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Mr_Rian posted...

glitteringfairy posted...

Watch out guys! This guy bought an almost 4 year old phone for $300!

Last summer means it was way closer to 2 years old than to 4. Even now it's still less than 3 years old. And I'd personally take the Snapdragon 820 over the Kirin 710, on most days.

Isn't the Kirin 710 the better cpu? You have to admit the Mate 20 Lite is a damn good phone for it's price.

I bought the Mate 20 Lite after watching Flossy Carter's review on the product.

Vita_Aeterna posted...

I hate Trump as much as the next guy but this is ok in my book.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/18/07/31/huawei-surpasses-apple-as-worlds-no-2-smartphone-vendor

How is it okay when Huawei surpassed Apple in smartphones sold and shipped this year? How is it okay when millions of Americans probably own Huawei smartphones, and other Huawei products.

Fossil posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

I own a Huawei phone. Let's be real here Huawei makes the best phones in the budget and mid-range market. I don't notice any spyware on my Huawei Mate 20 lite. I don't notice the Chinese government spying on me.

Assuming you even know what to look for.

I know what I'm looking for I bought Mate 20 Lite for $270 and it was well worth the money. Tell me what's the best phone for $300 and under.

ultimate reaver posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

I don't notice the Chinese government spying on me.

isnt the whole point of spying to do it without being noticed?

Foppe posted...

I never noticed the FBI van spying on me, thereby FBI was never spying on me.

Where is the proof that the Chinese are spying on Americans through Huawei products? You do know when you go to your local walmart they sell Huawei laptops right?

https://www.cnet.com/news/trump-may-use-executive-order-to-ban-huawei-zte-purchases-report-says/

I own a Huawei phone. Let's be real here Huawei makes the best phones in the budget and mid-range market. I don't notice any spyware on my Huawei Mate 20 lite.

I thought Trump was suppose to drain the swamp, but it's bad policy after bad policy from this clown.. Huawei phones are really good, and because of Trump's paranoia about China unfortunately we soon won't be enjoying any of their products.I

Not surprising the Obama years seem like good times compared to what's going on today.

I would say like around 1991.

UnfairRepresent posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

Absolutely nothing, as a matter fact for many Americans their lives would probably be better leaving the country. Given the current state of the US,

43% of American's can't afford basic things like food and rent. Given how screwed up the government is, and the propaganda of the USA being the best is not coerallting on what most Americans are going through.
https://money.cnn.com/2018/05/17/news/economy/us-middle-class-basics-study/index.html

And the number of Americans leaving the US is increasing as well. Of course it's not a large % or a large segment, to leave the US and move to another country have to have money, jobs skills, etc but the wall isn't going to fix any of our problems.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2017/11/03/americans-renouncing-citizenship-hits-new-record-tax-bill-wont-change-that/#18e238745f85

Christmas isn't everyones favorite holiday.

Walls are not meant to prevent people from coming into the country, they are meant to prevent it's own people from leaving the country. What does the wall do that is suddenly going to make our lives better? Absolutely nothing, as a matter fact for many Americans their lives would probably be better leaving the country.

Inflation has increased by 2.6% from the Obama administration, he's effected everyone through rising prices (food, rent/housing, insurance costs, medical care, services, etc all went up by 2.6%). Combined with the fact that government has grown larger under his administration, and he hasn't fixed any of the problems that the US is facing only making them worse, Trump being a snake-oil salesman and a complete idiot is effecting every American.

REMercsChamp posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

I am voting for Adam Kokesh. His policy is to abolish the entire federal government.

https://kokeshforpresident.com/platform/

About Adam:

While in jail in Washington, DC in 2013,

Read his platform he has the best policies, better than your typical republican and democrat.

I am voting for Adam Kokesh. His policy is to abolish the entire federal government.

https://kokeshforpresident.com/platform/

Worse. We have our president as usual lying about everything especially on the economy. Then we have our own government trying to start a war with China and Russia. We have all these problems here at home (inflation, increase in poverty, increase in suicides, etc), yet the US government wants to start a war with China and Russia as if we can afford it.

