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s0nicfan posted...

Like I said, the process has to be gradual. People and business have to move together in order to build up a solid base or it won't work. Those cities that you say are crumbling, are crumbling because there isn't enough money to fix them, because there aren't enough people and businesses to raise enough tax revenue to do so. Those places will naturally turn around as tax revenue increases, but if your default response to a city starting to fall apart is to flee it then all you're doing is guaranteeing it. It might not be the same location, but you're highlighting exactly how this process can and does work in the current day.

It may be something that has to be incentivized, but it's an approach that will have far more long-term success than continuing to try to jam an infinite number of people into a finite space simply because that's where people most want to be.

I don't necessarily disagree with what you're saying, but it's not exactly easy, especially when you have a lot of people that you would have to leave behind.

Those cities are crumbling because of ineffectual governing by NY state, so there's a bit more going on there.

bigblu89 posted...

Come out to Suffolk county while it's still affordable.

Best decision I ever made was going from 516 to 631

Yeah, I lived out there for a bit too. It's nice and quiet, but gets desolate. It's not exactly welcoming to non-white people depending on the areas of Suffolk you go to.

Which is another issue. Non-white people don't have as much mobility to go to many suburban and rural areas of the US unless they're bringing a whole crew with them.

Tyranthraxus posted...

I've a friend who lives in Albany and everything seems fine when I visit him. Also tons of parking compared to new York City

Parking where? Parking in downtown Albany was horrid. It was as bad as Boston.

This is gonna depend on the area of Albany. There are safer and quieter areas like Guilderland and Latham, but some are pretty bad. It's also not much cheaper than NYC, which is the bigger point. You go 200 miles away from NYC to an old ass city that is decaying to save a relatively small amount.

I was paying $650 for a 2 bedroom up there about 12 years ago. That place is now $1500. You can find a 2 bedroom in NYC for like $1600-$1800 in the outer boroughs, so uprooting to go there or the rest of empty upstate NY is not exactly a wise decision.

s0nicfan posted...

Yeah, people making fun of flyover states for their entire lives have definitely created a situation where they're not even considering them as alternatives, but that's precisely why it's getting to the point where it's physically impossible to afford housing in a handful of places.

You've got people with no money trying to live in the most exclusive parts of the country while simultaneously making fun of the areas they could actually afford, and then demanding government regulation to make it more affordable for them to live where they want. It's a vicious cycle that only makes things worse.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Yeah. Even in new York state there's tons of places to live that aren't rural and don't have insane housing costs.

Like look here.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/3/7/AARLwzAADtHl.jpg

Albany is a pretty big city and capitol city of NY State and it's way fucking cheaper.

Yeah, no. Albany is basically falling apart. I lived around the area for a bit. It's not really a city you move to, especially from NYC. Most of upstate NY is falling apart and is barren and is definitely not that much cheaper. The only really affordable places are like Utica in the middle of nowhere. It's been a popping place the last 5 years but it's also a 5 hour drive from NYC

Touching on Sonic's point as well, there are no affordable places for hundreds of miles from NYC. Me and my friends have been looking for years now. Everything out into the boonies of Philly or New Hampshire or West Virginia is expensive as fuck. It's not much cheaper than NYC. In fact, the areas surrounding NYC are even more expensive like Nassau, Westchester and NJ.

Moving to places like Ohio or Arkansas is not something that most people will be able to do. Though people from NYC have been leaving in droves to Florida, Georgia, Michigan and Texas these past few years.

I'm surprised Sean Bailey, the Kevin Feige of Disney live action, has been able to keep his position with so many stinkers in the past 12 years.

Who is the seller?

Holy shit, that first episode was the most Atlanta episode ever. Fucking loved it.

They're fully back in Atlanta. No explanation or anything about season 3. It feels like they totally dropped that. Everything is back to normal, especially between Earn and Van.

Lots of creepy vibes in the first episode. Darius was being followed by an old lady in a wheelchair with a knife. On some It Follows shit lol.

Earn and Van were lost in some Twilight Zone type loop at Atlantic Station where they couldn't escape and find their car. One chick had been stuck there since 2016 lol wtf.

And Al was off on a scavenger hunt, which was obviously in respect to MF Doom.

Second episode was hard hitting. That therapy session was amazing and finding out how petty Earn is was a huge shocker. I loved how Al and Dairus immediately realized how dumb and fucked up it was and walked away from him.

