-amd-an-8k-tv-september-18-2015

 

Main News Topics

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and more, may be revealed at Oct 6 NYC event (Rumor)

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/449868-microsoft-surfac OP: DatSpeed

Source 2: http://www.windowscentral.com/surface-pro-4-

Source 3: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/09/microsofts-big-hardware

• Invites being sent out to media for event on Tuesday October 6 for “exciting news about Windows 10 devices”

• No real hints as to the products that Microsoft will be introducing during the event.

• Almost a certainty that the company will finally reveal two new Windows 10 mobile devices

• Devices currently have internal codenames “Talkman” and “Cityman”

• Thought to be named Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL

• Expected to unveil the successor to the current Surface Pro 3, which has been out over a year and has been a solid seller for Microsoft

Sharp May Introduce 8K UHD Displays in October

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450777-sharp OP: HKZeroFive

Source 2: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34267265
Source 3: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2491372,00.asp

Source 4: http://www.kitguru.net/peripherals/monitors/anton-shilov

• First 8k (7680x4320) tv to be made commercially available, 16x the pixels of 1080p

• $125,000-$133,000 price tag, launching on Oct 30th, 2015

• Limited amount of 8k content

  • NASA will deliver 4K space footagte beginning Nov 1s

  • Netflix and Amazon offering limited 4K streams for those with UHD TV sets

  • Sharp has sights set on businesses that can put an 8k display to work-perhaps for graphics or signage

  • (NHK - Japan Broadcasting Corp) will start to broadcast in its 8K super hi-vision format sometimes in 2018.

8K video walls

• Due to technological restraints, owners of Sharp’s LV-85001 will have to use workarounds to take full advantage of its full capabilities

• built-in TV tuner cannot actually receive broadcasts in 8K. Instead, video has to be fed in via four separate HDMI cables

Nvidia Gamestream Co-op Enters Beta

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450610-nvidia OP: Shadow Bullet

Source 2: http://www.geforce.com/geforce-experience/gfe-beta

Source 3: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2984314/components-

Source 4: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/85250/20150917/nvidia

• Nvidia GFX users can now phone a friend to get through a game’s tough spots with this latest beta

• To use GameStream Co-op, the host PC needs:

  • GTX 650 or higher desktop, or GTX 660m or higher laptop card

  • Core i3-2100 or higher CPU, at least 4GB of RAM

  • 802.11 a/g router with at least 7Mbps of upstream bandwith

• After receiving an invite, the guest can launch the stream using a Google Chrome extension

• GameStream Co-op is designed for DirectX 9 games or higher, only works if run in fullscreen mode

• Streams are capped at 720p and 30fps, co-op sessions limited to 60 minutes at a time before the host needs to send another invite

• Offers integrated YouTube upload capacities, and a new in game overlay

Fully transparent solar cell could make every window and screen a power source

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450228-transparent OP: jos

Source 2: http://bgr.com/2015/09/14/solar-powered-transparent-battery/

Source 3: http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/188667

• Developed by a team of researchers at the Kogakuin University, influenced by Ubiquitous Energy

• Contains a lithium ion battery that is not entirely transparent - becomes slightly tinted when exposed to sunlight

• When fully discharged, the light transmittance rises to approximately 60 percent

• the team shrunk down the electrodes, all the way down to around 80-90nm, to allow light to pass through

• have been working on this technology for about four years since a team of researchers at Stanford came up with the concept

• Concept was demoed at Innovation Japan earlier this month, not clear how long it will take until it’ll be used in commercial products

• The prototype “Transparent Luminescent Solar Concentrators” currently have an efficiency of around 1%, but they think that 10% should be possible once production commences

• Is scalable and affordable, from smartphones all the way up to industrial sized windows

Fourteen Year Old Student Arrested For Bringing Homemade Clock to School

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450821-fourteen OP: Rune

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/16/9335965/ahmed-mohamed-14

Source 3: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/community-news/northwest-dallas-count

• Ahmed Mohamed

• lives in Irving and has a keen interest in robotics and engineering

• put the device together Sunday night

• pulled out of class the next day, interviewed by police officers, and taken in handcuffs to juvenile detention, after being told by teachers that his creation looked like a bomb

