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TheSilentDawn

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ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Could just be my weird local cohort, but have you noticed this linguistic thing with youngish kids where they preface statements, almost like a comic header? E.g. instead of "I think [explanation about thing]" it's "What I think about [thing]: [explanation]." So, like, instead of "I think what's going on is that the cat is shy because she lived in the wild" you hear "What I think about the cat: she's shy because she lived in the wild."

TheSilentDawn,
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@ZachWeinersmith I would take that to mean they’re emphasizing their belief or their opinion on the subject. Making it explicit that they’re not talking about a “fact” of the world but how they perceive it.

glennf, to random
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It just struck me what Apple got wrong with its “crushing ad.”

They thought we would identify with the iPad, not the creative instruments and materials.

TheSilentDawn,
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@pixelscience @glennf I think that’s it exactly. Fundamentally I don’t think the ad is that bad but rhe zeitgeist through which it’s viewed is a lot darker. It’s not quirky, it’s an act of destructive.

RecDiffs, to random
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234: The Bulgarian Punching Channel https://relay.fm/rd/234

TheSilentDawn,
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@hotdogsladies This picture makes me physically uncomfortable. It gets worse the longer I look at it.

davemark, to apple
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Rephrasing my question:

If I turn off iCloud (say, I stop paying the monthly fee), I assume I will lose access to all files in the cloud but NOT downloaded to my Mac.

Is there a way to backup ALL my Mac's files, both on device and in the cloud?

Happy to buy a large enough drive. My concern is that Time Machine only backs up what's on my device, depends on iCloud to back up the cloud stuff.

TheSilentDawn,
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@davemark I do this with photos. My library is larger than my internal drive so I store everyone on an external. While it doesn’t get a Time Machine backup, I clone the drive with Superduper and Backblaze. I do the same thing with my music library.

So far (knock on wood) the system has worked really well.

davemark, to apple
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I find this DOJ Apple lawsuit, and the river of explainers, points and counterpoints it spawned incredibly difficult to completely wrap my head around.

Just me?

TheSilentDawn,
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@davemark I really struggle with the interpretation. I know the DOJ is full of smart people, but as a tech enthusiast the lawsuit is kind of baffling. I’m sure the actual trial documents will be better but this initial filing and press conference do not seem like 5 years of work.

davemark, to piracy
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Curious about your views on piracy:

  • OK to share your Netflix password with your family? Friend?
  • OK to use a VPN to watch a game that is blacked out in your area?
  • OK to use a VPN to bypass licenses, say, to watch content in another country?

Any and all thoughts...

TheSilentDawn,
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@davemark definitely yes to the last two and I would say yes to sharing with family.

davemark, to apple
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Had my Vision Pro demo last night.

SO many thoughts. Will definitely get into it on this week's show ("The Dalrymple Report" podcast records on Thursdays, drops on Friday mornings).

But in a nutshell, this was breathtaking, game changing.

My gut, right now, is that all diehard Apple fans will all own a Vision Pro eventually.

Maybe not this generation, but Series 2? Series 3? Like Apple Watch, the more refinement cycles Apple gets, the deeper into the market sales will go.

TheSilentDawn,
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@davemark I did a demo this week and I completely agree. I can still see the edges where they’re waiting on technology to catch up but I really feel like they nailed the interaction model.

I had the same feeling playing with the scroll wheel on the iPod for the first time. It just clicked and I was going.

TheSilentDawn,
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@davemark Did you get to see one of the night scenes? The individual leading my demo had me turn the pacific coast location to night and than watch the Avatar clip. The lighting on the rocks and environment was stunning.

TheSilentDawn,
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@davemark Oh totally. I would buy one to watch sports but the ray tracing on that environment was what really blew me away technologically.

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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Here is Stephanie P. Jones' take on SCOTUS's decision to grant cert in the immunity case.

https://blog.stephaniejones.com/2024/03/01/yes-the-supreme-court-could-have-declined-the-case-but-then-what/

(She gets annoyed at a few of the influential TV lawyers.)

TheSilentDawn,
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@Teri_Kanefield Thank you for writing your analysis through all this. I have found these so insightful.

imyke, to random
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This is what peak physical fitness looks like

TheSilentDawn,
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@imyke How do those headlines fit with the Vision Pro on. Is there enough room for the straps and headphone cups?

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Apple will be announcing how it intends to comply with the E.U. Digital Markets Act later today, what concessions it will be making on pricing and fees, and what demands it will place on third-party payment providers and sideloaded apps.

The E.U. will then review Apple’s proposal in the coming weeks, and detail changes if necessary.

I believe the era of the 30% tax may be coming to an end, after 21 years of the iTunes Store.

TheSilentDawn,
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@stroughtonsmith Do you think that’s because the EU will force them? The Dutch dating app situation does not make me optimistic.

