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Comment Re:Such a great, _dependable_ tech! (Score 1) 100

In other news, using experimental technology in production is not only unprofessional, it is gross negligence.

No it's not. Look at how successful OpenAI is. Pun aside, using experimental technology in production is perfectly sane if you assume your choices. Not if you hide it.

Comment Re:Uniparty in action (Score 2) 215

First, it's not aids, it's strong arming all banks in the world.

Second it's not against criminal activity, it's for the IRS.

If you do believe the US is benevolent and not at all strong arming all the other countries in the world for its own benefits (aka, an empire), I have a bridge from NY to LA to sell you. I'll even give you a 50% discount.

Comment Re:Uniparty in action (Score 2) 215

Either the USA is "Team America - World Police" or it's not. You can't have it both ways. Either nab Assange and pony up the money Ukraine needs, and preferably tell Israel to go fuck themselves, or don't do any of those things and keep yourself out of everyone else's business.

Let me be crystal clear on one thing: America wants to be seen as world police. It's anything but. America is bullying governments and countries all over the world to pursue their own interests, not in an hypothetical search for justice.

They didn't lift a finger when Russia invaded Georgia for example. Or when China invaded Tibet. There are countless examples of this.

So, to answer your question, no, the USA is not "Team America - World Police" and has never been.

Comment Re:Eurocrats (Score 1) 136

The MacBooks were using USB-C *years* before the EU got interested in all of that. The EU has nothing to do with your scenario, and is likely having a negligible effect on USB-C being on iPhones as Apple already migrated all macs and all iPads at that point. It probably just forced Apple to change their plug a year or two earlier than that planned to.

A lot of fuss for nothing

And now everyone is forbidden to use anything else than USB-C. We'll see in 10 years if that was a good idea or not.

Comment Re:Ok.... (Score 1) 136

If you could switch to Chrome or potentially another engine, that engine could easily make native OS features available to web apps, making web apps as powerful as native ones. A user could then install a web app icon on the home screen, and you'd have a system as easy to use as the App Store, but completely outside of it.

That's already the case while using WebKit's webview. Browsers can do all that today. Chrome, Firefox, etc.

Comment Re: Ok.... (Score 1) 136

The whole reason Safari doesnâ(TM)t let you do that is because then any website would have access to native hardware. Bluetooth, WiFi, location data, encryption keys, full screen control

Nope. Even native apps don't have access to all that (save full screen control). They require permissions. Just as websites do on Chrome and Firefox on any laptop.

Comment Re:Job Openings at IBM (Score 1) 182

Who said anything about importance?

If you need brainless workers, people that blindly execute orders, then yes, presence in the office is not necessary and if you have a reliable way of measuring their output, home work is probably better.

If you need smart people that are supposed to make smart decisions for the company to perform well, having them in the office will provide them context in order to make informed choices.

Comment Re:Job Openings at IBM (Score 1, Interesting) 182

You proved my point there mate. Very nice illustration!

Your individual tasks went on much faster, but you talked with no one at work and are a bit more disconnected from the company than you were the last day. Subtle, or dare I say invisible over the course of a day. After a year like that you will have no clue what's going on in other teams, in other departments and will be making decisions completely out of context.

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