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  1. Re: In real use that will almost never matter. on Developer Marco Arment Shares Thoughts On iPhone X's Notch (marco.org) · · Score: 1
  2. His ORGANIZATION is the Linux Foundation, does no one there use Linux on their desktop?

    They don't have desktops, only MacBooks.

  3. Well, considering we have been in a trade deficit for the past 10 years to about the tune of $43B a month (hint: that usually tells most that you already ARE restricting US goods from entering your market)....... Okay, I raise your embargo with a 100% tariff on all foreign produced products. And I call.

    Good luck with that.

  4. Hell no! on Trump's Officials Suggest Re-Negotiating The Paris Climate Accord (msn.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The treaty has already been watered down just to get the US on board - and now Trump wants a better deal? Fuck you! Time for an embargo on US goods.

  5. Re:Early education more important on The Washington Post Pans Apple-Sponsored School Reform TV Special (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Education to stop the hatred would be a great idea. Such as stop teaching children in school that the "white man" spread disease among the First Nations with blankets tainted with disease. The germ theory wasn't established then.

    That's like arguing that nobody would build a catapult until the Theory of Gravity said the stuff shot with it would come back down. If you know something works, you use it.

  6. Re:Jeff Bezos pans apple!? on The Washington Post Pans Apple-Sponsored School Reform TV Special (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Wonder how Jeff Bezos owning the Washington Post and Apple competitor Amazon figured in on the WP panning an Apple sponsored event.

    This time it has less to do with Amazon than Bezos' own competing School Reform plans.

  7. Let me guess on What's Causing The Hurricanes? (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    Mexican Muslims that use them to smuggle drugs and rapists.

  8. Combined with the following story on America's Data-Swamped Spy Agencies Pin Their Hopes On AI (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Combined with the following story about AIs writing fake reviews, I see a bright future for fake intelligence reports that support the intent of intervention in some country of choice.

  9. Re:No, your logic doesn't hold on Is Apple Copying Palm's WebOS? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    It's marketing, not intent.

    If they had no intent, why did they have a listing of web apps? And kept it updated years after the App Store was opened?

    https://web.archive.org/web/20071011225255/http://www.apple.com/webapps/

  10. Re:Stealing hand signals? on Boston Red Sox Used Apple Watches To Steal Hand Signals From Yankees (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    "Stealing hand signals"? Must be a concept invented by the same people who thought up "stealing sound waves", "stealing light" and "stealing numbers".

    And "stealing base".

  11. I was going to say that they should have invested in a pair of glasses, but oops that's technology too,.

    Why does that remind me of Charlie Sheen?

    (Hint: I know why - it's a joke)

  12. Re: Apple & Amiga on Is Apple Copying Palm's WebOS? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    Yup thats why LG was awarded the 2 billion dollars they wanted... Oh wait. They never sued despite loudly claiming they would.

    FTFY.

  13. Re: Apple & Amiga on Is Apple Copying Palm's WebOS? (salon.com) · · Score: 1
  14. Re: Apple & Amiga on Is Apple Copying Palm's WebOS? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    - more articles from the time, calling the LG the copycat.

  15. Re: Apple & Amiga on Is Apple Copying Palm's WebOS? (salon.com) · · Score: 1

    Apple copied LG Prada and other phones

    Which where only released after the iPhone was announced. Cool trick.

    LG Prada was announced in December 2006 Iphone was announced in January 2007

    No, the LG Prada was officially announced after the iPhone, despite your repeated lies. LG, Prada parade iPhone-like KE850

  16. Apple must be shaking in their boots on Huawei Unveils AI Mobile Chipset Said To Rival A11 Processor In Upcoming iPhones (macrumors.com) · · Score: 1

    That's why there were rumors months ago that they were developing an AI chip, and that it would be included in the iPhone 8. And why they have introduced Core MI (for Machine Learning), so programmers can already support the chip when it comes out.

  17. Re: Apple & Amiga on Is Apple Copying Palm's WebOS? (salon.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Apple copied LG Prada and other phones

    Which where only released after the iPhone was announced. Cool trick.

  18. American angle to the story on 60,000 Germans Evacuate While Officials Try To Defuse a WWII Bomb (abc.net.au) · · Score: 1

    US Armed Forces HQ in Frankfurt was pretty much build around the bigger bomb.

  19. OS/2 Warp user here. I've been waiting years for any news at all.

    You waited 10 years and missed this?

  20. Re:Any different from Google? on China Regulator To Review Apple Antitrust Complaint (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Isn't this the same type of conditions that Google applies for Android on the PlayStore?

    Yes, but a key difference is that with Android you are not locked into the Playstore (sans jailbreaking). You can simply check a box to allow installation from anywhere, and then you can install from other app stores of which there are several, or FOSS from F-Droid, etc. Alternately you can simply copy over an apk and sideload.

    You are not as locked into a single store.

    Sure - you can choose between other stores that also take their 30% share, or those that offer a few hundred items of Free Softwares (and also take 30% of nothing), or you can install pirated software from some gangster outfit that either takes a 100% share of what you pay, and/or you pay with whatever the malware you get takes from you.

  21. Sorry, not willing to lie just to appease you,.

    Thanks for the confirmation that you lie for your own pleasure.

  22. When I saw your comment I remembered you as a low-added-value contributor that I usually ignore.

    When I saw your comment I remembered you as a moron - Absolutely nothing has changed. Please keep ignoring me, and all subjects you are so obviously clueless about.

  23. No, the difference is that one is not intended to be used on one's lap (for one or more of a multitude of reasons).

    Ahh, so admit you were just rambling instead of actually addressing the OPs point. As usual. Please go on rambling - as usual.

  24. Actually, Apple advertises their portable computers as "notebooks", not "laptops".

    So to you the difference between a "laptop" and a "notebook" is that you look at a laptop while working, but not at a notebook - a fascinating insight into the mind of BronsCon.

  25. No they don't. Dell has a 7-day inventory turnover for parts, they're always on the forefront of components.

    So the same model Dell has different parts after just a week. Gee, a dream for all enterprise IT who have to manage that shit.