#no-wow-discussion

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fresh osprey
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I think it will mainly be monsters and magic

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Remember Yenn is there

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So portals

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Maybe we can get the I hate portals thing

ruby minnow
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All I want is one thing

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for Cavil to master the Geralt yell

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completely monotone but higher volume yell.

fresh osprey
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Fuck me

ruby minnow
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that's what I want to hear

fresh osprey
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They made a joke at the Apple conference

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That never happens

earnest shell
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lol

fresh osprey
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That was actually funny

earnest shell
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I'm watching it too

ruby minnow
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bless to you guys watching. I lost faith in that company long ago

fresh osprey
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I didn’t expect to chuckle. I expected to sigh in disappointment

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I have a 6plus

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I want to upgrade eventually

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But I want an upgrade

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Which means not having to pay for charging and listening at the same time

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Bigger battery life

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Longer

lost plinth
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I have an ipad because I can't live without mine and that's all I'd have from apple

ruby minnow
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I just have my little S5 and I'm enjoying it.

earnest shell
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well, I am not against using bluetooth headsets for mobile devices, so I don't have to pay for charging and listening at the same time :)

fresh osprey
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I’m ok with Bluetooth headsets if they come with my phone

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If I have to pay for them when my phone currently lets me charge and listen at no extra cost?

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Fuck that

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Jeez

earnest shell
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I find it unrealistic to expect them to include headphones at no extra cost, wireless or not. don't call those little ear buds headphones, either.

fresh osprey
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They used to include headphones

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They are trying to make more money in a market where people are making less money because of inflation

ruby minnow
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They do include headphones tho. At least the samsung ones do.

fresh osprey
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The iPhones do too

earnest shell
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like actual headphones or little ear buds?

fresh osprey
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But you can’t charge and listen

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Because there’s only 1 port

spice goblet
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When the character looks like they're confused or want to kill everything all the time it's difficult to see it as lifelike

ruby minnow
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You plug them into the phone, you play the music, and then you place them in the ear.

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That is what a headphone is

fresh osprey
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They either need to allow charging and listening at the same time, or increase the battery life so I don’t need to charge and listen at the same time

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My battery doesn’t last for 8 hours of use

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I can’t be expected to use my device all day and need to charge it which makes me unable to do any of the things on my phone that require audio unless I pay $100+ for EarPods

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That’s bullshit

ruby minnow
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It is

fresh osprey
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New AppleWatch

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

spice goblet
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The battery life goes down every tine as itslithium ion and those aren't sustainanle

ruby minnow
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I just haven't needed to swap from my Samsung phones and all I can do is drink up all the Iphone tears

earnest shell
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well, if it wasn't lithium ion it wouldn't charge fast enough for people's expectations

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IIRC

fresh osprey
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The modern battery needs to be reinvented

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Apple is king of innovation

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They should spend money reinventing the battery

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If the thing you have no longer works, make something else

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Alternatives are being investigated

spice goblet
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If apple were king of innovation you'd think they'd be better than samsung by now

fresh osprey
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The problem is the lack of investment from companies

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They used to be

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They’ve fallen behind lately

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So the Apple Watch is now just a tiny phone

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That’s actually kind of cool

earnest shell
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does it still require linking with a real phone though?

fresh osprey
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That’s what I’m waiting to find out

earnest shell
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yea same

fresh osprey
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The moment they do that is the moment they win the smart watch race

ruby minnow
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is that really a thing?

earnest shell
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yes

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very much so

ruby minnow
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Just.

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why?

fresh osprey
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What do you mean?

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Imagine having your phone on your wrist

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It’s cool as hell

ruby minnow
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Why not just have your phone out?

fresh osprey
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That’s so sci-fi

spice goblet
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Samsung has that too

fresh osprey
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Because it’s huge

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And interrupts convo

ruby minnow
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My phone is not huge

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and looking down at your watch doesn't?

fresh osprey
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I have a 6plus

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My hands are big

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So I have a big phone

ruby minnow
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Like you can't control the watch with your mind, you'd have to fiddle with it just like you would a phone

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that's still interrupting the convo

fresh osprey
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Jawbone headset dude

earnest shell
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I'm personally fine using phone, regardless of size, but I can understand why people like the watch

fresh osprey
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Did you ever read Enders game?

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Imagine that shit

spice goblet
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Watches wouldn't work for you if phones don't, peach

fresh osprey
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Just speaking from the back of your throat

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And the phone knowing what you are saying

ruby minnow
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Like yea that would be cool, IF it was already out or coming out today

fresh osprey
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Hands free, voice free, phone navigation

ruby minnow
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but

fresh osprey
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I know it’s not there yet

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But eventually it will be

ruby minnow
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it currently isn't. That smart watch isn't going to be that for another five-10 years.

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at least

fresh osprey
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That’s my point

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It won’t take 10 years

ruby minnow
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So why does it matter to buy one now or have a race for it now

fresh osprey
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We are way closer than that

ruby minnow
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w'ere talking about harnessing brain waves here

earnest shell
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improved cellular reception, hmmm....

ruby minnow
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that's still a ways off

fresh osprey
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Not brain waves

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Throat vocalizations and vibrations

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We are very close to this

ruby minnow
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So

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You'd have to

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interupt the convo

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speak to your watch

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and then continue it

fresh osprey
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Not speak

ruby minnow
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Hum

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you're still interrupting the convo is my point

fresh osprey
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It’s difficult to explain in text

ruby minnow
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If you make sounds and look down to your wrist and bring it up, you're causing a distraction

fresh osprey
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Enders game/speaker for the dead has an excellent text explanation of this

spice goblet
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"Throat vocalizations and vibrations" Isn't speech?

