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Comment Re:IANAL but... (Score 3, Insightful) 86

by gnasher719 (#65674232) Attached to: Disney Sued by Law Firm Wanting to Use 'Steamboat Willie' in Its Ads
You are not a lawyer. If you want to be sure that you won't be sued, you go to court, and tell the court "I am clearly saying what I want to do, and I want Disney to tell me whether I will be sued or not". And the court will force them to make a statement either way. Google for "declaratory judgement".

Comment Re:Compliance risks? (Score 1) 44

by gnasher719 (#65672668) Attached to: AirPods Live Translation Feature Won't Launch in EU Markets

Now companies like Apple are getting their knickers in a knot because they cant spy and sell data (whilst simultaneously trying to tell you they're not doing it) so they want to create a lot of hate against GDPR in the hopes that it'll prevent similar laws in other countries. They know the fight is lost in Europe, they're just hoping that they can stave it off in other parts of the world.

In your case, calling you a hater seems to be the most rational approach. You don't have any argument that isn't just based on insane paranoia, so there is nothing to refute.

Comment Re:Schools would love them... (Score 1) 122

by gnasher719 (#65672648) Attached to: $599 MacBook With iPhone Chip Expected To Enter Production This Year

Why do you assume that this Ãoeber iPad with an iPhone CPU would run macOS? Seems to me if they use an iPhone CPU you'll get an iPhone OS (iOS)...

Oh my god, you can't be that stupid. The CPUs are identical except the ones that go into iPhones tend to have fewer cores. They are all Apple Silicon chips, based on ARM with Apple extensions, and they are identical except for the number of cores.

Comment Re:What's the difference between tablet and phone? (Score 1) 122

by gnasher719 (#65672622) Attached to: $599 MacBook With iPhone Chip Expected To Enter Production This Year

Apple would have to merge iOS and Mac OS for you to be able to run the apps back and forth. I don't think software developers would want that either because they're going to want to sell you the software twice too if they can.

Either merge (which is hard work) or keep completely apart. But if the iPhone is the only thing with a CPU, making it display things on an external screen will be hard.

Comment Re:What's the difference between tablet and phone? (Score 1) 122

by gnasher719 (#65672616) Attached to: $599 MacBook With iPhone Chip Expected To Enter Production This Year
Well, a Thunderbolt connection is always a Thunderbolt connection with massive bandwidth. A USB-C connection can be anything from USB-2 (480 Mbit), various USB-3's (5, 10 or 20 Gbit), Thunderbolt (40 Gbit), or something higher end up to 120 Gbit I think. When you buy a computer with USB-C you need to read the specs a bit more carefully. For example you can buy a MacBook Pro with five USB-C ports providing Thunderbolt-5. Or an iPhone with one USB-C port providing USB-2.

Comment Re:What's the difference between tablet and phone? (Score 1) 122

by gnasher719 (#65672596) Attached to: $599 MacBook With iPhone Chip Expected To Enter Production This Year

If all you are doing is email and browsing and maybe some light document editing, yeah your phone + desktop display probably gets the job done. Anything more than that and you're better off with a higher spec device.

The point you are missing is that for email and browsing and some light document editing, an iPhone plus desktop display plus keyboard _does_ get the job done. For very little money. And for heavier document editing, all you need is a bit of patience.

Comment Obligations of an AI (Score 1) 62

by gnasher719 (#65664968) Attached to: Another Lawsuit Blames an AI Company of Complicity In a Teenager's Suicide
The AI didnâ(TM)t give the optimal response to the kids words. Nor did the parents. Does an AI have the duty to actively prevent suicide? The quoted text did not make me think of suicide coming.

Now "I want to kill myself. Should I use sleeping tablets"? that should get an answer like "you told me a lot about your situation. Trust me when I say that suicide is an awfully bad idea. You have sixty years of life ahead of you. Do you really want to throw that away because of some stupid bitches?"

Comment Re: Adapter (Score 1) 243

by gnasher719 (#65662970) Attached to: 'USB-A Isn't Going Anywhere, So Stop Removing the Port'
It seems you donâ(TM)t have a clue. If you have a USB-C port you can plug in anything from 40 or 80 gigabit USB-4 (display port), 20 Gbit USB 3.2, 10 Gbit USB 3.1, or 480Mbit USB-2, and it will all work. Thatâ(TM)s what you want. The USB-C ports are identical. You cannot confuse them. You get the speed of the plugged-in device.

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