EDIT: It's mostly the federal government that is out of control that is making our lives worse.

darkphoenix181 posted...

How is a handshake sexual unless he was trying to hypnotize her?

He wasn't try to hypnotize her, but he was trying to seduce her.

frozenshock posted...

Here is Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about licking.

I'm never going to see him talking about licking the same way now.

I think this a bigger issue than simply a case of sexual harassment. I think there are some people in the media who want him torn down. Nothing is going to happen to him though.

frozenshock posted...

Now, imagine if Tyson had Brad Pitt's body. Would that still be seen as harassment?

If Tyson had Brad Pitt's body, it doesn't matter. Rape is rape, harassment is harassment.

SaithSayer posted...

Man wants some.
Woman says no and leaves.
Man is evil for wanting pussy.

If this is a true story, the fault lies in him being married.

Well he's been married for over 20 years and has two kids, it's not something he can just get out of. I don't think what he did was evil, I'm just letting people know NDGT is not completely innocent on this issue, there is some truth in these harassment claims. And there are a lot of people who find him completely annoying and they want him torn down whether these harassment claims are legitimate or not.

ghettoraider81 posted...

So he invited her over at 10:30pm to share a bottle of wine and unwind for a couple hours.

What the fuck did she think he was trying to do?

Its not like he lured her there with a promise to talk about her job prospects or something. The dude gave her a more sophisticated hey come over and well Netflix and chill.

Sounds to me like she didnt make it in her field and now is trying to cash in.

It was more than just netflix and chill according to the assistant Angela this is what NDGT said

When Watson tried to leave, Tyson said he wanted to hug her and that afterward he would just want more.

Of course all the sexual innuendo he talked about when they were having dinner and the "native american" handshake. And don't get me wrong, I'm not supportive of the #MeTooMovement. I don't think what Tyson did was evil, he did let her leave his apartment. Now if Tyson attempted to chase her and rape her, now that's a whole different issue.

Funbazooka posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

He was making moves on her.

ok

Yeah the evidence is pretty clear he wanted to f*** her. Now did what Neil do was sexual harassment? Maybe. But her story sounds more believable than Tyson's.

Funbazooka posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

If I hug you I might just want more.

How dare he say this

*shakes fist*

The assistant Ashley Watson talks about the whole incident right here.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6449041/Neil-deGrasse-Tyson-groped-woman-astrophysicist-propositioned-female-assistant.html

She says Tyson invited her to his apartment at 10:30pm one night to share a bottle of wine and unwind for a couple of hours.

Watson, who says she felt pressure to impress her boss, agreed to have a glass of wine.

When she arrived at his apartment, things got awkward.

Tyson, 60, who is a married father of two children, took off his shirt and shoes and walked around in a tank top undershirt, Watson says.

He then put on romantic music.

Watson says Tyson then took out a cutting board and knife to cut cheese for the both of them.

She says that before he started slicing the cheese, he took the knife and made a stabbing gesture toward her, which she took as a bad joke that was nonetheless intimidating.

It was definitely a very weird power move, she said

Watson says Tyson continued making suggestive comments that contained sexual innuendos.

He allegedly began talking about human beings needing certain releases.

Tyson also spoke of the difficulty of being away from home for months at a time.

When Tyson asked Watson if she needed releases, Watson says she told him a story about her being sexually harassed.

Watson says he was unmoved.

It was like talking to a wall, she says.

As she got up to leave, Tyson stopped her and asked her to engage in a Native American handshake in which both of them hold hands tightly, make eye contact, and feel for each others pulse, she says.

Tyson told Watson that the handshake was a spirit connection.

When Watson tried to leave, Tyson said he wanted to hug her and that afterward he would just want more.

Watson says that at that point she left Tysons apartment quickly.

The next day, Watson says, she confronted Tyson. She says she told him that she felt betrayed since she considered him to be a mentor.

Tyson is said to have responded to her by saying that she would never succeed professionally because she was too distracting.

He was making moves on her. And that earlier link, Tyson I think was lying, because the assistant did not give him a hug after she quit her job. Tyson on the other hand said she did.