fresh osprey
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You have a Bluetooth headset and it answers in your ear

ruby minnow
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So you're not paying attention to the person

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cuz you're having two different things you have to cycle and process in your mind

fresh osprey
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I can’t explain this well

ruby minnow
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that's still an interruption to th convo

fresh osprey
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Ok

ruby minnow
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it's a cool concept

fresh osprey
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Excluding that point tho

ruby minnow
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but the problem isn't solved

fresh osprey
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Imagine you are driving

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You don’t have to look at your device and you’re device can hear you perfectly over any car or road noise

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Your

ruby minnow
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So like On star currently is.

fresh osprey
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That’s just gps tho

ruby minnow
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my on star does my phoen calls too

spice goblet
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So it's... Reading your mind?

ruby minnow
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which is what I need while driving

fresh osprey
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Ok

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I guess I’m just thinking of this differently

ruby minnow
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Like again, it's a really cool concept

fresh osprey
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Is it necessary? No

ruby minnow
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but...it just doesn't seem practical

fresh osprey
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Of course not

ruby minnow
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or necessary

fresh osprey
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But that doesn’t make it any less cool

ruby minnow
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So if it's not something people need, it doesn't answer to any problems we currently have, why the heck would we make it?

fresh osprey
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Also, it’s not practical because it doesn’t exist so no one is taking advantage of it

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You can’t think of applications for a device that doesn’t exist

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I mean

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You can try

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But it’s extremely frustrating

ruby minnow
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So let's say it's a device that when you speak it answers to you and you can try and have it do things

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Or make throat noises or w/e it is in Ender's game

fresh osprey
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Tbh, watch still needs phone so all of my points are moot

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Although apparently it can take an ECG

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That’s pretty huge

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Waaaaay more affordable than going to a hospital

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Without insurance, an ECG is thousands of dollars

ruby minnow
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I mean wouldn't making a processor that small be, 1. Incredibly dangerous for the wearer and 2. just widely expensive?

fresh osprey
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Why would it be dangerous for the wearer?

ruby minnow
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For not wearing a phone

fresh osprey
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And yes it would start expensive and then work its way down

ruby minnow
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all the power the battery on that watch generates to process all the things the phone processes for the watch woul dbe concentrated on your wrist

fresh osprey
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But tbh, if it’s cheaper than an iPhone, it’s kind of an upgrade

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And yeah, we aren’t quite there yet tech wise

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But I’m fairly certain that’s what Apple is trying to work towards

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Lower battery use, decrease cost, increase functionality

timber crag
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They're also apparently working on a spicy orange phone?

ruby minnow
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Maybe its all a ploy then

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make the ohones horrible

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so when they m ake their first version of the self sustaining watch

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everyone buys it in droves

fresh osprey
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Idk

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That’s kind of self destructive

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That’s bad capitalism

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Offering multiple branches of similar products is a much more successful business model

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Because some people will want big screens and cameras

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Some people will want heart monitors and phones

ruby minnow
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Oh they don't stop making the other stuff.

spice goblet
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Pretty sure samsung is cheaper than iPhones as well

ruby minnow
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Just make the phones less appealing than the watch

fresh osprey
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Huh, their ECG is FDA approved

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That’s a big deal too

ruby minnow
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Im like 90% certain that it has to be

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to be legally sold

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in the states anyways

fresh osprey
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No

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It just wouldn’t be valid medical data

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And they would need a disclosure they aren’t FDA approved

ruby minnow
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I mean they could in the terms and service

fresh osprey
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Nope

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FDA says that has to be somewhat apparent

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At least some states say that

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And Apple is based in California

spice goblet
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I can't imagine why anyone would get a watch if it's harder to handle than a phone

fresh osprey
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One of the states that requires obvious labeling when a product is not FDA approved

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Oh damn

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They talking about battery life

ruby minnow
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that's very much what I was getting at earlier Arson

fresh osprey
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Same battery life for watch

spice goblet
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Wat

ruby minnow
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the watch seems just as clunky as the phone already is

spice goblet
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If not more clunky

fresh osprey
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Considering they made it thinner and increased processing power, that’s kind of impressive and could bode well for the iPhone

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My phone doesn’t feel clunky imo

ruby minnow
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Mine doesn't either

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but my S5's been with me since it was released

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¯_(ツ)_/¯

fresh osprey
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I just don’t have any features offered by the watch that interest me yet

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I would love to be able to leave my heavy phone and exchange it fully for a watch tho

ruby minnow
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Does your phone not fit in the jeans or something?

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How large is the S6? O.o

fresh osprey
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I only use internet browsing, calendar, weather, and phone calls most of the time

spice goblet
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If your phone is heavy, you have the wrong phone

fresh osprey
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It fits, it’s heavy

ruby minnow
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O.O

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Like

fresh osprey
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It’s not uncomfortably heavy

ruby minnow
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I can't see how someone has a heavy phone

fresh osprey
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Just way more than a watch

ruby minnow
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unless its one of those Tablet-phones

spice goblet
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Then... How is that a bad thing?

ruby minnow
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those I can see as heavy and clunky, but otherwise.

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your average smart phone shouldn't be much larger than your hand.

fresh osprey
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For context. Yours is the one all the way on the left and mine is all the way on the right

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I like my big screen

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It fits perfectly in my hand

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And I can use it very easily with one hand

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The 6 is too small for my hands to use comfortably with one hand

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Watch stuff almost done. iPhone stuff is probably next

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How long is the conference?

earnest shell
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¯_(ツ)_/¯

fresh osprey
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Jesus, so expensive

spice goblet
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if you like your big phone, what's the point of getting a watch phone that's smaller than the one on the left

fresh osprey
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I could buy a switch for the price of the series 3

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That’s insane

earnest shell
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apple watch was always that expensive afaik

fresh osprey
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I know

earnest shell
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the series 4 price, I mean

fresh osprey
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I was hoping they maybe learned to lower the price to get more customers

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Price is almost always the biggest wall between a purchaser and their purchase

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Is this a two hour conference?

earnest shell
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I would guess so

fresh osprey
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I only have another 25 min....

