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It looks nice, and I’ve used similar solutions in the past. The problems are; when you update your server’s local library to a new version of iTunes or the operating system gets updated, the web app breaks. Webserver goes down, breaks. Sneeze, breaks. 2 years from now, project unsupported, breaks.

Music is one of those things that you just want to work 100%, all the time. For this reason I don’t have any Wi-Fi speakers. Everything is hardwired, except the remote.

For the last 10 years I’ve been using apple remote on top of iTunes. This allows me to create persistent connections between my iPhone iPad to my Remote iTunes sever which is an old MBA in a closet. It has a battery backup for power outages, I can play any music in the 16,000 song library, buy and download new music from my iPhone and instantly be able to play it on the server and the interface looks nice. This system has been more robust than some of my client’s AV systems designed by a pro audio team with whole-home solution costing $$$$$. Let’s just hope Apple continues to support Remote.

> All of the slippery slope arguments have already been possible for nearly a decade now with the cloud.

That doesn't make it ok. The fact that you and my mom have normalized bad behavior doesn't make it any less offensive to my civil liberties.

> Am I the only one who finds no issue with this?

If you only think about the first order effects. This is great, we catch a bunch of kid sex pedos. The second order effects are much more dire. "slippery slope" sure... but false arrests, lives ruined based on mere investigations revealing nothing, expanding the role of government peering in to our personal lives, resulting suicides, corporations launching these programs - then defending them - then expanding them due to government pressure is *guaranteed*, additional PR and propaganda from corporations and government for further invasion in our personal lives due to the marketed/claimed success of these programs. The FBI has been putting massive pressure on Apple for years, due to the dominance and security measures of iOS.

Say what you want about the death penalty, but many many innocent people have dead in a truly horrific way, with some actually being tortured while being executed. That is a perfect example of second order effects on something most of us without any further information (ending murderous villains is a good thing) would agree on. So many Death Row inmates have been exonerated and vindicated.

edit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_exonerated_death_row_i...

I travel the northeast (Acela corridor) by car and I can attest this map for voice coverage is not accurate to what you are actually capable of using.

Ironically, there is an area marked with coverage from all major providers that locally is of great contention because there is no cell service even for EMT, and ATT wants to put an antenna on the mountain over looking an untouched lake.

The locals would be quite happy to see there is no need for a giant ugly antenna to toxify their natural odyssey as they (according to the map) already have great coverage...

Fun story... VX nerve agent was discovered and originally introduced as a pesticide. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/VX_(nerve_agent)

That's simply not true. If he were in jail for downloading child porn there would need to be proof. There is none. He's in jail for contempt of court, not child porn.

This is no longer true. The paywall now applies to google search links.

Speed quality cost. Pick two.

These photographs aren't very good. Yes, hundreds or thousands of photos per day is a lot. The difference between a good picture and a really good picture might be hours more setup and post processing.

This is stereotypical Chinese manufacturing tactics being applied to modeling. Cut workers rights, cut quality, setup, safety, compensation, and time to market.

In shear numbers it's impressive but when I see how they doing it, it's a face palm moment

I think Netflix probably did it because people are inherently bad at being objective. For the average person, 2 stars for a movie and 4 for another isn't based on anything measurable, even they couldn't explain. I'm shocked at some of the amazon product reviews, most of which are 5 star reviews even if the product is absolutely terrible. Movies are different than products, but it's the same people doing the reviewing. Remember, the average user is not a thinking analytical HN user. Average people are much better at bool choices.

Whether the buttons do anything, I have no idea

The bro who hits on, and strikes out, fist bumps is ok in my book, it was an honest appeal to date. It went down like the Hindenburg. He tried to move on. She's holding on to it, though it seems innocent. The rest of this is terrible. I can't believe... I believe all of this is. I know all of these people. These are 'dudes' you and I know, neighbors, co-workers, roommates.... family members. Is the solution just "hey bro, STFU!"?

