Tloewald

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by Tloewald 11y ago
I did not mean to offend, and apologize if offense was taken. I don't know where the accent comes from and it's certainly not anyone's fault how they speak English (and kudos for speaking English since I suck at languages). T
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by Tloewald 11y ago
The funny thing that most people who obsess over encryption forget is that using tough encryption attracts attention, and all the encryption in the world won't save you from simple workarounds ( https://xkcd.com/538&#x2F
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by Tloewald 11y ago
As far as I know, Dolphins cheerfully swim on their sides when they want to. The point is they don't break the surface except when they want/have to so it does them no good. Here's a video of a dolphin swimming in shallow wat
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Targeting CVs is already a good idea as a job candidate.
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by Tloewald 11y ago
You obviously didn't pay attention to what I wrote. I paid great attention to both WWDCs. In fact I read the Swift book immediately after the announcement. However, the point I am making remains true: Obj-C isn't going away soon
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Thanks for the correction. So -- going back to the original point -- in fact this was Swift catching up with Obj-C, so it does pertain to Swift but is not evidence of Swift getting ahead of Obj-C.
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Apple is probably doing it first and foremost to improve browser performance, battery life, and user experience. That's how they make money. If users like their products they buy more products. No conspiracy theory needed.
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Oh, no argument there -- and I wouldn't call the messages subtle, either. That said, Apple would be insane to orphan its Obj-C codebase (but it may start deprecating...) I was just pointing out that the original linked article isn&#x27
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Since this all relates to simd.h it seems like it's taking advantage of C APIs which are equally available to Obj-C coders. Swift seems great, but I wouldn't expect any huge technical advantages over Obj-C until Apple stops caring
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by Tloewald 11y ago
It certainly seems stupid to mishandle someone with multiple paid accounts. I, on the other hand, have a pretty large free account with Dropbox which I acquired by evangelizing them, and have had various paid accounts from companies I worke
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by Tloewald 11y ago
DropBox's handling of multiple accounts is atrocious in general. It's clear that they were worried about people using multiple free accounts, but they should at least accommodate people using (say) a paid business account and a fr
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by Tloewald 11y ago
The biggest scandals are fingerprint analysis and eyewitness testimony. The New Yorker had a big article on fingerprint analysis years ago and little has improved. In essence, FBI and other "experts" have frequently attested to pa
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Why the BBC was so keen to use DRM-ed video (and audio) escaped me. Slap a copyright notice on it and be done with it.
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Imagine the marketing: "and it uses YOUR body as its cooling system"!
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Right but it ran System 7.0.x. System 7.5 had OpenDoc, so it ran in two modes: fast, light, and stable, OR with OpenDoc.
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by Tloewald 11y ago
I'd have to say my favorite computer ever was the Power Mac G4 867MHz running 8.6 (or was it 9.1?). Basically Mac OS 8-9 just ran obscenely fast on PowerPCs as it was essentially in maintenance mode while they built OSX, so we got year
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Love how this is posted tut-tuttingly on the BBC's website -- which went from Real Player to Flash to -- eventually -- mp4 video, but only as a last resort. (Motto: "as a public entity we've never found a proprietary format w
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by Tloewald 11y ago
He states another reason in the interview — if the fund gets too large their models will stop working because their decisions will have too much influence on the market.
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Well, sadly, no-one is going to pay artists unless they're the rights holders.
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Good point. It also got a hefty tax writeoff. That said, everyone does this to some extent. It's a bit different from intentionally obliterating competitors with dumped products cross-funded from profitable businesses.
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by Tloewald 11y ago
> Besides, holding up Apple against the behavior or record labels, movie studios, and game companies - that's a pretty low bar, honestly. Totally true, no question. My point is being that all the other actors are worse. BTW Spotify
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by Tloewald 11y ago
If I have a choice of a "smart" TV and a dumb one with the same panel, I pick the dumb one (it's also cheaper, but I'd probably pay extra). My "smart" TV in the living room would show ads on power-up until some
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by Tloewald 11y ago
@tfigueroa Pandora pays per play and effectively pays out 46.5% of revenues. Spotify pays out 70% of revenues and loses money. Apple is promising to pay ~71.5% of revenues. Just on that basis, Apple is paying more. (Spotify's 70% isn&#
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by Tloewald 11y ago
@cwyers has Apple ever used its main business to support loss-making entries into other markets? Microsoft has done stuff like give away major products (e.g. Access, Internet Explorer) to kill competitors. If you have evidence Apple is doin
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Thanks for the correction on his status w.r.t. Pandora. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and suggest he's disinterested then. But, calling them out for having straightforward royalties? BTW the direct quote is: "Nothing
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by Tloewald 11y ago
Seems like that's a problem with the legal system, not this law. Presumably the same thing happens with other poorly understood laws.
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I see a new trend emerging in response to the Swift letter / Apple response -- the idea that Apple is exploiting artists and is no better than anyone else in how it treats people. The funny thing, it's everyone except Apple that
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I think there was some discussion about the ethics of the software in google's cars because they would solve driving problems with a view to minimizing harm to all involved, not merely the car's occupants. So I think this kind of
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Presumably it's paying the rights-holders, whoever they happen to be (i.e. usually labels). How would you expect it to work?
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As we all know, musicians are wealthy fatcats and developers are poor starving artists. When has Apple contacted developers to increase the size of its cut? Amazon claims to match Apple's 70% but in fact charges book authors for down

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