More juicy news on the assistant.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6449041/Neil-deGrasse-Tyson-groped-woman-astrophysicist-propositioned-female-assistant.html

She says Tyson invited her to his apartment at 10:30pm one night to share a bottle of wine and unwind for a couple of hours.

Watson, who says she felt pressure to impress her boss, agreed to have a glass of wine.

When she arrived at his apartment, things got awkward.

Tyson, 60, who is a married father of two children, took off his shirt and shoes and walked around in a tank top undershirt, Watson says.

He then put on romantic music.

Watson says Tyson then took out a cutting board and knife to cut cheese for the both of them.
Watson says Tyson continued making suggestive comments that contained sexual innuendos.

He allegedly began talking about human beings needing certain releases.

Tyson also spoke of the difficulty of being away from home for months at a time.

When Tyson asked Watson if she needed releases, Watson says she told him a story about her being sexually harassed.

Watson says he was unmoved.

Pic of the assistant, I'm guessing she's like 29.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2018/12/02/01/6869404-6449041-Ashley_Watson_above_told_Patheos_that_she_quit_her_job_as_Tyson_-a-2_1543714323091.jpg

Krojen posted...

His handshakes bring all the sexual misconduct claims to the yard.

Yeah there is no such thing as a native american handshake, Neil made that stuff up on the spot. He wanted f*** her assistant.

snake oil salesman

and it's 240p, graphically that is beyond awful for something released in 2011. I mean the PSP released in 2004 has a higher resolution than the 3DS. I think the 3DS is overrated, a lot of the games were overrated. Because the screen resolution is so low games look very pixaled on the XL. Games look slightly better on the regular 3DS, but the games still look graphically awful.

shnangyboos posted...

Holy shit, abandon country!

I mean most cities don't have gang-bangers and drug dealers ruling the streets, just remember s*** can go down in any minute or second. I've noticed things are more tense in the US now. It's just people are more confrontational nowadays. Have you noticed that?

Kineth posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

Many American cities are already overrun by gangs and violence. If someone is not in a gang, they are committing violence one way or another.

lol... stop.

Anyway, I'd probably be a farmer. Gangs need food too.

where I live just today someone was stabbed and killed over road-rage, in a place where it's usually peaceful.

Many American cities are already overrun by gangs and violence. If someone is not in a gang, they are committing violence one way or another.

I talk back to a police officer all the time when they pull me over (which happens rarely). I told a police officer after he unlawfully gave me a ticket "I'll see you in court" and I beat the case. I'm not an expert on what is constitutional and what is unconstitutional, but you just can't let cops do what they want to you. If a cop pulls you over unjustly or you feel like the fines imposed on you violates the 8th amendment, fight it in court.

US cops today especially compared to other countries are just tyrannical.

Why bother giving advice when you can go back and time and fix the mistakes yourself, ahh I wish.

1.I should have never approached my neighbor like that. I should have been more smooth with her and I could have had her.
2.Take computer engineering courses right away.
3.Buy bitcoin and cash out in November 2013.

Yeah he flip flops all over the place. Trump wants to drain the swamp, how is increasing the size of government draining the swamp?

Huge problems in America not being addressed. Police state, largest prison population, lack of culture, urban sprawl to the max, backwards society, barbarism.

FreeKnowledge posted...

vocedelmorte posted...

Both Russia and China have capitalism, but in their own way, different from the West.
Someone mentioned oligarchy, that also part of Russian capitalism

If by capitalism you mean the ability to buy things, sure. If you mean actual free markets and lack of restrictions by the government, then no, they dont. The Chinese government controls everything down to a fucking social score assigned to each citizen.

There is freedom in Russia, a lot more freedom compared to the Soviet era, and the Russians enjoy more freedom than the Chinese. But I heard of Russians going to jail for criticizing Putin, and there is government health care. Other than that it's pretty much capitalistic. Oh and the women in Russia are something, but they can behave whorish even worse than Americas.

Yeah people who believe in liberty are pro-russia, that's why the democrats hate them. But back then in the 50s up to the 80s if you were a pro-socialism you were pro soviet-union.

What is your price range?

EpicKingdom_ posted...

