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by mcculley 3y ago
This is not always good. See https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1571
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by mcculley 3y ago
More solar power? Global warming does not mean we get more solar power. It means we trap more of the Sun's energy in our atmosphere. Solar panels are not going to be getting more light.
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by mcculley 3y ago
I still don't understand how you arrive at this conclusion. I just did a quick pivot table of the data for 1901-2021 for Ft. Pierce, Florida, the region with which I am most familiar regarding the greening crisis. While the mean temper
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by mcculley 3y ago
I don’t understand how this follows. The Asian form could develop at temperatures less than 35°C also, right?
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by mcculley 3y ago
Here in Florida, citrus greening has devastated the groves.
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by mcculley 3y ago
It is a failure that setuid executables still exist in modern Linux.
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by mcculley 3y ago
One section of Brightline crosses a 98 year old bridge over the St. Lucie River. It has to go very slow. This new usage has already been a huge hassle for maritime traffic. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRMmuawmxnUF
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by mcculley 3y ago
I don’t think poorly of you at all. I think many assume that free market forces prevail. It seems to me that the current monopolies are the reason we don’t have an obvious feature.
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by mcculley 3y ago
You are clearly convinced that this was a decision made based on the market. I don’t believe that. I believe that as soon as they are not paying a percentage of every device to Qualcomm, Apple will ship this obvious feature. As for the fear
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by mcculley 3y ago
Many of the possible outcomes would lead to more flexibility for Apple, who will then immediately start shipping a feature that most pro users would benefit from.
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by mcculley 3y ago
> In contrast, you're not willing to tether, and so you buy hardware from a different company, and therefore not part of the segment they are addressing. I use the tethering almost daily and hate it. I have almost every kind of Appl
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by mcculley 3y ago
We will see when Apple starts shipping their own modem. I know what I am betting on. Would you like to take the other side of the bet? I do appreciate your faith in the EMH.
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by mcculley 3y ago
We agree that Apple is stuck with Qualcomm. I remain unconvinced that the reason they can put a modem in my watch and not in the top of the line MacBook Pro is for simple market reasons. “Qualcomm licenses all its patents as a group. For a
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by mcculley 3y ago
My prediction is that once Apple has their own modem IP working and is not dependent on Qualcomm, the next release of MacBook Pro will have a builtin modem. This why I am asking about the patent/royalty situation and not making assumpt
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by mcculley 3y ago
It is mid-speed rail. The top speed is claimed to be 125 MPH.
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by mcculley 3y ago
For most of the route, it cannot go that fast. It is mid-speed rail, at best.
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by mcculley 3y ago
It is not obvious to me.
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by mcculley 3y ago
Why do you think Dell bothers to put LTE modems in laptops? I asked about evidence regarding the patent and royalty situation that prevents Apple from delivering a similar product. I am on my fifth MacBook Pro. My first Mac was the 12” Powe
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by mcculley 3y ago
> are you wanting a plastic band atop the laptop closing screen, to get a cellular capable antenna in an otherwise metal body? Is this why the LTE capable Apple Watch has a red ring on the crown? I assumed it was just a status cue. Regar
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by mcculley 3y ago
I remain unconvinced that this was a free market decision. This is why I asked about any evidence in the patent and royalty situation.
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by mcculley 3y ago
I am scheduled to pick up an iPhone 15 Pro today. I will see how well that works and report back.
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by mcculley 3y ago
I am unsure of the distinction you are making. In the case I described, I was trying to connect my MacBook Pro to my iPhone 11 Pro via WiFi. After I wrote the above comment, I tried a couple more times and it eventually connected.
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by mcculley 3y ago
A market does not require a “shitload”. I am certain that I am not the only person who would buy a MacBook Pro with the connectivity of a Dell.
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by mcculley 3y ago
I specifically said MacBook Pro. I agree it is probably not worthwhile for MacBook. I use my MacBook Pro for work travel. I realize other use cases can do without connectivity.
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by mcculley 3y ago
Your experience differs from mine. I try to use it quite a lot and fail. When it does succeed, I watch both batteries.
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by mcculley 3y ago
Walk through this process. Who would I pay $10 billion to in order to get a MacBook Pro with an integrated LTE modem that works as well as it does in an iPad?
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by mcculley 3y ago
I am amused by some of the responses to this. I am traveling right now and needed to stop at a rest area and deal with some email. I just tried to tether my MacBook Pro to my iPhone and once again got “Failed to enable Personal Hotspot”. Th
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by mcculley 3y ago
Yes, my theory is that the Qualcomm monopoly makes it cost prohibitive. The question I asked is if anyone has evidence for this.
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by mcculley 3y ago
I buy Apple not because they make hardware or software but because they make integrated systems of both.
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by mcculley 3y ago
I often have to toggle it to make it work. It doesn't always work. I just end up trying to work on my phone.

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