Apple pushes iCloud REALLY HARD. I'm on the free plan but I paid when on holiday and now I get heavy dark patterns from Apple (phone UI, emails, yadda).
Android too? Persistently asking "Photos backup is turned off! Turn it on?" to use up storage to justify a subscription fee?
Too often you can feel a UI push towards some revenue stream - frustrating UX!
I know you've been working on a upcycling effort (thank you), and I know you've been consciously trying to "beat the clock" given that today's the d-day. How close do you think you are?
And a note to Google: dropping a perfectly functional device makes you a no-go for any type of future purchase from me. No pixels, no storage, no nothing. It's not my fault you dingalings paid $3B for thermostat that was slowly adopted and quickly met with ample competition. Oh, and put Reader back.
I think I am 4 to 5 weeks away from shipping. PCBs are basically done, I'll be placing an order for samples of the 3 different PCBs that make up the whole kit in the next day or two
I'm starting to move onto software - there's working samples for drawing on the display and for interpreting motion of the scroll ring. Now, on to integrating them and building in time for one more PCB rev in case I discover a silly mistake
Your heart is in the right place, and Stanislav Petrov deserves all of our respect. However, the reality is more complicated. Due to geography, USSR used a system called dead hand [0] to detect a nuclear attack and to retaliate. In particular, SLBMs launched by US off the coast of Norway needed only 5 minutes travel time to Moscow. Similarly, US Pershing missiles stationed in West Germany required about 6-7 minutes to reach Moscow. All of these meant USSR required a nuclear retaliatory system that could prevent hasty decisions. Hence Dead Hand system.
On the other hand, Vasily Arkhipov probably stopped a nuclear war in Oct 1962 [1]...
Trump is a lifelong pathological liar (among other things). There is no meaning in anything he promises. He has no loyalty to anyone or anything but himself. He is a lecherous, repulsive menace.
"...and upon reaching for a hand towel I realized that the motif on it was not a diagonal pattern of dog bones but without doubt actually row after slanted row of penises, 100%"