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I’ll have to watch it later I guess

earnest shell
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idk why they are showing apple watch ads instead of just moving on lol

ruby minnow
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they really want your money

night lark
earnest shell
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oh god

fresh osprey
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I just want to see if they are bringing back the headphone jack or increasing pine battery life significantly

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Yeah EU had a brain fart

ruby minnow
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The directive itself still faces a final vote in January 2019 (although experts say it’s unlikely it will be rejected).

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it's not law yet

fresh osprey
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Not yet

ruby minnow
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we can still fight

earnest shell
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EU is EU, they are going to do it

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gotta get those laws that screw over online companies

night lark
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Yes, but this was second Reading / meeting about that..
And its just a step from internet totality

earnest shell
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yay iphone announcements

fresh osprey
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Here we go

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Time to probably be disappointed

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Err apple

ruby minnow
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I mean

fresh osprey
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Is this a phone sex scene?

ruby minnow
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No one country can actually control the world wide web

fresh osprey
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The fuck is this music

ruby minnow
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they can just lock their areas

earnest shell
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they specifically chose that picture to mask the existence of the notch.........

fresh osprey
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iPhone Xs

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Definitely still has the notch

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No way that’s gone

earnest shell
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I know it does

fresh osprey
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Oof

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Camera sticks out a lot

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Why

earnest shell
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but they chose a picture with a black background to hide the notch lol

fresh osprey
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You can see it now

earnest shell
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ye, I saw

fresh osprey
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New glass apparently

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Finally getting that sapphire glass screen?

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Can be underwater for 30 min

night lark
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Yes, but control / filtering everything? Noice.. Bot / filter cannot know what is satira, irony etc... Also copyright laws will said memes are ilegal steal of originál picture etc

fresh osprey
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At 2m

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But still

earnest shell
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"super retina" 😆

fresh osprey
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Dropping your phone in water isn’t the end of your phone so that’s a plus I guess. Pretty sure the X and maybe 8 could do that too tho

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Smaller phone but bigger screen

ruby minnow
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a lot of phones are able to do that now

fresh osprey
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They got rid of all the edge

ruby minnow
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cuz that was a problem and so people innovated around it

timber crag
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X charge can't though

fresh osprey
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Bet it’s over $1000 tho

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That’s what cost them sales on the X

night lark
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@fresh osprey wut? I have caterpilar without problems.. Dont need overpriced iShit

earnest shell
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yea I'm curious about the pricing too

fresh osprey
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Then don’t pay attention to what we are talking about haze

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We are watching Apple conference

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If you don’t like apple, good for you

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Don’t interrupt what we are talking about to brag about how you don’t use Apple

earnest shell
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XS Max lol

fresh osprey
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It doesn’t do anything

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Excess Max

ruby minnow
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I don't. I just question everything

fresh osprey
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Battery life tho

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Plz Apple

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Don’t leave me hanging

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Increase that battery life significantly

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Plz

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Ugh, I don’t care about sound

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Sticking with Face ID, ugh

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I like Touch ID

earnest shell
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face ID probably works better than touch ID

fresh osprey
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Nope

earnest shell
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touch ID always breaks after like a year for me

fresh osprey
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Face ID is less accurate

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And has been successfully cracked

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Touch ID hasn’t

ruby minnow
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yea but touch ID breaks

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so

fresh osprey
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Idk, I’m still doing fine with Touch ID

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Sure I sometimes have to use my password

earnest shell
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I just use my passcode on my apple devices. I mean, you have to have one anyway, why complicate things unnecessarily?

fresh osprey
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But I would rather security

earnest shell
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so more energy efficient, blah blah, how does this all add up to battery life?

fresh osprey
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Sounds like their phone is more energy efficient

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They’ve made a point

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So plz talk about battery life plz

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The average person just wants their phone to last longer and not break when it’s dropped or sat on

earnest shell
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ye

fresh osprey
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Jesus Christ

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It’s an insanely strong processor tho

earnest shell
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every application just has to use machine learning these days so yea it needs to keep up

fresh osprey
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512gb max storage now

earnest shell
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That's cool.

fresh osprey
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But battery life plz

earnest shell
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^

spice thistle
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I want an apple now

fresh osprey
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Ugh

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Why are we talking about uses

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I want to know how long I can use it

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Isn’t this their first chip designed just for their phone?

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The last phone used intel right?

earnest shell
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idk

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I thought they designed chips each time

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but they used them on multiple iDevices

fresh osprey
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I think it was intel up until this phone

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Or like, modified intel chips

earnest shell
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well, perhaps

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I didn't really pay attention before

fresh osprey
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Damn, seems much faster than the current phones

earnest shell
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this is the first apple conference I've watched, thanks for mentioning it

fresh osprey
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30% apparently

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Here’s the machine learning you talked about

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Real time machine learning

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That’s huge

earnest shell
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fresh osprey
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The uses aren’t amazing

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But still

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It’s a step in an important direction

earnest shell
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the apple-provided uses aren't amazing, but there will surely be some good third-party ones

fresh osprey
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New Siri stuff

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Apparently you can create a shortcut

spice thistle
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GGuys

fresh osprey
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So it’s like the Alexa skills

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That’s fun

spice thistle
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What do you think about Starlink?

fresh osprey
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Idk

spice thistle
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Alexa play despacito?

