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The problem I’m starting to see is that the continued use of phrases like this (master/slave, blacklist/whitelist) can be a constant reminder to some that they “don’t belong here.” Obviously, in this context, they aren’t meant to be racist; but they are a reminder that racism exists. The end result is that it makes more people feel unwanted and ultimately leave tech.

Congratulations, here comes the port-less iPhone.

I don’t know; I clicked hoping for some step-by-step instructions on giving myself a more horse-like body. 0/10, article did not deliver.

Same here. High interest on savings and free ATM usage on checking.

Was hoping for free, but honestly? If I’m serious about having good data, I’ll pay the $9/month to not be dependent on Google.

This. When I lost my job in 2013, I considered making an attempt at a freelance/contract career. That stopped when I got a rejection letter (not an increase in price, a full-stop rejection) from my preferred open market insurance provider. (And it was for being too skinny.)

From their calls for part-time/contract devs, I think it's largely a Rails stack.

I have an Apple ID for work that is not tied to a credit card.

I just keep going back to the XKCD of how "our entire field is bad at what we do": https://www.xkcd.com/2030/

What if we started a FB petition for the government to regulate FB?

Yes, you can add it to a wishlist.

Welp, that means we won’t be able to blame Activision for any stupid decisions from here on out...

I do wish Bungie the best here. I also suspect that the next installment will be more of a “$x/month for everything” instead of the “$x for the game and $x for the expansions” they’ve been doing.

Both. I prefer using Bootstrap because I know the shortcuts, but if I need to duck down into some @media(max-width) I can. I also have a much better idea of the concept (it’s not just a lack of a fixed width; it’s changing font and element sizes and floats as you go up and down).

I have a similar mindset: I had no idea how to approach Responsive Web Design. I learned Bootstrap. I now understand Responsive Web Design along with Grid Systems.

Tumblr's been on the App Store for ages. I think the recent de-listing was about child exploitation, not general porn.

Regardless of how one feels about the policy itself (for the record, I do side with you for the most part), the way they are implementing it leaves much to be desired:

First, they're deploying a machine-learning algorithm that simply does. not. work. It's flagging SFW content and ignoring NSFW content. I've been collecting a sample of erroneously-tagged posts here: https://paperairplanemob.tumblr.com/tagged/GREAT-WORK-VERIZO...

Second, it is a marked change from an earlier effort to make a "Safe Mode" for minors that filters out illicit content for those that don't want to (or shouldn't) view it. This is taking it a step farther, leaving those that have previously used Tumblr for such content scrambling to find a new platform.

Third, the announcement was incredibly disrespectful to the existing community on Tumblr. Everything from the post's title to the language used ("female-presenting nipples") was laced with corporate double-speak that would barely have flown on a normal social network. On Tumblr? Yeah, no.

Finally, because this is a change from earlier behavior on Tumblr, it's going to change the social makeup of the network. I don't go to Tumblr for illicit material; that's not why I'm there. I'm there to see and read some good fandom material, read webcomics, and have a good time. The previously lax content policy meant that the people I follow were free to experiment and be creative without worrying about having a post taken down for violating some vaguely defined "no porn" rule. Now, even if someone isn't posting illicit material, they still have an algorithm to content with. If they make it through the algorithm, they still have to worry about someone with an axe to grind reporting their content anyway. Eventually, people will stop posting rather than deal with the new changes. And that's going to change the community on Tumblr.

So no, in the broad scheme of things, there are plenty of other things we should be worried about. But something we love is being taken away from us, and we're going through the stages of grief as a result.

Traditional publishers do a LOT more than Amazon does for a self-published author.

> There's no FaceID (yet, maybe it's coming) on laptops, so we don't need the ML chip.

With Apple's focus on on-device ML, I would guess this will be the first part of the A-series trifecta (CPU, GPU, Neural) to be included on a Mac and exposed to developers. I can imagine a bunch of possibilities for such a chip, not just FaceID.

After seeing Jim Cramer mention on camera the idea of putting out a false Apple rumor (example given in 2006 was "The iPhone is being delayed"), I'm less inclined to write off conspiracies in this regard. Don't know that it's a full-blown Conspiracy™, but the financial incentives are there for the right people.

You're welcome! I'm a sucker for a good meandering, low-stakes mystery.

TL;DR: it breaks the oscillator that keeps time on the device. This breaks the clock and eventually has a cascading effect on the system.

The article is pretty straightforward and engaging; it's worth a read!

You don't even need to make your own community. The $5/month is for hosting; if you host your blog yourself (they recommend WordPress), then it's free.

And given the broad sentiment expressed in these comments, they could do a MUCH better job communicating this.

Why not both?

Apple's market strategy was already primed towards a privacy-focused stance, since their profit center is selling physical devices. Thus, when privacy becomes a Big Deal in the world, Tim doesn't have to push hard to get Apple to line up with his beliefs. If Apple had been an advertising-focused company before Snowden, I doubt we'd be seeing as hard a push as they're giving right now.

They're a static site web host. You deploy using git, and they handle pulling your site from git and deploying it to a CDN. If you're using a static site engine like Hugo or Jekyll, they'll build the site for you as well.

I think what people are excited about is deploying a JavaScript-based frontend (probably written in React or Vue.js) using Netlify, so the client-side code is quickly distributed and accessible.

Serious answer: I would allow connections to current social networks. Maybe even bill it as an aggregator of sorts, so you can pull in (just for display purposes) as much data from linked social networks as possible. Give people a real reason to use your app without making them sacrifice the connections they've already made.

IIRC, "public domain" means different things in different countries, and can make it hard to enforce as a software license. See https://opensource.org/faq#public-domain

A BSD-style license is probably the closest to public domain while still being easy to read/understand.

You're absolutely right! And I hadn't thought about MS Office for Mac in that way before; thanks!

My comment was more geared towards OP's "well, now they're going to cancel the Android version" when Apple literally just released a new version of Apple Music for Android with platform-specific features: https://www.macrumors.com/2018/09/19/apple-music-android-aut...

Start the timer when Apple Music for Android stops getting updates.

I know there's a huge swath of "promotional consideration" names at the end of a lot of shows now, so that might be where they dump a bunch of that stuff?

This is key, I think. I recall Apple coming to developers' defense when they were targeted for using standard APIs, and if Google wants Android to be a useful platform it will need to do the same here.