• it is a simple device, created from a circuit board and a power supply wired to a digital display, all strapped inside a case with a tiger hologram on the front

• Ahmed’s father thinks that he was mistreated because of prejudice against muslims

• Barack Obama has invited Ahmed to the white house, saying that the states needs more kids like him

• Mark Zuckerberg has also reached out and invited Ahmed to Facebook HQ

• a JPL engineer has offered Ahmed the chance to see a Mars rover whenever he wants

Qualcomm Introduces Quick Charge 3.0, improves 2.0’s charging by 38%

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450239 OP: ahhming

Source 2: http://www.androidauthority.com/qualcomm

Source 3: http://fortune.com/2015/09/16/qualcomm-quick-charge-30/

• How fast is this?

  • Quick Charge 1.0 = 40% faster than conventional charging

  • Quick Charge 2.0 = 75% faster than conventional charging

  • Quick Charge 3.0 = 38% faster than Quick Charge 2.0

• Is USB Type-C ready

• Aside from achieving insane charging speeds, this is the first time Qualcomm uses Intelligent Negotiation for Optimum Voltage. (INOV)

  • This new algorithm helps devices determine how much voltage they should request

• Will ship in devices with the Snapdragon 820, 620, 618, 430

 

Computers “do not improve” pupil results, says OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operations and Development

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/451001-computers OP: patrick3027

Source 2: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-34174796

Source 3: http://www.edcircuit.com/from-bbc-news-computers

• Investing heavily in school computers and classroom technology does not improve pupils’ performance, says a global study from the OECD

• Tom Bennett, that gov’ts expert on pupil behaviour, said teachers had been “dazzled” by school computers

• report from OECD examines the impact of school technology on international test results, such as the Pisa tests taken in more than 70 countries and tests measuring digital skills

• Average daily minutes for countries using internet at school - Graph

• Report says:

  • Students who use computers very frequently at school get worse results

  • Students who use computers moderately at school, such as once or twice a week, have “somewhat better learning outcomes” than students who use computers rarely

  • High achieving school systems such as South Korea and Shanghai in China have lower levels of computer use in school

  • Singapore, with only a moderate use of technology in school, is top for digital skills

Intel Launches Automotive Security Review Board To Ensure Cybersecurity Of Cars

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/449939-intel OP: MadSprite

Source 2: http://www.techtimes.com/articles/84748/20150917/intel

Source 3: http://hothardware.com/news/intel

• reports of hacked cars have been a pretty regular thing in recent years

• “About one in five vehicles on the road worldwide will have some form of wireless network connection by 2020, amounting to more than 250 million connected vehicles,” reported Gartner, an IT research firm

• Intel announced the formation of the “Automotive Security Review Board” (ASRB), which aimsy to lessen and address auto cbersecurity risks

• ASRB’s research arm is tasked to perform continuous security tests and inspections

  • Will pick from “top security industry talent”

• Intel has also published the first white paper version of “Automotive Security Best Practices”

• Intel will provide incentives by awarding a new car to the researcher that makes the most significant contributions in advancing automobile cybersecurity.

A Call For A Ban on Robots Designed As Sex Toys

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic OP: Prof

Source 2: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/

Source 3: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34118482

• campaign launched calling for a ban on the development of robots that can be used for sex

• “Such a use of the technology is unnecessary and undesirable” said campaign leader Dr. Kathleen Richardson

  • Dr. Richardson is a robot ethicist at De Montfort University in Leicester

  • She believes that they reinforce traditional stereotypes of women and view that a relationship need be nothing more than physical

• Sex dolls on the market are becoming more sophisticated

• some are now hoping to build AI into their products

• Company called “True Companion” boasts that its developing “the world’s first sex robot” and promises to launch its first doll “Roxxxy”, later this year

  • Thousands of preorders

  • Retail price of $7000

  • CEO of “True Companion” commented “We are not supplanting the wife or trying to replace a girlfriend. This is a solution for people who are between relationships or someone who has lost a spouse”

  • wants the doll to be a self-learning engine for the user

Sony: Z5 Premium only renders media in 4K, the rest in 1080p for a two-day battery

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450457-sony-z5-premium- OP: ahjolinna

Source 2: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony-Z5-Premium-

Source 3: http://www.digitaltrends.com/android/sony-xperia-z5

Hands On Impression with Z5 Premium

• First phone with a 4k display, cramming 8 million pixels in a 5.5” display for an 800+ ppi (S6 has 577ppi)

• The Z5 won’t always run its native screen resolution

• Xperia UI hasn’t been upscaled further than 1080p

• Sony said “Xperia Z5 Premium features 4K display with resolution of 3840x2160 pixels based on SID Standard.