Alice, to random
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I wish I could have been in the conference room when someone proposed putting a backpack on a shoe and it somehow got approved.

TheSilentDawn,
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@Alice Retro?

CARROT, to random
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I'm the first member of the Upgradies Hall of Fame for Best iOS App! Thank you @jsnell and @imyke, you meatbags have good taste. https://overcast.fm/+Fcm9AQcHE/02:59

TheSilentDawn,
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@CARROT Did you threaten them with a weather vortex?

film_girl, to random
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For 9 years and 470 episodes, I’ve been the cohost of a podcast called . It ended this week. The full episode is great https://relay.fm/rocket/470 but I went ahead and clipped my goodbye message. I mean everything I’m saying/crying through here and I thank all of you for listening and supporting us over the years.

video/mp4

TheSilentDawn,
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@film_girl Thank you so much for the show! It was my favorite show every week. I’ll really miss the scam town and all your takes.

MissingThePt, to random
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Tesla’s policy of killing customers is odd business because on average dead people buy fewer cars than living people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/12/10/tesla-autopilot-crash/

TheSilentDawn,
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@MissingThePt Bought they have “bought” the car.

davemark, to apple
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Apple's official statement on Beeper Mini:

"We took steps to protect our users by blocking techniques that exploit fake credentials in order to gain access to iMessage. These techniques posed significant risks to user security and privacy, including the potential for metadata exposure and enabling unwanted messages, spam, and phishing attacks. We will continue to make updates in the future to protect our users."

TheSilentDawn,
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@davemark That makes me wonder if there was something more to this than just reverse engineering. Like there was a bug or something Apple found.

davemark, to apple
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🤔
Been thinking about Beeper Mini and blue/green bubbles:

  • If I was an investor, I'd be worried about someone else copying this (solution is open source, yes?)

  • And then I'd worry about Apple. This is a bet that Apple will not come after them with deep legal pockets.

  • Or that Apple will flip a secret switch (or whatever) to break the connection.

General opinion is that that last is impossible, but I would not bet against Apple here.

Opinions?
#Apple #BeeperMini

TheSilentDawn,
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@davemark In the long run, I don’t know how much of a technical problem this is instead of a reputational one. Could Apple do something to break this? Probably? But do they want to get into a cat and mouse game with a small indie developer? I don’t know that scrutiny would be worth locking it the small handful of people who would do this.

TheSilentDawn,
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@davemark I don’t know. I don’t doubt they hate it, but they also apparently just skated by the interoperability requirements in the EU. Actively working to undermine something like this would be a bad look. Maybe they wait and hope it blows over but that would be a heck of a gamble.

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Nonsense; Apple's Messages app already has an unencrypted pathway — using SMS. And unencrypted RCS, as of next year. A bridge to a competing service could also be unencrypted in the same form. If you really need to message somebody not using an encrypted service, you should get a warning in the app, but it should still be possible. It will be possible, and unencrypted, if other services interoperate with RCS directly

https://daringfireball.net/linked/2023/12/06/imessage-dma

TheSilentDawn,
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@gruber @stroughtonsmith @hunter Speaking of China, having a centralize messaging platform would sure make spying on those messages easier.

daringfireball, to random
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★ There’s a New Apple Pencil With a USB-C Port, and My Thoughts Turn to the Complexity of the Overall iPad Lineup
https://daringfireball.net/2023/10/apple_pencil_usb-c

TheSilentDawn,
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@daringfireball Do you think they would need to do more to allow multiple faces to unlock the iPad? It seems like you would really need multiuser support for that because it seems like iPads are more of a shared device.

TheSilentDawn,
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@gruber Yeah, that makes sense. I guess for me the iPad is a family device that 4 people share. I was thinking more akin to a lite version of the Macs user experience. I suppose that’s not something that Apple is necessarily interested in though.

TheSilentDawn,
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@gruber Yeah, hope springs eternal. I really hope something like this gives them the push to finally do it.

davemark, to random
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That thing where you realize that if you make a hardwired ethernet connection, your ethernet will be so much faster than your Wi-Fi connection.

Very satisfying. ☺️

TheSilentDawn,
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@davemark And than you go down the rabbit of hole of wiring all the things!

danielpunkass, to random
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I took a lot of flak for a comment I made a few days ago, about being "over" masking. I didn't address most of the responses but I absorbed them all. I think it's true there are still good reasons to wear a mask, especially any time community risk increases.,..

TheSilentDawn,
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@danielpunkass I think it’s a challenging risk calculus. I minimize my time indoors with groups, but I have two kids who are in school and aren’t going to wear masks. That’s the vast majority of my risk exposure so I’m not sure what changes when I where a mask.

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