By the same token, I was reading for years how China's construction market was the biggest bubble in history and was going to pop so hard the nation would be an economic black hole. Is that still going to happen or what?

Look what he responded to.

People toss out a throwaway allegation and then expect you write a dissertation to rebut it.

You should seek a therapist to help with your self-hatred.

The number of times I've needed a waterproof phone is zero and I spend a fair amount of time on boats

Another way to go would be to keep burning jet fuel but purchase bricks of carbon from a sequestration company that captures it from the air.

I know there are more efficient types of carbon credits, like investing in cleaner energy in the first place, or increased efficient at the point of usage such as insulation, or preserving rainforest that would otherwise be developed.

The problem is all that gets complicated and thus subjective. Maybe carbon credits could work if it is based on a new type of 'coin' that is 1 kg of pure carbon that is chucked into an old mine.

That truly is the question for Apple. I don't know how they've held off smartphone commoditization as long as they have.

People want helpful AI that doesn't hallucinate, code crap code, tell you to eat glue or commit suicide.

I agree with GP, it's a big kickback scheme for employees that have discretion over business expenses. Most types of card rewards are not reportable as income, which sweetens the deal even further. Score one for the upper-middle-class little guy, I guess...

I'll tell you what the foundation doesn't do: Google shit for you. Don't expect us to either.

The kinds of foods that trash your LDL predate the FDA and the United States.

the security guard at the door wears a stab proof vest and is 6'5" tall. this is not like your neighborhood grocery store, this is downtown literally across the street from a major train station

Yep, the fire code is how you know the story is wrong.

I think you missed the point. Previously icons could be any shape. Now they must be a squircle. If they arenâ(TM)t a squircel, Apple automatically makes them a lame squircel. In no way does this make the OS better.

I agree. Jony Ive never persuaded me that flat is better. It just makes it look more Android which is an inferior OS.

I think you didnâ(TM)t know how to enlarge them. macOS icons have been amazing until now.