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by dpkonofa 2y ago
I never suggested that they should, in either case. I'm just saying that there are things that are lost by completely ignoring backwards compatibility. There are plenty of Mac-only applications that aren't games that are now obsol
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
I'm not sure why you're responding to me. Nothing that you're saying is anything that I've mentioned or brought up. I know what the downsides are. I'm just saying that the goals that Apple has optimized for have res
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
I think most people, me included, are more than happy with the trade-off. That doesn't mean that nothing of value was lost in each transition.
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
>What was the alternative? Sticking with 65x02, 68K, or PPC? No, including an interpreter like they did (Rosetta) was an alternative. The "alternative" really depends on what the goals were. For Apple, their goal is modern soft
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
This would be great if things like open source were more supported in the "real" world. Unfortunately, you're describing exactly why a community means nothing in this situation unless the community is giving back to the proje
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
>Apple has been able to migrate between 5 processors during its existence by breaking backwards compatibility and even remove entire processing subsystems from ARM chips by removing 32 bit code compatibility. I would consider myself an A
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
Critical thinking is one thing but that "thing" is a process rather than an individual item. Critical thinking, like science, is a process that iterates upon itself. You analyze the information you have and make a conclusion bas
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
What part of it makes it fanfiction to you? Multiple authors of the document are now in cabinet positions in the new administration.
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
Where were you for the last 8 years? If there's one thing the GOP is great at, it's coalescing around votes. Even with the thin margins, there are ways for them to achieve their goals quickly. I think you're not giving them e
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
>Elon and Vivek have no authority to close a federal agency, and Trump doesn’t either. You're right but the Republican-led House and Senate absolutely do have the power to both do that and grant these guys the power to do it.
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
Why anyone would think we're going to get more transparency this time around is beyond me. President Obama started the federal Open Data initiative and Trump, almost as quickly, neutered it just short of axing it. If they cared at all
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
>All this hyperventilating over DOGE is distracting from actual issues to worry about It's not hyperventilating. It may start as a task force but it can easily and quickly be upgraded to a full-on department of the federal governmen
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
You say this as if Trump will also not be in control of both sides of Congress. All it takes to make this a department of the government is a vote in Congress.
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
For what it's worth, it was part of Project 2025 - something one of the candidates claimed to know nothing about...
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
Which view is that? I highly doubt that there's any view that fits the criteria you just posited.
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
This is a spot-on, although incredibly weird, analogy for it. It only works if you use it. You get out what you put in.
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
Not as a single feed. The "Discover" and "What's Hot Classic" feeds duplicate that behavior, if I'm not mistaken.
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
It's not for casual users. The only way it adds value to your life is if you use it more than casually. It's a symbiotic thing. The more info you feed it, the more valuable the information you receive on it will be to you.
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
I've been on Bluesky for a bit now and this is probably its biggest upside. The "followed" feed is the default and there's options for a "Discover" feed to see related but not subscribed posts and then there&#x
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
No one is forcing anyone to buy an iPhone. You still have that choice, you just want to force someone else to make another choice. It's hypocritical.
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
She'll change the toggle and then install it. It's obvious that a lot of HN users didn't live through the period of time where IE was overrun with toolbars for nearly every user because websites would walk people through how
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by dpkonofa 2y ago
But the reason is there only one other competitor isn't at all because of Apple or the competitor and doesn't have anything to do with their practices. The reason for it is because it's incredibly difficult and complex to put
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by dpkonofa 3y ago
This is almost exactly my assessment of this. Based on the action of these companies in the past (and especially Epic), the only thing I see happening by forcing Apple to further concede is the further "enshittification" of the us
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by dpkonofa 3y ago
How does that seem clear? Apple should provide services and support for people using the payment system without getting any gain from that system? You're being disingenuous to suggest that the only benefit Apple provides is a payment s
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by dpkonofa 3y ago
>but it's so offensive that it invites crackdowns, implemented by ignorant politicians and legislative bodies... hurting Apple's bottom line. Apple is a billion (nay trillion) dollar company with the best lawyers and accountant
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by dpkonofa 3y ago
But in the case of the boards being mentioned, the sociopathy is combined with competition between members that doesn't exist right now. If one board member suggests doing something that would be negatively viewed but another doesn&#x2
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by dpkonofa 3y ago
This isn't always the case. Some of these companies own and run the only methods of doing certain things. There are some places, for example, where you can't use cash to pay for things. That means that, in those places, you cannot
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by dpkonofa 3y ago
Why is that surprising? I just charge mine while I’m getting ready in the morning and it last all day and does sleep tracking. My Ultra lasts multiple days on a single charge.
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by dpkonofa 3y ago
That is not true at all. The original iPhone required a 2 year contract and you could only buy a maximum of 2 phones per account.
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by dpkonofa 3y ago
It did have subsidies, though. And they were “typical”. AT&T was paying for part of the cost so that people could buy it for $499 initially. Most other phones were that price at retail and unlocked .

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