Apple accepts any old Apple product, and extracts as much as they can from it. In the last large keynote they did the stated goal was no more mining of materials because they could get what they needed from recycling old devices.
That is part of it for sure, but I've seen a real upswing in even non ML developers liking and using python for things like server development, or maybe just learning the language because the Jupyter notebook thing works so well.
Facial recognition bad? What about things you do do to people with hammers! Or a drill!
From this day forward, I propose no government agency in California, or contractor working for them, be allowed to use ANY tool for any reason. You can stab people with pencils and pens so those are right out, and "death by a thousand cuts" obviously applies to paper, so none of that. All computers are heavy enough to bludgeon someone to death so no computers either!
Only when the government is free of all tools will the citizens be truly safe.
I appreciate you explaining why you are posting AC on this...
Your link to the StackOverflow, while good, lacks insight as to the use of their language or how long the language has been around. You could have, for instance, a language that has been around for a long time and so many questions have been asked and answered that there's no need to ask new questions.
Given how long Javascript has been around, the trend line it has for number of questions is even more impressive!
I think comparing it to Java though is pretty reasonable since they have been around for a similar duration.
The aspect of our language questions muddying results though, is the reason why I included EJB and node.js on the chart. At the scale it has though those are pretty flat Ines, but even there it looks like node.js comes in ahead of EJB. If you killed off the languages it would probably be clearer.
You say peak smartphone is here, but what makes you think that? I don't see any sign that demand for smartphones is in any way lacking or declining. It only increases...
So he asks me things like "well, should I move into the browser coding area next?" &/or other areas of interest he has there to help PRESERVE his career
Learning Swift is still a career forward move and builds on the strong base he already has, even more-so is learning Python and Tensorflow. Even if it just wanted to stay at Apple that would be worthwhile...
Even reporting to the security team as it was, would probably take a day or so to verify, and then someone can be assigned to fix...
But let's be realistic, a fix for this is not something that would just take overnight - or not something you would want them to rush. I mean, do you want it fixed right or do you want some new bug introduced?
It's the other films that I haven't seen yet, that may actually be superb but too niche to receive mainstream recognition, that I want to see.
That's nice but I don't think that is what Prime Video is offering.
By mediocre, I mean just that - not unknown. Not indie or foreign. Mostly Prime movies are a lot of just OK movies that did not escape attention, they simply didn't warrant much.
You mentioned Lilya 4-Ever, but I don't see it on prime video... but I do see Post Impact. And Mars Attacks.
Meanwhile on Netflix I have watched some interesting international movies, way more than I have seen through Prime Video.
It could be that I've just missed them, Prime Video search and recommendation being even more horrific than Netflix.
Here I assume you are referring to "Javascript slowly spreading to other realms as well". Have you not read about Electron apps recently? Or used apps like Slack which are based upon Electron...
Also I find it perverse that node.js is taking over server development. Really? At what scale?
Perhaps you have heard of a little company called Netflix?
I don't do much server development these days myself, or any node.js. But an important part of being a professional in any field is try try and keep your ear to the ground as it were and know about industry trends. Just from paying attention to general StackOverflow questions, talking to other developers around the world, you get a sense that Javascript has really grown in general use, especially so I'd say at medium sized companies.
If you look at the chart it's in a little bit of a decline from the peak but is still above Java... I think that is showing the continued strong performance of Python taking over some roles Javascript has been taking over.
I'm sure Android development pushed Java numbers up quite a bit. With Google transitioning that to Kotlin, that's also part of the reason the Java numbers are in decline, though it doesn't help explain why it's Javascript that has overtaken it...
I'm surprised Java has held on this long, but there is a ton of enterprise Java development still out there... it seems like in recent years stuff like node.js has really started to take over server development, and Javascript is slowly spreading to other realms as well.
It's funny how languages that are never favorites of the purists seem to always end up at the top...
Prime comes with the video stuff included with the membership
That's a great point, it's why I have it and use it. I also would not pay for it otherwise, I mainly have Prime for delivery benefits.
Netflix is an extra charge, so by default I lean towards not paying for it
There I diverge. I see this as a proof that Netflix has better content, because as you say that is all you are paying for. If the Netflix content were no better than Prime content, why would people have both? Yet I think you would find a huge overlap between Prime and Netflix subscribers... I find the Netflix content so much better that if one thing had to go, it would be Prime...
I think it says a lot that I continue to pay for Netflix continuously year after year, while HBO (to bring another party into the discussion) I only subscribe to a few months at a time to catch up on a show or two.
