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Surface Book 2 - the pen is comfortable to hold, it runs a full OS, and it happily runs multiple external monitors when used with the dock. I'd recommend the 3 these days since video conference software seems to eternally consume more ram.

Failing to be perfect is not the same as failing to be better.

Honest question: is this event statistically significantly out of line with historic trends? Is it better or worse?

There are two ways to waterproof something. Actually make it water proof, or go through elaborate games to trick the test.

It's sort of like the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal. If you actually meet the requirements of the test you don't need to be clever.

I know a few apps I manage had this conversation. Had another part of the business not added it to their side (and dealt with all the complications, customer service, and policy stuff Apple has introduced), pulling out FB sign-in would have been our best option. We didn't have the resources to comply with their product rollout.

Twitch has a record of over 2M viewers of a single active steam. I don't think scale for most individual artists is a factor.

Google maps has "takeout" as a search term, with filter by cuisine, open now, price range, distance. Plus you can usually see the menu and contact info and reviews not manipulated by Yelp sales people.

Personal preference is not a reason to post unhelpful comments. This isn't reddit.

Edit : typo

I had one of my team members recently introduce me to document.designMode="on"

For the better part of...15 years? I've been using various inspectors and dev tools. Like a chump.

This answer always downplays what "on call" really means. Even if you only get paged once a year, if you're "on call" and the expectation is that within X minutes you are at a computer working, this affects the life you live. You can't go camping, out to a nice dinner, on vacation, etc without lugging a laptop, internet connection, etc with you.

I've heard managers often tout that "if your code is stable you'll never get paged". But that hides the fact that you're still on the hook to be available. So either you start shirking your responsibility or you reshape your life around some percent of non-working hours being owned by the company still.

It is a technical solution that lacks a network effect or regulatory OR people component

Something but...what?

Tge street-level character of a city isn't magically preserved because the acquiring company chose to retain the name. Example: I live near a sushi restaurant that has changed hands six times in my life. Two times they kept the name. One time they kept the facade. Never did they keep the employees. Maybe a token "manager" but the character of the place always shifts.

I like the metaphor because it really does ask the question "how much must one replace to make something indistinguishable from its progenitor?"

Wdyt = what do you think

We should both know better

> YouTube may terminate your access, or your Google account’s access to all or part of the Service if YouTube believes, in its sole discretion, that provision of the Service to you is no longer commercially viable.

So far Apple has shown they can make low grade camera filters with AR. What do you think gives them an advantage over players like Microsoft Hololens + Holographic in the space?

Think about Photoshop - back before it existed people assumed magazine ads had real people (not carefully, manually edited py artists). Photoshop and tools like it became commonly available. Over time the tools being more widely available caused more people to scrutinize and be suspicious of what they saw. Ads featuring heavily manipulated photos had the opposite of their original Intent. People picked up the term 'shopped to mean an image was fake or being deceptive. Kids in middle school learn how to do it.

Now, when you see a before and after photo, or an advertisement, the default is to assume it has been manipulated. That change came about with broad access to once-rare tools.

I think the article's point is that you cannot pay your Apple Card bill, not that you cannot pay any bills. Of course losing something means you cannot use it.

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1357/

Free speech refers to the speaker and the government. It does not mean you are free from the personal or professional consequences of speech.

A minor point, Apple's R&D spend is significantly lower as a percent of budget compared to most of the market. I found this article really interesting:

https://www.ped30.com/2019/03/10/defense-apples-14-billion-r...

Edit for context: in 2018, 11.6bn or 5.1% of revenue. Compare to Amazon it's half as many dollars and 1/3 the percent.

Good doesn't mean perfect.

One entertaining legal point to question: if you can get around them by following a YouTube video, are they really secure?

How do you think Google should order search results?

I work at festivals from time to time. Listening to 10-33 reminds me of having the staff radio tuned to the medical channel when I am off duty at 4am. I immediately thought of it when I read the headline!

To be fair, the most generous reading of "your own software" is "software I own legally" not "software I wrote myself". In this regard Apple's control over the iOS ecosystem is extreme.

Punishable by fine = legal for rich people.

I had a similar experience recently. Looking at a family road trip from SF Bay to Eugene - for four people, it's a 6 hour drive, a $900, 14+ hour train ride (overnight without beds), or a 2 hour, $800 flight.

Only if you are resting them on the tower, in which case I suspect something else is at issue.

Problem is that against many other people, most of the hiring board doesn't know if you or some resume-stuffing placement service actually did all the work you said. Plagerism and faked credentials are way more expensive to susse out than an hour or two interview.

Being right about one thing doesn't make you right about everything, eh?

(critique of the individual cited, not you)

> The concept’s not unique to Ventura County, which has been using goats to trim vegetation for about five years.

In areas where fires haven't historically been as bad, it hasn't been necessary. A decade-long drought and environmental changes make things done elsewhere (Bay Area, for example) appealing in a new region.