  • Enables all video and image content to be enjoyed at 4K resolution

  • Other content to be displayed at 1080p for battery conservation

• Z5 Premium still being listed as having a two day battery life

• 3430 mAh battery

• Expected to go on sale at the beginning of November for the UK, still waiting to hear if any of the three phones will come to a US network

Will Zen fail now that Uncle Jimmy left?

Source 1: linustechtips.com - sooo uncle jimmy head honcho of ze OP: Karatehottie93

Source 2: wccftech.com - legendary cpu architect jim keller left amd pursue op

Source 3: http://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/86585-legendary-cpu-architect-jim-keller-leaves-amd/

• Involved in the creation of the original Athlon architecture, K7, and then served as a lead architect on K8.

• Played an instrumental role in developing the world's first native x86-64 bit architecture

• Keller later joined Apple and helped develop the company's A4 and A5 SoCs.

• Spearheaded the AMD's upcoming Zen architecture.

• “Jim’s departure is not expected to impact our public product or technology roadmaps, and we remain on track for “Zen” sampling in 2016 with first full year of revenue in 2017.”

 

We’re giving away a Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ over on the ltt forum http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/452296-samsung-galaxy-s6-edge-giveaway/

 

Rapid Fire

Facebook is working on a dislike button

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/450576-mini-news OP: Bouzoo

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2015/9/15/9333335/facebook

• People have been asking for a dislike button for years

• Facebook doesn’t want people using a “dislike” button as a way to harass or disrespect other people

• Mark Zuckerberg said “People have asked about the “Dislike” button for many years… and today is a special day, because today is the day that I actually get to say we are working on it”

• Facebook is very clost to shipping a test of it

• Facebook’s goal is to implement the button in a way that makes it a tool to “express empathy”

• Zuckerberg doesn’t want to turn Facebook into Reddit with a downvote button

“Empty” Epson ink cartridges are still 20 percent full

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/4500 OP: zMeul

Source 2: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/09/empty-epson

Source 3: http://www.geek.com/news/empty-epson-ink-

Findings Video

• High-end Epson 9900 printer, which retails for around $5000, reports that ink cartridges are empty even when they are still about 15-20 percent full

• The finding comes from Bellevue Fine Art, a printing company in Seattle, WA.

• 350ml ink containers still had about 60-80mls of ink when machine said they were empty

• Bellevue has contacted Epson several times, but no response has come

• They are hoping their YouTube video will get them exposure, so Epson can answer their question about the empty ink cartridges

Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Gets CEO, Becomes A Company?

Source 1: Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Gets CEO LTT Forum OP: Mad Sprite

Source 2: Spectrum Google Hires CEO for Self-Driving Car Business

Source 3: Extremetech Self Driving Cars

• Google doesn’t plan to manufacture its own driverless cars, looks to find partners to develop them

• Uber and Apple looking into driverless cars as well, big push for them

• John Krafcik, president of online shopping car service TrueCar inc, officially named as CEO

Nintendo Names their new President

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/449670-nintendos-new-president/ OP: SPG

Source 2: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/09/tatsumi_kimishima

Source 3: http://www.polygon.com/2015/9/14/9321937/nintendo

• New president to succeed Satoru Iwata is Tatsumi Kimishima

• Aims to “strengthen and enhance the management structure of the company”

• Kimishima started at the Pokemon company in 2000 as CFO.

