Super Duper Negatron Posted May 15 Report Posted May 15 5 minutes ago, bigg jay said: Had the Pixel 6 and was really disappointed with it. Was happy to trade it in for my Samsung S23. Don't know that I'll ever go back to a Google phone. I bounce back and forth between pixel and Samsung. I have an 8 now and love it but the S10 was the best phone I ever had. I am told by my kids though that Android is embarrassing to own and to never show anyone. bigg jay 1
Noeller Posted May 15 Report Posted May 15 29 minutes ago, bigg jay said: Had the Pixel 6 and was really disappointed with it. Was happy to trade it in for my Samsung S23. Don't know that I'll ever go back to a Google phone. Went from a S9 to a Pixel 3 to an S21 and back to a Pixel. I honestly couldn't tell you any difference between them. The key here is **** all Apple products always. bb1, bigg jay and Sard 2 1
bigg jay Posted May 15 Report Posted May 15 10 minutes ago, Noeller said: Went from a S9 to a Pixel 3 to an S21 and back to a Pixel. I honestly couldn't tell you any difference between them. The key here is **** all Apple products always. Yeah I recently got forced into using my first iPhone at work and it has re-confirmed that I will never willingly chose to use one. Sard and Noeller 2
Noeller Posted May 15 Report Posted May 15 58 minutes ago, bigg jay said: Yeah I recently got forced into using my first iPhone at work and it has re-confirmed that I will never willingly chose to use one. We have iPhones for work and they are the worst... It's fisher price toys for douches. Sard 1
FrostyWinnipeg Posted May 15 Report Posted May 15 2 hours ago, Noeller said: Love my Pixel... Can't remember which number, but I think it's the 8. Well if you bought it new last year it was the 8
JCon Posted May 15 Report Posted May 15 11 hours ago, bigg jay said: Yeah I recently got forced into using my first iPhone at work and it has re-confirmed that I will never willingly chose to use one. Same. Miserable experience. It's like a toy for a two-year-old. You can't do anything with it. It mostly collects dust on my desk. Noeller 1
bigg jay Posted May 15 Report Posted May 15 5 minutes ago, JCon said: Same. Miserable experience. It's like a toy for a two-year-old. You can't do anything with it. It mostly collects dust on my desk. Using it as a hotspot is the only thing it's been good for so far. Noeller and JCon 2
Sard Posted May 15 Report Posted May 15 19 hours ago, Super Duper Negatron said: I bounce back and forth between pixel and Samsung. I have an 8 now and love it but the S10 was the best phone I ever had. I am told by my kids though that Android is embarrassing to own and to never show anyone. Your kids don't know what they are talking about. I have the S10+ and have considered going to a newer phone, but it's been so good that I see no reason to change. My whole family is on iPhones, but I will never have one for myself. JCon and Noeller 2
FrostyWinnipeg Posted May 15 Report Posted May 15 21 hours ago, Noeller said: Went from a S9 to a Pixel 3 to an S21 and back to a Pixel. I honestly couldn't tell you any difference between them. The camera bump? Noeller 1
Noeller Posted May 16 Report Posted May 16 2 hours ago, FrostyWinnipeg said: The camera bump? Ha ha no doubt. That's about it. Android is android.
FrostyWinnipeg Posted June 14 Report Posted June 14 https://www.pcmag.com/news/300-off-spacexs-starlink-expands-regional-savings-discounts-to-canada
FrostyWinnipeg Posted June 25 Report Posted June 25 (edited) Microsoft claims it cannot legally implement the same protections as Apple https://9to5mac.com/2024/07/22/crowdstrike-aftermath-microsoft-claims/ Edited July 22 by FrostyWinnipeg
bigg jay Posted August 8 Report Posted August 8 On 2024-06-14 at 5:36 PM, FrostyWinnipeg said: https://www.pcmag.com/news/300-off-spacexs-starlink-expands-regional-savings-discounts-to-canada We just ordered Starlink for the lake and you can now get the hardware for $99. Just got delivered today so I'm looking forward to getting it set-up this weekend. Noeller, Tony Fresco and JCon 3
Noeller Posted August 8 Report Posted August 8 18 minutes ago, bigg jay said: We just ordered Starlink for the lake and you can now get the hardware for $99. Just got delivered today so I'm looking forward to getting it set-up this weekend. The in-laws have it in Pinawa and it's pretty great. They're thinking about going to Valley Fibre but the Starlink has been very good at a reasonable price. We still have Bell at Vic Beach, and it gets the job done for TV and Internet... bigg jay 1
Tony Fresco Posted August 8 Report Posted August 8 (edited) I got Starlink for up at the cottage. Love it. Get speeds of just over 200 Mbps. The hardware deal makes it a no brainer. Edited August 8 by Tony Fresco bigg jay and Noeller 2
