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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
They could add that but as things stand right now that second key doesn't exist - or at least it did then Cook would be out and out lying here. Obviously anything can change in the future but based on what Cook is saying either he is l
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
Not really. He's pretty clear: "If the government laid a subpoena to get iMessages, we can’t provide it. It’s encrypted and we don’t have a key." There's no wiggle room there. He's not saying we don't have the
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
The idea isn't really the thing though is it? The basic idea is the product being worked on in Douglas Coupland's Microserfs released in 1995 (Blockland launched 2004, Minecraft 2011). As you say, it's the design and executio
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
Or Steve Jobs. There was a school of thought that the only reason that Steve Jobs liked being CEO of Apple was so that he could build the products he wanted, how he wanted, without anyone else telling him what he could and couldn't do.
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
We weren't born in a goofy time. We (the people who frequent this board) largely exist in an industry where in certain markets you have enough leverage to some of the worst elements of wage slavery. But 98% of people on this planet at
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
The MS of 5 years ago, you'd have said it would never happen. The MS of today, it's not impossible (though it is unlikely).
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
I'm being open minded to the idea that my definition of value here isn't everyone's so I'm excluding cents. My own watch is expensive (by my thinking) would meet either criteria but I could see myself maybe one day buyin
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
> The annoyance I feel when people say "what would Jesus do?" is the same annoyance I feel when reading these articles about "what would Steve do?" Interestingly Tim Cook has repeatedly said that Jobs' instructio
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
Doesn't perfect also depend on what you're trying to do? It's all trade offs but as we increase what we do with our phones, a bigger screen potentially becomes more valuable. I know a lot of people saying they have no interes
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
This ignores that Apple regularly changed direction under Jobs: * No-one wants an iPod that plays video * No-one wants a small tablet * The original 3.5" iPhone is the right size (Jobs may not have lived to see the iPhone 5 launch but
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
Android will almost certainly always be more customisable than iOS, the question for many users though isn't "which is more customisable?", it's "is it customisable enough for what I need/want to do?". In
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
That's an interesting clarification but I'm not sure it changes much. After all, a 1000 year calendar is impressive, but who really has ever gone, "hold on is it the 20th century or the 21st"? That might have been an iss
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
I kind of agree. The article is kind of right in that it seems to be saying that they're not the same thing and that's right - the only real similarity is that they occupy the space on your wrist but that doesn't mean that it
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
"The Most Complicated Watch In The World" How many people have ever walked into a jewelers and, when asked what they wanted from a watch, replied "I want it to be as complicated as possible - the more complicated the better&q
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
It's subjective - there's a reason if you go to a regular watch shop they have as many different watches as they do. Apple have made a start on trying to work with different preferences with the interchangable straps and clasps an
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
As a Brit (English, living in Scotland), I'd say that there is a way to go before that and would make two points: 1) there is only one party promising that referendum and they're behind in the polls 2) current polls say that we&#x
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
As far as I can tell they're currently opposing it somewhat indirectly but they absolutely don't want the precedent of a country separating and being allowed into Europe. Neither of them are quite European heavyweights but ultimat
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
Obviously not - Spain in particular (but not exclusively - there are plenty of other counties in the EU who face similar issues) won't want a precedent which could apply to, say, Catalonia. But that's a separate issue about Scotla
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
The EU may make an exception to Schengen as Scotland is in a unique position - it will claim (with some justification) that it is already in the EU (and outside Schengen) and the starting point for it should be the UK's current positio
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
An independent Scotland would supposedly join the EU which would give it the basics in terms of a bill of rights. Until the EU the UK as a whole never had a written bill of rights so it would be no worse off. In terms of the SNP, what happe
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
Culturally there is actually a great similarity between Scotland and much of England. One of the weaknesses of the No campaign in my view is that they've failed to draw on the massive similarities between Scotland the the industrial no
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
It feels to me (in the interests of transparency, I'm another no voter) that there needs to be a second referendum if it is a yes vote where we get to vote on exactly the settlement which is agreed.
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
> There's simply too much handwaving. Welcome to the Scottish independence debate. On one level it's been extraordinary - pretty much everyone has an opinion and the turnout rate is likely to be 80%+. On a more depressing level
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
Standard implies "normal" or "default" as well as "standardised". Whatever you may think of Markdown (that is markdown as created by Gruber), it surely isn't unreasonable to suggest that if any version can
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
It really isn't, trust me, I've been through it a few times (as an employer). There is a lot of detail hidden behind this: "If you’re dismissed, your employer must show they’ve: * a valid reason that they can justify * acted
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
I disagree, there really is little beyond a "he said, she said" type argument to be had here and that really doesn't benefit them (or indeed Andreas). Much of that is subjective and they're not going to publish code to p
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
In some countries (the UK is one), you need to be very careful with "cultural fit". For instance, not hiring someone because they don't want to go for beers on a Friday can accidentally become a proxy for excluding certain re
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
This highlights one of the risks with going and working in another country - what seems fair, reasonable and legal to you may be very different in another country. As someone who lives in Europe I find American hire / fire at will cont
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
> And: don't worry, you will get your shares. Can't promise you what they'll be worth though.
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by Tyrannosaurs 12y ago
You don't need to read anyone's mind, he's a world leader with a public history - just a bit of reading will tell you enough about him to make a pretty good guess at what's happening here.

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