• In 2002 became CEO and chairman of Nintendo of America

• Doing a “large-scale revision of the organizational structure of the Company

SpaceX Dragon’s “luxury interiror”

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/449106-spacex-dragons-luxury-interior/ OP: jos

Source 2: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/

• one minute video of the SpaceX Dragon interior

Hands-On Photos Of BlackBerry Venice Android Slider Smartphone Surface

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/440335-firs OP: AlexGoesHigh

Source 2: http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/29/9224705/blackberry

Source 3: http://www.ibtimes.com/hands-photos-blackberry-venice

Pictures of “Venice”

• First Android smartphone from BlackBerry

  • (Rumour) Will still have some BlackBerry features

  • (Rumour) 5.4 inch Quad HD display, Snapdragon 808 processor, 3GB RAM, and an 18MP rear camera

• QWERTY keyboard can be seamlessly hidden by slider

• To be announced for release in November

Google Accidentally Launches Climate Change

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/ OP: jos

Source 2: http://www.androidheadlines.com/2015/09/google

• Last Friday a worst-case scenario report was released to the news media about the effects of sea levels if we burn all of our fossil fuels

• On the same day Google turned on a new feature in Google Maps that showed the California coast line under water with just a 2-inch rise in sea level

  • Google’s attempt to raise awareness of the effects of fossil fuels

  • Los Angeles area was the only part of the country where this feature was turned on

• Google states that it was a coincidence to time it with the worst-case report

  • Also blames their many map partners for the issue

  • Has been reversed back to normal since Friday

Porsche Mission E announced, an electric sports sedan (Concept)

Source 1: linustechtips.com/porsche_announces... OP: Bouzoo

Source 2: Porsche Mission E Concept puts Tesla Model S in its sights

Source 3: Porsche Mission E Is An Electric Sedan That Charges Faster Than A Tesla

Video Showcasing Mission E

• Unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show

• Capable of hitting 124mph in less than 12 seconds

• Promises 311 mile range on a single charge

• Concept charger utilizes an 800-volt system that Porsche claims can charge the sedan to 80 percent in 15 minutes

• Utilizes two permanent magnet synchronous motors, and they are similar to what’s found on the company’s 919 Hybrid LMP1 racecar

• Porsche didn’t specify if and when the Mission E will go into production, or if they are going to refine the concept further

[XTankSlayerX]

Great job with the WAN Show today! 

 

It was great!

[Agent181]

I miss luke

 

 

screw you nvidia taking him away from us

[,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,]

Dear Linus,

I challenge you to a dildo race.

Regards,

Dildo Warrior

 

It would be neat if you did a day in the life type of thing. What is it like to be a Linus?

[Streetguru]

As far the sex robots go I enjoy the company of machines more than the company of people most of the time so a Mezzo Forte level one that'd I'd never be able to afford would be neat. I think that's the right anime anyways.

Also Jim Keller tends to leave companies a lot to work on whatever he wants to work on it seems.

[Dabombinable]

I think "just keep digging" would have suited the thumbnail better.

[StrangeOne]

tfw TimeWarner won't even let me buy faster than 5Mbps upload  :angry:

[Zeekus]

Neato!

 

Can't wait to see the Nvidia video.

[kwljunky]

 

 

'MOAR DENNIS'! 

[Stagea]

 

“Empty” Epson ink cartridges are still 20 percent full

Source 1: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/4500 OP: zMeul

Source 2: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/09/empty-epson

Source 3: http://www.geek.com/news/empty-epson-ink-

Findings Video

• High-end Epson 9900 printer, which retails for around $5000, reports that ink cartridges are empty even when they are still about 15-20 percent full

• The finding comes from Bellevue Fine Art, a printing company in Seattle, WA.

• 350ml ink containers still had about 60-80mls of ink when machine said they were empty

• Bellevue has contacted Epson several times, but no response has come

• They are hoping their YouTube video will get them exposure, so Epson can answer their question about the empty ink cartridges

 

 

Having worked for a business machine company for 7 years before my current job, I can say that most inkjet printers are not designed to run dry. They are prefilled with liquid before you install the first cartridge that they drain out on the initial purge to pull in ink from the tanks.

 

Running the printer dry will cause many printers to stop working as they cannot pull in ink from the replacement cartridge. It can also cause damage to the internals due to ink drying up and leaving deposits (mostly on the printheads).

 

Printers are more sophisticated than they are given credit for. A lot of the error messages thrown by printers are actually for preventive maintenance, for example. You take the machine in for service because it stops working and throws an error (oftentimes the error messages go off after certain milestones... mostly related to the rated life of the internal part). The printer company programmed those in to prevent greater damage to the machine or to the user. Print heads, purge tanks, drums, fusers, feed mechanisms, waste toner compartments, filters, etc. are generally designed to be serviced at set intervals.

