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This thing is eating the sourest candy known The Lexus Warhead
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Jan 19, 2018 21:35
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Windows phone is awesome and has the nicest UI but until Microsoft figures out a way for it to run Android apps natively (Or with low enough overhead in a VM) the platform is a joke.
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Jan 19, 2018 21:36
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It's not just a joke, it's dead. It technically still exists due to the ARM version of Windows still existing, but it's never going to be a thing that shows up in carrier stores again.
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Jan 19, 2018 21:44
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I didn't think it was possible to make the C-HR more confusing and angular.
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Jan 19, 2018 21:55
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dissss posted:Nokia does make Android phones now. The company making them is different, they just bought the right to use the brand. But they probably have some old Nokia employees on board. But they do seem to be pretty good Android phones and supposedly get updates to Android faster than most other phones.
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Jan 19, 2018 22:00
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I don't hate this. I'm not sure I like it, but it makes me feel something, even perhaps just a vague sense of curiosity and confusion, as opposed to Identical Crossover #98.
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It's ugly, but it's powerfully ugly, rather than blandly ugly or resignedly ugly like so many other modern SUVs. I'm okay with it.
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Jan 19, 2018 23:19
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"STRETCHTOOL'D!!!" "owwww my Vertices!"
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Standing in line to get the latest iPhone to blast some Texas Country in my new King Ranch F-250 to establish my alpha-ness. Tomorrow I'm having the Molon Labe and Thin Blue Line stickers put on.
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At long last, I finally understand what non-elucidian looks like:
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Jan 20, 2018 02:23
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Lexus really had that whole understated luxury thing going pretty well for a while now all their cars look like stuff from weird rear end Japanese cartoons. The LC does look pretty cool in person though Mercedes really stepped up their game after the late 2000's and ate their lunch when it came to styling. I mean check out these proportions:  
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Jan 20, 2018 03:29
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Looks like Lexus and Infiniti are heading towards some sort of weird design convergence
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cool startup feel posted:Lexus really had that whole understated luxury thing going pretty well for a while now all their cars look like stuff from weird rear end Japanese cartoons. Its like they are trying to fix the ugly trunk profile, but not completely. Like they refuse to admit that it is ugly.
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I’ll take weird as gently caress and aesthetically interesting Lexus over boring as poo poo Lexus any day of the week. Their designs are daring and polarizing, but at least they are cohesive, unlike whatever the gently caress Infiniti has been doing.
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eyebeem posted:I’ll take weird as gently caress and aesthetically interesting Lexus over boring as poo poo Lexus any day of the week. Infinitis all look the same now. Go look up the small QX whatever and tell me you could tell it was a different brand from that Lexus
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I don't think you've all noticed the bucket seat in the back. Has anyone ever actually done that? Looks real funky.
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What's wrong with infiniti? I mean their crossovers are ugly but they definitely aren't generic, and I think the cars have almost always looked good since the first G35. The new Q60 looks pretty cool   heated game moment fucked around with this message at 05:10 on Jan 20, 2018 |
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Wheeee posted:Windows phone is awesome and has the nicest UI but until Microsoft figures out a way for it to run Android apps natively (Or with low enough overhead in a VM) the platform is a joke. Windows Phone is dead "for now" as far as a platform, they're keeping the development fork around "sort of", but they're re-focusing on it being an "enterprise platform", and if/when they re-enter the market it's highly likely it's going to be a full-featured windows system with telephony capability. The funny thing is, they HAD an Android compatibility platform (Astoria, they also had an iOS bridge which is why you got the Candy Crush games and such), and it was AWESOME; it was basically an Android layer within the Windows subsystem and had +90% compatibility out of the box. Basically anything that utilized Google's services layer wouldn't work (because of course), but they had code pieces you could just plug in to redirect to Microsoft's version of those services. And then Satya killed it, because of course he did. The new common core philosophy is a good one, but Microsoft dicked around too long and made too many stupid decisions to have a chance in the mobile market at this point. Enterprise handsets might keep things going for a while (since they don't give a poo poo about apps) and justify keeping the platform around, outside of them basically having to keep it around to have the telephony layer for when they're able to release full windows on a handset form factor. Let me tell you about how Band 2 was an outstanding wearable that really wasn't given a chance either.
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cool startup feel posted:What's wrong with infiniti? I mean their crossovers are ugly but they definitely aren't generic, and I think the cars have almost always looked good since the first G35. Those cars don’t look good and their crossovers look even worse. The g35, maybe g37 coupe were their last good looking cars, in my opinion.
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cool startup feel posted:The new Q60 looks pretty cool I like it and I think the new Hyundai G70 inadvertently ended up looking somewhat like it (along with other cribs). I get excited to see a G70 in person and turns out it's the Q60 at some angle. 
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ExplodingSims posted:At long last, I finally understand what non-elucidian looks like: someone photoshop the predator face into this
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MikeyTsi posted:Windows Phone is dead "for now" as far as a platform, they're keeping the development fork around "sort of", but they're re-focusing on it being an "enterprise platform", and if/when they re-enter the market it's highly likely it's going to be a full-featured windows system with telephony capability. Use a Lumia 550 for a week and tell me that wasn't a product that had already been given up on. Pretty sad when BLU made a better $200 winphone than Microsoft did near the end there. or lol, remember when HERE pulled the plug on MS and you couldn't GPS if you didn't have an existing installation of it for 6 months? straight-up bumblefuck, that was. anyways RIP BeOS Phone 10. I bitch, but I miss it.
