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by bzzzt 3y ago
> The point is tools and game engines have different needs. Game engines need to offer sometimes quite complex graphical user interfaces too. Think of menu, windowing systems, dialog boxes and a compositor style approach to drawing them.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Talented developers will overcome the 1000 papercuts and build something worth playing. That doesn't mean it's the best solution.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
USB-A to USB-C adapter dongles are standard and only cost a few dollars. That's completely insignificant next to Apples other profit centers. Of course the vision behind removing the 3,5mm port was of a wireless future (and after untan
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by bzzzt 3y ago
I don't partake either, but you'd have to offset the loss in tax revenue to the gains for people with PTSD or chronic pain who get better quality of life and may be able to work more and need less healthcare services. Working at m
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by bzzzt 3y ago
If they didn't make the MacBook USB-C only manufacturers would still be churning out USB-A devices like there's no tomorrow. At least, due to economies of scale there are more devices and cheap adapters to use and even the origina
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by bzzzt 3y ago
> Why? Do you consider Apple to generally be some sort of force of good? No, but I don't presume they are purely guilty/cynical if there also might be good reasons for the changes they are making. Also, presuming Apple as a com
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Depends on what desktop you use. A full Gnome or KDE desktop will eat a lot of memory.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
I think it comes down to a few design decisions like not standardizing on a VM based language with GC (like Java/.NET) which leads to more memory consumption. Only allowing a single browser engine will also keep memory usage lower on i
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by bzzzt 3y ago
While not exactly true, it is a fact that Apple tries really hard to make the most out of a little memory while other systems (Windows, Android or Linux) piss away a lot of memory due to inefficiency, virtual machines etc and the only answe
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Their "Tesla killer" not so much: https://news.yahoo.com/russia-presents-electric-car-amber-16...
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by bzzzt 3y ago
I'm using about every Apple product you've listed and only encountered the first problem and even then only sporadically. I won't be saying 'you're using it wrong' but I presume different ways of use or app wor
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by bzzzt 3y ago
It has nothing to do with profitability. The problem is there are too many devices, protocols and applications so it's impossible to test them all. You'll have exactly the same type of issues on a Windows or Linux based system. Mi
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Most conferencing applications or sites use a separate 'preferred' microphone and select that one.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
You know you can check in the audio settings panel?
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by bzzzt 3y ago
While it is annoying, I've got much better audio performance and less hassle from macOS than with Linux or Windows, even with bugs. There were a few audio bugs that annoyed me in the '2020 videoconferencing season', but most
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Any application or website can select the default microphone or a specific audio device which can cause that bluetooth issue. And lots of applications are enabling the microphone even if they don't need it. I don't think switching
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by bzzzt 3y ago
I paid about 1 euro for one at a computer fair over 20 years ago. It still works ;)
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Oracle also had (has?) the capability to split up database volumes on raw disks based on I/O load.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Probably just to avoid paying taxes (the famous "dutch sandwich" trick)
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by bzzzt 3y ago
If all you want to do is blit some bitmaps it's Xorg that's the overengineered protocol and you're better off using Wayland. You'll even get better security as a bonus...
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Most of the time the car is put on a car recovery truck and driven to a garage.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
I've still got a 2013 plasma with 3d and while you lose half of the horizontal resolution (the image is stored twice side by side) it isn't really noticeable in most 3d blu ray movies. Streaming services lose a lot more sharpness
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by bzzzt 3y ago
You'll need a lot of trees close by then, which is not an option in some densely populated countries. If you're hauling trees using diesel trucks and chopping them up with petrol chainsaws you might as well just pump natural gas t
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Yeah, my 2015 car came with an optional spare wheel which eats up a significant part of the not very big trunk. Haven't used it the last 9 years so I get why people opt for the repair kit. The chance of having a tire leak probably depe
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Probably because you don't get a spare tire so you have to wait until road side assistance comes to you.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
> 10 million air pollution deaths/year: I hope you're not forgetting to factor in the positive effects of those 10 million people not being able to cause any more pollution </sarcasm>... Before gasoline and gas peopl
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Of course there's ample evidence Apple is not on the brink of bankruptcy, but we've settled for current IP laws which permit companies to own stuff and charge consumers for it. If the price is too high consumers won't buy but
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by bzzzt 3y ago
I know lots of compilers/linkers don't optimize for it but it should be possible to 'tree shake' libraries so only the parts that are used by an application are included. That would shake off a lot of the 'bloat&#x2
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Yes, although it very much depends on how big 'everything' is if that's a problem.
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by bzzzt 3y ago
Why would I care as a consumer? And why act like it's a disgrace? Somebody has to pay for the 'core technology' Apple develops. I think Facebook can handle a fee of 1/1000 of their yearly revenue. If it's about lice

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