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Yeah. We came from a time of incandescent light bulbs taking 60W per bulb with fixtures needing 2-3 bulbs. Turning those off regularly mattered. The obsession people have with turning their modern electronics off in the name of power savings is silly if not outright insane.

Electronics components do not like to have power states change frequently. Turning devices on and off frequently will decrease lifespan of device. Sure, you are saving money on your electricity bill, but at some point, the savings and environmental impacts are outweighed by the cost of the device/parts and the impact during manufacturing.

Also, don’t forget phantom draws from the power supplier is a real thing, which will most likely exceed your 5 zeros threshold. So that microwave oven, and laundry dryer? Don’t forget to unplug those after each use.

In the same train of thought, BMW and Tesla execs need to find courage and remove turn signals.

Years of experience tells me I should generally avoid Apple’s first generation product. First generation Apple Watch, first generation iPhone, etc. left a lot to be desired. I wouldn’t want to try the first generation Apple modem in a daily driver iPhone.

It was never to your definition of free, so you were never going to be using it in the first place. Don’t need to say goodbye when you were never here.

If you’re going to use it, you’d be paying for it one way or another; either through money or privacy. Par for the course.

iOS supports VPN out of the gate. Apps just make it easier to configure. Please don’t spew divisive misinformation, regardless if this is ignorant to the facts or otherwise.

App developers need ways to know the app has not been modified in unsanctioned manner, glad to see Android finally catching up on security with integrity checks.

No, they’re mostly correct; basically no one except Android users in the USA cares. Everywhere else has it figured out with third party messaging platforms that’s geographically favored, and Apple users in USA will continue to use the superior iMessage protocol with each other. Only the Android users in USA are left out from sending/receiving messaging, so they’re salivating over the update like it’s the best thing since sliced bread.

RCS is janky, inconsistent, and carrier dependent. Can’t wait for Android users in the USA to join the better rest of the world. Until GSM consortium mandates end to end encryption and force all carriers to adopt certain version of consistent minimum, RCS is and will continue to be a garbage inferior protocol that should be avoided like the plague.

On the flip side, can you imagine being stranded on the ISS, and watching the ship that could have taken you home gone down safely?

Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. They’re holding up amazingly well, I don’t envy the astronauts right now.

What’s the resources requirements for the 405B model? I did some digging but couldn’t find any documentation during my cursory search.

With a quote like that, the firefighters must be Gen Z or later and have never seen Arachnophobia…

If it goes from $100 to $1, there’s not much left to go before bankruptcy/delisting. Say hello to swaths of BBBY bag holders… oh wait, no bags left there!