Even worse when you find a podcast with a backlog of 600 90-120 minute episodes and it’s not topical so you can just listen to all of ‘em and they don’t feel dated.
Been going through one every other day and I’m still barely a quarter the way through.
how do people find time to listen? By time I’m home from work, check for emails from family, do chores its time for bed. Looking at Go Comics absorbs the little free time I have left.
All this maths is very rough and speculative, but it at least gives us a general idea of what we’re dealing with. When all the calculations are worked out, the final figure is 5.7 quintillion terabytes of data would equal 7 grams.
If that doesn’t mean much to you, it’s about four quadrillion times the estimated size of the human memory (1.25 terabytes), or enough data to fill roughly 40 quadrillion large (128 GB) iPhone 6s handsets.
In other words, put as many photos and movies on your phone as you like, because you’re an unimaginably long way from making any perceptible difference to its weight – even though each extra byte adds a little more.
I’ve found that podcasts are like most products of modern TV and the internet age: 4% of it is awesome; another 10-15% is listenable; the rest is worthless, mind-rotting garbage. Now get off my lawn…
“Watch later” or “subscribed” is not the same as “downloaded”. You will get a “not enough memory” error, if you try to download a lifetime of podcasts.
Arbitrary over 1 year ago
Even worse when you find a podcast with a backlog of 600 90-120 minute episodes and it’s not topical so you can just listen to all of ‘em and they don’t feel dated.
Been going through one every other day and I’m still barely a quarter the way through.
thevideostoreguy over 1 year ago
I empathize. My to read / to play / to watch list is positively massive.
Doug K over 1 year ago
As phones get smarter …
The Reader Premium Member over 1 year ago
She should do a podcast about that!
Kroykali over 1 year ago
Today’s classic FoxTrot Sunday strip:
https://www.gocomics.Com/foxtrot/2002/11/03
cdillon85 over 1 year ago
Still don’t have a smartphone. Still being dragged into this century kicking & screaming. Ah, the gift of the spectrum…
Ichabod Ferguson over 1 year ago
Good thing about digital devices, you can play them at 2X or even 3X speed.
Chithing over 1 year ago
And this is why I don’t listen to podcasts.
news over 1 year ago
I’m only five-and-a-half months behind on my podcast listening.
jtburgess Premium Member over 1 year ago
Ah, the age old philosophical question … How much does a bit weigh?
William Bednar Premium Member over 1 year ago
Yep, she did hit subscribe way too many times. Her total debt is somewhat larger then the total GDP of Italy!!
scyphi26 over 1 year ago
Part of why I couldn’t get into podcasts—It’s not that I’m necessarily uninterested, it’s just I don’t have the time for it!
PlatudimusAtom Premium Member over 1 year ago
Everyone knows that the weight of your phone is directly proportional to the gravitas of what you’ve put on it.
DaBump Premium Member over 1 year ago
Can’t relate. Never got into podcasts.
vonphilp Premium Member over 1 year ago
Missing the subtle newspaper headline in this strip as Bill Amend usually does. Something like “Cartoonist Wins World Series MVP.”
Skippy the Magnificent over 1 year ago
I have a better one: Your phone shocks you anytime you try to text or open a social app while driving.
Otis Rufus Driftwood over 1 year ago
Why we shouldn’t let machines do so much for us.
stepzla over 1 year ago
Much much easier to subscribe than to unsubscribe!
dbrucepm over 1 year ago
how do people find time to listen? By time I’m home from work, check for emails from family, do chores its time for bed. Looking at Go Comics absorbs the little free time I have left.
Old Time Tales over 1 year ago
Bill, we miss you! Bring back the dailies! Or do a new book even!
mindjob over 1 year ago
No time and very little interest
txmystic over 1 year ago
I actually feel that way about by book collection…I need to get offline and start reading more. A LOT more…
6turtle9 over 1 year ago
All this maths is very rough and speculative, but it at least gives us a general idea of what we’re dealing with. When all the calculations are worked out, the final figure is 5.7 quintillion terabytes of data would equal 7 grams.
If that doesn’t mean much to you, it’s about four quadrillion times the estimated size of the human memory (1.25 terabytes), or enough data to fill roughly 40 quadrillion large (128 GB) iPhone 6s handsets.
In other words, put as many photos and movies on your phone as you like, because you’re an unimaginably long way from making any perceptible difference to its weight – even though each extra byte adds a little more.
https://www.sciencealert.Com/how-much-data-does-it-take-to-make-your-iphone-heavier#
Jeffin Premium Member over 1 year ago
It’s full of Pod people.
ZarPaulus over 1 year ago
Tell me about it.
Agapostemon over 1 year ago
My Up Next list is only 205 hours and 56 minutes. There is still hope I can finish it!
mail2jbl over 1 year ago
This seems very out of character for Andi…
IWannaBeLerxst over 1 year ago
I’ve found that podcasts are like most products of modern TV and the internet age: 4% of it is awesome; another 10-15% is listenable; the rest is worthless, mind-rotting garbage. Now get off my lawn…
I need a burrito over 1 year ago
Ngl i thought those ear buds were mushrooms for a sec
sallyseckman over 1 year ago
Thankfully I’m not that much of an addict for Podcasts especially since I have other hobbies to keep me busy. Movies, tv shows, comics.
mistercatworks over 1 year ago
“Watch later” or “subscribed” is not the same as “downloaded”. You will get a “not enough memory” error, if you try to download a lifetime of podcasts.
Grimrose over 1 year ago
Next strip tomorrow! Mark your calendars.