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by redial 9y ago
I hope not, I like too much having a laptop that actually suspends correctly.
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by redial 9y ago
They were new categories to Apple, thus he was NOT brought in to milk every current iteration of an Apple product until there is nothing left, like the gp comment suggested.
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by redial 9y ago
You basically made his point for him.
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by redial 9y ago
> not rely on status symbols and brands to define their tastes. > I got a bundle of knock off Ralph Lauren polos that let me experiment with the frat boy look in college with out spending thousands on real ones. I hope at some point y
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by redial 9y ago
It seems to me you are the one who is confused. There are two cases, (1) where the port is directly connected to the cpu and (2) where the port is connected to a 'hub' that is connected to the cpu. He's clearly talking about
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by redial 9y ago
Very few connectors are (look) symmetric but can't be plugged in both directions. It is actually a very big oversight by the design committee because, sadly, most of us are not as sharp as you.
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by redial 9y ago
Google Translate is a great product, but not monetizing it directly doesn't mean they do it out of the goodness of their heart. It is in their best interest to have access to as much information as possible no matter the language, and
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by redial 9y ago
Over 40% of Congress are lawyers, http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/lawyers_no_longer_dom...
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by redial 9y ago
> we record whatever we want, and use it how we want Where are you getting this? They explicitly list what they do and do not collect, and the purpose of it.
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by redial 9y ago
To avoid compatibility issues every time an image leaves the device it does so as a JPEG. Even if nobody else supports the new format, in their mind it's still a win because of the space saved on the device itself.
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by redial 9y ago
They can do it themselves if they want to. Apple is including support with High Sierra for everybody but anyone can add support to any formats on their own apps without involving Apple at all. Many apps, like VLC and HandBrake for example,
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by redial 9y ago
In the beginning iTunes was really focused; fast and to the point. Now i'm afraid of touching the media control keys of my keyboard and risk launching it.
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by redial 9y ago
They've anticipated that sentiment by, you know, holding all the guns, bombs and stuff.
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by redial 9y ago
> Be aware of this - we all know advertising is abused, and has tired users - but it's tricky to find a vendor of hardware being the gate keeper of such stance. Advertising is abused. End of story. People are starting to realize the
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by redial 9y ago
> Apple seems to want to position itself as the device that guarantees privacy and security. And you have a problem with that because? > Apple would like to maintain exclusive access to a market segment that values security and privac
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by redial 9y ago
Isn't that up to them?
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by redial 9y ago
They have a monopoly just like Comcast.
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by redial 9y ago
I agree with everything you said, economically you are right, markets are the economy and you can't have a market with only one actor. But a market can turn unhealthy, at least from the point of view of a democracy. Many profit from it
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by redial 9y ago
> Let a healthy private sector self-organize the production of the economy, and let taxes pay for social programs. The problem occurs when the private sector is so overwhelmed by greed (always) that decides to make social programs part o
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by redial 9y ago
> I am an engineering manager at Google. Well then, not biased at all.
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by redial 9y ago
Doesn't AirPlay work already on current iPhones? And Intel announced they'll be dropping thunderbolt's licensing fees making it free to implement on anything starting 2018.
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by redial 9y ago
One step at a time...the world will still be here tomorrow.
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by redial 9y ago
Everything can be anything given enough work and time, even JavaScript. The truth is nobody wanted to do all the work required, not even Adobe. Flash's demise is not on Apple, or Google, or Macromedia. It is entirely on Adobe for faili
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by redial 9y ago
Flash was an inefficient, non-touch optimized, full-of-security-holes competitor's runtime...why would they want it on the iPhone again? when a version for it finally arrived, years later on Andriod, it was so awful that even Adobe r
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by redial 9y ago
Which is just what I said.
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by redial 9y ago
First to integrate them on a product category maybe, but multitouch was not invented by them.
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by redial 9y ago
There were many before. There was even a mac keyboard-less tablet years before the iPhone, just not made by Apple.
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by redial 9y ago
Apple has never been first with any feature, don't know what gave you that impression. Not even copy and paste.
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by redial 9y ago
Yes, many times. It is not that hard to not base your entire banking system on a single number anyone can use .
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by redial 9y ago
I might be in the minority, but I really enjoy the fact there are no favicons in Safari, the cleaner looks really help the content of the current page stand out more. And after all, there is Chrome, Firefox, and many others that do have the

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