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  1. Re: Phill Schill on Phil Schiller Says the MacBook Pro Doesn't Need an SD Card Slot (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh FFS. The fact that the touch bar doesn't have to have the escape key all the time doesn't mean the escape key is banned. When you're in Terminal, it'll be there right where your finger expects it to be.

  2. Re: Phill Schill on Phil Schiller Says the MacBook Pro Doesn't Need an SD Card Slot (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    USB-C is just a mobile port, and will remain so for at least decades.

    No it won't. Now Apple have dumped USB-A, everybody else will do the same. In five years, USB-C will be ubiquitous.

  3. Re:Are linux adverts still bad adverts? on MacBook Pro (2016) Disappointment Pushes Some Apple Loyalists To Ubuntu Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    The answer is software: Adobe CS, Microsoft Office, FCP, Garage Band etc etc etc. Also, if you are an iOS developer, Xcode.

    Plus the machines are really nice. My nephew has a six year old MacBook Pro that was handed down from me to my brother and thence to him. It won't play the latest games and its disk now seems glacial compared to an SSD, but it's still absolutely fine for most things and it's still fully functional except it had the battery replaced at three years.

  4. Re:Good riddance to MagSafe on Apple's New MacBook Pro Requires a $25 Dongle To Charge Your iOS Device (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I had several of those and they always broke in the end. The modern mag safe adapter is the first Apple power cord I've owned that didn't eventually break.

  5. Actually, I'm pretty sure that is where things are heading. Either the keyboard will become an extended touch bar or maybe each key will have a tiny display on it. I don't know how good the force feedback is, but if it can get to the point where you can type without looking at the keyboard, I'd definitely be for an extended touch bar.

  6. It's not a dongle anyway, it's a cable.

  7. Re:Calling all rockets on Consumer Reports Ranks Tesla Model X Near Bottom For Reliability (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    You can't say your Jeeps are literal life savers and then not tell the story about how they saved lives. We all want to know now.

  8. Re:Calling all rockets on Consumer Reports Ranks Tesla Model X Near Bottom For Reliability (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    To be fair Jeeps are shit.

  9. Re:Interesting, Dave Chappelle. on More Performers Are Demanding Audiences Lock Up Their Phones (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    So is recording a concert an activity or a state of being?

  10. Re:UK denies involvement on Russia Today: NatWest To Close Russian Channel's UK Bank Accounts (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    OK I guess it is possible that the Nat West Bank was gently reminded by the British government as to what the rules are.

  11. Re:Just what he deserved. on Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store (kapeli.com) · · Score: 1

    All of those options are available to him. What makes you think they are not? Dash is a Mac application, not an iOS application.

  12. Re:Did it make Apple's developer docs usable again on Apple Has Removed Dash from the App Store (kapeli.com) · · Score: 1

    I think Dash was driven by the terrible interface to the API documentation that is in Xcode. In particular, the search function sucked donkey balls.

    Dash is an app that provides a far better interface to the Apple developer documentation than Apple does. They've also expanded it so that many other documentation sets are available and you can do searches across doc sets. So, for instance, I have the Xcode, Swift and Objective-C documentation. I also have the Java 8 API, bash, vim, Python etc etc etc documentation.

    Dash is one of the most popular apps amongst developers of Mac OS and iOS software. I can't imagine the suspension will be allowed to continue for long.

  13. Re:I don't hate on systemd but this is really bad on Multiple Linux Distributions Affected By Crippling Bug In Systemd (agwa.name) · · Score: 2
  14. Re:Rights vs consequences on The Americas Are Now Officially 'Measles-Free' (theverge.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Ah, no.

    You have the right to remain unvaccinated but we have the right to exclude you from our spaces in order to protect ourselves from your stupid decision. It's actually a form of self defence.

  15. Re:Everything Trump does is bad on Trump Takes On 'Crooked Hillary' With Snapchat Geofilter (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Did you know Hillary took nearly $600 million in bribes while Secretary of State?

    No she didn't. If she had done, he would be in prison now.

  16. Re:WTF??! on Vim 8.0 Released! (google.com) · · Score: 1

    Emacs users have more time for commenting on slashdot.

    Because Emacs is more capable and much faster to use they finish their work quicker and get to relax and peruse idiot ramblings on slashdot while the vim users are still typing away.

    Right, so if all the vim users are still finishing their work, who is writing the idiot ramblings on Slashdot?

  17. Re:Rivalry on Vim 8.0 Released! (google.com) · · Score: 1

    If Emacs is more capable than vi(m), why did they need to write a vi emulation plugin for it?

  18. Re:HO LEE CRAP! on iOS 10 Is Surfacing Hardcore Porn GIFs in iMessage (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, I agree. I really don't see why all these users are complaining about bonus content. There are lots of people in the world that still have to pay for it!

    You mean boners content.

  19. Re:Well... on Mobileye Says Tesla Was Dropped Because of Safety Concerns · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nope.

    That's not what "statistically significant" means. What it does mean is that the result is unlikely to happen by chance. If there have only ever been two fatalities while driving on autopilot, there really isn't enough data to be confident it's not a random cluster and so the number is not statistically significant.

  20. Ahead of schedule on Samsung Stops Airing Galaxy Note 7 Commercials, Preps Early Launch of Galaxy S8 (sammobile.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    In addition, the company may be looking to launch the successor to the Galaxy S7 ahead of schedule.

    Yes, how did it work out for them last time they tried to rush a phone to market (ahead of the iPhone 7)? You'd think they would have learned a lesson from this.

  21. Re:Removable battery? Nah... on Samsung Stops Airing Galaxy Note 7 Commercials, Preps Early Launch of Galaxy S8 (sammobile.com) · · Score: 1

    But only Internet nerds care about "user serviceable". Most people like their ultra thin phones and don't care if the battery doesn't last for more than two years because they'll have a new phone by the time it dies.

  22. Re:" it costs $130 and will be available in" on Raspberry Pi Passes 10M Sales Mark (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    The RPi is powered off a USB port. You could get away with an 8 port powered USB hub instead of 8 power supplies.

  23. Re:And the Dreamliner too? on FAA May Ban Galaxy Note 7 On Flights Due To Exploding Batteries (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    No what means the device is obviously faulty is catching fire.

  24. Re:Great firefighters on Dutchman Dies in Tesla Crash; Firefighters Feared Electrocution (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    It is not a fact. RMS can be calculated from the peak value of the mains voltage; e.g. in the USA is about 120 × 2, or about 170 volts.

    This is incorrect. The 120V AC quoted for US domestic power supplies is the RMS voltage. The peak voltage can be calculated by multiplying that by the square root of 2. i.e. The peaks are about +170 and -170 volts. The equivalent DC voltage for the US mains (in power delivery) is 120V.

  25. There are already Android phones without headphone jacks. Apple is not the leader in this field.

    All it will take is for the iPhone 7 to sell reasonably well and all manufacturers will be ditching the headphone jack as a way to cut costs.