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vanitalo

@vanitalo@mastodon.social

Developer | Automator | Technology & Apple Enthusiast

Currently working in the higher education sector as a Lead Enterprise Software Engineer.

Disclaimer: Your perception is not my reality ;-)

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stroughtonsmith, to random
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How long before we start trying to cram an LLM into a space probe to act as a potential interactive digital ambassador containing the wealth of human knowledge? A time capsule that could encapsulate and preserve our culture, languages, history for thousands of years, fired into the cosmos. It is almost certainly going to happen

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith I think I saw that plot on Star Trek Discovery… it didn’t go well. 🤪

daringfireball, to random
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Tweet URLs Finally Redirect to X.com
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/19/tweel-urls-x-dot-com

vanitalo, (edited )
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@daringfireball Still won’t be calling Twitter X!

#MusksFascistXperement

verge, to random
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Sonos is teasing its ‘most requested product ever’ on Tuesday https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/19/24160259/sonos-teasing-new-propduct-announcement-ace-headphones-tuesday-may-21

vanitalo,
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@verge What’s that, an app that doesn’t suck!? 🤪

appleinsider, to random
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There's no question, it is possible to get work done on iPad, but there are limits. Here's what you need to know about replacing your Mac with an iPad.
https://appleinsider.com/inside/ipad/tips/how-to-use-ipad-as-a-mac-replacement-and-why-youd-want-to?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@appleinsider Step 1. Take a Xanax… you’ll need it to quell your frustrations 🤪

verge, to random
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Microsoft’s AI obsession is jeopardizing its climate ambitions https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157496/microsoft-ai-carbon-footprint-greenhouse-gas-emissions-grow-climate-pledge

vanitalo,
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@verge Has someone asked AI to solve the climate change problem? 🤪

stroughtonsmith, to random
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If Apple's afraid of eating into Mac sales by putting macOS on iPad, just put the Hypervisor and Virtualization frameworks on iPadOS so third parties like Parallels can virtualize Windows 11 or Linux instead. Windows, at least, is much better suited for a touchscreen than macOS is. Let the developer/userbase validate the concept if you won’t — is a virtual desktop good or bad for the iPad platform?

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith Government legislation may need to force Apple’s hand on making iPad Pro support VMs if Apple is unwilling to allow it. This would bring more competition to the platform. I suspect a major reason Apple still hasn’t allowed VMs is that doing so could threaten to reduce Apple’s services profits.

verge, to random
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Bumble apologizes for its anti-celibacy ad fumble https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/14/24156746/bumble-dating-app-anti-celibacy-billboard-ad-apology

vanitalo,
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@verge It would also help if all these dating app companies weren’t just predatory leeches! 🤪

stroughtonsmith, to random
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I know people like to think iPadOS 'forked' from iOS when it was renamed a few years back, but it really didn’t. If you install Xcode, both iPhone and iPad simulators run out of the exact same OS root. It's the same set of apps, the same SpringBoard — it just decides which features you get at runtime based on screen size and a feature map. That's not a fork; the name essentially means nothing. A brand new $4,000 iPad runs the same OS as your six year old phone

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith As I suspected… and why iPadOS still sux!

It’s just a phone OS running on a tablet. 🤦‍♂️

macrumors, to random
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iPad Marketing VP: iPad and Mac are Complementary Devices, Not Competing Devices https://www.macrumors.com/2024/05/13/apple-vp-mac-ipad-complementary/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@macrumors Apple VP’s tone deaf response just illustrates how Apple still doesn’t get it! 🤦‍♂️

stroughtonsmith, to random
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A $3,000 Mac has the ability to run iPad apps. It shouldn’t be controversial to suggest that a $3,000 iPad should have the ability to run Mac apps

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith Assuming this is made possible by running macOS apps in virtualisation. Would you rather macOS ran in full screen on iPad and the Mac apps can only be used while the full macOS desktop is displayed, or the macOS apps run in their own windows alongside other iPadOS apps (like parallels coherence mode)?

appleinsider, to random
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If you feel like you're being controlled by your smartphone, don't feel alone -- smartphone addiction is a real thing. So, let's talk about it, and how to deal with it.
https://appleinsider.com/inside/iphone/tips/smartphone-addiction-is-real-and-we-all-probably-need-to-do-something-about-it?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@appleinsider So many phone zombies walking down the street. 🙄

daringfireball, to random
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The New iPads No Longer Include Stickers
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/09/no-more-stickers-with-new-ipads

vanitalo,
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@daringfireball If you want stickers request them from Apple at time of purchase. It’s totally unnecessary to ship what are essentially extra waste materials in the box when the likelihood is that they will never be used.

daringfireball, to random
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Is the ‘Crush’ Backlash a Dead Canary in the Apple Brand Coal Mine?
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/09/dhh-crush

vanitalo,
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@daringfireball The only thing missing from the hydraulic press was the artists themselves. That ad would have been a bit too graphic, but some would say not too far from the point considering how some people also feel that AI technology is poised to replace the human element in many aspects as well.

