Apple is often almost ridiculously stubborn about the most stupid things: two button mice; minimally ergonomic mice; being able to resize windows from any edge or corner; a maximize window button; mouse support on iOS...
Fortunately, they've (eventually... finally...) implemented most of the stuff listed above, but they remain ridiculously stubborn about a few of them. Maybe in five or ten years...
I started going to B&N less and less because it upset me that they wouldn't give me the good price unless I signed up for their damn club. I hate that shit.
weird, cause amazon is full of third party sellers to the point it's impossible to buy something from amazon itself. they are the best thing to happen to small business in decades
Ugh, I avoid almost all of Amazon's third party sellers like the plague, because there are so damn many shady companies, many of them selling counterfeits, used items as new, broken items, etc. -- and Amazon does not seem particularly interested in policing the problem...
By the time you sell that house you've lived in, you've lost more or less about the cost of renting.
This isn't true. It depends on several factors, including but not limited to: how long you've lived in the house, and if property values in the area have gone up faster than inflation.
More people means more new ideas, and more progress.
This is a pile of hogwash. All cultures are not created equal. Some cultures can become worse through immigration because those immigrants often bring bad cultures with them. Similarly, some cultures improve through immigration when the immigrants bring a better culture with them.
The idea that lots of immigration and diversity lead to the best ideas bubbling to the top is just wishful thinking.
I'm not anti-immigration, but I think the citizens of any country would be wise to have careful selection criteria for immigrants.
Also, higher population always means more pollution. This is also a good thing for countries to keep in mind.
With Windows 10 ISO download and electronic activation, there really is no excuse not to just wipe the pre-installed mess and put a clean Windows 10 image on.
You can still run into driver issues with this approach. Source: Reinstalled Windows 10 a few weeks ago.
It's worth it, but does take some technical expertise. Would not recommend it for non-technical people.
Me, I'm darn proud of the fact that I'm trying to keep my mind as close to what it was in the 90s as is practicable given the onslaught of garbage data.
If you want to keep your mind sharp, you might want to consider gaming. So far the aggregate of the scientific studies done on the subject suggest that gaming is very good for your brain.
Each model newer than mine is a downgrade in various ways - fewer ports
I'm not so sure the "fewer ports" thing is a bad idea. It could be that the vast majority of MBP users don't need those extra ports, so why add complexity and a bunch more points of potential failure, where a simple port hub would do? There's already some really nice port hubs available for cheap.
stupid touch bar thing replacing the function keys
I find the Touch Bar utterly mystifying. If Apple has decided to admit that touch has a place on laptops, why not make the whole screen touch capable? And upsetting power users that use function keys (that includes me) was a pretty predictable outcome.
Someone needs to get handed a few decades of jail time for this. By somone, I mean someone with Director, or C_O after their name. Better yet a few someones.
So here's the thing. We are currently experiencing the Computer Security Dark Ages. The security situation at almost ALL companies is as crappy as Equifax (not that Equifax should be off the hook as a result).
The first problem is that security is way too hard. When 99.9% of people can't get something right, you have to start wondering if humans and education aren't the problem, but instead, if the tools are. Things should be ultra-paranoid super secure by default, and it should be downright hard to "un-secure" them.
The second problem is that when it comes to software development, management generally cares about three things most of all, I will list them in order here:
1. Get it done fast
2. Get it done fast
3. Get it done fast
Software development is shit these days because the only thing that matters is speed. Oh, they often give security, reliability, and correctness some token attention, especially after news of big hacking incidents, like the Equifax breach. But really, all they care about is getting work done fast, and it's costing all of us much more, big time, in the long run.
Regarding computer and data security, it's going to get (much) worse before it gets better. We're currently in the Dark Ages of Computer Security... but we haven't hit bottom yet.
Company culture in this area is just totally, utterly, hopelessly broken. They value speed above all else, so you end up with developers pulling libraries/jars from all over the Internet (many or most with huge security holes), you have companies incentivizing employees to get things done as quickly and cheaply as possible, you have companies clamoring for the cheapest labor available, including offshoring critical business logic.
None of these things are good for customers. It's a dumpster fire. Identities stolen, lives destroyed, and ultimately, it's us consumers who pay higher prices for all this lack of security and the resulting fraud.
It seems obvious business cannot and will not properly manage themselves when it comes to the subject of computer and data security. This is where we really need the government to step in, and lay down some laws with some serious teeth.
Because of how our government is structured, low populated rural counties can politically outnumber high density urban cities. NY City has a combined population greater than the 9 least populated states combined, yet politically is not commensurately represented.
We have a flawed system, to be sure, but should the people of NYC get to boss around all the people in the 9 least populated states? I think it's probably a good thing that geographically separated people have a right to govern themselves.
Can we not have a discussion without blaming something on "the left" or "the right"?
The left and the right have become so polarized they are basically just like religious extremists aggressively following their dogma. The left denies any possibility of differences between the sexes and the right denies climate change. A lot of other examples abound.
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Between you and me, I think there will be a tremendous overshoot and mass die off in the next 50 years, probably the next 40.
Overshoot?
Apple is often almost ridiculously stubborn about the most stupid things: two button mice; minimally ergonomic mice; being able to resize windows from any edge or corner; a maximize window button; mouse support on iOS...
Fortunately, they've (eventually... finally...) implemented most of the stuff listed above, but they remain ridiculously stubborn about a few of them. Maybe in five or ten years...
I started going to B&N less and less because it upset me that they wouldn't give me the good price unless I signed up for their damn club. I hate that shit.
weird, cause amazon is full of third party sellers to the point it's impossible to buy something from amazon itself. they are the best thing to happen to small business in decades
Ugh, I avoid almost all of Amazon's third party sellers like the plague, because there are so damn many shady companies, many of them selling counterfeits, used items as new, broken items, etc. -- and Amazon does not seem particularly interested in policing the problem...