It seemed pretty effective to me considering I haven't heard of any threats of nuclear bombs reaching the USA lately.

Maybe get your head out of your ass?

lol at you believing that North Korea is capable of making a nuclear bomb that can reach the US. You should get your head out of his ass.

EternalDivide posted...

He may be a big mouth with no filter. But I agree with most of what he says and I don't know of a single president in modern history that has actually gone through (or at least tried) with most of their campaign promises. How novel.
The PC culture is poison. It's refreshing to have a president who has no time for it.

But his policies are pure pc. He's done nothing different than Obama except expand the size of government, so that makes him worse than Obama. Where is the dramatic cuts in government spending that he promised? Why is he advocating for low-interest rates when he said low-interest rates were inflating an economic bubble during the campaign? He said he wanted to end the Korean-War, yet he's done nothing but piss off the North Koreans.

He talks anti-pc but the substance of his policies are pure pc. He hasn't reformed anything whether be welfare, military spending, health-care, education, intellectual property, the environment, etc it's been the same the last 20 years. How can he criticize Obama when he's doing the same thing Obama is doing?

Doom_Art posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

See all that red?

wow a lot of land sure voted for trump lol

darkstar4221 posted...

It was 304-227 that is a large margin.

when you consider the fact that his EC vote count was won on a margin of about 10K votes spread across 3 states, it becomes less impressive

304-227 that still a significant margin, and yes I am aware of the whole charade with Wisconsion, Michigan, and Pennsylvania with Jill Stein wanting a recount. And even with the recount Trump still won those states. That tells you most states did not like Obama.

I would say the 80s was the last time America was great. The problems we have in the 21st century can be traced back to the 90s. The whole gangster rap culture, baggy pants, peep pressure run amok, a lot of that started in the 90s. Schools were just as violent in the 90s as they are now, they were actually worse. But the 90s were still better than today, a lot more people were civil back then, economy was better, everything was more convenient. Technology was more convenient, the police weren't super aggressive, they weren't that much weird/odd/dysfunctional behavior in society back then.

Wariodorf posted...

darkstar4221 posted...

It was only by the popular vote he lost, in large part because of California.

https://imgur.com/iyVSavR

What the **** are you talking about? He's president, what does it matter if he barely won or almost won? The fact is he won the majority of the states.

See all that red?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/ElectoralCollege2016.svg/1200px-ElectoralCollege2016.svg.png

It was 304-227 that is a large margin.

JONICS posted...

Seeing obama only won by 10mil and 5mil on both elections kinda makes your post true.

RomneyAlmostWon

On the electoral college Trump won by a large margin. It was only by the popular vote he lost, in large part because of California.

Despite what the mainstream media says, the majority of Americans did not like Obama. Voting for Trump was suppose to be a spit in the face to Obama and his supporters. Unfortunately Trump is no different than Obama and is actually worse.

The thing is Trump didn't do anything different than Obama except increase the size of government. When Obama's term was up the budget deficit was $587 billion, now it's $1.2 trillion and that has resulted in more inflation. And we see that in higher food costs, higher rent costs, we are seeing rising prices all across the board. We probably have more inflation because of his trade wars with China and Canada.

Trump didn't do anything to drain the swamp, all the problems of the Obama/Bush administration are still there. Useless government programs like CHIP, the FCC, department of education, department of homeland security are still there. No welfare reform, Trump doesn't want to make any cuts to social security even though it cost taxpayers $916 billion a year to fund. He increased military spending which was pointless. No reform in our prison system, the federal government still gives subsides to local city-police which has resulted in the militarization of the police force. No reform to intellectual property, no cuts to the federal budget, he's done nothing different than previous presidents.

Critics of Trump have pointed that he's just not knowledgeable about government and economics, I think that's the case. Ironically the easiest thing for him to do is to preserve the swamp and that is what he's done. I think during the presidential run he got a lot of sound bites from right wingers and libertarians without really understanding what they mean and that's what got him elected.