I wonder what ads Apple has planned for WWDC 🤪

daringfireball, to random
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Apple Apologizes for ‘Crush’ Ad: ‘We Missed the Mark With This Video, and We’re Sorry’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/09/apple-crush-apology

vanitalo,
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@daringfireball I guess Sonos didn’t get that memo. 🤪 They’ve doubled down on their mistake.

verge, to random
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Sonos says its controversial app redesign took ‘courage’ https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/9/24152675/sonos-new-app-bad-reviews-response-statement

vanitalo,
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@verge I guess it does take courage to wilfully piss off all of your customers!

stroughtonsmith, to random
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Early iPad Pro Geekbench results (if true) make it out to be basically double the performance of my M1 Mac mini. Double the single core score, double the multicore score, and double the graphics score 👀 It's only been three years!

CPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/6013825

GPU: https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/compute/2154401

📈

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith I hear the iPad Pro is great for running benchmark software… not much else though 🤪

verge, to random
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People sure are pressed about Apple’s crushing iPad commercial https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24152236/apple-ipad-pro-commercial-artists-ai

vanitalo,
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@verge WWDC’s #AI announcements…

Hold my beer! 🍺 🤣

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Manifesting that the next iPad mini features an OLED + Nano-texture display, making it an incredible eReader. 🤞

vanitalo,
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@BasicAppleGuy It’s annoying that Apple neglects the iPad mini so much. It’s the best iPad IMO, but it could really benefit from more regular updates that give it more Pro features.

verge, to random
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The new Sonos app is missing a lot of features, and people aren’t happy https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/8/24151704/sonos-new-app-bad-reviews-missing-features

vanitalo, (edited )
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@verge It’s an awful update 😞 they even screwed up the volume controls for grouped speakers.

This should never have been released in this state. Should have been a TestFlight beta only!

stroughtonsmith, (edited ) to random
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When I finally pull the trigger, a new 13" iPad Pro w/ 16GB RAM, keyboard & stylus is gonna cost me €3,107. It would be by far the most powerful computer I own.

That's more than twice as much as what I paid for the Mac mini I do all my development on. It even beats out my high-end gaming PC whose GPU alone was €1800.

All of that goes to waste because it’s paired with a simplified, stripped-down OS using the same technology stack and limitations as a $300 Netflix device for your grandparents

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith Apple needs to discontinue the iPad Pro line and introduce the MacPad!

stroughtonsmith, to random
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An Apple Pencil with a gyro, physical squeeze-click, and a haptic motor, sure would be useful for drawing in AR, huh

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith But can the new Apple Pencil Pro be used with the Vision Pro for VR lightsaber duels? 👀🤪

stroughtonsmith, to random
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These new iPads Pro are clearly the best iPads ever made, and most powerful hardware in this form factor by a long shot.

Which is why it pains me that the most excitement I can drum up is an exasperated sigh

vanitalo,
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@stroughtonsmith It doesn’t matter how much power or hardware upgrades Apple throws at the iPad platform. The operating system is fundamentally broken (especially for iPad Pro) and needs to be completely redesigned.

Given Apple’s track record of lacklustre iPadOS advancements year on year, I don’t expect any groundbreaking announcements at WWDC that will fix the fundamental flaws in the iPad’s operating system.

Adding AI functionality to iPadOS won’t provide any solutions to that either!

appleinsider, to random
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For the first time, Apple has used the iPad to edit some of the footage of one of its Apple Events to showcase the powerful capabilities of its tablet lineup.
https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/05/07/the-let-loose-event-was-the-first-to-be-edited-on-ipad-using-final-cut-pro?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon

vanitalo,
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@appleinsider I’ll bet they didn’t do much of the editing on iPad though. 🤪

jsnell, to random
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Just posted on Six Colors: The iPad Pro is no longer the future, so what’s next?

https://sixcolors.com/post/2024/05/the-ipad-pro-is-no-longer-the-future-so-whats-next/

vanitalo,
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@craiggrannell @jsnell This is why I think Apple should make a new touchscreen MacBook form factor instead of just iterating the iPad Pro which despite all the iterations has not really evolved.

The issue I have with the iPad Pro when trying to use it as a laptop is there are too many compromises, too many limitations! (1/2)

vanitalo,
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Despite that I’d like a touchscreen tablet without a keyboard sometimes, when I have to attach an iPad to a bulky/heavy keyboard/trackpad it makes the iPad far less compelling for me and iPadOS is also too limiting for laptop work for me.

I’d like Apple to make a real hybrid device, not something that can become hybridish by attaching a bunch of accessories… maybe we’ll need to wait a few more years for that though. (2/2)

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