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by phs318u 5y ago
Interesting. I didn't realise Apple supported multiple domains. That must have happened after I moved away. I actually went the other way from Apple to Microsoft. I run a Linux laptop and iPhone, and the kids run all Apple kit. I'
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by phs318u 5y ago
Or, maybe because its been economically, socially and legally advantageous to be considered white for hundreds of years, so people who weren't white were saying they were (if they could get away with it). What we're seeing now may
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by phs318u 5y ago
I'd like to see a generalised version of this. If there were sufficient access to data - country of origin, content/manufacture/materials/process certifications, manufacturer/ownership pedigree. Then customers could
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by phs318u 5y ago
This naively ignores the empirical fact that (a) many people seem to be immune to light, and (b) most people debating believe light to be what's shining out of their debate-hole (rather than an emergent property arising from the debate
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by phs318u 5y ago
Except that use of GitHub implies you see a benefit to the collectivist use of GitHub's property, which is why you agree to GitHub's terms when using their property. If I'm leasing a part of my land to you (and others), and y
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by phs318u 5y ago
First use case that comes to mind is "Alcubierre torpedoes" or "Alcubierre shaped-charge" (if the bubble could be focused in such a way). Possibly a mechanism for disrupting any orbital objects on a collision course with
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by phs318u 5y ago
Off topic, but you just reminded me of the classic game Balance of Power, by Chris Crawford. He has some very interesting thoughts on global political power plays that definitely influenced me as a 20-something. http://www.erasma
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by phs318u 5y ago
I wasn’t using it as an argument for reverting to some past usage, just pointing out that language and grammar evolve. Just like it evolved away from that usage, it may evolve back. I find the fact that some people are massively triggered b
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by phs318u 5y ago
> grammatically silly https://public.oed.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-singular-they...
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by phs318u 5y ago
Which era of English would you like to certify as being the one and only correct English? US English? British English? 20th century, 17th century, or 14th century English? Languages evolve.
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> Move fast and break things has no place here. This.
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I find that sad. Do you also hold that view when interacting with people different in other ways? People that dress differently, hold different political or religious views, people from other places to you? I have acquaintances who was lyri
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by phs318u 5y ago
> Corporations have no minds I'm really interested in this view. I suspect that at a large enough size, organisations can absolutely have an emergent... "nature", which is not only characteristic of that organisation, but
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by phs318u 5y ago
This possibility freaked me out a little: > "molecular mimicry between the spike protein ... and self-antigens" If a virus were to better mimic a self-antigen, does that imply that vaccines are unlikely to work without introduc
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by phs318u 5y ago
I won't argue Apple's safety record on absolute terms, but I am fully convinced that it is safer than the Android alternatives in the smartphone space. This is the one reason why even after I de-Appled my PC (sold the MBA and boug
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by phs318u 5y ago
I don't know about Standard Oil, but I absolutely do know about Microsoft. In the late 90's and early 00's there was no realistic alternative to Microsoft Windows. So no, they are decidedly not the same. Not sure why you can&
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by phs318u 5y ago
I actually love this answer, but I will point out that any arguments relating to "deserving" - especially in relation to companies' profits - becomes a very different discussion. We live in a capitalist system and "deser
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I love the fact that I can only play this once a day and there's nothing I can do about it.
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by phs318u 5y ago
I agree with you but I think a far more effective way to "win" this for consumers, would be to press both Apple and Google to clarify disambiguate the 30% from the total cost to the consumer. i.e. just like on a grocery receipt wh
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by phs318u 5y ago
> > i.e. why can't you just vote with your feet? > Because Apple's actions are illegally anti-competitive, and I support existing anti-trust laws. Sorry but that's not a reason. You indeed can choose a different smar
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by phs318u 5y ago
Leaving aside the possibility that Apple have a good chance of overturning the anti-steering ruling, I'd like to ask you directly - what is stopping you as either a customer or a developer from buying an Android phone, or developing ex
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by phs318u 5y ago
Good question. I don't have a view. Though the boiling frog analogy is probably apt so there should be a threshold or some agreed metric of "competitiveness". One of the key aspects though is the disparity between US market s
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by phs318u 5y ago
"While Apple is not considered a monopoly and did not engage in anti-trust behavior on nine of ten counts, Apple’s conduct in enforcing anti-steering restrictions is anticompetitive." Apple are currently appealing the anti-steerin
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by phs318u 5y ago
Lyft would only go out of business (without an iOS app) because there are Lyft competitors who won't cede the Apple customer segment. If all those players stayed Android-only, not only would they survive, but they'd be turning And
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by phs318u 5y ago
I assume you are implying "access to all app providers on the phone of their choice". What about those app developers that have chosen not to target a market? For example there are plenty of app developers that are iOS-only, and s
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by phs318u 5y ago
Microsoft's share of the desktop market at the time was very close to unity. You couldn't vote with your feet because there was nowhere to go. Even now, MS have about 75% of the PC OS market. Apple's share of the smartphone m
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by phs318u 5y ago
I absolutely agree, however the point I made is that the temptation of the market share means there will always be app developers willing to step in to replace any that withdraw from the market. If I'm an app developer, from a purely f
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by phs318u 5y ago
I think a lot of the takes on this are coming at it from the wrong angle - "Why does Apple deserve a third of app revenue?" What if we flip it to: "Why do app developers deserve access to Apple's customers?" 30% is
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by phs318u 5y ago
Here's a rabbit hole you may wish to go down: https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/what-is-the-fabric-of-...
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by phs318u 5y ago
> it's a net negative for the end user Indeed it is, however the end user is probably not the customer of the business. The business is serving its customers. Sometimes end user = customer. But often they are different sets of stake

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