fresh osprey
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Not my type of game

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So faster, more power efficient

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Give me that battery life time plz

earnest shell
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augmented reality lol

fresh osprey
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I just want battery life

earnest shell
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is there a point to AR other than silly games and stickers or whatever?

fresh osprey
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I’m running out of time

spice thistle
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24h battery time

fresh osprey
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It has potential in 5-10 years

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X - doubt

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Well

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There’s the AR furniture thing

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That was hypothesized almost 30 years ago

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So that’s sci fi coming true

earnest shell
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yea, you're right

fresh osprey
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Come on

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Akr

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Ping me with battery life

earnest shell
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ok

fresh osprey
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I gotta go

spice thistle
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Virtual boi

fresh osprey
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Also

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Todd Howard

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Best boi

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Be back later

spice goblet
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Alexa play deathpacito

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also, i hope scientists will figure out a way to make Tony Stark's clean energy solution a reality

versed pebble
ruby minnow
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So its not impossible

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just incredibly difficult

earnest shell
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@fresh osprey XS has 30 minutes more battery life than X. XS Max has 90 minutes more than X.

ruby minnow
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so what's the totals on each

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cuz that dont sound like much

earnest shell
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not sure

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quick google has iPhone X with 10h49m

ruby minnow
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so 11 h

earnest shell
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so XS would have 11hr19m, XS Max would have 12hr19m

ruby minnow
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So. My S5 has an 11h battery life on average.

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They finally caught up?

earnest shell
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well, what's the battery life of, whatever S is current

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so uh

ruby minnow
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20h

earnest shell
ruby minnow
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23 for the Plus

earnest shell
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yea apple didn't catch up

ruby minnow
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they caught up to 10 years ago.

earnest shell
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:)

ruby minnow
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Ima go get my mug ready

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I just realized that the S9's battery life isn't as good as people thought because it was only a 30% increase on the S8

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at 20-23 hours

earnest shell
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there's a 3rd iPhone being announced right now

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the XR

ruby minnow
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that has to be the real iPhone

earnest shell
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it's a cheaper one

ruby minnow
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third times the charm

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oh

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nevermind

earnest shell
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XR seems to be for those who don't want to waste money on stuff about the XS/XS Max they don't care about (some people don't need "Super Retina" or screen filling whole screen or 3D Touch)

ruby minnow
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So what's the specs of the XR?

earnest shell
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still has stuff like Face ID, no home button, etc.

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yea it's being announced right now, we're getting them

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has most of the same internals as XS, just cheaper external stuff

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well, the rear camera is the same, but there's only one instead of two

ruby minnow
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ah ok

earnest shell
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the camera stuff the XS could do was pretty remarkable, the XR can recreate several of the effects with software rather than having two cameras

ruby minnow
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Ah ok.

earnest shell
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front camera is same on XS, XR

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XR has about same battery life as XS Max

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~12h15m

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might even be more

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@fresh osprey there's also the XR, makes some stuff cheaper but does a lot of the same things as the XS. the internals are all the same, has the same awesome processor etc. battery life seems to be about the same as the XS Max, XR was said to be 1h30m more than 8 plus.

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XS pricing = $999, XS Max pricing = $1099. preorder september 14 (this friday), ship september 21.

XR pricing = $749, preorder october 19, ship october 26.

dates might differ if you're not in an initially supported location.

fresh osprey
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That’s still sad

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Still only 1 port?

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Still need to purchase EarPods?

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Wireless charging?

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@earnest shell

earnest shell
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doesn't look like there's a separate port

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earpods, ye separate

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wireless charging, isn't that in all new iPhones?

fresh osprey
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Idk

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Still though

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It’s like Apple has forgotten how to innovate

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This is an entire set of new phones, and it’s essentially nothing

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What a waste

ruby minnow
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they caught up to the battery of my S5

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so that's something

fresh osprey
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Stock trading seems to agree

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They are down almost 2% since conference

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Looks like another mediocre year for Apple

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Wait

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I goofed

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.7%

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Still kind of significant that it started to fall during conference spiked at iPhone announcement then started to fall again

dreamy ginkgo
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has anyone watched Iron Fist season 2 yet?

fresh osprey
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1 episode so far

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havent had much time

spice goblet
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It's a lot better than season 2 imo

versed pebble
ruby minnow
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We spoke about it

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they agreed to vote on it

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the vote might sitll not pass

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Time to go spam the shit out of the EU

spice goblet
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I'd still rather live in EU than USA

obtuse gust
fresh osprey
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is that really surprising tbh?

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EA is the worst

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we have EA being money grubbing assholes, wow with a ton of bugs from beta making it to release, and an iphone that when said out loud is called the iPhone Excess Max that costs $1499. We clearly exist in the darkest timeline

spice goblet
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iPhone Excess Max should be renamed iPhone Excess Trash

fresh osprey
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whats the difference?

spice goblet
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wat

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idk

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seems more honest

spice thistle
#

LOL

#

I blame Barry Allen

spice thistle
#

...flash?

versed pebble
#

yup

#

he's shocked you're blaming him for something

ruby minnow
#

He's shocked you remembered him

spice thistle
#

I alawys blame him for changing stuff

versed pebble
#

damn Flashpoints

spice goblet
#

Flash is, as always, one of my favorite characters but his stories are filled with some of the worst PIS

spice thistle
#

Pis?

spice goblet
#

plot induced stupidity

#

why does no one know what that means? 👀

spice thistle
#

nope

spice goblet
#

what

spice thistle
#

nothing

spice goblet
#

what

novel tiger
#

@timber crag self-promotion is prohibited

versed pebble
#

I think the metal version is actulaly better 😮

ruby minnow
#

eh. not a fan.

brittle marlin
ruby minnow
#

alliance I just dont like metal

brittle marlin
#

I was just stealing the emoji 😛 its fine

fresh osprey
#

Pirate metal is actually a genre

#

It’s great

#

Metal sea shanties

versed pebble
#

oh oh oh, you just reminded me, next wednesday is Pirate Day

ruby minnow
#

yea. still don't like metal.

brittle marlin
#

I've listened to what someone reffered to as "Tank Metal"

#

And general War metal accordingly, thats how I learned about Sabbaton

#

Pretty epic to raid to won't lie

versed pebble
#

Sabbaton FTW!

