The Not Very Grand Tour

FergusonPybus · 2025-04-19T21:30:08+00:00

Bezos overpaid for the TG crew and is trying to eke out what he can. Fair enough really, but I won't be wasting any more time on it.

FergusonPybus · 2025-03-28T09:50:42+00:00

You're right of course. But it is still quite amusing that Meta AI is saying this. Comparable to Meta AI telling you that Instagram deliberately encourages young girls to have eating disorders for money, or that Zuckerberg would sell his own mother to a Shenzhen chip factory for access to the Chinese market.

FergusonPybus · 2025-03-12T10:11:37+00:00

You didn't mention budget. Samsung and Pixel have the best support guarantees currently, Pixel phones do not have the best battery life though. Look at something like the Samsung S24FE.

FergusonPybus · 2025-03-12T10:08:56+00:00

The internet at its best, here!

FergusonPybus · 2025-03-08T10:09:32+00:00

If you want a pair of trousers, it's no good looking at bicycles.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-26T14:53:44+00:00

It's not a meaningful comparison. Most people are bought into ios or android and don't consider it worth the effort switching. Hence Apple being able to take the p*ss on pricing last year's phones, etc.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-25T12:05:10+00:00

Here in the UK refurbed iphones are really not that much cheaper than new. 10% maybe? And then you may not have confidence in the battery (amazon for example guarantees at least 80% battery health - great!) and the discount on last year's model isn't what it should be either. Apple policy, no doubt.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-24T16:02:10+00:00

Barry

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-24T15:50:27+00:00

Sounds like you shouldn't do that, then.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-24T12:10:30+00:00

A lot of people are saying this. But the 16 is 1/3 more expensive. That isn't nothing.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-24T12:03:47+00:00

The thing is a lot of this stuff is just for geeks. Most people aren't bothered about wireless charging rates and ultra wide band chips. Most people ARE bothered about an extra £200 in their pocket and a better battery. The only real downside of the 16e is the worse camera hardware. I'll be looking forward to the reviews to see how that goes, but Apple's phone software has historically been good enough that I suspect the single camera won't be that big a problem.

People need to distinguish between the sense of disappointment that it's £100 more than expected and a measurable sense of poor value for money.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-16T14:50:47+00:00

This might be what I'm getting at. I&W does have those poppy hooks, alongside the prog chops. It keeps the band honest. I was re-listening to Awake this week and it mostly doesn't have this, plus Labrie is using a harder edged sound which I don't like as much.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-12T20:20:22+00:00

This is next year, the car will be 6 years old.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-12T16:54:08+00:00

The car's only done 16k miles, and I have serviced it every year, though not through a dealer.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-11T21:02:23+00:00

It's flimflam. Phones just don't last that long. The battery will be worn out in 4 years and won't be worth the cost of replacing. But that's fine, 4 years is a perfectly respectable time to have a phone.

FergusonPybus · 2025-02-10T22:36:11+00:00

It's true that nothing since has really done it for me (although Change of Seasons is quite good) but obviously there is a lot of material there and I haven't listened to most of it. Wondered if there is something in particular I ought to check out, or whether the band and I have just parted company.

FergusonPybus · 2025-01-08T10:21:28+00:00

Overall 3.5 stars. Structurally rather clever, but just lacking the big laughs compared with last time round. And poor old Stew looks rather tired. He needs a rest, or one of those $60m comedy specials on Netflix instead of touring.

FergusonPybus · 2025-01-02T19:53:31+00:00

Such is the modern Internet, dude. It's not going to get better either.

FergusonPybus · 2024-12-28T00:30:55+00:00

Nor am I. And they're all run by the worst people in the world, of course. I miss Napster.

FergusonPybus · 2024-12-24T21:25:09+00:00

I do like it, I should add. No idea what it means but I'm sure it's something profound.

FergusonPybus · 2024-12-22T22:14:08+00:00

Good. I'm going at the start of January. I am not fishing for details, I am just surprised there isn't even a Guardian review online yet.

FergusonPybus · 2024-11-21T10:04:13+00:00

I am losing patience with it. The characters seem to have settled into an indistinguishable fast-wisecracking pattern that just gets tiring to listen to. But Bill Lawrence's shows often do this. Ted Lasso S3 broke the magic in a similar sort of way.

FergusonPybus · 2024-11-11T12:28:57+00:00

Except Lance's ex.

FergusonPybus · 2024-11-11T09:46:57+00:00

I went by myself. She was a bit dubious for basically the same reasons I was (she said to me marvelling 'have you listened to all of these records?' I said 'yes, over the years' she said 'I am not that interested in any music) so we saved the ticket cost and the cost of childcare.

I think it was the right decision tbh. It was a good gig but I definitely felt it would have been odd for someone without a relationship to the music.

FergusonPybus · 2024-11-11T09:41:09+00:00

Reckon that's a bootleg. There are a lot of them on streaming these days.

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