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by _qulr 6y ago
> This seems inevitable as computers become more accessible to less technical userbases. The only change is cost. Computers are more accessible because they're cheaper. My dad managed to figure out VisiCalc for himself back in the d
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by _qulr 6y ago
> By that time, and through 1990s, Apple was very niche, much like desktop Linux today. I'm not talking about the 1990s. I'm talking about, say, 2010, which wasn't that long ago.
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by _qulr 6y ago
> Apple made their product. As so, why shouldn't they have the right to make their own terms? The issue is not legal rights. I have the legal right to be a complete jerk to other people. As a businessperson, I have the legal right t
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by _qulr 6y ago
> This is free market for you. 2 vendors, Microsoft and Apple, have almost 100% of desktop OS market share, so no, that's not a particularly free market. > Please realize that the lack of agency is the principal component of the
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by _qulr 6y ago
See above for my response to the exact same point by another commenter. See also: https://youtu.be/2gBvYJ21SoQ
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spiffytech: "The bigger issue is that vendors get to set whatever rules they want" nine_k: "Re-read your EULAs." Missing the original point.
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> This is your problem. No, my problem is that Apple keeps changing the terms. The Mac that I purchased is no longer the Mac that I have. Apple now only provides 3 years of security updates for the OS that came with your Mac. You can&#x2
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by _qulr 6y ago
> Actually, a good anecdote from today. We have an internal app within our company That's not a good anecdote. The user is an employee of the company and not the owner of the app. I paid thousands of dollars for my Mac. I legally ow
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Apple started hiding the traffic of its own Mac apps(medium.com)
22 points by _qulr 6y ago|1 comments
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> Think of it being well-written, but turning far more metaphysical. Agreed, that's a fair characterization.
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> I wonder why any time I see these claims, they’re never accompanied by anything resembling reliable evidence. Because the stories have been on all the news sites, it's common knowledge, and thus it would be superfluous to submit d
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by _qulr 6y ago
Why are scripts even getting notarization checks when scripts cannot be notarized??? We shouldn't need to tell a story about how it would be difficult for Apple to exploit data they have about us, because they simply shouldn't hav
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by _qulr 6y ago
That's not the ideal response if you actually wanted to defend your claim about the internal data and special competitive advantage rather than just abandoning the claim. Seriously, I would say that the competitive advantage of a compa
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by _qulr 6y ago
I'd love to apply Occam's Razor to Apple's network connections. Those entitles should not be multiplied without necessity. That's why I use Little Snitch! Seriously though, Tim Cook has been absolutely trashing Apple&#x2
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by _qulr 6y ago
"You have to trust Apple", it's said. But I suspect that if you actually knew how much your Apple devices were phoning home to Cupertino, you wouldn't trust Apple anymore. Using Little Snitch (the kernel extension) was a
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by _qulr 6y ago
Ah yes, a claim that can never be disproven, because any evidence produced would just show the company is not an example covered by the claim. But I do know some companies who have a competitive advantage in the tech market, and their hirin
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by _qulr 6y ago
I was only trialing VMWare before, so unfortunately I can't test this anymore.
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by _qulr 6y ago
Incorrect. The commit was 5 months ago, and it's linked here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24841118
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I can't speak about 5 years ago, but I was using Little Snitch with VMWare last year, and it worked. I had to specifically allow the VMWare process.
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Thanks for the link!
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It's well-written. All 6 books are well-written. IMO the later novels are every bit as good as the earlier novels. (We shall not discuss the son's unfortunate knockoffs.) I suspect some readers were disappointed with books 2 and 3
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by _qulr 6y ago
Yes, this article is nothing more than an advertisement for interviewing.io
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> I don't think a valid buyer of macOS computers is the type that doesn't use iCloud and needs to block it. "a valid buyer"? > Might as well use another OS. Ah yes, the many different wonderful options for desktop
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by _qulr 6y ago
> The Missionaria Protectiva is referenced at quite a few points in the novels. Right. The Bene Gesserit had spent millennia spreading "myths" (AKA propaganda) throughout various societies for their own purposes, i.e., "po
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by _qulr 6y ago
Not sure if we still need a "spoiler alert" for 1969, but if you've read Dune without also reading Dune Messiah, you've unfortunately missed the whole point. The first book is merely a setup. If I may be allowed to mix m
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by _qulr 6y ago
> The question absolutely is whether Apple can be trusted. This is a false dichotomy. I choose to use a Mac, but I also choose not to let my Mac phone home to Cupertino unless I allow it. Why can't I have that choice? Why does it ha
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by _qulr 6y ago
> Do people really install Little Snitch (which I've used since 2005 or so) for blocking Apple's own apps? Yes, Absolutely! My primary use case for Little Snitch is to block Apple "services" that I don't use or
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by _qulr 6y ago
This is so silly. In the book, spice was a metaphor for oil. Herbert said so himself. Dune was set in the far future, but it was very much about the (1960s) present too. The Middle Eastern themes were there for a reason. Just wait until the
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Can no longer create a comprehensive firewall for macOS: Apple exempts itself(twitter.com)
5 points by _qulr 6y ago|0 comments
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by _qulr 6y ago
Two big takeaways from the article: "iOS has become more and more complex and iOS 14.0 now contains 20 times more binaries than iPhone OS 1.0" "Out of all the binaries in iOS 14: 88% are using Objective-C 17% are using C++ 8%

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