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Comment · 10 years ago
Nor does it appear to be a photograph. It looks very much like a 3D rendering with false coloring.
Comment · 10 years ago
There are 2 major assumptions with your argument:

1) That the pesticides/fungicides are bad for humans. You haven't shown that. Some fungi are bad for humans, so it might be better to eat something with a fungicide but no fungus than to eat it with a fungus

2) You're assuming that applied pesticides/fungicides can just be washed off. But it's also possible that the plants absorb them and that the man-made ones are worse than the genetically engineered ones.

Comment · 10 years ago
I agree. And most art these days involves quite a bit of science. Photoshop's image processing algorithms aren't just sloppily thrown together, for example! It takes a lot of science to make good artistic tools, and artists often do a lot of science when creating their art. (Checking audio levels, figuring out when the light will be just right, etc.)
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Comment · 10 years ago
> iCloud did _not_ become the consumer's single hub for all devices

Are you sure? I now keep only a small portion of the music I own on my phone. The rest is in my iCloud account. I don't keep any video on my devices (other than what I record with the camera). It's all on iCloud. I use my AppleTV to watch movies, television shows, and listen to music, and it all streams from the cloud. While I don't keep my photos in the cloud because I value security, most iOS users do.

iCloud has its issues, but people using iOS are using it for most of their digital media.

Comment · 10 years ago
I find web fonts so annoying, along with images that don't load until you scroll to them. I usually read in Reader mode, and it takes the loaded page and re-renders it without web fonts in a normal style. But when the site doesn't load all the images, I end up missing half the article because I can't see what they're talking about. So annoying.
Comment · 10 years ago
So this seems to be the problem. You're definition of Pro includes "all the ports". The author's definition of Pro includes "avoid HDMI, SD slot, Display Port". It can't both have and not have all the ports.

The author's definition of Pro also includes 16GB RAM, but most posts I've seen complain about not being able to order 32GB RAM. It seems that Apple can't win no matter what they do.

Comment · 10 years ago
Can you post some names and links? I'd like to check them out.
Comment · 10 years ago
If you're doing video editing with FCPX and/or Motion, those dual GPUs in the MacPro help a lot!
Comment · 10 years ago
> Apple doesn't seem to know or care.

Oh nonsense! They showed like a dozen ways that the new touch pad alone makes using professional apps easier, faster, and generally better in their keynote. They are clearly thinking specifically of the professional market. Whether they hit their mark or not is up to the market to decide. The new computers are already back-ordered by 4-5 weeks, so clearly someone's ordering them.

Comment · 10 years ago
I concur. Not to mention, this code wouldn't pass the automatic static analysis we use for all commits to our repository, so it literally would never come up as is. We turn on "warnings are errors" and turn on most warnings. I literally wouldn't think this code could compile (or at least get committed) as written, so would assume there was stuff missing for the sake of brevity.
Comment · 10 years ago
Nobody's saying you can't test their ability to program. You can ask questions about programming without having them solve some problem from freshman data structures class. You can ask them how they do their current job, and ask for specifics about code they've written. You can ask them to review pieces of code to see how they would improve or change them. You can ask them for a code sample, and then have them walk you through it to be sure they understand it as well. There are many other less insulting options that still give you the chance to "hear the musician play." As an analogy, you probably wouldn't hire Wynton Marsalis and ask him to play "Happy Birthday" in an interview. You would probably ask for some samples of his music, or links to videos of him playing, etc.
Comment · 10 years ago
For some reason that makes it way worse in my book. It isn't some scumbags running a sketchy website you were tricked into clicking on - it's the very people you've entrusted to give you service.
Comment · 10 years ago
Though inevitably the privacy one will be an asterisk and written in 3 point font in light gray text against a light gray background.

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