I don't have any reason to upgrade my iPad. And I use it quite a lot. When I bother to take the time to close all the apps, I find there are at least 10 of them open.

Lots of people have the arrogance to assume that just because they don't "get" it, there must be nothing to get. But I am as technical as anybody, and I find it amazingly useful.

I had one major annoyance... the iPad wouldn't use my Bind9 server for resolution, no matter what I did, which meant it couldn't resolve my internal servers by hostname. Even went to experimental builds to try to resolve it. But apparently somebody somewhere threw enough of a fit that in the last couple of releases it was quietly corrected.

Now it's just one of my many tech tools quietly existing in my ecosystem.

If I remember right, it's a pretty simple swap. Nothing crazy wired into the wall. Frankly, if any smart devices last 16 years I'm blown away by the longevity.

I've fired every last smart device I tried for being incompetent at being the thing they're trying to be "smart" about.

Who was that guest editor who wrote an editorial about how replaceable battery were battery banks? Was this written by the same guy?

People can already easily buy bluetooth accessories that do this well...a bluetooth speaker, keyboards, game controller, etc. (The idea of add-on lenses is stupid).

So what is this guy arguing? That Apple should promote it more? That there should be official Apple licensed bluetooth game controllers? That users should be more into it? That app developers should do a better job supporting it?

They'd disclosed it but the first one hadn't finished testifying under oath about it. And that matters. The latter has status as evidence in court.

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Boy, I sure hope the US Congress reads this post so they can close this dangerous, glaring loophole. ;^)

Seriously, some guy named Al Gore just made an environmental argument against AM radios?

Oh, the irony.

Also... what a crock. Exactly how much juice does a radio use when it's turned off? I bet you they're still pushing Sirius XM.

Yeah, I was implying incompetence. I put "banker" in quotes because banker isn't really a title that you can infer anything from. If it's just some dude that works for your bank that also stumbled across a particularly apocalyptic web page and wants you to know it... well, perhaps don't listen to that person. "Abandon ship" doesn't sound credible to me.

Non-sequitor

No, Non-seatbeltitor!

They'll mock it because this is absolutely terrible advice.

Bet you don't wear seatbelts or buy insurance either. What a waste of money!

Good luck!

Hmmm... if your "banker" called in a panic and told you to sell everything, I don't know who you're talking to, but... don't talk to them anymore.

Again, I don't necessarily disagree. But I still maintain it's about the difference between the average masses and the elite. If you want a bunch of average folks, I agree that you do not need to look externally. There are plenty within the borders.

Both things can be true. There are plenty of folks to fill "most" positions. And for some niche spaces, there are not.

In Grade 8 I walked into the brand new computer Lab in my junior high school. I was faced with 8 Commodore PETs, with integrated green screen monitors and external cassette drives. When booted up, BASIC was on the other end of that blinking cursor.

I was... home.

BASIC was my introduction to the skills that would fund my entire life. It was the gateway drug. And I'm grateful.

I agree with you in general. But this article is specifically about AI talent. That's different than the legions of grunt commodity folks you are referencing.

Well, that's a good point. I'll definitely grant you that. But in my experience, that does happen. Somebody that proves themselves valuable and flexible does get shifted when changes happen.

What I find in developers is the same distribution curve that I find in every profession. That bell curve of capability is real. Some few are in the top tier, some people are in the bottom... and most people are jammed up in the middle.

If you're after that top tier, you have to look far afield. Certainly beyond geographical borders.