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Don't get anything but Phillips Hue.

I thought I could find a slightly better or cheaper way...

Don't waste your time or money. Everyone in the Hue system agrees. Worst decision was not going straight for it

The Hue lights normally need a hub because they use non-wifi radio.

It is better to do that


But I got a Amazon Renewed Hue hub with 3 white & dimmable bulbs for 70.

Perfect.

Wait for the best sale or a good Renewed deal.

The ambiance whites are what you want at first. Unless you want to splurge for color.

Now Hue did just make a new version with Bluetooth that probably isn't what you usually want but for a couple of cheap starters it looks ok. They just came out.

I assume prices are cheaper but id look around.

Philips Hue White 2-Pack A19 LED Smart Bulb, Bluetooth & Zigbee compatible (Hue Hub Optional), voice activated with Alexa https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07R2MQ2PY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_dXnsDbRMD31EN

Hmm those are just white so that's just an idea. Might not work.

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ok I got my Amazon order details

This was 67 dollars on April 8.

I can now pick and choose as I want.

Philips Hue White Ambiance Smart Bulb Starter Kit (4 A19 Bulbs and 1 Hub Compatible with Alexa Apple HomeKit and Google Assistant) (Renewed) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FXYR1RQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_Z2nsDbAXP925T


So just look around till you get an idea and snatch a deal or whatever you're okay with spending!

That was pretty much my take on it too. I have one of those uber-portable Boho speakers. Does it get optimal sound? No, I'm sure audiophiles would not jump on it. But it does give pretty good sound and I take it everywhere with me, both inside the house and outside. The thing costs me $30 during an Amazon sale.

I also have a Motorola Stream bluetooth/NFC tap to play adapter for my older home entertainment system. That one I got as an attagirl from work. It's kind of neat in that the kids can just tap it with their phones or bluetooth pair it (for their iPhone buddies) to play their music on our downstairs stereo system, effectively upgrading our circa 2005 system to the mobile era.

Neither of these leave me wanting for a wifi powered system. I'm not saying that Chromecast Music doesn't have a place, just doesn't seem like a no-brainer buy to me, unless they're really priced to sell.

If you take pictures for a living or a serious hobby, or you want to shoot semi-professional videos with your phone, I recommend the iPhone 11.

But, if you want a decent Android phone, with exceptional battery life to do mostly phone stuff and the thought of spending over $1,000 for a phone doesn't appeal to you, you should check out the unlocked, $199 marvel that is the Moto G7 Power.

It's not a flagship phone. It's a mid-range phone that works great for the Android apps that most people use, web surfing and, of course, it's a really good little phone.

I originally bought it for my sister because she keeps breaking the screens on her flagship phones and we were just tired of buying her expensive new phones. But I hadn't updated from my Note 5 and decided to give it a try first.

I was charging my Note 5 every 3 to 4 hours. I charge the Moto G7 Power once every 2 days. I cannot tell you how liberating it is to not have to work about charging your phone.

Check out the specs for yourself at https://www.motorola.com/us/products/moto-g-power-gen-7

It has a 6.2" screen and can be used on all major carriers in the U.S. (like Verizon and AT&T).

It's not for everyone. But if you're in the market for a great Android 9 phone with phenomenal battery life, that's cheap enough that you don't worry about breaking it or that would be a great phone for your kids, I definitely recommend the Moto G7 Power.

On the Motorola site it says $249 but I got mine on Amazon (sold by Motorola via Amazon) for $199 at Moto G7 Power - Unlocked - 32 GB... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N9KQDVG?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share (No...I don't get a commission. I'm just doing this because I really like this phone.)

(OtterBox makes a lightweight case for it as well - OtterBox Commuter LITE Series Case for Moto G7 Power - Retail Packaging - Black https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QWQKPQK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_5xsUDbABPMRKX )

Ah, cool - it is a fascinating place. I'd estimate it stretches somewhere between one to two miles of coastline but most people use the bus instead of walking and so only see a tiny portion of it - there are some key bits of interest like the organ and the Giant's Boot.
Also don't forget it's counterpart in Scotland - Fingal's Cave which lead to the story about Finn MacCool - there are lots of versions but this is the ones that I love reading to my children and is the closest to the one my wife was told as a child.

If you are wired, you would have to get a 3.5 mm cord and run it from the phone to your 3.5 mm port on your reciever. If you don't have a 3.5mm but have a 1/4" port on your reciever, you need a
3.5mm to 1/4inch - which range in price. Anywhere from $1 - 30 or more. Usually the higher the price, you pay for branding but quality aswell sometimes. Just check the reviews

Also I reccomend a pretty long 3.5mm cable with shielding - Something like such is fine

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Now if you are using trinus then you are streaming from your computer, OR you can do a 3.5 mm to RCA from your phone to your reciever. But you would probally need a 20ft or something. so you can use a simple 3.5mm to RCA cord (That goes from the 3.5mm port on your computer to the RCA port on your reciever). A cord like Such would suffice

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The first method would work with apps built into the phone aswell like Youtube VR for example.

The second method could POSSIBLY have some latency involved. I am not 100% sure only because when a service like Trinus works is, it streams from the computer to your phone (Or tethered), and any latency involved there could have latency with audio. And things may not be in sync with each other.


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PS: I reccomend and prefer VRidge over Trinus.

First of all, a $100 tablet is a pretty challenging target. You want a rich, responsive display, not a Kindle-like epaper. Even Amazon doesn't sell a Kindle with a nice display for that cheap:

Kindles compared.

And yes, people have been complaining that Chrome OS and Android could be merged, for a long time...

