runjake

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Hi, I'm Rich, not Jake (long story). I am a programmer in the Chattanooga, TN area.
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Comment · 1 day ago
The OP didn't present an absolute. They said "Aviation is a perfect industry to learn from" and I 100% agree with them.
Comment · 1 day ago
It doesn't, but Cisco was great and they've just evolved into a laughing stock. Their stuff is really bad these days.

And they've overstretched their product line to too many things, trying to be the "be all" company. Fortinet is making the same mistake, but they're earlier in that process.

I mean, it's not really a mistake on their parts, their primary goal is to get rich and they are succeeding.

Citation: I've been working with Cisco technologies since the mid-1990s. At my current job, we are a few weeks away from phasing out the last of our Cisco junk. And since people will ask: to Juniper/Mist and Arista.

Comment · 3 days ago
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Comment · 4 days ago
Not for at least the next 3-4 years. There's been no supply chain leaks from Mark Gurman or Ming-Chi Kuo, and they'd be reporting on it if it were something that were going to be released in the next 3-4-ish years. Back in 2025 or so, Gurman said something to the effect of the 6" screen size being Apple's new baseline when asked about a possible future mini.
Comment · 5 days ago
I live in a rural area in a red state and it's quite the opposite. People are perhaps maybe a bit too apologetic. I think the unwillingness to apologize or acknowledge oneself as wrong is a symptom of emotional immaturity rather than political persuasion.
Comment · 5 days ago
They always have been largely handled by the Executive team. Doesn't mean the CEO won't jump in on occasion, though. And I think, depending on the case, the Executive team has historically done an excellent job.

Can't speak to them for the past couple years, and things change, though.

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Comment · 7 days ago
I find it kind of funny they replace these defective units with another defective unit, but I guess that’s all Apple can do, for now.

Has anyone caught wind of any hardware revisions?

Comment · 7 days ago
Is it really “sneaky” when the whole process, purpose of the SRD, and those requirements are clearly laid out on the front page?
Comment · 7 days ago
You still need solid motivation, a good sense of the fundamentals, communication skills, social skills, sales skills, and good taste to build good products with AI.

Also, I think you are conflating two things:

1. The genuine advancement (and challenges) AI brings.

2. The inevitable hordes of less scrupulous people who take advantage of every new trend to make money however they can.

I am fully immersed in building with AI and I barely notice these less scrupulous. I know they exist. They always exist. But why are you paying so much attention to them?

Comment · 8 days ago
You're right, but I could see Apple acting on iOS alone, just because of scale.

There are some orders of magnitude more iOS/iPadOS devices than macOS devices.

There's a bunch of ways we could debate ourselves about things Apple would or wouldn't do, but at the end of the day, Apple is going to do whatever is in it's best interest.

Comment · 8 days ago
They kind of already are: ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Claude Code, Codex, bots, their plugins for other apps, etc.

Some things to consider:

- There is only so much attention, compute, and talent a company can devote.

- The labs' API analytics already see which use cases are worth entering. That's what happened with coding and bots.

- If a lab launches a product, every company building on its tech becomes a rival. Competing with your own customers is costly.

- Succeeding in other verticals, like healthcare, finance, and even tech takes domain expertise, regulatory work, sales relationships, integrations with legacy systems, etc etc.

I think your point is solid, but prices usually fall for the older models -- or at least older capabilities. But the frontier models still earn premiums.

I think their lasting value is in owning (in a ~duopoly) the customer, their proprietary data and their workflows.

Edit: grammar

Comment · 9 days ago
Important to note that a large percentage of the current versions of A and B-tier iOS apps won't run on an iOS this old.

But this is still a big step for research purposes.

Comment · 11 days ago
Not OP, but I use DarkReader and Noir and it doesn't remove/hide the upvote button for me on either. I do have color filters enabled in accessibility on iOS, though.
Comment · 11 days ago

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