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  1. Re:I'm surprised marketing let them on Apple Will Likely Replace iTunes on macOS With Standalone Music, Podcasts, and TV Apps in Next Major Update (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    iMovie '08 was completely and abruptly redesigned from all previous iMovies. Final Cut Pro 7 was completely abandoned for FCPx. In each case, Apple said suck it up.

    Based on previous behaviour, they'll act the same way to legacy iTunes users. If people want to keep using their hardware, they will have to keep up with the software changes.

  2. Re:Science Disagrees... on Jury Finds Bayer's Roundup Weedkiller Caused Man's Cancer (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Prove

    This is your word, not OP's.

    In science we can demonstrate the null hypothesis is the most likely explanation of the facts with a high degree of significance.

  3. i just tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab tab shift+tab to reply to you

  4. Re:Can we WAIT until the tech has stabilized?! on Finland's Ambitious Plan To Teach Anyone the Basics of AI (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    This is like saying we're going to teach kids about Phrenology because it's the new hotness in the 1800s.

    aren't you perpetuating this problem by using "AI"

  5. Instead, it was taken with an (unnamed) DSLR she owns.

    The image in TFA is meant to illustrate samsung's supposed shallow depth of field. Which lens did she use? what focal distance is the subject? what is the aperture setting?

    In this situation the lens parameters are more informative than the name/model of a DSLR.

  6. Re: Makes sense on Large Genetic Study Finds First Genes Connected With ADHD (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Lets ride bikes!

  7. Re: "I'm the first daughter" - ivanka in a nutshel on Ivanka Trump Used Personal Account For Emails About Government Business (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    The title âoeFearâ was from a direct quote from Trump with regards how he motivates people. Your criticisms are fair as they are in fact for Trumpâ(TM)s conduct and approach to governance and management.

  8. "I'm the first daughter" - ivanka in a nutshell on Ivanka Trump Used Personal Account For Emails About Government Business (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Informative
    From Bob Woodward's book "Fear: Trump in the White House"

    During a meeting in Priebus’s corner office Bannon and Ivanka got into an altercation.

    “You’re a goddamn staffer!” Bannon finally screamed at Ivanka. “You’re nothing but a fucking staffer!” She had to work through the chief of staff like everyone else, he said. There needed to be some order.

    “You walk around this place and act like you’re in charge, and you’re not. You’re on staff!”

    “I’m not a staffer!” she shouted. “I’ll never be a staffer. I’m the first daughter”—she really used the title—“and I’m never going to be a staffer!”

  9. Re:Wonder what they are investigating on Tesla Faces FBI Probe Over Model 3 Production Numbers (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    production can be inferred from customers reporting VINs.

  10. Re:Small Parts on Secret Amazon Brands Are Quietly Taking Over Amazon.com (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    is there an alternative to Small Parts? I really depended on their silicone tubing for many years, but it seems like forever ago.

  11. Re:Get ready for pointless voice control on New Trump Tariffs Won't Include Fitness Trackers Or the Apple Watch (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    install listening device, avoid tariffs?

  12. Similar effect as other fitness trackers, tags: doctor, heart, apple, watch

  13. If this means that manufacturers will be encouraged to use screws instead of glue then it's a win for the planet.

    Apple and others - please stop gluing your fucking products together. I would rather buy displays i can fix, than thinner displays. I am keeping my computers for far longer than i used to, and need easy upgrade paths for internal components. why is this so hard to grasp for some?

  14. Re:Follow the lead of the USA on Planet At Risk of Heading Towards Irreversible 'Hothouse Earth' State (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    US emissions are down

    US externalities are way up

  15. Thanks for all the fish.

  16. Re:Done on purpose on Hardcoded Password Found in Cisco Enterprise Software, Again (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    And from where I'm sitting, I'm thinking, it did not have malicious intent.

    what data do you have to completely rule out malicious intent?

  17. Re:not really new news on Hot-Air Dryers Suck In Nasty Bathroom Bacteria, Shoot Them At Your Hands (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
  18. On Mac, the default Firefox behavior is now to use the system keychain (although that used to require an add-on)

    link for this add-on? Firefox Quantum doesn't interact with the Mac OS Keychain, and the old add-on is incompatible with Quantum.

  19. Re:Those statements may be true on Siri Team Didn't Learn About HomePod Until 2015, After Amazon Echo Debuted (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    How about Hound?

  20. Re:P. J. O'Rourke on US Calls Broadcom's Bid For Qualcomm a National Security Risk (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody reads the rules to Monopoly until a fight breaks out.

  21. Re:Two sentences to see the headline is bunk. on Leaked Apple Email Hints at the Possible End of iTunes: Report (cultofmac.com) · · Score: 1

    That common sense didn't stop someone else from posting the obligatory "and good riddance" to the /. clickbait.

  22. Re:Rich people and their wasteful whims on Jeff Bezos Shares Video of 10,000-Year Clock Project (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    how about you find out how many homeless people live within 50 miles of you, and see how many of them you can help get back on their feet again with that money?

    he did; some of those homeless are amazon warehouse employees. (n.b. if you sleep with your head on a smiling box it cushions the harsh sidewalk.)

  23. Re:What problem is being solved...? on Mitsubishi Electric Believes Its AI-enhanced Camera Systems Will Make Mirrors on Cars Obsolete (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    What's more likely? That the camera system malfunctions, or that a driver misses or misinterprets what is in his side view mirror?

    i think likeliness would variable, depending on the design and external protection of the camera, time of day, road conditions, road and weather debris blocking the camera's view.

    Equally important to consider is the redundancies each system furnishes; with most cars i can shoulder check and look around my glass-enclosed cabinif my mirrors are fogged or blocked by snow. otoh, if they start designing the cabin, side and rear visibility around a camera, i no longer have this backup visual system to rely on as the all-seeing camera (when it's working at least) doesn't care about 10% tint, huge B and C pillars, and tiny portholes for windows.

  24. Re:Good for the "Haves", on AI Can Be Our Friend, Says Bill Gates (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Those who own the companies and such will be able to do more with less.

    What will be the general trajectory of human companies when AI's begin to incorporate, and it's AI's-all-the-way-down?

  25. Re:Arrogant Apple As Always on Apple Says That All New Apps Must Support the iPhone X Screen (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    ... Profit