I hate to cheap out and just send you to a history podcast, but it really is a great collection of remarks on the history of policing in the US.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/serve-protect-a-history-...

It's well worth a listen, the entire series is great as well

I absolutely agree with everything you said with one exception.

> "Protect and Serve"

Everyone thinks that the police's job is their motto. It was some strategic messaging, but they came up with that. Police weren't created to protect and serve. Going back to the foundations of the country's policing strategy, police exist to maintain order. That's why they arrest protesters, shoot unarmed guys who are noncompliant, arrest people for selling cigarette singles. That subtle shift in how we perseve their job explains vertically all of their behavior as of late.

The possibility of preemptive nuclear strike is still looms. There is also the possibility that the person with their finger on the metaphorical button is not all there, and maybe shouldn't have that power. There is a movement to remove the ability for the president to call preemptive strikes. There is also a movement to remove ICBMs from the Triad. If enemies launch toward the US, an ICBM counter attack launch only allows a 6 minute window. (Assuming they targeted our ICBMs.) A side note: Military doesn't man the ICBMs. They are controlled by civilians. This is by design because the past administrations didn't trust the military to control ICBMs. The fear that they would use them without hesitation was too great.

Nuclear attack subs would pick up the slack and don't require the 6 minute response window. This would greatly reduce the currently great risk of thermonuclear war we live under.

There is no propaganda like his propaganda. We won't know until the three government investigations are complete

You can delete accounts, but the function is hidden and you have to search the help section to find it

https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account

I hate to be to buzzkill but more than the computer systems is the food supply... climate change is going to reek havoc on our "retirement" we will likely die young starving and thirsty

"He asked a colleague to break wind directly onto two Petri dishes" ... "first fully clothed, then with his trousers down."

"Our final conclusion? Don't fart naked near food."

It may not seem significant but someday everyone will consider these findings obvious. That's because of this brave study.

The article attacks the idea that genius is normal, and it maybe suggests that it would be hard to be normal and genius.

Taking the title at face value, Your not a genius if you think you are. I will say that dealing with people who don't have basic math, science, logic, physics, chemistry and philosophy understanding it's pretty easy to convince yourself that your both genius and crazy.

Over all the uniting factor seems to be having an outsiders view of the world. Creativity, or mental illness will both give you a unique view of the world. Otherwise, the writing composition is beyond me

> both cases are funded by budget deficits that increase the money supply

The potential for your example was high, but your explanation fell flat. There is a connection between Medicare and pharma, but it's not that they both 'increase money supply'.

Big pharma lobbied government when writing drug pricing laws for mediacare. So retail drug prices are standard and non-negotiable. The result is the largest drug purchaser in the world must pay full price and can't get a lower price for bulk.

To insinuate that the average user is using uncompressed audio is being obtuse. The social context for the measurement by song came from iPod like devices based on the average 1MB per minute of audio MP3/MP4.

Raw is 10MB Loseless compressed is 5

Everyone using "songs" as a metric is talking about 1MB per minute MP3.

Ok I will try it again. I have to say when I used it during the trial, I liked it a lot. Love the inverse theme and the customization that is allowed. My only bad experience was, I ran the OS update that killed their app. It stopped updating with their server, then a week later started taunting me to pay money. It's not their fault the app stopped working. It was just bad timing that left a bitter taste in my mouth. I really do like the app and looking forward to reinstalling and configuring right now.

Referring to human skin in the plural makes it sound ultra creepy...

Well, yes, as your tolerance builds your reaction to the heat will reduce and so will your runny nose.

3 billion dollars isn't cool. You know what's cool? A cool product that actually innovates and 50 billion dollars.

I agree completely with this essay.

Here is my tip to Apple. I always felt I understood Apple's Gestapo-like tactics in the past, regarding their rigid methodologies. Eliminating ports and features, removable batteries, etc. I don't understand Apples moves in the past 5 years. They have spread out and complicated everything that Jobs' made simple and attractive.

Heres my advice.

Apple is way too spread out, it should kill off the dead ends.

