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by sbuk 3y ago
“If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” attributed to Henry Ford. While listening to feedback is not a bad thing, design by focus group rarely works out well. You risk ending up with things like this h
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by sbuk 3y ago
As the father of 2 daughters, I'm especially interested in this subject. If anyone has links to newer research, it'd be great to share.
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Why Europe’s girls aren’t studying STEM (2016) [pdf](news.microsoft.com)
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by sbuk 3y ago
Except developers wanted an API and native apps - careful what you wish for! All the argument over progressive web apps could have been avoided, along with Apple being on board.
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by sbuk 3y ago
Oh, I don't mind the argument itself and empathise with it somewhat, it's the hiding behind "user choice" that I take issue with. If the problem is the $99 fee, which for the actual cost of a signed certificate is quite
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by sbuk 3y ago
> I totally understand and empathize with the “it’s the user’s device, they should be able to do what they want with it” argument. More often, that argument seems to be used in bad faith. By that, I mean it comes across as a think of the
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by sbuk 3y ago
Do you contribute otherwise to using FLOSS servers?
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by sbuk 3y ago
You know they did a 180 on that, right?
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by sbuk 4y ago
Pathetic.
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by sbuk 4y ago
> "When it goes GPL, you can still have it just by going GPL yourself." Which in some people's opinion, is no better. Just a different set of handcuffs.
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by sbuk 4y ago
The point that Theo de Raadt is making is that this line of thinking is wrong*. Most of the FSF/GPL advocates never seem to look at the why's around people disliking their approach. See https://lkml.org/lkml&#x
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by sbuk 4y ago
I'm beginning to see and hear it more from younger folks--mainly free-speach absolutists. It is indeed a worrying development.
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by sbuk 4y ago
They're describing libraries. By 'Linux', I'm assuming that you're referring to the OS distributions and not the kernel on it's own. And please drop the pejoratives.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Here's a thought. Your iMac from 2015 employs an Intel processor. The writing has been on the wall for any Intel based Mac since the introduction of the M series. I was frankly amazed that they supported Monterey on as many models (y
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by sbuk 4y ago
> I don't service my devices through the telcos. I use prepaid plans and phones. That's on you. > Many people do. That's why department stores sell them. Because there's a customer base that needs them. Then make t
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by sbuk 4y ago
> Okay: > The obvious one is how many people will responsibly recycle their devices once replaced? I agree, but my current anecdotal experience proves that there is considerably less friction for device recycling. Most, if not all, te
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by sbuk 4y ago
That's a reasonable assumption. Anecdotally, on my local high street, there are at least 5 places--one official Apple service centre (not an Apple Store)--that offer battery and screen replacement for all mobile devices and tablets.
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by sbuk 4y ago
> Because you have to ship it somewhere or drive to somewhere and pay for it to be replaced. The battery needs shipping to you or you need to drive* somewhere to pay for it. What is the difference? > Does that sound like a "gre
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by sbuk 4y ago
So get it replaced. You're implying that this is an ordeal, when it simply isn't. Using a device until it no longer functions is the best option, clearly. If it's still functional, reuse it or have it recycled, safely and pro
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by sbuk 4y ago
Depends on what happens to the old device? Reuse? Great! Recycled? Just as great! In a drawer, gathering dust? Schrödinger's e-waste. Thrown away? Very bad.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Re Samsung, they sold 258.3M phones last year; approximately 60 SKUs--with < 3% having user replaceable parts. They are equally responsible. Do you hold them to the same standard?
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by sbuk 4y ago
Why is that relevant?
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by sbuk 4y ago
This is a problem I have with the right to repair movement--what happens to the replaced part? This is hard to police within regulated businesses, but just look at the landfills and scrapyards from the times when more items were more easily
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by sbuk 4y ago
I’d argue that the elegance of a design solution—engineers design things—is what the structural engineer was referring to. The next question is what is elegance in regards to a solution to a problem? Simplicity? Economy, both financial
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by sbuk 4y ago
> Doesn't mean he wasn't right. Doesn't mean he was either. It's well known that Android has the global market share. The point I made was that iOS is more popular with businesses, which explains why the iOS mail clie
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by sbuk 4y ago
CMD-` has always cycled through open documents, going back to the original Mac OS.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Your immediate and slightly extended circle doesn’t equate to the entire planet. In the UK for instance, it’s closer to 50/50. Also, much like Windows on the desktop, the email side of things is going to be skewed by business use; I wo
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by sbuk 4y ago
The money they save from buying components from Intel is sunk into development of the processors. They also have to pay for manufacturing and logistics. TSMC have also increased the cost of manufacturing by 9%. Add rampant inflation and a s
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by sbuk 4y ago
You clearly don’t think it is. Elucidate.
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by sbuk 4y ago
Well of course it does. It's Apple.

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