#

even more so cos they RT'd us when they were #1 in our top ten one week

fresh osprey
#

So Florence is about to hit the Carolinas

versed pebble
#

yup

fresh osprey
#

Found a great video on Reddit about what storm surge can look like

#

It’s insane that some people in mandatory evac areas are planning to stay

#

That’s a death sentence

versed pebble
#

a couple of my team are either side of where it's gonna hit, so they've all hunkered down

#

it's called natural selection peach

fresh osprey
#

I mean, if your area has an evac ordered, you leave

#

If it doesn’t, it’s up to you

#

But I personally would still leave

#

Maybe put all of my electronics on a second floor

#

Take important stuff out of basements and away from windows

#

Then either board up windows or not depending on where I am

ruby minnow
#

I mean

#

here in florida we just dont care

fresh osprey
#

You have hurricane shutters and hurricane doors

#

You have the equipment to deal with hurricanes

#

The fallout from major hurricanes doesn’t effect Florida because it’s the main disaster they are prepared for

#

It’s like how an earthquake would devastate New York, but not San Francisco or Los Angeles

ruby minnow
#

Not my area

#

also the fallout of major hurricanes do hit us

fresh osprey
#

Florida, all of it, is more prepared for a hurricane than any other state

ruby minnow
#

very hard

fresh osprey
#

They have the equipment

ruby minnow
#

My momma had to pick up her door from hurricane andrew

fresh osprey
#

They have prepared strategies

ruby minnow
#

and it was three blocks away

#

Dont' say we dont get hit just as hard

versed pebble
#

it's like the parable about god sending help, but a religious person won't understand it's been sent unless god itself comes down to lift them from their troubles

fresh osprey
#

I didn’t say you don’t get hit as hard

#

I said the lasting effects have a shorter lifespan

#

Because they do

#

Because Florida is prepared

ruby minnow
#

You just said we dont suffer from the fallout of major hurricanes. We do. =/

#

Hell after wilma I had to bathe in a bucket for three months

fresh osprey
#

Compare major hurricane fallout in Florida vs Texas with Harvey

ruby minnow
#

yea wilma and andrew did about the same damage has harvey for just about as long.

#

and katrina.

#

Oh katrina

fresh osprey
#

Tbh, maybe people shouldn’t live in swamps that destroy large chunks of civilization every couple of years

#

You can’t really build to resist flooding like you can tornados or earthquakes right?

#

Not to mention flooding in a swamp can lead to the ground sinking

#

You can’t really fix that

#

I mean, you can for a while

#

But it’s just going to sink again

ruby minnow
#

Yea but it's our home damn it. and we'll stand up to every hurricane that hits here to keep it that way.

#

Tis the florida way

fresh osprey
#

I mean

#

Hurricanes are going to keep getting stronger and more frequent

#

Not sure that will be an option forever

#

Eventually the time to rebuild will line up with the next hurricane, and then hurricanes will start coming while rebuilding

#

It will eventually be impossible to repair all of the damage in time

ruby minnow
#

Yea. But hey. We might get another few years of the jet streams and prevailing winds over florida to bat the hurricanes away

fresh osprey
#

That’s only 20-30 years away if we stopped all carbon output right now

ruby minnow
#

until another Irma hits

fresh osprey
#

But since we are still using fossil fuels and polluting, it’s like - maybe 10-15 years until coasts in and around Florida became wholly uninhabitable due to flooding, rising oceans, and constant tropical weather

#

It’ll be great for the manatees tho

#

Since there will be fewer boats

#

Might even create a few artificial reefs assuming we can stop coral bleaching

ruby minnow
#

Guess we'll just have to adapt out some webbed hands and become merpeople then

#

Miami becomes atlantis yea?

versed pebble
#

saw an awesome electric motorbike today, I genuinely thought I was being chased by a bumblebee til I saw, but damn the bike looks awesome

fresh osprey
#

Adaptation takes millions of years in primates

#

The bigger the creature, the slower adaptation - generally speaking

versed pebble
#

I for one welcome our Ape overlords

ruby minnow
#

We'll do it in hundreds of thousands of years. AH HA!

fresh osprey
#

There are exceptions to the rule like if a niche is empty

#

But otherwise? Nah

#

Tbh, natural evolution of the human species is probably done

#

Artificial evolution is the future of our species.

versed pebble
#

nah it's still happening

ruby minnow
#

tbh it'll probably become unlivable faster due to the increase in heat temperatures.

#

than storms

fresh osprey
#

Well yeah it’s happening

ruby minnow
#

and flooding

versed pebble
#

oh yeah, artificial evolutionary help for sure

fresh osprey
#

But the amount of evolution is negligible considering the future of genetic engineering

#

Florida will likely see slower heat increases compared to places like Texas and Arizona because humidity helps keep temperature down

versed pebble
#

and all teh old folks sucking up the heat

fresh osprey
#

XD

versed pebble
#

they're always cold, cos they're endothermic

ruby minnow
#

tis true

lost plinth
#

I saw a damn strange vehicle the other day

#

It was like one wheel

#

with footplates either side

#

just one wheel

#

no handle or anything

ruby minnow
#

Like a unicycle?

lost plinth
#

Nah it was motorised

lost plinth
#

Exactly!

