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by badwolf 3y ago
Folks on this site vastly overestimate how much people who actually buy and use these devices care about literally any of the stuff being talked about in this thread. Apple's schtick was "It just works." that's what peop
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by badwolf 3y ago
This is something I've been on board with for ages. Just give everyone a SNAP card, homeless person to Bill gates.
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by badwolf 3y ago
https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/ They don't market it as a "developer device" or a "prototype." They are selling this as a consumer product. Watch movies! Look at pics of your family! It
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by badwolf 3y ago
https://values.snap.com/privacy/privacy-by-product Snap doesn't mention encryption in regards to chat, only in "my memories"
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by badwolf 3y ago
It seems it's once again time for the HN elite to declare Threads dead because they personally don't use it or know anyone in their amazing inner circle who uses it. This will surely be the year of the Linux desktop!
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by badwolf 3y ago
Why bother with an esim, when you can use something like Amazon Sidewalk, just use whatever nearby Echo or other device to send whatever small data packets
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by badwolf 3y ago
Weird how the "privacy heavy" EU manages to have 25 hr recording requirements...
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by badwolf 3y ago
Not medical advice, but you'd probably get a similar response just by using regular ol' saline nasal spray for those lighter allergy or dust symptoms.
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by badwolf 3y ago
My most recent travel to and from Austin, the Clear line was massively longer than just walking up to the precheck line. Flying out of Austin the Clear line was piling up through the ticket counter area. I could count the people in the Prec
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by badwolf 3y ago
Yep. me: "I'll have a milkshake please" McD: "ice cream machine's broke" me: "ugh. Ok, I'll just have a coke"
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by badwolf 3y ago
It seems the CEO of Beeper is literally doing that.
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by badwolf 3y ago
Good news, once Apple implements RCS next year, no more postage-stamp sized MMS! Halleloo!
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by badwolf 3y ago
That's... life. DVDs come out. Now I have to rebuy all my VHS movies on another platform...
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by badwolf 3y ago
Because it's sent as MMS. Apple implementing RCS next year will mitigate that.
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by badwolf 3y ago
I've personally found Apple users are some of the quickest to install updates/upgrades in bulk/mass. I think one of the key reasons, other than apple sending push notifications that it's going to automatically install ov
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by badwolf 3y ago
Also important to remember this is _average_ revenue per user. Consider that the cohort of users that are more likely to pay the monthly subscription are probably more valuable ad targets (more disposable income to spend online)
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by badwolf 3y ago
This has been refuted. https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/22/23973354/a-recent-openai...
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by badwolf 3y ago
Or talent...
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by badwolf 3y ago
I have a feeling with the EU's DMA this will just become more prevalent with every messaging platform forced to "open up" FB Messenger will have a "green bubble" for messages to people using whatever other app they&
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by badwolf 3y ago
(x) doubt.
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by badwolf 3y ago
or his previous 4/20 launch license...
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by badwolf 3y ago
Yes, this is true, but for this to not be a problem, it also has to suppose that those higher-flying bits of debris don't subsequently collide with other higher-flying satellites.
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by badwolf 3y ago
Every time this type of discussion comes up, I'm amazed at the cognitive dissonance of the EU. They restrict data transfer to the US because "The US government might spy on your data" while simultaneously pushing to break enc
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by badwolf 3y ago
> The ISPs have all the same data and regularly share it with the government in response to warrants. I'd amend this to note ISPs also gladly share this information with... Advertisers. Do people on HN use Credit Cards? Your transac
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by badwolf 3y ago
This is not true.
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by badwolf 3y ago
Overdoses and tweakers exist just about everywhere, you just don't see them because... they are housed.
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by badwolf 3y ago
Apple is quite fine with people making web apps, and have been expanding Safari's capabilities to support them. In the latest major iOS, PWAs can now even send push notifications to the user.
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by badwolf 3y ago
You could even have a helpful office themed avatar that can provide those tooltips. Make it a fun paperclip!
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by badwolf 3y ago
If I'm doing a lot of moving around of things, and wanting to keep more complicated formulas working, I'll usually just use named ranges for my own sanity (and as a convenience for whoever may need to take over a workbook after me
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by badwolf 3y ago
Bridging that gap can be difficult. I always try to include leads in business meetings, provide weekly reports on how their work is performing (do users actually like the feature that was built? Is it generating revenue for the company, etc

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