Sometimes it can’t connect to the server (which is a completely stupid necessity).

That’s where it does the voice processing. The only processing it does on-device is the wake word and taking commands. Actually figuring out what you mean is done in The Cloud. Doing that on-device would not only make the devices significantly more expensive, but they would also rapidly become outdated.

The rest of your complaints are valid and I’ve experienced them all myself to boot.

Usually the first thing I put on a new phone is a case.

A lot of those people need to get a hobby. Arguing over definitions in someone else’s projects doesn’t count as a hobby.

That can also happen if the cable is worn out. They’re designed to wear faster than the port, since that’s much harder to replace.

I assume you mean flashlight and not a flame.

Yeah. For persistence and cross-device stuff, it makes more sense for it to be stored server-side. Either by the app author, or maybe Google could offer a few kB free for each app, like how Chrome provides a bit of storage for extension settings.

I’m not sure if there’s some special calling feature to reach a previously associated provider, but when I’ve been in that situation I just borrowed my roommate’s phone.

Yes, it is possible. You use whatever the provider’s method is to download an eSIM to that device. Usually it’s logging into their app or calling their support to register the IMEI or whatever.

In the store if you’re getting the phone from a store, or somewhere with wifi (home, a friend’s, a cafe) if you’ve gotten it some other way.

If you don’t have any of those, you probably live way out in the jungle, and I’d be surprised if you had service even if you got the eSIM. But in the edge case that you somehow got home delivery postal service in the jungle, you’d probably be able to survive just fine without it until your next trip into town.

In the extreme edge case that you are in the jungle, get service, and your need is critical, I would have an activated backup phone tested periodically and ready to go.

Your provider won’t issue a new eSIM?

No, they issue it virtually. Then you download it via their app or via regular cell network provisioning.

You call support and have them issue a new one.

The app should resend reminders until it’s completed. This doesn’t seem like a big issue.

Try the tunnels in Boston some time. They have highway exits in the tunnels. And my favorite part is after that there’s a fork with not much distance to figure out which one sends you the right direction on the interstate. Also the only signage is painted on the road, which has cars on it.

My last few phones have been Pixels and the only issue was my Pixel 6 having a greenish screen, but I was able to fix that with an app that altered the color temperature I think.

But a few updates later I hadn’t reenabled that app and the green was gone anyway. Google fixed it in a software update.

*regressive

Broadcom is so good at it, they wrecked VMware years before even completing the acquisition.

I don’t blame him, I blame his staff. A routine procedure, meh. But he goes into the ICU, his staff should be notifying the White House and the deputy, and probably the joint chiefs, among others.

Pentagon officials also failed for two days last week to notify Austin’s second-in-command that he had transferred authority to her while he was in the ICU, and while she was in Puerto Rico.

That’s the real goof. I don’t really see a problem with the secdef being hospitalized and not immediately notifying the President. They need DoD stuff, they call on him, and if he’s not available, for any reason, it should immediately fall to the deputy. The White House staff, and especially the deputy, should have been told.

Ultimately this just seems to have been a breakdown in communication, but even if war were declared, I don’t think it would have been a significant issue. This is media hype bs to distract from real issues.

There is already some debate about what time of year the birth actually happened. Most people agree that regardless of the actual day, it probably wasn’t Dec 25 (or the equivalent if using other calendars). That’s just the one that people agreed to use.