 

Inkjets designed to fire until dry tend to have disposable print heads with the ink sitting just on top of the head (no separate ink compartment and feeding tubes). Those print heads tend to be lower quality ones with larger nozzles that don't clog as easily. The system is gravity fed so the system can take in ink even after drying out. They also use dye-based inks, as they tend to be easier to handle (often to the detriment of print vibrancy and endurance). Besides if these print heads fail, it'd be a cheap replacement (oftentimes these machines even have the print heads on the disposable cartridge together with the ink). 

 

It is also true that poor consumable compatibility can cause damage to printers. Oftentimes the cartridge design and ink/toner formulation of "compatible" cartridges aren't upto the printer manufacturer's design spec. This causes some parts to wear sooner than the design life, causing problems well before the set maintenance schedules.

[nerdyrcdriver]

The technology in schools topic was very interesting to me. I completely agree that the typical ipad approach is not the correct way to do it. My college "gives" every incoming student a Dell Venue tablet and nobody uses them for productivity besides for Word documents. The digital textbooks just suck. There is just something about actually having a piece of paper in front of you even if you just printed it off of the digital book. 

 

3D printing is super cool, and a lot of schools do it wrong. Just having a makerbot or two in some classroom where some students might get to print a key chain just isn't a good approach. I really like the Tinyboy printer. It costs $180 through Hobbyking but you can build one yourself for $130ish. It is actually a pretty solid little printer and China is filling computer labs with them where each computer or every other computer has one connected. That's the way to do it. 

 

CAD class was easily my best class in high school and I actually learned a ton from it. Everyone in the class loved it, especially in the second year if you chose to continue into 3d design. Plus I use those skills at work every day. But my school did not have a very modern setup for the cad stations. We couldn't even do a counter-bored hole correctly. You had to cheat your way around it so you didn't max out the RAM and crash the program. That's just sad. 

 

Teachers need to pull their heads out of their asses and update their curriculum and teaching techniques. I was required to take another CAD class my freshman year of college and we were stuck using Creo Parametric and doing really basic 3D stuff because the professor for the next class up didn't want to update the power points he had been using for the last 5 years. 

 

I chose to switch to an engineering technology major (electrical) because it is based on hands on experience and learning useful skills in the lab. My partners in my engineering 101 class didn't know how to use a fucking wrench. Not even an adjustable one, just a 1/2in wrench with 1/2in bolts and 1/2in nuts. Our labs are actually designed so that we need to google things to figure them out. Because face it, that's what you are gonna do on the job. It isn't based on brute force memorization, but rather knowing how to find what you need to know and then knowing how to apply that new found knowledge. Yes, most classes have lectures as well, but the lectures focus on the fundamentals and the underlying reason why stuff works the way it does. When we melt something in a circuit the goal switches from finishing the lab to figuring out what went wrong. My boss must have told me there are 40 thousandths in 1mm a hundred times and it never stuck. But when I was sitting at a computer measuring and drawing a part it just suddenly stuck and I can do quick conversions back and forth without a problem. 

 

Sorry if that seemed ranty, but it felt really good to type that. 

[Trik'Stari]

HAH.

 

"No technical difficulties" lol. Linus, you cray-cray

[Razor512]

For computers and student performance, the results are skewed to be negative due to their implementation. For example, most schools in the US that are implementing heavy computer use, will often simply use the equivalent of a digital version of the text book. Many schools are simply not using the computer to enhance the learning process, instead, they are shoehorning older forms of media onto the computer.

 

One area where I have seen actual improvements in results, especially in the area of reading speeds, and comprehension, is when students were able to use computers in order to find outlets for their skills, as well as develop intrinsic motivation. There are many people who see play/entertainment as not having a place in school, but if you embrace it, then at a younger age, you can build real intrinsic motivation. The motivation will keep the students thinking about the skills they are learning because they will finally have a practical use of emerging skills.

 

Sure you have the basic motivations of linking the skills they are learning to the real world, and also ensuring some cultural relevance, but if the student is unable to make practical use of the skill outside of school and homework, then they will not internalize those connections.