Although I totally agree with your revelation about the top rated movies on Rotten Tomatoes, in general I agree with the statement that Netflix more often has content I actually want to see, while Prime does have a wider range of movies but most of them are mediocre.
That's after many years of owning and using both services.
For the Apple market, the digital country club market. Likely the only subscription for gaming should be various MMO games linked togethor. Create a toon and run it across various game, pay a sunscription not for one MMO but all MMOs that are part of the library. Different MMOs for different play styles but still linked together.
Hmm, maybe, but how is Apple going to get any kind of quality MMOs in on this plan?
I'll wait to see what they have in mind but I honestly cannot think what Apple could come up with that would entice gamers to pay a monthly fee for. I can see why Apple would desire such a thing, but to make it happen... even all the money in the world cannot help them here I think.
The only way I can see this working, is maybe the Apple Gaming Pass just means you get in-app purchases on all supporting games for half off?
They would have to get a lot of publishers on board for that to get any traction though...
Maybe, maybe it would work if they bundle that, and the video stuff they are doing, all along with the Apple Music subscription people already use. Similar to what Amazon does with Prime.
but he is the democratically elected representative of the nation.
He is no more "democratically elected" than any other tyrant in history.
Which is why CANADA supports the fellow who actually won, and many are calling for an open and monitored election to take place...
As for "probably not a nice chap", turning the bread basket of South America into a hell-hole where there is literally nothing - not clean water, not clean food, not even toilet paper - someone who maid that happen, is the Devil incarnate. He has earned his place with the monsters of history like Stalin or Pol-Pot.
Of course I support single payer health care, after all as a developer I make enough to afford the supplemental insurance that ensures I will not die if I need to use it.
Hey man, the U.S. is just backing up what CANDA said - that Maduro is not the recognized president.
If you find yourself on the wrong side of Canada, you should be questioning your life-choices.
P.S. if you want to ask about interference, perhaps you should be asking why you are backing the person backed by both Cuba (who sends military and social manipulation advisers to Venezuela) or Russia (same deal, and they support Maduro).
Both those quotes are EXACTLY the reason why I think it makes more sense to spend money to try and fix the largest sources of CO2, before attempting a very marginal improvement in the home country.
That is, if you actually believe reducing CO2 helps. It sure seems like a lot of companies, countries and people that claim we need to reduce CO2, are not doing a damn thing about reducing CO2 themselves.
Apple already has many, many people working closely with China as far as suppliers of everything goes. They already have a shipping pipeline so I seriously doubt for Apple it's going to take 6-14 weeks to get parts... I'm sure they would of course have some buffer of supplies, but Apple can more than afford to build up a base of supply on hand.
The real surprise to me is that Apple ever ran into this problem to begin with, as one thing they know how to deal with really well is supply chain issues. That's why I don't think it will be much of an issue going forward because the problem they had in the past was an aberration compared to Apple's usually very apt handling of supply chain management.
It's not like everything has to come from China - Apple spend $60 billion last year American suppliers... No reason that cannot grow, as long as Apple is willing to let some component costs raise - which I'm sure they are for a Mac Pro.
I could keep going. If it were economically practical to assemble electronics in the US (even ignoring the labor price disparity), companies would be doing it.
Apple does exactly that with the old Mac Pro, and presumably the new one.
Soooo if you don't have enough screws produced locally, you just order more from China... exactly what Apple did.
That kind of basic part seems like it should be easy enough to predict need of ahead of time, and cheap enough that pre-ordering a rough amount of material you might need would not cost much.
I still don't see any real barrier to assembling some things here, and over time trying to ramp up local production to levels required.
The alternate link states "if the NYT report is accurate, it's unlikely that it will be entirely made in the U.S." - but I see the opposite as being true. It seems like lessons learned will mean that Apple will have been more careful about what they can produce locally vs. what they still need to order from China in order to assemble computers in the U.S. I'm pretty sure that is still a big goal for them.
But "popularized"? The Mac is at its most popular today, and it's still a small niche.
Even if you believe the fantasy that the Mac is a "Small Niche" (with north of a hundred million of desktop Mac units sold over the years), just the fact that Windows has borrowed a lot from the Mac over the years means that yes, in fact, the Mac was responsible for many GUI ideas being popularized... look at the Windows GUI pre and post Mac.
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Apple accepts any old Apple product, and extracts as much as they can from it. In the last large keynote they did the stated goal was no more mining of materials because they could get what they needed from recycling old devices.
That is part of it for sure, but I've seen a real upswing in even non ML developers liking and using python for things like server development, or maybe just learning the language because the Jupyter notebook thing works so well.
