Arn_Thor

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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Apple's growth must now come from services since the phone cycle is peaking. And the selling point they promote is privacy
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
You may think it's just personal ads, but ones and zeroes have a tendency to spread far and wide https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-b...
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
except, "my freedom ends where your freedom begins", so there are limits. And if we translate that to the real world all kinds of sticky "conflicts of freedom" emerge, especially between businesses and society.
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
sounds like more amps would fix it, yeah
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
It never occurred to me that the voltage difference between America and Europe/Asia would cause a corresponding differences in watt output given the same amps... But yes indeed, US kettles boil much slower. Other appliances that requir
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I've never tripped an outlet on less than 2500 watts, and that was an old electrical network... Did I get lucky or do standards vary in different countries?
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
There is no censorship of the Internet in Hong Kong... He may be posting from mainland China via a VPN that ends in HK though?
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Except Hong Kongers aren't inspired by Jackie Chan. He's widely hated for selling out to become a communist party shill. Sure, he was revered when he was younger, but after Hong Kong's handover to China when he begun spouting
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I so wish I hadn't read this.. My eyeballs are itching
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
That is indeed the trend. iPhones have in recent years been so good in every way that the need to upgrade year-on-year is reduced. With iOS 12 even a 6S feels snappy with a new battery. This trend of a slower replacement cycle has been goin
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I think the bigger problem is that the Chinese high-end market is tapped out for anything except newer-looking models (i.e. non-S updates), and that local Chinese brands are eating the low and medium end. Which Apple shouldn't want to
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
People are already switching slower, and it is not because of the price (at least not in isolation.. the end of subsidized phones with phone plans did create a sticker shock across the board). Phones are now so powerful, especially iphones,
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
"isn't innovating fast enough".. How many people are going to go "well, I wasn't planning to upgrade just yet, but look at that gesture! I've got to have one now". The smartphone as a product has peaked fo
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I've got a few of these things going for me, but I'm still terrified of the future. And I know it doesn't make logical sense. I'm young, and just this year made six figures for the first time, saving plenty of that for t
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
If that's the case it could explain the problems.. Of course that's moronic because the US isn't known for smoothly functioning public transit systems.
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
You could be right. But evolution is full of examples of adversity and pain in the short run has long term benefits. Illness breeds resistance, bacteria strengthen the immune system, exertion leads to regrowth of stronger muscles. Perhaps t
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Absolutely fair point. But don't you think there's something profoundly wrong somewhere when cities in all kinds of climates and conditions around the world manage to solve their problems. With the pooled knowledge of all those pr
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Perhaps not in the US, and perhaps not now. But the first thing that came to mind for me was the Hong Kong MTR, which started as an extremely successful statutory corporation that only later was privatized (and that with dubious results). S
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I think you're right, and it illustrates a fundamental problem of the capitalist system—it is incapable of making value judgements on its own. "What about consumer choices?". Consumers, in general, are also not making value j
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Venezuela is not starving its people for "political reasons". At least not anymore. That strikes me as a US talking point more than fact. Sure, the politics and economics of the leadership crushed the economy, but at this point, s
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
You may be speaking from the US point of view there. Internationally, many of the biggest projects were government-built and then only later given over to private firms to run
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
I had the same knee-jerk question, but found the answer in the very book, in the Font Recommendations section https://practicaltypography.com/system-fonts.html
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
That's not my takeaway. The article specifically mentions that the algorithm was biased for "equity", to the detriment of "privileged" families. That would allow us to reasonably conclude that probably white familie
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Great photos! You've got a great eye for photography and I like that you're experimenting with a lot of different styles. Keep at it!
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Never heard of this. Also, how would it differ from any cheap plastics coming off any cheap fan made partly or wholly out of plastic?
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Thanks a bunch for the reply! Puts my mind at ease. I've always been obsessive about not getting scratches in the non-stick coating because I heard it was pretty bad for your health. I'll keep it up
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
You seem knowledgeable so I'm reaching out into the dark here.. Does that mean I should throw out my non-stick pans and get steel or cast iron alternatives?
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
This is a pet peeve of mine.. Steve didn't mock the idea of styluses in abstract, he didn't want it to be the default and only way people interact with their devices. So Apple made the operation of iPad be all about the touch expe
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
It's a little slimmed down in the number of options on offer, it's essentially the "CC" version that's also available on desktop. But any limitations in features vs the full old-school desktop version is a result of
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by Arn_Thor 8y ago
Humanity is indeed driving towards a cliff and the current political and economic system globally is not sustainable, you'll have no argument there. Where we differ is that I see a thread throughout history, especially recently, that w

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