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Comment Re:Apple Fan No More (Score 1) 57

I used to like Apple as the scrappy underdog giving people tools and free software other companies charged for.

So from 2001-2014 I guess? 2001 is when Mac OS X came out and 2014 is when a non-crippled free Visual Studio came out.

Apple used to be morally anchored under Steve Jobs

The RDF really did a number on you, huh?

Comment Re:Great news (Score 1) 67

So he literally says "it's not feasible to prioritize" and "I'm not sure what to do". Is that 'complaining', where you come from?

Yes:

To complain is a verb that means to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment about a situation. It involves stating that something is wrong, unfair, or inadequate.

Thanks, dictionary.com! I wish everyone was smart enough to use you!

Comment Re:Apple sold out, man (Score 1) 57

It is why for istance they yielded the enterprise market to Windows - he not only didn't give a shit about device management or directory service permissions or stuff like that, he considered that somewhere between distracting from and hostile to making "insanely great" devices.

He was wrong, and NeXTStep is an admission that he was wrong, especially since it became Mac OS X. And if you believe he was right, which you clearly do because you gave this as an example of what he did right, then you're wrong too.

Comment Re:It's not worth $40/month (Score 1) 85

Tesla is worth the $99/month, but GM supercruise isn't worth anywhere close to $40/month. It's unreliable, intermittant, and at times dangerous.

Dangerous like FSD driving you into a wall or under a tractor trailer and disabling itself a fraction of a second before the crash so Tesla can claim it's not their fault? Shill harder.

Comment Re:Suckers (Score 1) 85

OnStar uses cellular service to connect, so if you have an emergency, either both OnStar and your cell phone work, or neither work. So there's no advantage to using OnStar rather than just dialing 911

OnStar systems detect that a collision has occurred and dial 911 for you. The phone can't do this as well, though it could perhaps do it. The service also has other features. I don't think it's a good deal (I don't want the spyware either) but it's not just a phone with an emergency button.

Comment Re:Sully’s Hudson Landing (Score 1) 42

It's just impossible to get people to behave well in that kind of situation, at least in most cultures. I have seen video of Japanese people doing an orderly evacuation, leaving baggage behind, but from what I've read it never works that way anywhere else. People aren't willing to abandon their stuff, they want to get out first and don't understand that pushing is just slowing things down for everyone. If there is smoke in the cabin or fire visible outside, panic is inevitable.

Comment Re:They don't even write good software! (Score 1) 85

Most EVs don't have gears, although some have fake software gears to simulate driving a fossil. A bit like the fake engine noises in some exceptionally silly cars.

Well, most EVs do have a fixed reduction gear, because it's more efficient to run the motor at higher speed. No clutch though.

But you do still need a forward, reverse, and neutral "gear" selector of some sort. Most cars have a knob or lever. Tesla has a swipe on the touch screen. Combined with their now retired yoke instead of a steering wheel, parking one is... Hard work.

I think they may have relented but they dropped the wiper control stalk too, so owners had to rely on the janky auto mode, or touch the screen. The auto mode was particularly crap because instead of using a water sensor like most cars, Tesla tried to use their camera.

Comment Re:Great news (Score 1) 67

When Microsoft patched hundreds of issues, people claimed it was because they were incompetent morons who couldn't write decent code. When the Linux kernel patches hundreds of issues, it's all good.

Interestingly Linus Tech Tips just did a video proclaiming the Year of the Linux Desktop is finally here. A bit hyperbolic perhaps, but they made some good points. The Steam Box is solid hardware, and Steam OS in desktop mode is one of the better distros. One thing that really stood out is how well meaning it felt, unlike Windows that feels like it's trying to shaft you.

Comment Re: So an improvement? (Score 1) 57

Can't win. People moan that Pixel phones are supported for 8 years, but don't get new features that they think the phone could run. If they did get the new features, people would complain that performance has degraded.

It will be interesting to see what they do with the Pixel 11 this year, because it has less RAM than last year. 12GB instead of 16GB. Used to be that some apps like the camera lived in RAM for instant access, to keep the phone feeling snappy.

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