mcculley

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Comment · 9 hours ago
This is great. Apple needs to figure out how to fit one into a 16" MacBook Pro.
Comment · 3 days ago
Have they figured out how to fit an LTE modem into a 16” MacBook Pro?

Or does one still have to go to Dell for that?

Comment · 4 days ago
Did they figure out how to fit an LTE modem into it?
Comment · 11 days ago
Did anyone go to jail? Was anyone executed? Was BP dissolved?

Not enough stakeholders are terrified enough.

If the upside is profit and the maximum downside is losing money, corporations will happily rape the Earth.

The system is working as designed.

Comment · 13 days ago
This is the same problem a lot of leaders have in all kinds of work. It is often possible to delegate a task. But if one delegates understanding, one is at a disadvantage when compared to an organization where leadership understands the task.

When I was in charge of companies, I understood the technical tasks, but delegated understanding of things like tax law. This was okay, but I was definitely at a disadvantage compared to companies that could better optimize capital allocation around understanding of tax law.

AI means more humans in every organization are having to learn how to be managers/leaders of these agents. Those who actually understand the work they delegate will maintain an advantage over those who do not.

Comment · 13 days ago
Yes, I should have been clearer. I mean that I am generating HTML on the back end and not depending on the browser to have XSLT.

It would be conceptually nice to me to use wherever the puck is going in terms of a templating language that can work in the browser also.

Comment · 14 days ago
I am still using XSLT. I have been using it for 26 years. I generate XML documents on the backend and turn them into HTML for various reports. XSLT has a lot of features and power that newer templating languages lack.

Are any of these newer templating languages worth me switching?

Comment · 18 days ago
As with all similar SETI@home approaches, this paper does not address the energy cost.

Yes, we can distribute tasks to idle machines in homes and on office desktops, but it is often much more expensive than sending it to a data center where power is cheaper and the hardware is more efficient.

Comment · 1 month ago
I think the use of “nazi” is simply sloppy thinking, but if you are genuinely interested in problematic quotes from Musk, he posts to Twitter very often.
Comment · 1 month ago
I get that this is how iMessage works, as I understand it. I am wondering what tradeoffs make Apple decide to use the Secure Enclave versus more mundane certificate infrastructure and how they would make it hard for us to get at this with a debugger if they chose that route.
Comment · 1 month ago
Are you imagining some certificate unique to each device? What would prevent someone copying it?
Comment · 1 month ago
Why would it be cut off? Doesn’t Apple use this on devices?
Comment · 1 month ago
Yes, and it makes sense to add the stylus/pencil after app developers had to learn how to deal with finger taps only. Apple did the same thing with the original Mac. There were no arrow keys on the first model, so that developers were forced to accommodate the mouse.
Comment · 1 month ago
I appreciate this correction as I had misremembered his dual roles.
Comment · 1 month ago
I appreciate this correction as I had misremembered his dual roles.

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