WC 1M Post Challenge - You Ready?!

[N_LaRUE]

Spread the news. Your current POTUS is telling people to ignore the CDC and hopes a pandemic hits the USA so he can win the election.

I kid you not.

 

[fatclue_98]

Spread the news. Your current POTUS is telling people to ignore the CDC and hopes a pandemic hits the USA so he can win the election.

I kid you not.

You used too many letters, it’s POS.

 

[worldspy99]

Tickets are booked. Work travel frowned upon going through Singapore, so my dream of flying non-stop LAX to SIN has been dashed. I was looking forward to flying the Airbus A350. On the flip side I got my tickets on Qatar Airways QSuites - considered by many a travel blogger to be one of the best (if not the best) Business class product offering from any airline out there - so pretty excited about that!

The Korean Air to China on the Super Jumbo was a so-so business class experience.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

So I sat through a meeting today where a coworker. Good topic (nutrition) but it was too dense and I have questions about what I needed to take away from the presentation that could better improve my practice.

So I emailed the supervisor on the side and she took it that I was taking shots at coworkers and I should assist them on areas I felt they needed to improve on. Of course I wasn't. Supervisor wasn't building skills people can use once they leave the job.

My response: let me go get some train the trainer trainings and teach this stuff and charge for it. I'll leave her to supervise from that worldview.

 

[libra89]

So a classmate of mine graduated last semester (from my program). He is an archivist and the other day, I just discovered that he has a website. He listed his personal papers and he has submitted a paper to a journal. It makes me wonder if I should have one or not. For my path, I'm not sure it would be beneficial. I could use it to show what I know but eh.

 

[nate0]

Freakin' LG and their notched wonders....they're are still not done with it yet.

Welp maybe next year lol.

 

[nate0]

So I sat through a meeting today where a coworker. Good topic (nutrition) but it was too dense and I have questions about what I needed to take away from the presentation that could better improve my practice.

So I emailed the supervisor on the side and she took it that I was taking shots at coworkers and I should assist them on areas I felt they needed to improve on. Of course I wasn't. Supervisor wasn't building skills people can use once they leave the job.

My response: let me go get some train the trainer trainings and teach this stuff and charge for it. I'll leave her to supervise from that worldview.

Good answer. Some times I wonder if people only say statements to see how others react...

 

[worldspy99]

So a classmate of mine graduated last semester (from my program). He is an archivist and the other day, I just discovered that he has a website. He listed his personal papers and he has submitted a paper to a journal. It makes me wonder if I should have one or not. For my path, I'm not sure it would be beneficial. I could use it to show what I know but eh.

You should.
I had a published paper and helped contribute towards a book written by one of my professors in graduate school.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Freakin' LG and their notched wonders....they're are still not done with it yet.

Welp maybe next year lol.

LG did one half of what I wanted them to do with the telephoto lens. They should have done that for the wide angle lens.

 

[nate0]

Over 2 years of notches. (curse you consumers) I am not sure I can go through 2020. Owned the S10 and the G7 One and honestly the hole punch and the notch were both deciding factors to get rid of them...

 

[libra89]

You should.
I had a published paper and helped contribute towards a book written by one of my professors in graduate school.

That's so cool!
I'll think about it. I feel like I don't have much to say though. Unlike a lot of my peers in my program, I don't have a desire to teach. Scholarship and continued professional development is okay with me, though. I like working with data and I find that to be the most interesting. Making items easier to find is satisfying.

 

[N_LaRUE]

So another comparison between edited and unedited pictures. Taken in the park again. It has a nice lake in it.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

I'm still digesting the V60...

Camera:

- Looks like they were onto something in the V50. If executed well, I'm glad they dropped the dedicated telephoto lens. They need to fully lean into their USP for the cameras. Been clamoring for two stage main camera that gives zoom and two stage wide angle for variance in cinematic landscape shots.

- Battery size sounds good.

- Internals sound good - wish it was a 12GB RAM +256GB ROM + microSD

- Design: LG is a whiz on weight distribution. Someone people feel their handsets are too tight/cheap feeling, I disagree. For long shooting sessions, heavy equipment is tiring to carry.

