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by tpush 6y ago
> Okay, and what good are those features if users are afraid to run the app lest it eat all their RAM for breakfast? There is no evidence to believe that users are concerned about RAM usage to any level that would move them over to compe
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by tpush 6y ago
> I seriously doubt the use of Electron is what's driving that. It is indirectly driving that. Using Electron instead of other cross-platform frameworks like Qt allows one to work faster since you can apply webdev knowledge, and t
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by tpush 6y ago
> [...] or else you'll end up shipping an Electron app like Discord does. And get to dominate their market niche? People got to realize while native apps are nice and all, there is absolutely zero evidence that going native vs cross
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by tpush 6y ago
An app that provides ready access to extremely vulnerable people is likely to have an incredibly huge abuse potential.
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by tpush 6y ago
Yes.
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by tpush 6y ago
> like literally every other platform? What other platforms? The only ones I see adopting Vulkan are Desktop Linux and some newer Androids. The first effectively doesn't even matter.
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by tpush 6y ago
> [...] music you had a decade ago is suddenly inaccessible Music bought via iTunes doesn't have any DRM since 2009.
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by tpush 6y ago
> What is it about open source that it can't attract UI/UX designers to try and contribute? Well, presumably they'd want to be paid.
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by tpush 6y ago
> Apple didn't change that by suddenly being excellent and having great marketing. That is actually pretty much precisely the reason.
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by tpush 6y ago
Soooo... If anyone wants the last Intel MacBook Pro with 4 Thunderbolt ports, hit me up :D. I'm really wanting the new Air.
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by tpush 6y ago
If it helps, I'm perfectly contend with the non-pro iPhone 12. The aluminum sides + white back look really great, too!
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by tpush 6y ago
Why would it matter whether you emit x86 code or ARM64 code? That code that produces either doesn't get magically faster when executed on their respective archs.
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by tpush 6y ago
No, just the DTK did.
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by tpush 6y ago
> One of my mild annoyances with the iPhone 12 is that there's no white option. But there is a white iPhone 12? I have one myself. Or is not white enough/too matte or something?
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by tpush 6y ago
Any Windows laptop with comparable display quality, SSD speeds, battery life etc. cost similar or more. And they still have trackpads that suck.
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by tpush 6y ago
Apple disables most of Intel's ME [0]. [0] https://support.apple.com/guide/security/uefi-firmware-overv...
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by tpush 6y ago
?? This was always possible and has nothing to do with Apple exempting their apps from the firewall and VPNs.
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by tpush 6y ago
Speaking of UEFI, does anyone know if Apple still uses UEFI in the DTK or M1 chip Macs?
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by tpush 6y ago
No, there really isn’t. Election fraud happens all the time, but there is zero evidence of it happening in any quantities here that would change anything about the results.
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by tpush 6y ago
I (a Mac user) really like it, for what it’s worth.
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by tpush 6y ago
No, it's a "concession" for legibility. And I think they look very nice (much nicer than the old grey ones), too.
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by tpush 6y ago
Germany has 17x the number of device requests of France while having a similar population count and iPhone usage.
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by tpush 6y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/12/21563092/apple-mac-apps-...
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Facebook must delete insults to Austrian politician worldwide, says court(theverge.com)
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by tpush 6y ago
There is exactly nothing about RISC-V that makes things built on it more open. RISC-V itself is an Open Source ISA, but that has nothing to do with having an open boot loader or whatever.
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by tpush 6y ago
> I have found it curious how this has gotten zero traction in the press. ??? https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/12/21563092/apple-mac-apps-...
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by tpush 6y ago
Always wondered why it checks for cert revocation when starting an app instead of periodically checking in the background. Hm, that might require some sort of central cert database or something? Just spitballing here.
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by tpush 6y ago
Anybody know if Safari software or hardware decodes VP9 or AV1 YouTube videos? If software, does it lead to fans blowing?
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by tpush 6y ago
> Wipr doesn't work properly. How does it not work properly? Been using it and am pretty satisfied so far.
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by tpush 6y ago
Seems to be priced pretty competitively?

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