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2 minutes ago, JZStudios said:

Sword/Shield has 400 Pokemon. -snip- I was going to argue that there's evolutions,

Evolutions are counted in that 400.

2 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

They’re all homicides.  “Murders”.  Homicide is divided up into various categories but the term “murder” is not one of them. There is “murder 1 and murder 2” and “aggravated murder” 1 or 2, but they’re all subclasses and they do not sit by themselves as “murder”. It’s a language issue.  There is “murder” as a synonym for “homicide” and there is “murder X” as a subset of homicide.

20 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Difference is that with an actual backup, you get versioning and a totally separate copy. 
 

with a mirror, a corrupted file (or malware infected, or accidental deletion) is immediately synced to the mirror, destroying the file. 

"An actual backup."

RAID 1 is an actual backup. It's just not the same vein of backup as a versioned library on a NAS. Instead, it's just a way of preventing a disk failure from causing significant down time. Right tool for the job, and all that.

The same thing I ask for every year.

To take over the world.

1 hour ago, MageTank said:

Broadwell: "Am I a joke to you?"

Yes.

8 minutes ago, RasmusDC said:

Not at all, just stating that you can make fun of eachother, without degrading or plain telling lies... just trying to state that i am not fragile in mind

Defamation isn’t the issue here, that’s been well established at this point.

1 hour ago, RasmusDC said:

i am from a country where we love too make fun of eachother, in a really dark way.

You say that as if it makes you some type of authority on what is okay for humor.

While you pulled the trigger a bit soon IMO, the way things have been going the last half decade, the 3700X will still be relevant.

Maybe this one will make an upgrade from Haswell-E worthwhile.

I got a door bell from the 1950s-1960s.

Just now, RejZoR said:

Except I had Android with 3000mAh battery before it and it was not as pleasant experience compared to XR with even slightly smaller battery.

I have two S8s. Both of them see the same battery life as my XR under any usage, a day and a half to two with light usage and about 3/4 a day under heavy usage. Just left to idle, both my S8s outlast the XR by over 100%, a full week vs 3 days at best.

My Note 9 and 11 Pro Max also see similar battery life with usage, 2.5 under light, a full day under heavy usage.

That's fairly typical now. iPhones have never offered exceptional battery life.

6 hours ago, RejZoR said:

My XR doesn't even have 3000mAh yet it lasts longer than any Android with 3000mAh battery.

Either you don't use your XR as anything more than a basic phone, or you have no idea how long Android phones last.

Anything more than letting the phones idle, and they last roughly the same time as phones like the Galaxy S8, and the XR's rated capacity is 2942, not far off from the S8's 3000.

3 minutes ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

It could be if it was effectively a wireless battery bank. 

You mean the Galaxy S10?

1 minute ago, Founders said:

Square already makes a wireless reader.

Yeah, I've seen those.

Only on Apple's shelves collecting dust, but I've seen them.

1 minute ago, ARikozuM said:

No, it really isn't. Efficiency will eventually catch up. It's just a matter of time. 

Unless we move to exposed metal coils on the pad and phone with direct electrical transfer, no, we won't. There are electrical components in both the base pad and phone that require power in order for wireless charging to even work in the first place. These chargers are essentially electromagnets with power regulators, those things don't run on pixie dust.

Just now, Founders said:

You'll find no argument here, and as this is still just a prediction this whole uproar could be for naught. Apple could just as easily incorporate a MagSafe connector which keeps almost everyone happy. The port no longer has a BUS, but people still have the option to charge up faster.   

I don't know if all that many people would be happy with replacing Lightning with a MagSafe. Since Lightning is now the ONLY connector, and there are some things you definitely don't want communicating over Bluetooth (like Square readers), it seems like they'd be alienating quite a few customers with existing peripherals.

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Cars used to be inferior as well. Planes used to be inferior.

False equivalence.

Wireless is inferior due to the physical properties of viable building materials.

1 minute ago, Founders said:

OK... Thanks for sharing...

That's how it's always going to be, unless manufacturers intentionally cripple charging by wire. The materials used to make phones and pads have far higher resistance than copper, meaning you'll always need more energy to overcome that resistance.

Wireless charging is simply inferior.

6 minutes ago, Founders said:

Hey, remember when Apple ditched the 30-pin and everyone got really pissed off because all their old cables and accessories wouldn't work with Apple's new products? Do you also remember people got over it when they realized the Lightning connector was better in every conceivable way? It's only a prediction at this point and one that I saw coming in the near future. Qi technology has improved quite a bit over the last couple of years, with Qi being a standard we'll see further improvements and wider integration. I can't speak for everyone but personally I won't miss having any ports on my phone.   

I have a fairly new Qi charger.

It sits in a drawer because it's a piece of shit compared to charging by cable.

1 minute ago, amdorintel said:

meth dealing is no different then prescription medicine companies

Except for the fact that those companies are fairly heavily regulated.

1 minute ago, HanZie82 said:

This all just sounds like one of those ignorant bully cops trying to get his shit straight.
Got caught with tracking a 'suspect'. Now tries to turn shit around by claiming theft as well.
Clearly suspects privacy was ignored. Thats not a thing? All sounds very iffy.

There was a warrant permitting the GPS tracker. The second paragraph says that.

Just now, Thomas001 said:

I wonder if police have to tell you if they have a warrant against you or not?

They don't need to tell you that they have a warrant for your arrest, or if they have a search warrant and you're not on premises.

But they also don't need to make every warrant public at the time of issue either, any warrant containing sensitive information can be classified.

And him not knowing that the warrant permitted a GPS module, he's right to assume he's illegally being tracked.

13 hours ago, shermantanker said:

Apple is a lot of things, but not stupid. 

No, but they know the majority of the market is.

3 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

That he was within his right to remove it is not the issue.

That is the entire issue. There was a warrant issued, that he did not know about.

4 minutes ago, Bombastinator said:

The problem is the idiot then brought it into his house.  Possibly while still functional.

It was left on his property. If not for the warrant, it would be legally seen as a forfeited item that is trespassing on his property and he would be able to deal with it as he sees fit as it is unmarked.

Not knowing about the warrant, the only thing that makes what he did illegal, Derek did what he did thinking he was illegally being tracked.