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I'm more concerned about the time wasted waiting for a DVD or Blu-ray player to boot up, then check for updates, and determine whether or not the licence is valid, then not allow me to press the eject button until it confirms that there's no disc in it...
These sorts of things worked just fine before they became infected with Java.
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It reminds me the infective behaviour of certain antiviruses.
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PIEBALDconsult wrote: I always cringe when I see a device that claims to be "powered by Java". 
Think of it as a warning label.
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Be patient - these are all AI aided devices... With time they will learn and improve...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Then retire to the Caribbean.
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Always check the quality stamp before buying.
It starts with: "Made in..."
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don't be so harsh, you know there are some quality goods out of china,
but out the back door of the same factory are all the below/failed spec "same same, we only change name" versions of the identical product.
(they can do quality, just that their pass yields are still not good.)
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You're the one that filled in the dots. 
But generally it's a question about getting what you pay for.
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Not in my experience.
The Garmin forerunner 310xt for instance, it is a very precise device. I've extensively tested it (my running companion since 2012). The Garmin fenix 5 (far more expensive than the forerunner) might be a cool smartwatch but is a completely failure for thge runner. The distance mesurment error of 5% I experienced (meaning about 2 km in marathon) is inacceptable.
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Sounds like you're not having it in gps-mode.
How long does the batteries last?
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Of course the GPS is ON (and 'ready') while I am running. The tracks are actually fairly accurate, but the distance measurment is poor.
The batteries performace is within the specifications as far as I can say (I didn't focus my attention on such an aspect, yet).
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Had to ask.
A guy at a previous job was running in battery save mode for half a year before realizing why the gps was all over the map.
Is i always showing a too large distance by any chance?
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On the contrary, as a matter of fact is (almost) always showing a too small one (making the poor runner breathless in order to keep the pace ).
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Managers.
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"Population aging is a shift in the distribution of a country's population towards older ages."
(From wikipedia)
It will only get worse.
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Most people in software arent engineers, they are nerds.
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Hey man, the 1980s are calling, they want their "insult" back...
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If the shoe fits... 
It is true though, like no other form of engineering IT has too high a nerd content to be done professionally.
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I agree with you here. I've notice a number of old school mechanical devices that are poorly designed. For example, they've put in some new paper towel dispensers in the bathrooms and kitchens at work. On the dispenser it says 'pull down slowly with both hands'. Yeah, that's not going to work. Every person I see using the dispensers just grabs the paper with one had and pulls down fairly quickly. Half the time, the paper gets jammed or tears off inside the dispenser. So now you have to resort to the dial on the side of the dispenser to get the paper to a place where you can reach it. Kind of like they only let the designer test the dispenser.
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Yeah, I really hate those dispensers. They expect you to pull on something with wet hands that is just going to tear easily once you grab it. It's gotta be the worst design on the planet.
What the hell ever happened to just keeping things simple? Maybe you remember or maybe you don't, but there used to be towel dispenser that had a crank with rollers. Just grab the crank, rotate it out for the amount of paper you want, then tear it off. Easy, simple, mechanically robust, always worked.
For a lot of stuff, the problem is two fold: First, they gotta make things break so you'll have to buy more of 'em, and second, they have to constantly change things on them (usually to worse solution) to make you either have to buy the new model because old consumables are no longer available or no longer fit - or just to make you think that if you keep the old stuff around, you are no longer "cutting edge" or whatnot.
Basically the automotive sales model.
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I think you got my point very well.
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Business needs trump good engineering. Get it out and start the revenue stream ASAP. And plan for quick obsolescence so that we could sell you the next version. It’s all about the money.
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Quick obsolescence is certainly part of it. However there are other factors I believe. For instance, some products are unsatisfactory from the very start. In such cases is more the 'hurry to put the product on the market' factor.
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