MICHALECOLE posted...

Ill watch it soon, but wont be able to watch it tonight

in my opinion the seasons are an easy 3 > 2 > 1 so Im expecting big things

Season 3 was great, just lacking in the main guys and basically Atlanta itself, which is very important. An entire season in Europe got a bit tiring.

It comes on at 10 PM. I'm gonna watch it on the FX app when I get home.

What did you guys think of season 3? It just ended back in May. It feels weird getting the next season already. Especially when we had to wait 4 years between 2 and 3.

Anyways, that was a weird ass season with barely anything from the Earn, Paper Boi, and Darius.

I hope this season is all about them.

Edit: The first two episodes premiere tonight. 45 minutes each, so that's a good amount of content.

I hope Tears of the Kingdom doesn't involve collecting shitty tears like in TP and SS.

Just revealed on the direct.

https://youtu.be/UJ9Iz7HhU-I

Also release date is 5/12/23

Tears of the Kingdom is the official name

BotW 2

Silly Miyamoto

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/1/4/1/AAUumMAADq5d.jpg

Oh shit Miyamoto

Smh

Oh shit, seems like those FE leaks from months ago were real.

The Fellowship couldn't handle a couple of orcs.

Don't get your hopes up on much if anything BotW 2. Says right there on the YouTube link that this is for the upcoming winter.

itachi15243 posted...

I said touchscreen ones. I don't remember if the original iPhone was touchscreen though

You're talking about the first capacitive touchscreen, which LG did. PDAs had touchscreens and touchscreen smartphones weren't far behind the MPX 200 as the MPX 300 from 2004 was touchscreen. The first iPhone had a touchscreen.

itachi15243 posted...

LG actually made the first touchscreen smartphone iirc. Apple definitely deserves credit for the massive popularity, at least in the US.

Smartphones had been around for a long time before Apple and Google got involved.

They were originally an evolution of the PDA. The first thing dubbed the smartphone was the MPX200 by Motorola which had Windows Mobile on it. This was in 2003.

I had been through like a dozen Windows Mobile devices before the first iPhone was released and then the Google G1.

What the frik

TerrifyingRei posted...

does this not take place before the forging of the rings?

I haven't watched it, no Amazon prime here

No. Celebrimbor is in the early stages of planning the forging of the all the rings in the show.

The last scene of the show is gonna be Smeagol and Deagol on the boat.

House of the Dragon is much better so far, but also because anything not from Tolkien is seen as bad.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/6/7/9/AAUumMAADpzv.png

I'm pretty hyped for this show.

KnightofShikari posted...

why wouldn't apple just tell their customers about the battery instead of being shady and downclocking the cpu? who knows what else they're hiding!

So the person can use the phone longer without constantly shutting down or dying since newer software was more demanding and would have made the phone unusable. It's done on older phones and only when the battery is bad, which means very old phones.

I don't think it was a good idea to keep it from people, but they were sued for it and were forced to be more transparent on these things and they have been in the several years since the lawsuit. You're gonna need evidence to substantiate a claim that they're hiding something more other companies aren't.

KnightofShikari posted...

so they can sneak in updates to slow down your older phone? no thank you for that gimmick!

It's a cpu governor that downclocks it when the battery is doing bad/failing. When you replace the battery, it goes back to normal. You can also turn off the thing, but that was added later after the complaints.

Tom_Joad posted...

This move is not going to follow to Android. Most of the world uses Android far more heavily than iPhone... and has very heavily latched onto the concept of simply buying a SIM card at an airport kiosk for service in whatever country they are visiting.

So much so, that nearly every single Android phone sold overseas contains two SIM card slots.

Android phone manufacturers are not going to willingly destroy their ability to sell worldwide just to follow Apple.

And now you can do that from your phone without having to go anywhere or keep doing it like before and just buy an activation slip from the airport.

I'm not sure what people are thinking eSIM cards are. You can switch providers on the fly with eSIM.

Right now, some phones come with regular SIM + eSIM, which allows both options. If eSIM becomes the only thing, I could see them likely removing the option of having 2 carriers altogether, whether one is physical or both eSIM. Keeping the hybrid option is probably the best. Right now I'm using a physical SIM and an eSIM in one of my phones.

Also getting the eSIM is an extra cost. I had to pay $20 just to switch from physical to eSIM.

xGhostchantx posted...

yeah, but that's due to the Australia tax :( electronic goods are wildly expensive.