* Kill iTunes split it in to 5 functional media apps, and design a good simple music player. Stop trying to make me sign up for reoccurring-billing services. Makes me feel like I'm dealing with Comcast.

* Merge the App store with the Apple media store.

* Kill the watch and the car.

* Merge the iPod, iPhone, iPad, iMac, Macbook to one product with 5 sizes each with a pro series all with a touch or keyboard interface and an appropriate OS interface depending on if a keyboard is attached. Yes, merge MacOS and iOS.

* Simplify product and Apple services pricing, two tiers, basic and unlimited.

* Bring back a pro series products and software even if it was a revenue loser.

* And simply password protections with a API service offered and incentivized like SSL certs are.

* I sort of get Apple Health, but what is Apple Home? What is Apple Music Match, or Apple Music and why isn't it included with iCloud? Merge them all.

There are plenty of IT sectors to fix and disrupt. They seem like they just think there's isn't anything work on. Cars? Watches? Movie/TV? WTF

How about

There’s just one more thing... Apple home audio video equipment and media services and amps. Compete with the big boys in home audio video. The industry is a mess with protocols, encryption, DRM, AV encoding, bit-rates, streaming services. I need my IT degree, not for computers but for my audio system. Erode cable's power grip not from the network production and delivery end from the home equipment end. Remake Apple TV as a prosumer product series called Apple Home. Hardware that works with Apple amplifiers, Apple speakers, Apple record players? etc. Introduce Apple TV an actual TV. Let's face it the only good thing about TVs these days is the actual screen, the software sucks. Everyone is tired of having 5 remote controls. My husband can’t turn on the TV! Apple is perfectly set up to do it. It’s constant and consistent market that will only grow as home entertainment improves in quality.

I came to this thread to find exactly this information. Thank you for your post. HN never fails me

The second you compile one package to get any of those boxes to work, for me, the pro-linux box argument is negated. Particularly for work machines, I don't have time to compile and install just to get my box up and running. Mac worked for me for this reason, I presume the reasons are the same for many. You like the freedom and power your boxes allot you, I like the simple operation of the mac. My problem is Macs are quickly becoming more work with all of there services and issues. When I start having to search for drivers online I might consider switching to Linux, but this won't be a cure all, because I deal too much in graphics.

> I fully expect this release to be their Windows 8 moment

I get what you are saying and somewhat agree that naysayers are an overly represented demographically.... but...

Apple has for 5 years been operating without strong direction. By many accounts it appears to be flailing, simply living off it's cache and tech R+D created from the 3 decades of Job's rule.

It's clear Apple still makes the best hardware so that isn't in question. I do question, how they intend to stop the slow drain of talent from the company and users. They aren't supporting pros the way they did in the 80s 90s and 2000s. All the pros in movies, music, and graphic design used to use Macs. With the introduction of OS X programmers had a home. That was a strong component for influencing their coolness factor. No more. Apple alienated all of them with expensive outdated options like trashcan Mac Pro, and overly expensive unjustified new MBP. Logic isn't keeping up, FCP isn't keeping up, hardware specs aren't keeping up. iCloud is limited and isn't keeping up.

This isn't a Windows 8 moment, this a late Windows XP moment. There is a slow drain that has started. We are approaching Windows Vista when everyone really gets turned off by how broken and discombobulated every product and service gets with the current lack of strong leadership.

This became painfully obvious when LinkedIn's algorithm started making extremely circuitous connections that freaked people out. People in a relative manner are painfully stupid, algorithms are ridiculously capable. The result is freak out. Facebook being psychologically aware, protected its users from the truth before it could be known. It was long ago that google's Eric Schmidt said "we are on the verge of predicting our users thoughts" google is just as slick as Facebook.

You had me at scrolling. Apple is in denial. If nothing else it's the number of times I've witnessed someone try to manipulate the OS on a MacBook only to find themselves dumpfounded, "duh it's not a touchscreen". Well maybe it should be