Facial recognition bad? What about things you do do to people with hammers! Or a drill!
From this day forward, I propose no government agency in California, or contractor working for them, be allowed to use ANY tool for any reason. You can stab people with pencils and pens so those are right out, and "death by a thousand cuts" obviously applies to paper, so none of that. All computers are heavy enough to bludgeon someone to death so no computers either!
Only when the government is free of all tools will the citizens be truly safe.
I don't think I've ever held software distributed on bluray. Anybody?
Um, every PS4 game since ever??
I appreciate you explaining why you are posting AC on this...
Your link to the StackOverflow, while good, lacks insight as to the use of their language or how long the language has been around. You could have, for instance, a language that has been around for a long time and so many questions have been asked and answered that there's no need to ask new questions.
Given how long Javascript has been around, the trend line it has for number of questions is even more impressive!
I think comparing it to Java though is pretty reasonable since they have been around for a similar duration.
The aspect of our language questions muddying results though, is the reason why I included EJB and node.js on the chart. At the scale it has though those are pretty flat Ines, but even there it looks like node.js comes in ahead of EJB. If you killed off the languages it would probably be clearer.
You say peak smartphone is here, but what makes you think that? I don't see any sign that demand for smartphones is in any way lacking or declining. It only increases...
So he asks me things like "well, should I move into the browser coding area next?" &/or other areas of interest he has there to help PRESERVE his career
Learning Swift is still a career forward move and builds on the strong base he already has, even more-so is learning Python and Tensorflow. Even if it just wanted to stay at Apple that would be worthwhile...
Even reporting to the security team as it was, would probably take a day or so to verify, and then someone can be assigned to fix...
But let's be realistic, a fix for this is not something that would just take overnight - or not something you would want them to rush. I mean, do you want it fixed right or do you want some new bug introduced?
It's the other films that I haven't seen yet, that may actually be superb but too niche to receive mainstream recognition, that I want to see.
That's nice but I don't think that is what Prime Video is offering.
By mediocre, I mean just that - not unknown. Not indie or foreign. Mostly Prime movies are a lot of just OK movies that did not escape attention, they simply didn't warrant much.
You mentioned Lilya 4-Ever, but I don't see it on prime video... but I do see Post Impact. And Mars Attacks.
Meanwhile on Netflix I have watched some interesting international movies, way more than I have seen through Prime Video.
It could be that I've just missed them, Prime Video search and recommendation being even more horrific than Netflix.
Like what? [I'm sincerely curious.]
Here I assume you are referring to "Javascript slowly spreading to other realms as well". Have you not read about Electron apps recently? Or used apps like Slack which are based upon Electron...
Also I find it perverse that node.js is taking over server development. Really? At what scale?
Perhaps you have heard of a little company called Netflix?
You can also get a sense of it from StackOverflow.
I don't do much server development these days myself, or any node.js. But an important part of being a professional in any field is try try and keep your ear to the ground as it were and know about industry trends. Just from paying attention to general StackOverflow questions, talking to other developers around the world, you get a sense that Javascript has really grown in general use, especially so I'd say at medium sized companies.
If you look at the chart it's in a little bit of a decline from the peak but is still above Java... I think that is showing the continued strong performance of Python taking over some roles Javascript has been taking over.
I'm sure Android development pushed Java numbers up quite a bit. With Google transitioning that to Kotlin, that's also part of the reason the Java numbers are in decline, though it doesn't help explain why it's Javascript that has overtaken it...
I'm surprised Java has held on this long, but there is a ton of enterprise Java development still out there... it seems like in recent years stuff like node.js has really started to take over server development, and Javascript is slowly spreading to other realms as well.
It's funny how languages that are never favorites of the purists seem to always end up at the top...
Prime comes with the video stuff included with the membership
That's a great point, it's why I have it and use it. I also would not pay for it otherwise, I mainly have Prime for delivery benefits.
Netflix is an extra charge, so by default I lean towards not paying for it
There I diverge. I see this as a proof that Netflix has better content, because as you say that is all you are paying for. If the Netflix content were no better than Prime content, why would people have both? Yet I think you would find a huge overlap between Prime and Netflix subscribers... I find the Netflix content so much better that if one thing had to go, it would be Prime...
I think it says a lot that I continue to pay for Netflix continuously year after year, while HBO (to bring another party into the discussion) I only subscribe to a few months at a time to catch up on a show or two.
Although I totally agree with your revelation about the top rated movies on Rotten Tomatoes, in general I agree with the statement that Netflix more often has content I actually want to see, while Prime does have a wider range of movies but most of them are mediocre.
