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by docmars 2y ago
That's discouraging to hear. This is why the U.S. Constitution's 4th amendment is so important. The right to privacy isn't only to give citizens peace of mind, but also to prevent governments from tyranizing freely using diss
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by docmars 3y ago
PopOS most recently, and I ran into significant UI lag, jank, bugs all over the place with the correct NVidia drivers installed and everything. I tried it on two machines, and had pretty much the same experience. After troubleshooting and s
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by docmars 3y ago
Logically this makes sense, but I can't imagine how many decent apps Apple may have rejected for other petty reasons, only to accept the ones that are lambasting people with rentware and other issues the OP mentioned.
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by docmars 3y ago
I find it funny when things like these happen, while conspiracy theorists get lambasted for calling out much less nefarious schemes (with evidence), only to be proven right weeks or months later when a "more official" source confi
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by docmars 3y ago
Daunting to think about, right??
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by docmars 3y ago
I think there is a great desire for web-like application distribution to work well on smartphones, but with none of the drawbacks like poor rendering performance and lack of native features. Of course, native apps that wrap web-based apps i
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by docmars 3y ago
Agreed, and well worded. Never in computing history has a walled garden like Apple's existed until the iPhone. Distributing and finding apps wasn't always simple, but then again, the need for a central browsing experience to find
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by docmars 3y ago
Unfortunately for many senior folks, using them is just too complicated. I've badgered my parents into using theirs, which is already setup, and it confuses them every time, so they prefer to memorize or write their passwords on a shee
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by docmars 3y ago
I do, in fact. My parents both use Android phones, and I'm more than happy to support their needs when something goes wrong. 99% of the time, they love their phones and use them regularly without issues.
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by docmars 3y ago
In general I lean libertarian, and governing bodies like the EU have enormous capacity for overreach at the expense of participating countries and their citizens. I won't pretend to know exactly how their processes work in detail, as I
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by docmars 3y ago
Precisely! That's the key difference between iOS and macOS devices, essentially. I've never owned an iPhone primarily because its environment is so constrained, and the possibility of losing access to important apps due to failure
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by docmars 3y ago
Good point -- With great power comes great inevitable irresponsibility and abuses. The human condition never fails to pollute and corrupt anything as untouchable as Apple. Too big to fail, by definition!
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by docmars 3y ago
To answer directly, I actually really love the Framework conceptually. What they're doing is immensely important for notebooks, and I'd love to see Apple follow suit one day (but I doubt that'll ever happen). I just can'
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by docmars 3y ago
When I bought my MacBook Pro M1 Pro (ugh, stupid names, c'mon Apple!), it was probably the most confident I felt about a technology purchase in years, at least since Apple finally ditched the ridiculous touch bar and gave us back the E
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by docmars 3y ago
Your last point is exactly where I'm coming from here. People complaining about a product is usually a sign of its wide, and possibly avid, use. After trying UI design tools and web development on Windows and Linux machines and finding
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by docmars 3y ago
Oh the horror, it must be so hard for Apple to cave to an open system for these people. What will they ever do without their unbelievable tax on app profits simply for existing on their nearly unlimited real estate, that is, the web?! I h
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by docmars 3y ago
Don't get me wrong, it's a stupid limitation indeed -- but sometimes decisions like these are meant to stop users from doing stupider things :) I'm no fan of oversimplification, but Apple's audience is everyone , not ju
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by docmars 3y ago
With how ubiquitous Apple is, introducing a small limitation to prevent user error can make a huge difference in reducing support requests.
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by docmars 3y ago
To clarify my thoughts on this, I responded here to a similar reply: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39611122
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by docmars 3y ago
I think the desire for "standalone" VR headsets to mean offline-capable is totally reasonable. It has its own storage, apps and games get installed on it directly, and none of its core features need to rely on an online connecti
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by docmars 3y ago
Given that it uses its own OS, essentially, is a fair point. I guess what I meant around my monitor analogy earlier is that it has the capability to serve that purpose, possibly without the sophisticated OS that wraps the store experience,
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by docmars 3y ago
It makes me wonder how the world would be if monitor manufacturers did the same thing, it would be unacceptable. I view VR headsets and their peripherals as no different than a mouse, keyboard, and display. Companies requiring all this nons
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by docmars 3y ago
Probably sarcasm because it's likely out of their control due to product & executive demands.
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by docmars 3y ago
For this reason, I tend to ask LLMs additional questions like: "show me another way to do this" or specifically "how would someone with a higher need for security write this?"... knowing that I'm likely to get a mor
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by docmars 3y ago
I take it to mean that the code quality deserves more scrutiny because you can't guarantee what it has provided is quality code, without reviewing it first. The same applies to brand new devs — it's normal to apply a little more s
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by docmars 3y ago
It is pretty silly how much our world events reflect that, you're right! I'm wondering the same thing. Alas, true as this narrative is.
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by docmars 3y ago
I provided plenty of points -- you just ignored most of them, the most important one being: the bank CEOs found nothing wrong or no indication of fraud. The loans are paid off. That testimony should have been enough to nullify the case, ful
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by docmars 3y ago
Invade? Absolutely not -- they would have no chance. Poke the hornet's nest? Yes, I'm saying that. This was a collusion between the U.S., Ukraine, and other globalist EU nations to make Russia look bad using their mass media machi
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by docmars 3y ago
Is the DWAC merger happening or not? There's no probable reason it wouldn't, so Trump stands to gain $4bn from his shares soon enough. I'm using "practically" effectively, in spite of whatever dismissive dialogue yo
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by docmars 3y ago
1. The outcomes are very clearly politically motivated. 2. The bank CEOs who testified agreed that there was no wrongdoing on Trump's part. The loans are paid. 3. There is no victim in the case. ("bUt thE StaTe..." [eyeroll])

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