I raise this question because as a programmer that’s how I interpret your logic.
It makes me think you want every single little switch in the OS to be there for users and personally, I’m very much against this. I want the OS to take care of the little things and spend my time using it rather than configuring it.
I remember in the olden days I switched from Windows to Mac OS X and found myself bored because I didn’t have to maintain the Registry, defragment the hard drive, etc. In my mind Apple makes the opinionated software and Windows is configuration hell.
Maybe so, but I don’t expect any OS vendor to tell me every tiny of detail of how they manage their hardware/performance (especially on consumer devices known for simplicity).
I have to disagree on Apple’s motive. Going on the assumption they’re greedy:
It would make more sense for the device to simply fail (shut off) when the battery can’t hold a stable charge (prompting users to upgrade)
One of their primary metrics in marketing is battery life, so it makes sense to slow the OS to meet that target as closely as possible (even when a component is failing) as often as possible (by not simply dying)
We’re talking about a battery that is critically low and/or is failing. Who’s expecting their phone to operate at full capacity under such circumstances?
The fact that the phone is trying to stay powered on for longer (albeit with degraded performance) keeps access to emergency services more readily available, access to critical apps, etc. Where’s the benefit of operating at 100% if you’re only doing so for a limited amount of time?
It feels like people just can’t be bothered to either charge their battery or replace it if it’s bad.
What are you talking about? The consumer can choose another platform if it’s such a problem.
I hate Windows. You know what I don’t do? I don’t continue buying it, find something I can’t change about it (hell, let’s say the Registry) then turn around and complain I don’t have “choice” or “freedom.”
I too wish Esperanto would gain mass adoption but my only qualm with it is the consonant clusters that aren’t friendly for non-European language speakers.
I like dogs like I like toddlers. It’s fun to hang out with other people’s for a while, but ultimately they’re annoying, loud, and make a mess. I feel like in the past 10 years or so, dog owners have become increasingly convinced that everyone thinks their slobbering, untrained mutt is god’s gift to everyone, and expects...
I’ve never been into dogs, that is until I met my wife and her dogs. They’re two chihuahuas which have a bad reputation but I never knew enough about dogs generally speaking to really know.
Now that I work from home, I’m with the dogs 24/7. I am incredibly attached to them. I walk them, I feed them, I spend a lot of time with them.
I also understand not everyone loves dogs so I don’t take them out shopping, let them grab food out of others’ hands, etc. I’m spoiled though because they were already pretty well-trained so I’m really just reaping the benefits of her work.
I guess what I’m saying is, give them a chance. I know dogs that jump all over you are annoying as fuck but usually once they know you they calm down and leave you alone.
It would be nice if client apps allowed URL rewriting. I’m on iOS and I doubt Apple will make system-wide URL rewriting possible (ignoring jailbreaking).
The only thing I can think of is “maybe the puzzle game wasn’t marketed to kids” but I do imagine that they say it’s “for all ages” or something to that effect.
Yeah, I’m no fan of ads (have everything blocked at the DNS level) but there should still be a “responsible” way of doing this — and by responsible I mean simply allowing the app developer to scope down ads that are shown.
That wouldn’t help with deep packet inspection but only those firewalls too lazy to check what’s actually being sent there. Even then I doubt it would work because WireGuard uses UDP, not TCP.
Hi, English isn’t my mother tongue so I was asking myself that question since I first encounted a w/… Back then I was like: “What tf does ‘w slash’ stand for?” And when I found out I was like “How, why, and is it any intuitive?” But I never dared to ask that until now
I don’t think writing “the Dr told me X” is normal because it’s in the middle of the sentence. Especially if it’s capitalized because that signifies that it’s a title, but you’re not using the title (unless we’re talking about German which we’re not).
It would make much more sense these days to simply leave the subject line intact then have the mail client display the “reply” or “forwarded” lingo on its own.
It’s a computer so it should be smart enough to know what’s happening by looking at the headers. I never understand when we make computers do stupid things instead of actually programming them to be smart. Otherwise what’s the point of using them?
Batterygate is stupid
Apple slowing down devices to extend battery life when the battery itself is low or degraded is awesome....
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Which language you wish would really grow and reach mainstream adoption?
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Gettin real goddamn tired of dogs
I like dogs like I like toddlers. It’s fun to hang out with other people’s for a while, but ultimately they’re annoying, loud, and make a mess. I feel like in the past 10 years or so, dog owners have become increasingly convinced that everyone thinks their slobbering, untrained mutt is god’s gift to everyone, and expects...
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This is why we need to fight for Ad-blocks harder than ever.
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Where did the abbreviation "w/" for "with" come from?
Hi, English isn’t my mother tongue so I was asking myself that question since I first encounted a w/… Back then I was like: “What tf does ‘w slash’ stand for?” And when I found out I was like “How, why, and is it any intuitive?” But I never dared to ask that until now
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