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ExplodingSims posted:At long last, I finally understand what non-elucidian looks like: Of all the cars to make all the others look like, Toyota just had to go and choose the Prius. I guess it makes sense, the second gen prius was first and then all the other Toyotas followed suit with that porpoise nose thing that it had. I guess I'll continue to not buy an ugly Toyota, looks like I'm starting on the second decade of that  Also, I wish we could table cellphone/gadget chat in this thread. There's whole other forums for it.
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Shrugs Not Drugs posted:Use a Lumia 550 for a week and tell me that wasn't a product that had already been given up on. Pretty sad when BLU made a better $200 winphone than Microsoft did near the end there. I wish there was a credible alternative to Android and iOS. I don't even need that many apps, primarly email, a decent web browser (Firefox, really) and some sort of mapping/GPS. Dumbphones and featurephones just suck in every aspect but battery life. For the ultimate dream device, I want a fully-fledged Linux installation, full wifi monitoring/scanning/AP capability and a hardware keyboard. The Nokia N900 and the original concept for the N9 were the closest we ever got 
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kimbo305 posted:I like it and I think the new Hyundai G70 inadvertently ended up looking somewhat like it (along with other cribs). I get excited to see a G70 in person and turns out it's the Q60 at some angle. drat I had to look at this a few times before I noticed it was a Hyundai and not the 4 door version of the Q60
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Read about a new car you like? Post it here, in the let's debate phone platforms for the trillionth time thread.
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eyebeem posted:I used to be obsessed with home theater audio, gaming PCs, and having the most powerful, keyboard equipped windows phones, and nice car audio setups. I also used to be a huge audiophile nerd. The stock system in my xB is awesome, I also have a poo poo ton of CDs so I just use those in my car. I never listen to music from my phone, and since the bluetooth in my car didn't impress me, there's no reason to put any on it. CDs are just fine with me 
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Shrugs Not Drugs posted:Use a Lumia 550 for a week and tell me that wasn't a product that had already been given up on. Pretty sad when BLU made a better $200 winphone than Microsoft did near the end there. Lumia 550 was supposed to be an entry-level device, which was probably a dumb decision anyway (look at how much the loving iphones cost, people will buy an expensive phone if it's got the features and apps to back it up). I've been using Windows devices since 5.0, my latest ones have been the 920, 1520 (the 32GB international version, not the nerfed at&t), and now I'm using an HP Elite X3, which is a fantastic device (I was looking at a 950xl, but this one is newer, more powerful, and I got an excellent deal on it). I'll keep going on this as long as I can, hopefully Microsoft will release Metro on Launcher, at least then I can get an Android with a non-lovely UI.
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Is spectacular, pink is awesome and needs to be used more often. In new car chat, I realized something the other day: There's lots of neat cars (And trucks and SUVs!) out there, but there's only one car that really grabs my attention. I see plenty of generic "luxury" cars like Audis and poo poo and they're really just nicer versions of regular boring poo poo. The occasional Lamborghini or McLaren does less for me than a sport bike. But on a gut level, every time I see a new version of this car I want one, and every time one almost silently rolls past me as I'm walking I notice. It makes every other car on the road look obsolete. It's the Prius.
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Wheeee posted:But on a gut level, every time I see a new version of this car I want one, and every time one almost silently rolls past me as I'm walking I notice. It makes every other car on the road look obsolete. They're good! Great mileage, extremely reliable, slow on the consumables, and basically as drama-free as they are excitement-free. If I drove every day I'd absolutely be in one.
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cool startup feel posted:https://twitter.com/MercedesBenz/status/954849862859788288 I'm assuming that it's an RGB LED strip of some kind and it can be pink or some other color. Pink is rad as heck though. Wheeee posted:In new car chat, I realized something the other day: There's lots of neat cars (And trucks and SUVs!) out there, but there's only one car that really grabs my attention. I see plenty of generic "luxury" cars like Audis and poo poo and they're really just nicer versions of regular boring poo poo. The occasional Lamborghini or McLaren does less for me than a sport bike. Cocoa Crispies posted:They're good! Great mileage, extremely reliable, slow on the consumables, and basically as drama-free as they are excitement-free. If I drove every day I'd absolutely be in one. Plus they seem to age far, far better than anything else. I haven't seen a calpped-out Prius bombing around on blown suspension like I do with every single Escalade or Excursion ever made. Or old Hyundais.
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My new favorite feature on most electrics/plug-in hybrids is the ability to heat or cool the car while it's plugged in, remotely from a phone or something. That alone would be worth the purchase price if you live in the desolate frozen north or an area where swamp rear end is a way of life. I know remote car starters have existed for a while, but they're not the future.
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KakerMix posted:I'm assuming that it's an RGB LED strip of some kind and it can be pink or some other color. Pink is rad as heck though. Yeah its selectable  The pink on black combo looks great though IMO. I am digging the new E53
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Incredible! 64 selectable colors! *looks at $12 8-bit RGB LED strip sitting on desk with a theoretical 16.7 million colors*
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Sagebrush posted:Incredible! 64 selectable colors! How many are differentiable when diffusing off or through car surfaces, and do you for a single second believe that a car company could make a usable UI for even 64 colors?
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I like that baby blue on the velosterN. Neat seatbelts too.
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cool startup feel posted:Yeah its selectable I thought this kinda stuff was played out by the second Fast and Furious movie is street-racer fashion making a comeback?
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