By the time you sell that house you've lived in, you've lost more or less about the cost of renting.
This isn't true. It depends on several factors, including but not limited to: how long you've lived in the house, and if property values in the area have gone up faster than inflation.
The iPhone 5s is not out of support.
More people means more new ideas, and more progress.
This is a pile of hogwash. All cultures are not created equal. Some cultures can become worse through immigration because those immigrants often bring bad cultures with them. Similarly, some cultures improve through immigration when the immigrants bring a better culture with them.
The idea that lots of immigration and diversity lead to the best ideas bubbling to the top is just wishful thinking.
I'm not anti-immigration, but I think the citizens of any country would be wise to have careful selection criteria for immigrants.
Also, higher population always means more pollution. This is also a good thing for countries to keep in mind.
To keep the system solvent, the retirement/pension age needs to go up to at least 68.
This may be true from an economic point of view, but different people age differently, and different jobs cause people to age differently.
68 is an extremely high retirement age for a substantial percentage of the population, and dare I say it, downright unfair to a lot of people.
I feel like the world economy is slowly moving toward "you work until you drop dead". I think that's unfortunate.
With Windows 10 ISO download and electronic activation, there really is no excuse not to just wipe the pre-installed mess and put a clean Windows 10 image on.
You can still run into driver issues with this approach. Source: Reinstalled Windows 10 a few weeks ago.
It's worth it, but does take some technical expertise. Would not recommend it for non-technical people.
Me, I'm darn proud of the fact that I'm trying to keep my mind as close to what it was in the 90s as is practicable given the onslaught of garbage data.
If you want to keep your mind sharp, you might want to consider gaming. So far the aggregate of the scientific studies done on the subject suggest that gaming is very good for your brain.
;-)
Isn’t Opera owned by some dodgy Chinese company now?
I'm talking about hubs that attach to a single USB-C port and the hubs have HDMI, DisplayPort, USB 2 ports, USB 3 ports, etc.
Each model newer than mine is a downgrade in various ways - fewer ports
I'm not so sure the "fewer ports" thing is a bad idea. It could be that the vast majority of MBP users don't need those extra ports, so why add complexity and a bunch more points of potential failure, where a simple port hub would do? There's already some really nice port hubs available for cheap.
stupid touch bar thing replacing the function keys
I find the Touch Bar utterly mystifying. If Apple has decided to admit that touch has a place on laptops, why not make the whole screen touch capable? And upsetting power users that use function keys (that includes me) was a pretty predictable outcome.
Yes, this. Also, how about a real MBP that has a 17' display?
A laptop with an integrated projector? Interesting idea...
You could make the desktop wallpaper Stonehenge! That would be awesome.
Someone needs to get handed a few decades of jail time for this. By somone, I mean someone with Director, or C_O after their name. Better yet a few someones.
So here's the thing. We are currently experiencing the Computer Security Dark Ages. The security situation at almost ALL companies is as crappy as Equifax (not that Equifax should be off the hook as a result).
The first problem is that security is way too hard. When 99.9% of people can't get something right, you have to start wondering if humans and education aren't the problem, but instead, if the tools are. Things should be ultra-paranoid super secure by default, and it should be downright hard to "un-secure" them.
The second problem is that when it comes to software development, management generally cares about three things most of all, I will list them in order here:
1. Get it done fast
2. Get it done fast
3. Get it done fast
Software development is shit these days because the only thing that matters is speed. Oh, they often give security, reliability, and correctness some token attention, especially after news of big hacking incidents, like the Equifax breach. But really, all they care about is getting work done fast, and it's costing all of us much more, big time, in the long run.
Now that more and more Chromebooks can run Android apps, I've been wondering if Google's long-term play is to kill ChromeOS.
Opera is owned by a dodgy Chinese company now.
Use it at your own risk.
Uh, yeah, thanks, Google...
But can you please build into Chrome a feature that allows users to block HTML5 video that autoplays?
Please?
Regarding computer and data security, it's going to get (much) worse before it gets better. We're currently in the Dark Ages of Computer Security... but we haven't hit bottom yet.
Company culture in this area is just totally, utterly, hopelessly broken. They value speed above all else, so you end up with developers pulling libraries/jars from all over the Internet (many or most with huge security holes), you have companies incentivizing employees to get things done as quickly and cheaply as possible, you have companies clamoring for the cheapest labor available, including offshoring critical business logic.
None of these things are good for customers. It's a dumpster fire. Identities stolen, lives destroyed, and ultimately, it's us consumers who pay higher prices for all this lack of security and the resulting fraud.
It seems obvious business cannot and will not properly manage themselves when it comes to the subject of computer and data security. This is where we really need the government to step in, and lay down some laws with some serious teeth.
Oh well, one can dream...
For what it's worth, I haven't seen any decline in Netflix DVD delivery speed in my area.
Okay, just making sure, I got a little worried when you used the phrase "crank it up" :-)
Enjoy that hearing loss when you get older.
Because of how our government is structured, low populated rural counties can politically outnumber high density urban cities. NY City has a combined population greater than the 9 least populated states combined, yet politically is not commensurately represented.
We have a flawed system, to be sure, but should the people of NYC get to boss around all the people in the 9 least populated states? I think it's probably a good thing that geographically separated people have a right to govern themselves.
Can we not have a discussion without blaming something on "the left" or "the right"?
The left and the right have become so polarized they are basically just like religious extremists aggressively following their dogma. The left denies any possibility of differences between the sexes and the right denies climate change. A lot of other examples abound.
Nutters, the whole lot of them, left and right.
but hey, you could always sell your soul to Apple, not sure who else is left.
In the long run, is there really any difference between two super-powerful mega-corps?