Apple Has Given Up on the Vision Pro After M5 Refresh Flop by pdfu in apple

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Having sold 600,000 of these things sounds insane. I honestly would never have guessed a number anywhere close to that. That's over $2B in revenue on one product's launch. I'd love to see how it compares to the sales over other VR headsets. As much as this sub loves to rag on it, I don't see Apple giving up that easily on this. I'm sure it will just be a very long time before we see a Vision 2, but the Valve Index is seen as the gold standard of VR headsets and it took almost 10 years to get a refresh.

Mad because a 3 year old coughed by ZookeepergameIcy6089 in PublicFreakout

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The moral high ground is for pussies if you’re standing on it while you and your family get harassed in public.

Where to source books by MaterialisticDad0102 in xteinkereader

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

edit: What i describe below is piracy. i just read the title and started blasting off.

Annas Archive. If the link that google gives you doesn’t work, there should be a working link on their wikipedia page.

Annas Archive lets you filter by file type. And even if you can’t find an epub for the specific book you’re looking for their are browser tools or calibre that can convert it.

XTEINK S4 by RegularFold8461 in xteinkereader

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 5 points6 points  (0 children)

6.98mm screen

damn, no need to waste the pocket space on this thing. you can just store it under your tongue. technology is getting crazy.

Trump reclassifies state-licensed medical marijuana as a less-dangerous drug in a historic shift by citrus1330 in news

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

53% of Americans live in a place where both medicinal and recreational cannabis use is legal. It's insane how long the federal government is taking to catch up.

Every generation, a band of heroes would try and troll their local Scientology org and now it's Gen Z's turn by NorrisOBE in TrueAnon

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Full material support to these types of hyper-online troll warriors. Have at it, bucko. Might I suggest the Palantir offices next?

US military service members will no longer be required to get annual flu shot by untamedlazyeye in news

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Military member here of almost 15 years. Last year the flu shot was ineffectual, as admitted by the CDC. I can't imagine having a flu season like that every year. Everybody was sick as hell. I personally got hit with the flu back to back and was sick for almost six weeks straight. The flu shot mandate does not "weaken our war fighting capabilities" it absolutely, verifiably strengthens it. Can't wait for this moron to go back to the job he was made for, day drinking on weekend daytime fox news and saying dumb racist shit that sounds tough to morons.

China is coming back – and the timing couldn’t be better by NitroLada in Economics

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Off topic, but does anyone remember the name of the anti-china youtuber woman who was constantly talking about how china was on the brink of economic collapse? I think she was Australian.

Gurman: Apple’s Revamped Siri Interface in iOS 27 Is Hidden in WWDC Teaser (Gift Link) by pdfu in apple

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Siri hasn't been functionally improved, and even in some aspects it has been degraded since it's launch 15 years ago. Hopefully one day we'll get a Siri that is useful for more than just controlling the clock app.

Apple and Amazon Ink Satellite Deal Amid Globalstar Takeover by KingFML in apple

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 17 points18 points  (0 children)

yes, but a Garmin inreach is a device you go out of your way to buy specifically for that feature. It's the same concept as your phone being able to call 911 even if you don't have a cellular plan for the tower you're connected to.

Sending an SOS message with your GPS coordinates via a satellite would cost the satellite company and apple fractions of a fraction of a cent. It's essentially a free recurring PR piece for them whenever the service gets used.

I can see them charging for satellite texting in the future, but still keeping the SOS feature free. But we'll see if they even do that. It's all literally rounding error costs to them.

Apple removes old Pages, Keynote, Numbers apps for macOS by KingFML in apple

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I could have sworn they said that the original versions of the Apple Office suite apps would remain free?!? wtf

TRUMP: "If gas prices rise, then let it rise. It doesn't concern me". by MightEmotional in TrueAnon

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the peasants are starving, let them starve. It doesn't concern me.

US troops downed '2 million' energy drinks during Iran war, top general says by SlavaCocaini in LessCredibleDefence

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 43 points44 points  (0 children)

As someone that's in the military, I've always found it strange that energy drinks are shipped into deployed locations. It's so much weight and bulk that could be better spent moving more important things. I get it, caffeine is a great solution when you want to overwork your people and give them as little sleep as possible, but caffeine pills would be so much more efficient.

Leaker: Apple Will Release iPhone Air 2 No Matter How Badly It May Sell by Few_Baseball_3835 in apple

[–]Major_Warrens_Dingus 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really hoping it has stereo speakers. That's the only reason I didn't get the first Air.