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Great point, unless the new hardware is also a touchscreen for those iOS Apps - then we'll see a lot of people wishing they'd waited

Don't get me wrong it's an amazing chip, but the Intels were never given a proper chance on the previous machines especially the MBA. If my previous gen machine wasn't a toaster I wouldn't be upgrading

I don't think it was Intels fault that they decided not to run a heat pipe to the fan on the previous gen MBA

It was a masterclass in duping really.

Step 1. Design the enclosure/thermals for a much lower TDP ARM chip, causing the Intel chips to thermal throttle and run hot as possible burning your lap and roasting your palms for years

Step 2. Introduce the new powerful ARM chip which now runs much cooler and faster in the same enclosure

Step 3. Profit!

Worked on me, I just ordered mine

Adding to this, you'd be surprised how well resistance power bands work. You can pick up an off brand set from Amazon which is very affordable and can be used to hit every muscle group, it's like having an entire gym in a small bag.

I love that he does the thermal performance, a 5 C drop on idle temperature is exactly what I was hoping for. The previous gen intels were toasters.

MacOS, is usually the answer.

As someone who lives in a hot climate the only metric I care about is my Macbook not being a hand heater. I miss the old Macbook Air and how nice the cool aluminium surface was under my palms. Every Macbook i've had since then has been uncomfortably sweaty and if this Apple Silicone can reduce the palm rest a few degrees then i'm sold. Of course, if they had put proper cooling in the new Macbook Air it would have done it as well. But gotta push people to those more expensive models every way you can right?

So what if we could profitably do carbon recapture for $100/ton which was funded by a $100/ton carbon tax and start an entire industry that reverses carbon in the atmosphere, would you still be against consumption then?

Yes because 'leading by example' worked so well for Democracy in China and Hong Kong

Yep. Aside from the relentless onslaught of popups pushing you to a business plan have you ever noticed while using dropbox.com the UI is designed so that the "download" button is completely hidden from the user. Theres some incredibly weird product decisions going on over there.

No not an Amazon employee, but about 20 years ago I worked in a Warehouse and the guys were absolute deadbeat drug addicts who stole and spent the whole time smoking cigarettes and goofing off.

Now of course i'm sure most warehouse workers aren't like that but I can't even imagine what managing 125,000 low-skilled employees like that would be like, and i'm sure the turnover is absolutely massive as well.

It's all unicorns and rainbows and posturing until you're the guy who has to actually manage them.

I wonder if those parading their virtuosity in here could come up with a better system.

I'd love to see some of the negative commenters made staff manager of just one busy warehouse for a few months and made responsible for a 500 low skilled workers with no prior systems in place such as these and see what kind of solutions they can come up with on their own that are any better.

This still doesn't solve the fact that Apple can control who gets to do business on the app store. Politically divisive apps, government blacklisted apps, gambling apps, adult oriented apps, crypto apps, free speech apps, certain vpn apps - none of these can currently exist with the Apple curated App Store approach. And just because those apps might not be for you doesn't mean millions and millions of users who have shelled out $1k+ for a phone don't want them on their fancy device they paid for.

Allowing sideloading as Android does would fix all these issues. Sideloading can start with a 3rd party app store, even.

My condo building has these fancy new Technogym "MyRun" cardio machines which are basically regular workout machines with giant iPads on them. So now instead of turning them on and starting a workout I must wait 3 1/2 minutes for the touchscreen to boot every morning and every other week theres a failed software update causing the machine to shut down mid workout to restart the software in an endless loop. Or it just won't turn on due to the software on/off switch not working and we have to call the technician. It's unbelievably bad. Unless you actually care about connecting your workout to an app (i dont) a prehistoric cheap workout machine from 20 years ago has a better experience and is actually maintainable

Perhaps instead of going after the author you could go after his ideas? It seems like quite a well written essay imo

Surprised at the push back in here. Telling people they should consider getting a trade skill rather than a 4 year college degree that is semi-useless isn't that controversial on HN typically. Could it be because it's coming from the current administration and everything they do is 'bad' ?

The premise of the article is that they pay attention to Twitter as a source for stories. Not to 'build a personal brand'

I wasn't aware that our government was currently being run by white supremacists. Do you have a source?

Anything but sideloading

Wow what a nothingburger this is, and the press took it hook line and sinker. Amazing PR

This. Often you'll find this low quality SEO content is just a result of people hiring low-cost copywriters often from developing countries, the 'uncanny valley' of written content

So could you tell us how an iPhone is not a smartphone?

Smartphones are now pretty essential. You can't even enter stores in my country without scanning a QR code for COVID tracking

And if side loading was possible, what makes you think that your App Store experience would suffer?

Walmart is one of thousands of stores where you can purchase goods. XBox/Playstations are a niche recreational device for gaming, not an essential device used by everyone to procure goods and services and conduct business.

Do you think your desire for convenience should outweigh the benefits to users/devs who want freedom of choice?

What you really want is the ability to sideload apps without the App Store. Then you'd get your alternative browser rendering engine as well as tons of other useful apps that will never be available. Apple can do their best to make it difficult and warn users of the risks but it should be possible.

So if we could develop a global carbon tax which 100% of the funds goes into atmospheric carbon capture and over a 10 year timeframe bring our Co2 levels back to 1900 levels what then? Still too late?

Indeed, I'm sure middle class China/India will save us.