#

Is this a thing I've missed or something?

#

Cause he was going a good 25mph and not fucking dead so I guess it's a thing

versed pebble
#

yeah, i know a guy that has one, he zips through town on it and his balance is so good he goes thorugh the shops til the security guard shouts at him 😄

lost plinth
#

hah

ruby minnow
lost plinth
#

ok now that is cool

ruby minnow
#

attack a duel disk to that. Bam. We're in 5Ds now

lost plinth
#

probably really pointless but cool

versed pebble
spice thistle
#

How the fuck did I lose 3 lives to this ganondorf

ruby minnow
#

no more segweys

#

because you need to do 2 things mak

#

and this is what ever doctor will prescribe

#

"Git gud"

spice goblet
versed pebble
#

gotta love the PUMA

ruby minnow
#

Yea that PUMA looks nice.

spice goblet
#

That flying car looks nicer

timber crag
#

im not a fan of CoD but I enjoyed BO4 and I hear good things about black ops battle royale

versed pebble
#

thats tempting, I guess I can mute it for an hour...

timber crag
#

right? haha

versed pebble
#

yeah, tune in on my chromecast, turn back to the tv 😄

neon hinge
#

That's... quite a good selection of people I don't like to hear XD

versed pebble
#

thats what the mute button is for

timber crag
#

I don't mind Shroud but the others, nah.

versed pebble
#

I only know who Ninja is

neon hinge
#

I know Tim from early Overwatch days

timber crag
#

Some 20 year old making millions from Fortnite

neon hinge
#

And summit because is big

#

I'm not sold on BO4 btw

#

No story mode is a huuuuuuge NOPE for me

spice thistle
#

Fortnite...ew

versed pebble
#

hey guys, can i get some gamer art print input from you all?

spice thistle
#

git gud

#

thats my input

versed pebble
#

😛

#

we're looking at prices and I need some artists to go check out and look at what they cvharge for prints

spice thistle
#

ok

#

"Stop being so fucking damn expensive"

#

is dat gud?

versed pebble
#

I should tweet Ketsuki, she's teh resident art expert right?

spice thistle
#

who is

versed pebble
#

someone mentioned Ketsuki deals with the art stuff for articles

timber crag
#

spam is so good pan fried

#

if anyone says anything bad about spam, I swear

#

they'll get cut

ruby minnow
#

Spam is literally garbage

timber crag
#

HOW

#

DARE

#

YOU

ruby minnow
#

that'swhy the folder we send mail that we don't want is called spam

#

it's also why we consider all things that are coming in to fast

#

like those emoji's

#

are spam

#

Spam is bad

#

mkay

timber crag
#

😦

#

😢

ruby minnow
#

your crocodile tears have no affect on me

versed pebble
#

mmm... corned hash

timber crag
#

MONSTER

versed pebble
#

Clarkson!

timber crag
#

in an unrelated note, I don't know how to stop my cat from throwing up his dry food

#

he just gobbles it all right up

ruby minnow
#

stop feeding him dry spam

versed pebble
#

our Cat Harry stole the spam fritters my otehr half had the otehr night, right out of the burger bun on her plate... he is such a shit

wary gate
fresh osprey
#

It’s been extinct in the wild for almost 6 years technically

#

Population was like 6 birds

#

In captivity they have around 80, which is enough to restore a population of birds

#

Eventually

acoustic kite
#

rip

#

too late now

spice thistle
#

AAAAAAA

neon hinge
#

Only on switch?

timber crag
neon hinge
#

Thought it was for 3Ds too

random mantle
#

@spice thistle oh look that's waycrest manor

spice thistle
#

That was the second

random mantle
neon hinge
#

oh ok

spice thistle
#

Ff12 for switch

neon hinge
#

All for switch

lost plinth
#

They

neon hinge
#

Spam.

#

Stop.

lost plinth
#

Oops

#

Nah nah shit connection mb

neon hinge
#

Smash is backfiring anyways

#

People is tired of the spam of it

#

Everywhere

lost plinth
#

Like

#

Isabelle?

neon hinge
#

I don't even like AC

lost plinth
#

I mean I do, AC is my jam

neon hinge
#

I'm just tired of Nintendo and it's crappy behaviour

lost plinth
#

But she should've been a villager echo

#

And give the time to a new character

neon hinge
#

I'm not even watching this tbh

lost plinth
#

ugh I am not confident in my mobile signal

neon hinge
#

I've my tweetdeck open

lost plinth
#

Well I was watching the main stream

#

Ooh

#

I thought it was gonna be AC for switch

#

But then they dropped the Smash

spice thistle
#

It is AC for Switch

lost plinth
#

and Isabelle for Smash Ultimate

spice thistle
#

And Isabelle for Smash

lost plinth
#

Which I'd like to say wasn't predictable

#

but

spice thistle
#

I suppose Waluigi has a chance

neon hinge
#

WAAAAA

lost plinth
#

Waluigi got assist trophied though didn't he?