I'm using an iPhone 13 Pro in addition to my personal Nokia. For general use purposes, you are a chump if you are not consistently running top end stuff.

Personally, I wouldn't pay the extra $1k just to get 60 FPS instead of 30; it's not worth it. If you think it is, that's cool and I'm not really going to fault you for a personal preference -- it doesn't make you any less of a chump, considering Genshin Impact runs fine on my $400 phone. Not at 60fps, and it occasionally dips below 30, but there are never any issues running it (or anything else). It doesn't hang, it doesn't take long to load, it's smooth as butter (again, outside the framerate).

I haven't tried Diablo I reckon that'd tank my FPS pretty quick, but I wouldn't try Diablo immortal anyway outta principle.

But this is all dipping from the initial point, which is that Android just has more features and is more pro-consumer. That's all. You're happy with the limited range of features? Fine. Don't care, and I don't think anyone else does, either. But it's objectively true that Android has more features and is generally more pro consumer than Apple.

That's the point. It doesn't cost $1k to get that. Apple throws it into their budget $400 phone. That's pretty pro-consumer. Others have been unable to match going on 3 years now. Same with the M1/M2 with their laptops. Objectively the most power you're gonna get for that price point.

Your point doesn't make much sense. As you said, most people don't care since they're just using social media. So why do you care they're getting iPhones? You point out more customization and I point out how the better specs for the same price will allow more shit to be done and last longer, but most don't care right? They can buy an iPhone SE for $430 and be set for next 7 years.

And while Android does have more features, Google is not in any way pro-consumer especially after the myriad of changes and issues with their products in the past year alone and their inability to support shit without abandoning it. You have to be smoking some heavy shit to think that. I already listed an example earlier with controllers and there's tons of privacy and security things Apple does better. I mean, you're admitting you're a casual user, so I'm not sure why you'd know about the deeper issues.

Like the other user said before, Google is an ad company first and foremost and everything is about learning about you to sell you more shit. Like 90% of ads online are by Google. And that's not even getting into smaller restrictions Google has for no reason like incognito screenshots being blocked on Android and not on iOS or tons of apps running better on iOS because Android blocked some process without explanation.

At the end of the day, either is fine for most of the population. Most don't care much outside browsing and social media. The next best thing after that is to ensure you're not getting ripped off on the hardware and the best deal out there is the iPhone SE 3rd Generation and Pixel 6a, at MSRP, but in the US, you can get the flagships for that price too with deals.

xGhostchantx posted...

I have never opened an app on the iPhone that hasn't worked just as well on my Android, and I'd hazard a guess that you probably haven't either. I'm not arguing whether one is better than the other from baseline performance perspective; I'm arguing that they're no different from a user experience perspective, unless your are running the most system intensive games available for it. Which you're probably not. Aside from that, their performance insignificant in terms of general use value. It's like buying a gaming rig cause more $ = better, but you're not playing Crysis. So why?

I'm running Genshin Impact right now on the iPhone 12 at a constant 60 FPS. I also have it running on the S22 at constant 60 FPS, which then drops to 30s because the Gen 1 has horrible throttling. That phone is two years newer.

I'm not arguing what's better. I'm arguing what's the best deal and how getting the best bang with specs matter for the longevity. You got a garbage ass deal since there were tons of other Androids 3 years ago that were way better for that price. You kind of lose the right to be talking about who is getting what deal when you have no perception of differences. Even someone going from the S6 (which your phone is the equivalent of) to the S22 is gonna see a giant fucking difference in everything.

xGhostchantx posted...

If it does the exact same thing and more at a lower price point, it's a good deal. Phones are not playing Crysis. I can still play all of the games available and I personally don't see any notable difference in performance between this ludicrously expensive work iPhone and my cheap as shit Nokia (7). I definitely paid for a shittier battery, though.

It doesn't do the exact same thing though. The Snapdragon 630 is a bottom tier SoC from like 6 or 7 years ago. You're lying if you say it can compete with the comparable iPhone SE 2020 2rd Generation's A14 chip (the new SE comes with A15), which is only outclassed by the Snapdragon 888 and Gen 1, chips from the S21 and S22.

You might think it's good enough based on your usage, but it's still an objectively bad deal.

xGhostchantx posted...

Man, the other thing is that people keep banging on about the processors but only ever use social media and text messages. My 3 and a half year old $400 Nokia has no problem running Raid Shadow Legends or anything else for that matter. Not that I ever do, but I can. And customize just about fuckin' everything to boot.