I want that phone, but one huge issue though, Huawei is using it's own proprietary memory cards instead of microSD cards. If I'm paying $1000 for a phone I want convenience, I want all the features I need, and we don't know if the nano memory cards are going to be widely accepted by other oem manfuacters as a new standard format. Now Huawei is going to release the nano memory cards in Malaysia for RM 298 ($71.22) for the 128gb version, which is twice as much as a 128gb microsd card. I have to wait and see if the nano memory cards are widely available first.

https://www.lowyat.net/2018/172944/huawei-nano-memory-card-coming-to-malaysia-this-month-priced-at-rm-298-for-128gb/

"Why is it that the folks that won the last election are so mad all the time? When I won the presidency, at least my side felt pretty good." - President Obama

We elected a conman. If you've been duped, of course you will be mad. I like how Obama is poking fun at it.

https://www.insideedition.com/man-41-serious-condition-after-hes-mauled-pet-lion-mexico-47462

A man has been critically injured in an attack by a pet lion inside a Mexico backyard.

The attack reportedly happened at a mansion in Rincones de San Marcos, an upscale part of the Juarez neighborhood.

There was also a tiger in the yard, the El Paso Times reported.

Photos circulating on the internet show the man, who has been identified as Erick Noe Romero, 41, bleeding heavily.

He was transported to the hospital, where he is in serious condition, according to reports.

It is reportedly not uncommon for authorities to find lions and tigers at homes and ranches in the area.

Lions and tigers just like any other pet have mood swings. My guess is he was neither bonding with his pet lion, not respecting it's space, bothering it when it was eating, or some combination of the three. People get bitten by their pet dog and you can survive that, but getting bitten by a large cat that's a whole different matter.

-He increased the budget deficit from $500 billion to $1.2 trillion dollars
-The debt has grown from 21 to 22 trillion
-Inflation increased 2.6% after Obama left office so we are now paying more for gas/food/housing/insurance.
-Poverty increasing under Trump
-Suicides rates are increasing under Trump
-The US still ranks #1 in income equality.
-He's causing a trade war that is hurting US farmers and had to give US farmers $12 billion dollars in welfare to re-compensate his mistake of starting a trade war in the first place.
-Criticizes NAFTA then replaces NAFTA with a trade agreement that is 99% similar to NAFTA, further proof that he doesn't know what the f*** he's doing.

Oh wait none.

was this in Russia?

Well he's responsible for gas and food prices rising. The dumb ass doesn't know what government programs need to be cut, he doesn't know how to balance the budget, the only thing he knows how to do is lie. He doesn't know what laws need to be repealed, or how to reform welfare, he doesn't know anything.

I would say if every state is paying a minimum of $4 a gallon for gas that would be the straw. Californians are already for $4 a gas.

ultimate reaver posted...

Daddy cracks the whip

Well whether you like Putin or not, he is 100% right. Trump is creating lots of inflation by ballooning the budget, through trade wars, and sanctions.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/watch-whos-to-blame-for-rising-gas-prices-putin-tells-trump-look-in-the-mirror

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that President Donald Trump should look in the mirror to find the culprit behind rising oil prices. Im talking about (U.S.) sanctions against Iran, he said through an interpreter at the Russian Energy Week conference in Moscow, during a panel moderated by PBS NewsHour special correspondent Ryan Chilcote.

And it's not just the sanctions in Iran, he also ballooned the budget deficit from $500 billion (when Obama left office) to $1.2 trillion, so Trump is creating a lot more inflation. His corporate tax cuts didn't do anything other then get us deeper into debt, that's another reason. And he passed a budget bill in March that would make Obama blush.

So when people say Trump is doing a good job, just look at gas and food prices and see if prices are decreasing, because it's not.

tamashiini posted...

A year and a half? Almost two. I will likely upgrade this week though. Dropped this one (LG G5) too many times and there was an incident with fireworks on Independence Day; the power button no longer works as of last night. Once this one shuts down there's no easy way to turn it on lol

Probably going for the LG G7 ThinQ, but I haven't really shopped around among other brands. Recommendations are welcome

I think the LG G7 ThinQ is the best bang for your buck when it comes to phones around $500 and more. Phones like the OnePlus 6 and Huawei Honor 10/P20 Pro don't even have expandable storage.