Brandon Posted August 8 Report Posted August 8 (edited) 3 hours ago, bigg jay said: We just ordered Starlink for the lake and you can now get the hardware for $99. Just got delivered today so I'm looking forward to getting it set-up this weekend. We just got ours a week ago for the lake and it works flawlessly. I was able to work from "cabin" last week for a few days and had zero interruptions and zero issues with my work vpn and doing video calls and streaming youtube at the same time. Once you connect the cables and power it on, it was about 20 minutes of doing the setup through the app and it's then good to go. I'm also on the wait list for valley fiber.... it promises much faster upload speeds and is $40 dollars cheaper per month. It apparently will be ready in our area in a few months. The feedback that I've heard from my neighbours and what I've read online has been that people are annoyed that they have been waiting months/years of them to complete installation in their respective areas. If anyone has Valley Fiber on here , how has it worked for you? Is it reliable? Edited August 8 by Brandon bigg jay and Noeller 1 1
GCJenks Posted August 14 Report Posted August 14 On 2024-08-08 at 2:43 PM, Brandon said: We just got ours a week ago for the lake and it works flawlessly. I was able to work from "cabin" last week for a few days and had zero interruptions and zero issues with my work vpn and doing video calls and streaming youtube at the same time. Once you connect the cables and power it on, it was about 20 minutes of doing the setup through the app and it's then good to go. I'm also on the wait list for valley fiber.... it promises much faster upload speeds and is $40 dollars cheaper per month. It apparently will be ready in our area in a few months. The feedback that I've heard from my neighbours and what I've read online has been that people are annoyed that they have been waiting months/years of them to complete installation in their respective areas. If anyone has Valley Fiber on here , how has it worked for you? Is it reliable? I have both Starlink and Valley Fiber. We moved into this house 2 years ago next week. At the time Valley could estimate “end of the year”, we had the cables pushed through to the house last July, and all the local construction was completed last fall, we were not “turned on” until May of this year, about 18 months after suggested but whatever. It works flawlessly and we have had zero downtime. We are paying for TV service as well as the family was not super thrilled with only streaming options, especially CFL and lack of PVR were a pain. Only complaint about VF is that I can’t figure out how to load Netflix on to their android based box so still use the Firesticks for that (and any grey market streaming one might chose to do.) When we moved, we needed relatable internet and neither Bell or Xplornet seemed to have that. We were lucky that Starlink had expanded our cell and we were able to get service right away. Other than the one worldwide outage they had we have had no issues. We have had 2 WFH and an 11 year old on a snow day all online at the same time and it worked flawlessly. The one caveat I will add is that Starlink’s included wifi router was garbage at the time e got our hardware. I am not sure what they are supplying now but I will always recommend an after market router. We’ve used an Eero 6 on Shaw, Starlink and now VF and it has been great in both houses we’ve had it. We don’t game so I can’t comment on applicability of either for that, as always a word connection is best for that. I’ve changed Starlink service to mobile or whatever they call it now and have the dish on the roof still so that if anything happens with VF we can b up and running in an hour or so but so far no need. Opn to answering any questions that anyone may have. Brandon 1
Mark H. Posted August 14 Report Posted August 14 I know someone that works for Valley Fiber. Their story that they have more interest in their service than anticipated, so it is taking longer to get everyone connected. Noeller and Piggy 1 2
FrostyWinnipeg Posted August 14 Report Posted August 14 Nothing to stop Elon from turning Starlink from what is now a virtual monopoly on worldwide internet to worldwide phone, television, etc. 40k satellites goes a long way
FrostyWinnipeg Posted August 21 Report Posted August 21 X’s new AI image generator will make anything from Taylor Swift in lingerie to Kamala Harris with a gun.
FrostyWinnipeg Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/amazon-is-bricking-primary-feature-on-160-echo-device-after-1-year/
FrostyWinnipeg Posted September 12 Report Posted September 12 Meta scraped all public Facebook and Instagram posts since 2007 for AI training - https://9to5mac.com/2024/09/11/meta-scraped-all-public-facebook-and-instagram-posts-since-2007-for-ai-training/
FrostyWinnipeg Posted September 14 Report Posted September 14 https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/349194107005089-steve-jobs-signed-apple-computer-inc-cassette-tape/?cat=449
FrostyWinnipeg Posted September 20 Report Posted September 20 (edited) The owner of the shuttered Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania will invest $1.6 billion to revive it, agreeing to sell all the output to Microsoft Corp. as the tech titan seeks carbon-free electricity for data centers to power the artificial intelligence boom.": https://finance.yahoo.com/news/microsoft-ai-power-needs-prompt-112929624.html Edited September 20 by FrostyWinnipeg Super Duper Negatron, Noeller and JCon 3
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