nerbert

10 ms·

91.
by nerbert 5y ago
Seeing comments from previous posts on this forum, I'd say they kind of succeeded.
92.
by nerbert 5y ago
Said like that it sounds ridiculous. That being said, if Apple silicon has the same rate of improvement as iPhone processors, Intel's victory is very temporary.
93.
by nerbert 5y ago
> What about the heat death of the universe and entropy? A romantic take is that human evolution will ultimately solve this.
94.
by nerbert 5y ago
I read the foundation series by Asimov. Its title of the best sci-fi series of all times isn’t a hyperbole.
95.
by nerbert 5y ago
"One side effect? Societal harm by tech companies these days, far outweighs the opioid crisis." No.
96.
by nerbert 5y ago
Correct. Also I’m ignorant about tornadoes.
97.
by nerbert 5y ago
Good to know, thanks for that!
98.
by nerbert 5y ago
"If you're ever in such a facility and a tornado hits, hide in a truck" is my take from this video. Edit: it’s a bad take, read below.
99.
by nerbert 5y ago
It’s not true though. They were under tremendous pressure to adapt their product and change it for the ccp (with censorship for example). They were constantly resisting by introducing workarounds. Until the espionnage thing when they said &
100.
by nerbert 5y ago
That EU thing is work in progress. Germany can probably sink that easily.
101.
by nerbert 5y ago
When building a product, it sure helps to not assume anyone's intelligence. Even better, assuming everyone is insane helps you consider more cases where user behavior could cause an issue. Ultimately, that saves time.
102.
by nerbert 5y ago
Wouldnt be so funny, would it?
103.
by nerbert 5y ago
By a large margin yes.
104.
by nerbert 5y ago
Colombo invented the "one more thing". Give credit where credit is due ;)
105.
by nerbert 5y ago
The ones where you have to blame someone if something goes wrong.
106.
by nerbert 5y ago
Depends how threatened they feel that discovery would be for their career.
107.
by nerbert 5y ago
On your second like it says that it works for the whole world (just tap "how it works")
108.
by nerbert 5y ago
Visiting everything in incognito mode has the side effect of being asked each time what I want to do with my cookies. https://klima.com/ is the first website I ever visit that actually respects the do not track request from
109.
by nerbert 5y ago
That’s the beauty of it: you can’t.
110.
by nerbert 5y ago
There's also a higher level point which is that he does whatever the fuck he wants with his website.
111.
by nerbert 5y ago
Meh, the ~90% success rate kills that purpose for me.
112.
by nerbert 5y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/03/technology/whistle-blower...
113.
by nerbert 5y ago
Well that’s not true, they do accept changes that negatively impact their lives, it just has to come from Mother Nature.
114.
by nerbert 5y ago
Well, thing is the alternative is absolutely possible, and we’re seeing it: people getting more expensive energy prices, mosquitoes appear in regions where they traditionally weren’t, causing health issues, insurance premiums increasing, co
115.
by nerbert 5y ago
Honestly there is not right angle to race. Saying "black people cant be at the board of companies" is just as wrong as saying "some black people have to belong to it". That being said, when only white people are at the b
116.
My experience with Apple customer service
2 points by nerbert 5y ago|0 comments
117.
by nerbert 5y ago
A great way to not go to prison is to not break the law. It’s also cheaper.
118.
by nerbert 5y ago
You don't understand, China is "special", things works differently there! Some even say that gravity is different.
119.
by nerbert 5y ago
An insightful article by SCMP, can't say that this hasn't been vetted by the CCP: https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3135883/c...
120.
by nerbert 5y ago
The lightning port has been such a great process of trial and error... to milk money out of iphone users.

More ›