That's after many years of owning and using both services.
For the Apple market, the digital country club market. Likely the only subscription for gaming should be various MMO games linked togethor. Create a toon and run it across various game, pay a sunscription not for one MMO but all MMOs that are part of the library. Different MMOs for different play styles but still linked together.
Hmm, maybe, but how is Apple going to get any kind of quality MMOs in on this plan?
I'll wait to see what they have in mind but I honestly cannot think what Apple could come up with that would entice gamers to pay a monthly fee for. I can see why Apple would desire such a thing, but to make it happen... even all the money in the world cannot help them here I think.
The only way I can see this working, is maybe the Apple Gaming Pass just means you get in-app purchases on all supporting games for half off?
They would have to get a lot of publishers on board for that to get any traction though...
Maybe, maybe it would work if they bundle that, and the video stuff they are doing, all along with the Apple Music subscription people already use. Similar to what Amazon does with Prime.
but he is the democratically elected representative of the nation.
He is no more "democratically elected" than any other tyrant in history.
Which is why CANADA supports the fellow who actually won, and many are calling for an open and monitored election to take place...
As for "probably not a nice chap", turning the bread basket of South America into a hell-hole where there is literally nothing - not clean water, not clean food, not even toilet paper - someone who maid that happen, is the Devil incarnate. He has earned his place with the monsters of history like Stalin or Pol-Pot.
Of course I support single payer health care, after all as a developer I make enough to afford the supplemental insurance that ensures I will not die if I need to use it.
Hey man, the U.S. is just backing up what CANDA said - that Maduro is not the recognized president.
If you find yourself on the wrong side of Canada, you should be questioning your life-choices.
P.S. if you want to ask about interference, perhaps you should be asking why you are backing the person backed by both Cuba (who sends military and social manipulation advisers to Venezuela) or Russia (same deal, and they support Maduro).
Both those quotes are EXACTLY the reason why I think it makes more sense to spend money to try and fix the largest sources of CO2, before attempting a very marginal improvement in the home country.
That is, if you actually believe reducing CO2 helps. It sure seems like a lot of companies, countries and people that claim we need to reduce CO2, are not doing a damn thing about reducing CO2 themselves.
Apple already has many, many people working closely with China as far as suppliers of everything goes. They already have a shipping pipeline so I seriously doubt for Apple it's going to take 6-14 weeks to get parts... I'm sure they would of course have some buffer of supplies, but Apple can more than afford to build up a base of supply on hand.
The real surprise to me is that Apple ever ran into this problem to begin with, as one thing they know how to deal with really well is supply chain issues. That's why I don't think it will be much of an issue going forward because the problem they had in the past was an aberration compared to Apple's usually very apt handling of supply chain management.
It's not like everything has to come from China - Apple spend $60 billion last year American suppliers... No reason that cannot grow, as long as Apple is willing to let some component costs raise - which I'm sure they are for a Mac Pro.
I could keep going. If it were economically practical to assemble electronics in the US (even ignoring the labor price disparity), companies would be doing it.
Apple does exactly that with the old Mac Pro, and presumably the new one.
I used to be involved in PCB manufacture when younger, but don't let my actual experience slow your sarcastic roll Captain McSnarky!
Based on what experience exactly do you think I am wrong? Oh, none whatsoever? Yeah, thought so.
Soooo if you don't have enough screws produced locally, you just order more from China... exactly what Apple did.
That kind of basic part seems like it should be easy enough to predict need of ahead of time, and cheap enough that pre-ordering a rough amount of material you might need would not cost much.
I still don't see any real barrier to assembling some things here, and over time trying to ramp up local production to levels required.
The alternate link states "if the NYT report is accurate, it's unlikely that it will be entirely made in the U.S." - but I see the opposite as being true. It seems like lessons learned will mean that Apple will have been more careful about what they can produce locally vs. what they still need to order from China in order to assemble computers in the U.S. I'm pretty sure that is still a big goal for them.
The neighbors also invited me in, and the valuables Facebook was given my them, Facebook brings for me to enjoy as well.
How is it stealing again?
But "popularized"? The Mac is at its most popular today, and it's still a small niche.
Even if you believe the fantasy that the Mac is a "Small Niche" (with north of a hundred million of desktop Mac units sold over the years), just the fact that Windows has borrowed a lot from the Mac over the years means that yes, in fact, the Mac was responsible for many GUI ideas being popularized... look at the Windows GUI pre and post Mac.
Look how old ALL of those things are... you just proved my point sir by coming up with a slightly larger list than my own.