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by paulpan 5y ago
Agreed, though the same could be argued for credit card payment processors like Visa and Mastercard taking a 2-2.5% cut of every transaction. Shouldn't they also just be regulated to only accept a fixed amount instead? I'm genuine
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by paulpan 5y ago
Right, the percentage of Apple's cut isn't the key part of this EU case. Certainly doesn't help that it's the current 30% but it being 15% won't change the fundamental issues being argued - whether Apple is abusing
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by paulpan 5y ago
I've been using the new Google TV (different from just a Chromecast dongle) and think it's pretty good, especially if you're also using other Google apps and services. $50 is a pretty reasonable price for the feature-set, and
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by paulpan 5y ago
This seems pointless on so many fronts, especially a waste of engineering resources at Nvidia. Last time they accidentally broken their own throttle.
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Nvidia Updates GeForce RTX 3060 Ethereum Throttle(anandtech.com)
1 points by paulpan 5y ago|2 comments
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by paulpan 5y ago
I think getting out the M2 before the fabled "M1X" actually makes sense. This could explain the decision to put the M1 into the new iPad Pros, to re-use the M1 chips elsewhere once the new M2 becomes available. Main reason being t
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by paulpan 5y ago
Nice TLDR! It's apples and oranges comparison to Apple M1 chips (server vs. consumer) but does hint at what's possible with the next generation ARM Cortex "X2" cores, that could appear in next year's flagship smartp
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by paulpan 5y ago
The article makes a good point on positioning, but I'm not sure if it's due to lack of data points. Sure Apple seems to be using the M1 in across every price segment for their products, but M1 is also literally the first iteration
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by paulpan 5y ago
I wonder if Apple's strategy is to push macOS developers to optimize for certain SOC cadences, rather than having to traditionally target every system configuration possible. Therefore they opted to only have limited SKUs of the M1: on
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by paulpan 5y ago
Agreed, Apple wants to avoid Microsoft's failure with trying to splinter a desktop-oriented OS for all form factors. I tried to like Windows 8 but found it too confusing and frustrating to use. While we might all like the idea of devic
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Put macOS on the iPad, You Cowards(theverge.com)
59 points by paulpan 5y ago|51 comments
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by paulpan 5y ago
I wonder even if that never comes to fruition, there'll be a "hackpad" that's essentially flashing/installing macOS onto an iPad Pro. Same M1 SOC hypothetically should be straightforward.
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by paulpan 5y ago
The chip/SOC choice is perplexing: why only the A12 and not the more powerful A12X/A12Z? It would seem more future proof for graphics intensive workloads. For comparison, the A12 is ~30% better in CPU tasks but also ~30% worse in
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by paulpan 5y ago
The interview responses seem to be out of touch. No mention of AMD or Ampere, which are arguably eating Intel's lunch in this exact industry space. Just a focus on the "customer opportunity" and "revenue opportunity&quot
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Intel’s Full Enterprise Portfolio: An Interview with VP of Xeon, Lisa Spelman(anandtech.com)
1 points by paulpan 5y ago|1 comments
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by paulpan 6y ago
Agreed, it's like bringing a knife to a gun fight. The reality is that Peloton doesn't really have an option, since the competitive advantage is health/exercise data. Allowing Apple continued access to user health data via Ap
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by paulpan 6y ago
You're right in that Windows will still be a viable platform for the lifespan of this laptop. My point was simply there are legitimate competitors now, especially due to their leveraging of mobile app libraries. Right now it seems Appl
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by paulpan 6y ago
Likewise I've wanted one for a long time but at this rate will probably never come to pass. One reason are the reportedly weird but very persistent bugs as OP mentioned. Bigger reason is uncertainty about the Windows platform. ChromeOS
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by paulpan 6y ago
The possibility of cryptocurrencies being banned in the U.S. is probably greater than what many people realize, especially those current holders. At least an attempted ban not unlike what happened in India. While the whole "illicit tra
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by paulpan 6y ago
As others noted in the other thread ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26736285 ), the correct action here would be a punitive fine by FTC or FCC for 1) the size of the leak and 2) that FB is refusing to notify impacted u
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by paulpan 6y ago
TLDR from Anandtech is that while this is a good improvement over previous gen, it still falls behind AMD (Epyc) and ARM (Altra) counterparts. What's somewhat alarming is that on a per-core comparison (28-core 205W designs), the perfor
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by paulpan 6y ago
Agreed, TSMC 3nm is slated for full-production next year (2022) but risk production is end of this year. https://www.anandtech.com/show/16024/tsmc-details-3nm-proces... It depends on how Apple maneuvers. Mobile c
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by paulpan 6y ago
Great keynote and clearly it's a massive improvement to have a former silicon veteran at the helm again at Intel. For all the major announcements made, I think looking at them in context of the industry and other competitors reveals so
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by paulpan 6y ago
I think it was largely due to their historically bleeding edge fabrication tech/node and market share. Until the recent resurgence of AMD and rise of ARM, Intel was able to sell out their inventory and keep their fabs at 100% capacity.
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by paulpan 6y ago
What's surprising is that there are so many skus - many of which are redundant given the limited core count (i7 and i9 both have 8 physical cores and 16 threads). Rumors are that the next iteration (Alder Lake) will be released end of
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Intel Launches Rocket Lake 11th Gen Core i9, i7, i5(anandtech.com)
1 points by paulpan 6y ago|1 comments
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by paulpan 6y ago
The great irony in all this is that TurboTax has become the villain it was trying to fight, aka "adding a tax to filing tax returns". "Tax" not just in monetary terms of purchasing an annual software but also in the time
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by paulpan 6y ago
Interesting take. If it really comes to pass, will Apple be preferable to Intuit? Or for that matter, would Google or Robinhood enter the industry?
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by paulpan 6y ago
From the announcement it seems this is driver-side only, so a big nope.
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by paulpan 6y ago
I think it's a combination of all 3 reasons you listed. Overall people have realized that all they need is internet connectivity and a browser for 90%+ of their use cases. That remaining 10% is growing smaller by the year as applicatio

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