Will it run Crysis? No, but your iPhone probably won't either. Anyone who buys an iPhone or any flagships for that matter is a chump; being taken for a ride but too scared to admit it yourself. Or signing up to some borderline predatory contract.

You're projecting a lot here and taking it personally. What's the model of your phone?

Specs matter for the longevity of a phone. Things are becoming more and more CPU and GPU intensive, and the mobile gaming market is giant, so lots of people do need a good GPU. It's also the objective way to see what kind of bang you're getting for the buck. Just because some $400 can do simple things doesn't mean it's a good deal.

Pitlord_Special posted...

Theres a reason Google doesn't charge for Android and it's because it gives them a front row seat into each user's life for them to harvest marketing data and have a vehicle to deliver advertisements. Google is and always has been an advertising company first and foremost.

Pitlord_Special posted...

Theres a reason Google doesn't charge for Android and it's because it gives them a front row seat into each user's life for them to harvest marketing data and have a vehicle to deliver advertisements. Google is and always has been an advertising company first and foremost.

Also, it's fascinating how some of the looser policies Android has vs iOS ends up hurting consumers. For example, Google allows apps to restrict the type of controller you can use with xyz apps.

So, Sony restricts their Remote Play app to only the DS4 and DS5 on Android. Meanwhile, Apple doesn't allow developers that restriction, so you can use use any controller with the Remote Play app on iOS.

Kloe is kind of right, though not 100%. I use both Android and iOS. Most of the these topics are always filled with people still living in 2014 using the same dumb arguments from back then.

Rooting is not even really a thing anymore on Android and attempting stuff like that does void the warranty with most. Even when it's possible, it's not really necessary anymore.

Good Lock is the actual real argument in a lot of useful control since that shit is amazing and robust as hell, but that's only limited to Samsung. Samsung phones are great, but their customer service, quality control and repair support are literally falling apart in the past 2 years. Don't know what happened.

iPhones are also not overpriced. Their chipset almost always runs circles around any android competitor and they were the only company on Earth to offer the guts of their flagship in a $400 package. Google and Samsung tried and the best they could do was offer 3-4 year old chips rebranded as new ones.

Like, Apple was giving the equivalent of a current gen i7 in their budget stuff, while Google took an old ass previous gen i3 and labeled it the brand new i6.

This move itself is pretty horrible since it's obviously going to follow to Android. I rather still have physical SIMs.

It's possible we're alone. It depends on how easy it is for intelligence to happen. Out of ~9 million species on the planet, only 1 made it.

I don't think regular life itself should be all that rare. The visible universe contains 2 trillion galaxies with about 3 trillion more beyond the horizon and likely even more beyond all that. Even microscopic chances become huge with numbers like that.

Then we also have 14 billion years of time to consider as well.

That planet was held up by a containment field.

It's possible, but not 100% liquid water. The core would be other phases of water from the pressure.

Iodine posted...

Huh? I could have sworn the American Rescue Plan had a provision stating that student loan forgiveness was not taxable until 2025.

Only for Federal taxes.

I doubt it will just be NC. More states will likely follow and I expect NY's dumb ass to do it too.

Remember that Federal unemployment tax waiver from the 2020 taxes? No taxes on $10k UI benefits. About a dozen states decided they will tax that despite the Feds not doing it.

It was all red states and New York. Weirdest thing ever and advocates and lower level politicians were urging everybody to hit up people like Schumer and AOC to put more attention on it and not a single one of them even acknowledged the stupidity.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/9/9/AAUumMAADoLX.jpg

I understand what you mean about the 4th wall stuff. It's not that bad, but it does feel pretty cringy sometimes. I feel like even Deadpool borders on the edge of funny and cringe.

I think it's because, like said, he's insane and also because Ryan Reynolds just makes it work. I doubt anybody else would be able to do it.

Much like how I really doubt there's any other actor out there that could do Orphan Black as well as Tatiana Maslany did with the dozen different characters.

I saw this last night and the shipping was atrocious and just made everything regular sale price. Did they fix that or are people just paying the high shipping fees?

I'm not surprised. HBO is about to go crazy with Game of Thrones stuff.

I few miles to the south since I'm in NYC, which is basically surrounded by it.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Like what though?

