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by toyg 1mo ago
Is there, though? The last few iOS releases have been pretty classless and inconsistent, imho.
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by toyg 1mo ago
> the "new" Apple where the innovation comes from fine-tuning That's actually the old Apple. Before the iPhone (and after Jobs' return) it was their standard operation procedure: the iMac was a refined workstation,
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by toyg 1mo ago
That's uncharitable. Defense companies do play the game (like anyone in the enterprise space), but they also do ship stuff that is uniquely set up to satisfy the use-case. I don't think an unmodified iPhone would do great in a war
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by toyg 1mo ago
Italy, UK... Yep.
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by toyg 1mo ago
Hijacking a bit, sorry: I already built the space, but I just filled it with old, mismatched, clunky furniture. Is there some sort of designer site where I could play with furniture, apart from Ikea?
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by toyg 1mo ago
Somewhat sadly, the reason a lot of the ancestors of those 13 millions moved there was that they wanted an unpaved paradise. Unfortunately, humans do not know restraint.
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by toyg 1mo ago
One's "underdeveloped wasteland" is someone else's untouched paradise. Particularly someone like Joni Mitchell.
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by toyg 1mo ago
They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.
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by toyg 1mo ago
It depends what that static content is. If it advocates for BDS in universities, for example...
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by toyg 1mo ago
I was not the one who brought personal qualifications into a public argument, Jon. I guess you don't like it when your lack of specialized knowledge becomes evident. As I said, I already know what AI is doing - I already use it just fi
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by toyg 1mo ago
Have you any idea of how many businesses need a financial consolidation tool, out of the total number of businesses out there? No, of course you don't, you write email servers. Sure, your local garage will now do their accounting in vi
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by toyg 1mo ago
That's great to know, Jon. I suspect non-US governments have a different opinion. Heck, even the US government likely has a different opinion. Not to mention Google competitors in any other sector.
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by toyg 1mo ago
That's like saying Google offering GMail ended webmail - there are still plenty of webmail services around: some better, some worse, some more specialised. The same will be true of most sectors. AI is another tool in the toolbox, not m
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by toyg 1mo ago
Spoken with the true arrogance of someone who has no idea about the real world of finance. When your software has to produce legal documents, satisfy auditors, and certify a bunch of things to shareholders and governments, I'm sorry bu
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by toyg 1mo ago
> you don't need a $5m/yr salesforce / servicenow contract when you understand the business model I'm sure many people will think that; and I'm also fairly confident that 5 years later they'll take their obs
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by toyg 1mo ago
The purpose of the law is to apply shared societal values to individuals as impartially as possible. Bad people should be "hurt" only as much as it's necessary for society to peacefully uphold those values. Imagining the law
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by toyg 1mo ago
The truth is that the current government is part of the international right-wing info-complex, and desperate to buddy up with Trump, so they are fundamentally unwilling to burn political capital for such a move. If they lose the next round
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by toyg 1mo ago
Technically William was invited...
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by toyg 1mo ago
I don't think I've seen a worse whataboutist post in the last 5 years.
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by toyg 1mo ago
Ironically, this is what could actually push them to adopt more opaque financial tools, making it harder to track for actual law enforcement.
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by toyg 1mo ago
But that's the challenge: a true belief in the principles of law must include defending "bad guys" when they are targeted with illegal or immoral means. Miranda was a bad guy; going all the way back, Cain was a bad guy. Pre
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by toyg 1mo ago
This is why building serious financial infrastructure alternatives should be n.1 on the EU agenda. From payment processors to clearing, Europe must wrangle control of their own money from the US.
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by toyg 1mo ago
At some point, someone must be held to account for "just following order". We know what happens otherwise.
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by toyg 1mo ago
Yeah, I meant in a general sense - I doubt any LWN reader is not aware of ctrl-+. I think they'd be more concerned if the site became more heavily CSSified - because it would become harder to read with terminal-based browsers.
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by toyg 1mo ago
If you read LWN, surely you are not scared to use a few "advanced" options in your browser...?
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by toyg 1mo ago
This sort of thing is why I'm not in that kind of job at the moment. One can have the best product knowledge and perfect instincts about roadmaps and features, and still struggle massively to be a PM in a large enterprise - because mos
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by toyg 1mo ago
Is there a newer equivalent...?
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by toyg 1mo ago
Life in Asia and Africa has changed pretty dramatically, and improvements are accelerating. Yeah, we're not in utopia yet, but more people than ever live comfortable, safe lives. "Business at the speed of light" has become a
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by toyg 2mo ago
Iceland went basically bankrupt less than 20 years ago, saying they're doing "extremely well" is either misinformed or disingenuous. They do ok on some parameters, bad on others, and their small size makes them fundamentally
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by toyg 2mo ago
Not quickly enough.

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