#

So that basically puts him out for ultimate

spice thistle
#

Oh yeah

#

The one I havent seen is shadow

lost plinth
#

Shadow is a real concept tbh

#

No reason he shouldn't be in

spice thistle
#

But overall I liked the Direct

lost plinth
#

Is Isabelle a Villager echo or her own character?

spice thistle
#

Echo

lost plinth
#

Didn't quite see

#

Good.

spice thistle
#

Seems like echo

#

Her up b is the same

lost plinth
#

I kinda dropped twitch the instant it confirmed

#

Didn't see any moves

spice thistle
#

I wonder who is the next

#

We have one month to come

#

Also it was a good idea to give super Mario u the deluxe treatment

#

I got surprised that we didnt had a 2d mario

lost plinth
#

I was kinda about to zone out cause I have no interest in final fantasy

#

But then I remembered the habit of leaving Smash til last

spice thistle
#

I think it's nice that they port some of the ff games

lost plinth
#

Which was why I kinda figured Isabelle for Smash as soon as she came on

spice thistle
#

Hopefully switch will get the remake of ff7

#

I thought Tom Nook was in too

lost plinth
#

I mean I like Animal Crossing but

spice thistle
#

I have never played it

lost plinth
#

it doesn't really belong in smash imho

#

Villager was a joke character to me

spice thistle
#

It's a famous game so

lost plinth
#

It's the chillest series I've ever played tbh

spice thistle
#

All famous things from Nintendo are in

#

Lel

lost plinth
#

I'm kinda uncertain on the people hyping for Goku

#

like idk if that is a real possibility

spice thistle
#

One month of wow equals one year of switch

#

That's really fun

lost plinth
#

Starlink looks incredibly good though

#

If I get anything from that direct it'd be that

#

The thing with Animal Crossing for me

#

There is barely any reason to move to a sequel

#

I'd go as far to say it's not preferable for me

#

They're games you actively grow attached to

spice thistle
#

I want to play starlink so bad

#

Ubisoft seems to be loving working with nintendo

lost plinth
#

gameplay: ooh yes that's very nice

spice thistle
#

Both of their games have been good so far

lost plinth
#

fox's fur rendering : I don't know how to feel about this

spice thistle
#

They never do it right tbh

lost plinth
#

Like they went full on this time

#

He looks like a squirrel

spice thistle
#

Ye

lost plinth
#

Wolf looks decent, unsure about his costume

spice thistle
#

They should keep up with smash u fox

lost plinth
#

mhm

spice thistle
#

I am going to sell one kidney for these games

#

Super mario party is a game o really want

#

Didnt play more mp from 7

#

My favorite was always the 4th

lost plinth
#

god discord has awful input lag for me rn

spice thistle
#

But you know

#

They are still holding MP4 back

lost plinth
#

Rewatching Isabelle she doesn't really look like an echo... seems more like a lucas/ness thing

spice thistle
#

I wonder if they are going to implement the VR Switch mode

#

Because if they do and make perfect motion controls

#

Its going to be a bless of the skies

#

It might be the Switch's absolute game that uses all its capability

lost plinth
#

Mind you Isabelle was kinda a long time guessed

#

She was leaked for ages

#

alongside Simon Belmont which kinda made it a bit more possible

spice thistle
#

Simon oof

lost plinth
#

Yeah she's not an echo

#

Let me grab the cut down video

#

bunch up already

#

ok discord I guessed you this time... not random spamming again

spice thistle
#

So what she is

#

She really looks like a villager echo

lost plinth
#

and I'm getting to like these remixes on the reveals

#

Well I don't play a lot of villager but she's got some different specials

#

And uh

#

no echo symbol

spice thistle
#

Wow

#

Is she that popular

spring burrow
#

Oh boy. Who's gonna be number 69

lost plinth
#

She does seem a very-nearly echo

#

Like Ness and Lucas

#

Her Final Smash wasn't in the direct but it's the same as Villager's only it's the town hall not a house

#

Seems to me what she has in common are the grab/throws, the final smash, pocket, and possibly the balloons being like Villager's recovery but that's kinda hard to tell

spice thistle
#

Watch it being a woman with over sexualised assets

#

Just for shits and giggles

lost plinth
#

Her down special is probably the buried Lloid rocket which is sort of like Villager's down special

ruby minnow
#

but mak

#

they already have Bayonetta

lost plinth
#

Well Shantae does stand a chance in hell

#

Probably not but

ruby minnow
#

and ZSS

spice thistle
#

Bayonetta's echo

lost plinth
#

I want a mod to reskin Wii Fit to Bayonetta

#

Or vice versa, even

spice thistle
#

Inb4 candy Kong

spring burrow
fresh osprey
#

^

#

who cares about smash

#

we got animal crossing, luigi's mansion 3, and a katamari damacy HD remaster

#

2019 is the year of the switch!

ruby minnow
#

Yea Im still on PC

spring burrow
#

2019 might show us gen 8 for pokemon

#

And with the new game that Game Freak is releasing and how good it looks, I have hopes for gen 8 on switch

ruby minnow
#

As a semi-competitive player; I am not excited for the 8th gen. Alola's new not-legendary legendary pokemon just made the meta so unfun to play around.

spring burrow
#

I used to play competitive, but yeah gen 7's meta was ass

#

ultra beasts were a cool idea but they just shouldve been legendaries instead of a "whole new concept"

ruby minnow
#

and ofc gamefreak nerfed out one of the more problematic UBs counters.

#

Talonflame

spring burrow
#

Talonflame was kinda op

#

Gale Wings was super good

#

Also who remembers Ash Greninja lol

ruby minnow
#

I don't. Gale wings was good and in its Gen 6 version, Phera wouldn't be such an issue that it currently is.

spring burrow
#

I haven't even touched USUM's meta. Are new UBs any good?

#

I imagine Naganadel is good

ruby minnow
#

I refuse to touch USUM.

#

SM was enough for me.

spring burrow
#

Same

#

USUM just didn't feel right

spice thistle
#

Oh I forgot Katamari Damacy

timber crag
night lark
wraith dragon
#

Just hit 25K rep on the site, checking out the discord effect.