 

If you look over the curriculum in your state, you will often see that outside of the word bloat, there is really not much that is covered per year. The issue is that due to how schooling is done, the school year has to incorporate a lot of re-engagement, and test prep, because the skills often thought go in one ear, and then out the other as soon as the exam is done. The main skills that remain, are the ones that they are immediately able to use; it doesn't matter what for (gaming, watching anime, yelling at someone, finishing that argument with your dog or cat, etc.) as long as the are using elements of the skill enough to keep it fresh in their minds.

 

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Also wanted to add, ipads in schools are one of the worst investments. They are not durable enough, and they cannot be serviced, and thus as kids damage the devices, the school ends up with fewer devices available in the classroom. The devices that do not get damaged, lose their effectiveness after around 2 years or so of heavy use because it becomes risky to use in a lesson, since the battery issues start to become a disruption batteries dying and needing a recharge in the middle of a lesson is not acceptable.

 

Many schools that tried it, have moved to using laptops which can be serviced, this allows the school to ensure that if you have unit plan that involves extended periods of online research, then you can be sure that the laptops will last the day if needed.

[KingMoogle]

Hey all, Just wanted to chime in on the sec robot thing.

 

I understand the concerns of many as to whether or not people will continue to focus on good hygiene afterwards, but I honestly do not see that to be an issue since good hygiene is a personal thing, not just a mating ritual. If having a sex robot decreases good hygiene, then there is a serious issue with the people, not the fact that robot's are available for intercourse.

When I get ready in the morning and evening, I do not do it for the sake of others, I do it for myself. I do not like smelling bad, I love feeling clean. Not to be tmi but I personally clean my "self" multiple times a day because it just feels amazing to feel clean. 

 

I also feel that someone purchasing a sex robot is their own business. Everyone is insanely quick to jump to "oh how dare you impose on  their life choice" but suddenly when it comes to sex robot's it is a big deal. It's just a life sized sex toy. Not a person. Comparing it to a human and stating it creates an unjust viewpoint of women and men is as stupid as the entire barbie fiasco. You never, ever hear about groups of men claiming they feel inadequate because of the existence of He-Man action figures. Like seriously, barbie does not even have many defining features other than her fake appearance. While male action figures are THE most detailed and defined portrayal of an insanely unrealistic expectation of mens bodies.

I honestly am shocked even more that people aren't speaking up on how this belittles women and men. Such as "how dare you compare my real live flesh and blood body to some sex toy with a limited AI". I just do not feel it is at the point of being "worthy" of being even borderline offensive to real live relationships.

Also, some people JUST can't get sex. It's sad, but hell, very true. Then there are people who reeeally do need a way to learn without the tension of an actual person being there.

 

But I also do not think that many people will be able to actually afford these 7 thousand dollar sex toys in order for this to become an actual issue among most people world wide.

How many people do we pass by on a daily basis actually have the means to drop 7k on a sex toy because they're lonely, or because they want to get off to something that resembles yet can never be comparable to the real flesh and blood human body? Unless they're selling by the hundred millions "nationally" not internationally, I don't think this could pose a problem in any topic that has come up. 

 

Hygiene is a personal thing, if a sex toy decreases the rate in which you clean your body, then "you" have the problem. It isn't the sex toys fault that you made that decision. "You" should feel the need to be clean. 

Comparing it to women and men is just appalling and degrading. It is not comparable. If "you" feel offended by the existence of some sex toy that only shows how little you think of yourself and your gender.

And finally, it just isn't affordable enough for the common person for this to be a social issue in the least.

If a male or female widow needs this facade in their lives, then why not? Not everyone wants to get remarried. Some people cherish their lost wives and husbands so much that they just could never replace them with another person, so they resort to sex toys and the memories of that person. They do not want to share their bodies or love with another person beyond the person they fell for and want to remain faithful to. Sure this isn't an insanely common thing, but it exists. 

 

It just isn't anyone's business what someone does in the privacy of their home as long as it isn't harming another person mentally or physically. If you feel mental trauma from knowing people have sex toys, then you have a serious issue.

What is wrong, is judging these people, and saying they are degrading women or men because they have a life "like" sex toy that at the end of the day is NOT  a person, or even a LIVING being! It's plastic, rubber, metal, with a recorded voice, and can not feel a thing in any way shape or form.