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by smoldesu 3y ago
If a Wall Street CEO is uncomfortable directly stating that Tether is completely pegged, then I am a bit unconvinced.
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> "I manage many of their assets," said Lutnick, who brought up crypto in the interview that was streamed live from Davos, Switzerland. "From what I've seen – and we did a lot of work – they have the money they say th
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Don't threaten Apple with a profitable idea.
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by smoldesu 3y ago
I think there are a lot of counterexamples of courts settling on contradictory, controversial or misinformed verdicts.
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by smoldesu 3y ago
By and large, the rest of the industry doesn't follow Apple. They copy specific features or hardware cues, but Apple doesn't leave anything for third-party OEMs to use in the first place. You can't integrate with iMessage,
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Moving to newer CPUs doesn't fix thermal limitations on old models. There are still entire generations of Apple laptops with chassis that were poorly matched to their CPU. Plus... Intel chips are wattage-configurable. If Apple chose to
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> if they were pushing something unpopular, one of their competitors would have seen better sales That's a bit like saying if Airpods were objectively bad, then people would buy other headphones. You're right; but there are ult
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> but again, everyone knows what the score really is. That's the problem, innit? Both Apple and Android users see the writing on the wall, nobody is winning. The only people who actively frustrate themselves on tech sentiments are t
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Apple themselves is selling thicker laptops than they did 5 years ago. Demand hasn't really faltered because of it, and some people are even complimenting it for being less hot and having a better keyboard. Despite weight and thinn
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by smoldesu 3y ago
The same window of scrutiny exists for Android, too. Apple has further to fall, but that's because they deliberately tied their vertical integration to anticompetitive practices. Two wrongs don't fix a broken status quo.
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by smoldesu 3y ago
That's a possibility right now, with or without iOS sideloading. Nothing stops Facebook or WhatsApp from bypassing Apple's native guidelines and force their evil, expensive anticonsumer practices down user's throat on the web
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by smoldesu 3y ago
For single-user single-device scenarios, you probably won't find Nix much better than brew or apt. Declarative infrastructure isn't very necessary when you're the only person running your software. With multiple devices, you
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by smoldesu 3y ago
From a less misanthropic perspective, we avoided the immediate outcome of a direct monopoly and have an undeniably more robust telecommunications infrastructure because of it. If we get an AT&T-style placation out of Apple, I'd con
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by smoldesu 3y ago
I can't wait either. I've got a number of sideloaded apps on my Android phone (Netguard, KeePassDX, even a Hacker News client to name a few) and have no viruses to speak of. Closest thing to malware I can notice is the OEM softwar
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by smoldesu 3y ago
From United States v. American Tel. (1983): > The threat to competition that is claimed to be posed by AT&T in this industry is that, through the use of cross-subsidization and customer discrimination, it will use its power in the in
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Macrumors and similar fan-forums are usually where stockholders hang out, not casual users. The majority of people who are not directly affiliated with Apple's profitability will probably have no opinion on the topic. That's the b
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> these are shared Nix configurations between macOS, Linux, and WSL on Windows This is the "killer app" of Nix for some people. I've got a lot of machines, spread out between a variety of usecases. With Nix, I can have ind
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by smoldesu 3y ago
My point is that, like the iPhone 15 Pro Max, they should increase the minimum storage option. The base spec is insulting for someone who pays for a "Pro" tier phone.
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by smoldesu 3y ago
With that being said, the base-model Macbook Air is absolutely designed to leave you unsatisfied. 256gb of storage is a decade-running joke, and 8gb base RAM in an age of unified memory might as well be planned obsolescence. The upgraded
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by smoldesu 3y ago
That one should work. The model itself is extremely fast without any acceleration, in my experience. The AMD CPU should perform just fine. Good luck!
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Whisper, 100%. It's small, fast and does a really good job with most of the recordings I can feed it. IIRC, there are both English and mixed-language models to choose from as well.
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Usually the ones that happen at a whiplash pace, like Mao's cultural revolution or the introduction of firearms to Native American populations. New technology needs time to mature and be rationalized by society at-large. Aviation and c
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by smoldesu 3y ago
It was definitely a stretched association. I'm still surprised how far the author ran this article off the rails though: > Perhaps now, a window is opening to add more women like Christensen to design teams, and to infuse more femin
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by smoldesu 3y ago
The Wine/DXVK stack has been fantastic for older games too. Skifree, Windows Solitaire, Space Cadet Pinball and Desktop Destroyer all work fine on non-native systems, which is probably one of the prerequisites for world peace. Kudos to
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Neat! I grew up on it and never knew the context, TIL.
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by smoldesu 3y ago
The LLM related stuff is almost certainly not currently deployed. The US military has extensive sampling and testing periods before they distribute new kit to the infantry, and OpenAI simply hasn't had enough time to present a killer
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by smoldesu 3y ago
> The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max can be configured with up to 1 TB of storage. On the flip side, apparently the base-model iPhone 15 Pro comes with zero storage upgrades. You get the same 128gb base-model storage as the regular 15, and th
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by smoldesu 3y ago
In a relativistic sense, spending money on fake space insurance and gacha pulls is better than an alcohol addiction or a hospital bill. In a pragmatic sense, the opportunity cost of investing in space travel simulation and softcore catgirl
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by smoldesu 3y ago
I'm more of a sim fan, and my wallet thanks me for it. I do still feel profoundly bad for my friends who grew into playing Star Citizen though... hope they're making smart financial decisions in the new year (lmao)
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by smoldesu 3y ago
Hit the bricks, weaboos. This is strictly a Rimworld and Everspace rig now, sanctioned by yours truly.

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