#

@plucky jasper just hit 25K rep on the site, how do I set myself as premium in discord?

versed pebble
versed pebble
#

umm, <@&299347348847329281> is that allowed?

buoyant tangle
#

No, it's self advertisement. Thanks 🙂

versed pebble
#

😃

graceful tapir
#

Am cri

#

My truck committed wheel.exe has stopped

spice goblet
#

oof.png

random mantle
#

One of the types of cake I made at work today

worn panther
#

What does a Good Bag "preorder" mean for the current give away?

random mantle
#

Goody bag

worn panther
#

Yeah.

random mantle
#

Its limited blizzcon collectibles

#

Diffrent stuff every year

#

Irl stuff

worn panther
#

I mean what does a "preorder" for it mean? Just that you'll get one when it is released?

random mantle
#

I think so yea

#

I think theres a limited stock

worn panther
#

Ah, alright. Thanks.

frosty tundra
#

You'll receive it by the time BlizzCon starts is what Pre-Order means.

spice goblet
#

isn't the point of preorders to get it before blizzcon?

frosty tundra
#

Only if you order it by a certain date.

spice goblet
#

as in, before blizzcon?

frosty tundra
#

I believe the date is October 22nd

spice goblet
#

ok

night lark
#

cuz as firts look it looks u can won preordering it 😄

frosty tundra
#

I make sure it's clear that it's a pre-order, so people don't expect to receive it immediately.

spice goblet
#

but if you don't get it before blizzcon, say 3-10 days, what's the purpose

#

if they're gonna get it at blizzcon anyway

frosty tundra
#

You don't have to attend BlizzCon to get it?

#

So, this is for the millions of others who might want it.

spice goblet
#

o

#

nvm then

versed pebble
spice thistle
#

...I didnt expect a gamecube emulator for phone

versed pebble
#

show's how powerful phones have gotten

spice thistle
#

Ya

#

Might try it later

versed pebble
#

new music day over at the station, you guys got any rock/metal bands I may not have heard of?

neon hinge
#

Gamecube in phone? Damn

spice thistle
#

Ye

#

I have a bunch of games in my pc

#

Will try and tell you how it is

#

You know, I'm quite surprised that no one has done an app that turns the phone into a GBA so you could.use it in gamecube games like Four Swords adventures with the dolphin

versed pebble
#

if they did Ninty would shut it down

neon hinge
#

I'm sure there's a way to do that Makore

spice thistle
#

Not really

#

Nintendo doesnt shuts down emu

#

I'm surprised that they havent launched a Four sword adventure remaster, using the 3ds as GBAs

ruby minnow
#

UH

#

mak

#

they did shut down Emuparadise

#

they have no fear in stopping emulators

neon hinge
#

They didn't shut down Emuparadise per se

#

They just told them to not have download links

ruby minnow
#

they just made sure they couldn't hand out emulators.

neon hinge
#

Site is still up and running

spice thistle
#

Ye

neon hinge
#

Eh

ruby minnow
#

I consider it shut down as the function it was up for is well. Not working due to legal reasons

neon hinge
#

They didn't touch emulators xD

spice thistle
#

Emulators are untouchable

neon hinge
#

They just "toke down" games

#

And guess what

#

Are still available

#

Only the link is missing

spice thistle
#

There are still a bunch of games available

neon hinge
#

The games are still on the site

spice thistle
#

And you can get ISOs from other sites as well

lost plinth
#

Thought y'all were talking about me there

#

'what did I do to Nintendo wha'

spice thistle
#

Lel

#

But ye

#

Would kill for a Four Swords Adventures remaster

spice thistle
#

Oh

#

It works

neon hinge
#

Hm?

spice thistle
#

Has some low fps when a lot of effects get in

#

And with some cutscenes

#

But it is probably the graphic plugin

#

Vulkan

neon hinge
#

Jesus, the controller is even worse in tactile

spice thistle
#

Even worse

#

Whatchu talking

#

The controller in the gamecube was really nice

versed pebble
#

I genuinely hated that controller

#

but I'm a SEGA fanboy

spice thistle
#

raises fists come at me boi

versed pebble
#

swings his XBox OG duke controller like a club

ok...

spice thistle
#

Oh

#

I have the original

#

swings dreamcast controller

versed pebble
#

hell, I have a remake one, cost me a pretty penny

neon hinge
#

I can't stand that controller

versed pebble
#

Dreamcast 😍 ❤

spice thistle
#

Which one

#

Dreamcast, xbox or gc

neon hinge
#

Gamecube

spice thistle
#

Why not

neon hinge
#

It's ugly

#

And the scheme is weird

versed pebble
spice thistle
#

It might be the most comfortable controller besides ps4

ruby minnow
#

Gamecube controller was my childhood =C

versed pebble
#

you shut your mouth

neon hinge
#

Still better controller than N64 though

#

Comfortable
DualShock controllers

#

No

versed pebble
#

oh god, N64... 🤢

spice thistle
#

Yes

neon hinge
#

No, trust me, no

#

xD

#

are too tiny

spice thistle
#

The ps4 is more comfortable that xbox one

versed pebble
#

Dualshock are horrible

#

you shut your mouth

neon hinge
#

Been using a dualshock since my ps2

spice thistle
#

I know what I'm saying

neon hinge
#

And I prefer xbox 360's way more

spice thistle
#

I have played all consoles

#

Oh

#

360 were better

#

Xbox one is just

ruby minnow
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I got big meaty hands. The xbox controllers always fit better.

neon hinge
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But, One is an upgrade of 360

spice thistle
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2 big

versed pebble
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the XBox One controller is better in everyway, but the 360 is just perfect

spice thistle
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I got medium sized hands

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The xbox one causes my hands hurt

versed pebble
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are you 11

ruby minnow
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No he's just smol