One-handed mode, split screen, pip functionality are all stock standard. Customizable gestures are not (not to the same degree as Samsung, anyway) but I've personally never found how these gestures actually improve using my phone. Like swipe to open a new tab is cool but the browser has a new tab button right there why do I need a gesture for it?

Some things are just in different places, for example, the quick menu on stock is accessed by swiping down from the top instead of on the side but it's otherwise the exact same thing.

Tons of things like enhanced processing, pin to screen, scrolling screenshots (which they just added to stock and I've been using for 6 years now), edge panels, on the fly resizing of screenshots, on the fly gif maker, face unlock, tons of extra accessibility options, being able to change the warmth of the screen's colors on a full RGB scale (not talking about night mode), super fast indexing of pictures through Gallery, which let's you search it immediately vs Photos, more battery data, tons of really nice connectivity features when you have more than one device, dual BT, and tons of other shit I'm forgetting.

This is before you enter Samsung's Good Lock, which basically let's you dismantle your entire phone and customize almost every little thing down to how you want it. Like fully customized gesture menus and everything. It's actually pretty insane how in-depth it is.

Tyranthraxus posted...

the One UI is literally 99% identical to stock.

This is simply not true and by continuing to double down on it, you're basically just repeating that you in fact don't know what you're talking about. Not even trying to be a dick about it here.

There's tons of things, especially in terms of productivity, that are completely missing when I use my Pixels. I use these side by side with several Galaxy phones. While Google has tried to add some of the missing One UI features in the last 1-2 Androids, they're still not there yet and missing tons of simple things that completely change the experience. Which is why I said I feel naked when I use the Pixels.

Tyranthraxus posted...

And, at least on the S10, there's just straight up no option only toggle screen activation with power button. Instead there's bullshit "accidental touch protection" which just turns the screen on in your pocket draining battery.

I'm not sure what you're talking about here with either issue.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Everything Samsung includes is fucking garbage and I have to go out of my way to disable it. It's all shitty bloatware and affiliate feeds and vastly inferior versions of first party apps. Like nobody ever fucking used Bixby so they tried to fix it by renaming it Sam and then no one uses Sam either.

And the UI is literally just auto config of stock android options. You can get a third party launcher that does everything One UI does but better and adds actual functionality like Nova Launcher.

I'm gonna have to agree with the other guys and say you really have no idea what you're talking about, which isn't all that uncommon with you. You barely use it and dismissed it long along without knowing anything about it. The endless built in tools and settings.

Lmao at having to go to with a 3rd party launcher, which just showcases the weakness of stock.

Bixby is the only thing that isn't that good and it's entirely optional. Like, Google Assistant is the default. Also it was never named Sam. That was just some 3D model that they created and axed when people started making porn of her. Sam was never an official thing for no one to use.

I use the regular navigation bar with Good Lock One Hand Operation+. It adds customizable gestures to the sides of the screen.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Bzzt wrong again. My job supplies me with whatever the latest Galaxy phone is every few years for on-call rotations. I'm due for a new one soon actually. My current one is a Galaxy S10.

No it matters a lot. There are no ads built into the operating system straight up. The only way this happens is if you're using a version of Android that isn't made by Google like Amazon's FireOS.

That's great that you have experience with a single 3 year old phone, but as I and the tech community know, One UI shits all over stock nowadays and it's not even a competition. Everything Samsung includes requires sloppy 3rd party implementations on stock. Add in something like Good Lock and it's not even a competition anymore.

And I'm not sure what kind of pedantic "technically" point you're trying to make. There's ads in Gmail. There's ads in the Play Store. There's ads in almost every Google app and they're served by Google. As I said, it doesn't matter how they're showing them. They are ads and they show on all my Pixel phones which is 100% stock.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Bzzt wrong

My dude, you only fuck with ROG trash. You wouldn't even know and have zero experience to be speaking on it. I have the Pixel 6 and S21/S22 and One UI shits all over the Pixel. I feel naked and exposed when I pick up the Pixel phones.

Tyranthraxus posted...

Also wrong. Google provides native APIs to add ads to any app you develop. They do not use those APIs anywhere in the OS. That's exclusively a third party OEM thing.

It doesn't matter what they use. They have native ads. Whether it's from a third party or directly advertising Google stuff is irrelevant.

Samsung phones run circles around stock Android nowadays and it's not even a competition.

And both Samsung and Google have native ads. Not sure where you guys have been. Google itself is an ad company first.