> how to use google to solve a programming problem

You can't. You have to figure out how to solve the problem yourself. Then you use Google to look up individual pieces of that.

In other words, you have to go "Well, I need to open the file, then read it line by line, find the first opening brace, find the last closing brace, and extract the piece of the string between those two braces, then print that out."

How do I open a file? I can google that.

How do I find the opening brace? I can google that.

How do I chop out the middle of a string into a new string? I can google that.

See what I mean?

> CS textbooks in general just aren't as well written

Not any more. People just generally don't give a shit, I've found. I've learned numerous programming languages by reading the manual for the compiler in older times. Nowadays, you're lucky if there's even a formal spec of the syntax of the language, let alone a complete readable manual. The "Ruby on Rails" text that seems to be the authoritative text is full of stuff like "this routine seems to do ...." meaning the guy writing it doesn't actually know, and didn't bother to read the source code to figure it out for sure.

However, the good news is that the classic books full of the knowledge that does not become outdated are actually very well written. Start with some of Knuth's texts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_Computer_Programming), Date's book on SQL and relational models (http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Database-Systems-8th/dp/0321197844), Bertrand Meyer on OOP (http://www.amazon.com/Object-Oriented-Software-Construction-Book-CD-ROM/dp/0136291554) and so on. (That last is even available as a PDF floating around.)

> some of the knowledge you gain could become potentially outdated in the future

Everything that you could look up on Google will be outdated in about five years. The stuff about how computers work, how to solve problems, etc never gets outdated.

On the other hand, it's one of the few jobs where you can take a job to do X and start working on it without any idea of how to do X. I've been programming almost 40 years and I've never taken a job that I knew how to do when I took the job.

I'd have to disagree with the others, I'm feeling lucky was super informative and in my opinion the best read.

Source: I want to work for google, trust me I've read a lot of books about them.

>Bose SoundLinks aren't headphones I believe

Huh?

>FSL Zero seem to to be rated at 9 hours of play time

It seems to last ages for me, but do bear in mind that this is a four year old design. It goes without saying that a current Bose design is likely to do a better job. Still, for a cheap pair of wireless headphones, their quality is really good (the reviews speak for themselves).

There's a great peice floating around Facebook right now, about the safety officer on site at a school and how he, with basic training, saved the day with his gun. The piece states no one was harmed thanks to him.

The grain of truth to it is that the guy is real, and the event happened. A kid still died, not just the shooter. And the man was an ex swat member, not just a good guy with a gun.

>Trust big brother. This is what your advocating for.
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There was a guy posting on Twitter the other day about how a kid who shot up another school was planning on targeting Disney -- but they have armed guards, so he changed his mind. Fox news had run a story on that same subject.

None of it was true. Not a lick of it. The kid had been to Disney with his family months before - that was it. The guy has over a hundred thousand people following him, and the tweet was retweeted to reach millions. All lies, but the comments were certain it was real.

>Trust big brother. This is what your advocating for.
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I'm not suggesting that we trust all censorship, but I am stating unequivocally that there needs to be some. People aren't dumb, they're just extremely likely to believe whatever already fits their narrative.

Yeah, at the very least to set it up through tasker to use Google Now, you would need this:https://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmony-Smartphone-Entertainment-Automation/dp/B00N3RFC4Q

You need something to actually send the IR signals to your devices, and the Harmony is (in my opinion) the best device to do that with.

You completely missed the point. I'm not actually trading in my phone, I could care less about getting the pixel 4. The point was to show how little Google values its own phones compared to Apple, as both companies can artificially set the value of their phones to whatever they'd like.

You can buy refurbished pixel 3s from Amazon right now for $350 or $330, so who will want to buy a secondhand phone on eBay or Facebook marketplace or Craigslist or yaddayadda?

https://www.amazon.com/Google-Pixel-64GB-Certified-Refurbished/dp/B07HKP9Y8H

And yes, they will know what the condition is in when you send the phone in for an official trade-in 🙄 they inspect the phone for the condition and then adjust the amount of trade-in if the condition is worse than what you listed.

The graphic novels are pretty good if you're into that kinda thing :) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Snowpiercer-Vol-1-Escape-Jacques-Lob/dp/1782761330

Here is a direct link to what I purchased.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MAW2294

It indicates only third parties offering. So not sure if out of stock or Amazon is weird about selling Apple and Google products.

But what amazes me is accidently seeing the eero three pack price when looking for the Google Wifi.

https://www.amazon.com/eero-Home-WiFi-System-Pack/dp/B00XEW3YD6/ref=sr_1_4?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1480683013&sr=1-4&keywords=google%2Bwifi&th=1

It indicates they are $461. Wow is Google going to sell a lot of these. Think eero is going to have to rethink their pricing. They are excellent but I would expect the Google WiFi devices with their more beefy quadprocessors, etc are going to be faster.

Looks like I may have found the answer. See below Q&A from Amazon.com. The answer was provided by someone designated as the "Manufacturer"

Question: Some of the pictures show a single cord going to the router. Does that mean it accepts power over ethernet, or are these wifi->wifi extenders?

Answer: Google Wifi is a "mesh" Wi-Fi system, they are not extenders for your existing router. The first Wifi point plugs into your modem with an Ethernet cord, and plugs in to power. Others plug in to regular power outlets in your home. They connect wirelessly to one another to create a single Wi-Fi network within your home. If you have Ethernet ports throughout your house, you can also hardwire each point. If you hardwire the units, you will still get a single Wi-Fi network throughout your house and the points will use Ethernet for connectivity between each other.

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01MAW2294/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1#Ask

Trust big brother. This is what your advocating for.


https://www.amazon.com/dp/0451524934/