phobius

I'd equate it more to the difference between spending an extra $100 on a solid pair of boots which last 4x longer (cheaper over time) - we're not talking diamond-encrusted phones here

(That said, Apple are doing a great job of losing this value prop)

When I've bought Macs they've often been an older model - luxury-pricing-wise that's nothing next to an Alienware or Surface

really insightful response, thanks!

(aside: wow, Feynman really is the gift that keeps on giving...)

so many of the misleading headlines on this topic could be fixed by saying "confirmed" instead of "discovered", or "identified"

does the hive mind know what the commandline tool is that he used for displaying audio spectrum?

(or @benjojo12 if you're watching... your setup has inspired me, and I want to play)

spot on. also there's likely to be some phase issues in some mixes

aside: seems to be a smooth enough lerp between bits so as not to destroy speakers, but might cause a record needle to jump (can anyone more versed weigh in here?)

could be a well-meaning tech culture screw up; Most tech people know that airplane autopilots weren't end-to-end automated for the majority of their existence

may be complete coincidence, but about 8-9hrs ago my friend's iphone started acting up; emails vanishing while they were reading them, sub-routes in apps silently failing back to main screen...

even if this is unrelated - disconcerting to hear that the unit's usability is so closely tied to online services

Is it not possible there's just a security violation they need to sort out?

Am unfamiliar with Puffin, but the post leaping straight to "it's a conspiracy!" without indicating what the stated rationale for rejection was appears a bit off.

(I'd I'm normally first in line to attribute things to corporate greed)

The first AI to really blow my mind as a kid and - between that and Conway's Game of Life - no doubt responsible for the first 5 years of obsessive my all-night hacking and sneaking into university libraries to supplement lackluster CS education in high school at the time.

Person: WHY DID YOU DO THAT?

Computer: BECAUSE YOU ASKED ME TO.

^ cue adolescent nerd frothing at mouth

in fairness, "Cortana" and "Siri" both sound pretty effeminate to me (and speakers of romance languages)

Thought this too as soon as the notification popped up.

To the best of my knowledge I haven't updated recently, so they've basically had an auto-update feature sitting dormant for a while.

Nothing fishy here.

I've uttered the same sentiment myself (admittedly as an excuse for still running a 386sx in the mid-90's)

However this is only productive if you're not working with (a) compiled code, on a (b) project large enough that compile times are non-negligible

In some build environments, the difference in RAM or CPU is measurable in terms of (literally) hours of wasted time per day :(

Agree this is an annoyance - how would you propose keeping features like YouTube or Netflix autoplay/playlists in this scenario?