Middle:

- Ships with Android 10. I'll be nice and not put the Software Center in the concerns section...yet.

- 1080P+ doesn't bother me if battery life is monster.

- Teardrop = punch hole.

- Audio: 3.5mm is good. Did they punt on better Bluetooth and speaker audio? Saw the V50 offered some decent stereo speakers.

Concerns:

- Price: nuff said. Even if the dual screen is included.

- Design. It looks good in a vacuum. Industry wide, it's a hodgepodge of design elements. Teardrop notch is a cop-out. The camera setup on the back looks S10 ish. I can see the steps from the G6/V30 to G7/V40 to G8/V50, but this doesn't add.

- Screen: Let's see how well it is calibrated for battery life. Plus, they're gonna ask a lot for a 1080P+ screen, especially since LG has been offering 2K screens since the G3. If it doesn't deliver, they should get roasted.

- Camera: Very few people have done selfies well over the past few years. Wish LG would do the same level of work on the front camera as they did with the rear. They should have kept the dual front cameras.

If the zoom isn't good on the main camera, they will be roasted. And rightfully so. If there are minimal improvements on the wide angle, they will be roasted. And rightfully so.

Wish they had the courage to offer both the UDFPS and secure Face ID. If you're gonna do a notch, do a smaller more secure one.

Will I get one? Dunno. I'm likely to say no from what I've seen, but I'll wait until I go in store. The problem is that the V50 will be overpriced and harder to get.

LG likes messing with people. SMH.

 

[nate0]

LG likes messing with people. SMH.

Yes they do.
Removable battery/modularity...stylus sometimes, sometimes no. Flexed display (that was weird). V10 with the second screen, then it returns in a big way in the v50...

 

[MSFTisMIA]

So I saw Juan Bagnell's LG V60 preview. While one can argue he leans a bit more LG fan than most, I like the fact that he has picked through the camera app to see what's there.

8K video recording with full manual controls at a max of 24FPS!? Seems like they went Lumia 1020 route with the zoom. Interesting. There's lots to like there...and that white looks super clean! LG has been doing some nice blues so this blue looks good. Seems like they left out Rue's black for now.

I have to hold it in hand...yet I'm still leaning to a V50, if I get an upgrade here.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Yes they do.
Removable battery/modularity...stylus sometimes, sometimes no. Flexed display (that was weird). V10 with the second screen, then it returns in a big way in the v50...

I owned a Flex 2. Solid device except for that toaster oven of a chip the SD810 and the terrible sunlight visibility. G4 better cameras and style with those Vegan leather backs, but I liked the Flex 2.

 

[fatclue_98]

I owned a Flex 2. Solid device except for that toaster oven of a chip the SD810 and the terrible sunlight visibility. G4 better cameras and style with those Vegan leather backs, but I liked the Flex 2.

Funny how the SD810 didn’t make the 950XL go thermonuclear. As half-baked as that phone was I know Microsoft didn’t put any effort into optimizing the chip. Must have been an Android thing.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Funny how the SD810 didn’t make the 950XL go thermonuclear. As half-baked as that phone was I know Microsoft didn’t put any effort into optimizing the chip. Must have been an Android thing.

There were two versions of the SD810 - an A and a B version. MSFT got the B version. The Flex 2 and the early batches of the HTC M9 got the A version...that was the one that sucked.

 

[nate0]

There were two versions of the SD810 - an A and a B version. MSFT got the B version. The Flex 2 and the early batches of the HTC M9 got the A version...that was the one that sucked.

Even that Microsoft still had to put their own heat sync together on the 810B. Ya the growing pains of qc those years...

I don't know think I owned any other 810 phones except the nexus 6p and that phone rocked.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Even that Microsoft still had to put their own heat sync together on the 810B. Ya the growing pains of qc those years...

I don't know think I owned any other 810 phones except the nexus 6p and that phone rocked.

Qualcomm was greedy going to 64bit to keep pace at the time when Apple had gone 64bit with their A series chip that year. The SD808 wasn't bad at all...but really, the 32-bit SD805 was better than both performance wise, at least to me (owned the Moto Maxx that had it) than the SD808 and SD810.