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Exactly - Apple hardware is designed for its software, and vice versa. They get battery gains across the stack.
I remember when the M1 Macs first came out, an Apple engineer revealed they'd optimized the hardware so one specific low-level operation macOS does all the time was 5x faster than on Intel [0].
It installs, opening it is a simple message saying I need to enable it in Safari settings. Strange, but ok.
I’ve made several Safari extensions for iOS, and they all have to do this.
Apple provides no API for an app to enable its own Safari extension. It also has no public API on iOS to deeplink to the Settings page for enabling the extension. You just have to tell users where to go and hope they don’t get lost.
(There is an API on macOS to quickly open Safari extension settings. It’s nice! Maybe they’ll add it to iOS someday.)
Is this spam? They do not name the company or anyone involved. They mention a Reddit post, but don’t link to it.
I am aware that Microsoft and Apple have implemented fast window-switching slightly differently. I use both OSes daily. The point I was making was both make similar high-level design decisions.
When you begin alt-tabbing, you cycle between your other open windows, arranged by how recently they were last open. Cmd-Tab is the same, but between apps. Both features rearrange items only based on recency, and always keep the same order.
An interesting idea, but not something that would fit my workflow for several reasons (not the least of which is it's Windows-only).
Cmd-Tab on Mac and Alt-Tab on Windows does the same thing every time. Its consistency lets me use it extremely quickly, with confidence. It does what I want it to, every time. I don't wish to sound dramatic, but if I hit a shortcut with a window in mind, and this app picked the wrong window even once, I would uninstall it immediately. "Cmd-Tab, but it doesn't work sometimes" sounds frustrating and strictly worse than the system shortcut.
Maybe it should look more like GitHub Copilot. It watches what you're doing and shows a small indicator somewhere of the window it thinks you want to switch to. If the app guessed right, you hit a keyboard shortcut and switch to it. If the app guessed wrong, you just ignore the suggestion, like with Copilot.
I've tried tons and ended up on Notion. Works on every device, syncs well, supports rich embeds and easy publishing to the web. It really depends on your preferences. Anything works as long as it has cloud sync and half-decent search.
Some apps I've tried and liked: Apple Notes, Simplenote, Bear, Obsidian and Craft
I love using note-taking apps for this reason. They are a bottomless bucket into which you can throw unlimited unorganized thoughts. When you need them later, simply search.
That's a rude, tactless thing to say. People in many fields simply don't need more than a cursory knowledge of computers.
For example, I was talking about veterinarians. They need to type records into a web browser, but that's about it.
Veterinarians spend their time learning about things far more valuable to them. For example, which painkillers are safe to use on a cat recovering from surgery, or how to precisely drill into a dog's spinal cord to remove a fluid buildup that's robbed it of the ability to walk, or how to stabilize a dying animal in the emergency room.
These are the least "dumb" people imaginable. They do not need "upskilling" - they went to four years of medical school. They have more important things to do than figure out computer arcana.
I definitely got that impression reading the reviews of the OP's product. An associate comparing it to "a polished Apple product" shows the younger generation is used to decent software and would appreciate it at work.
(To other commenters, this is not an invitation to dunk on Apple. Please keep discussion on track)
This person is 100% correct that git will never see adoption outside the tech industry.
My partner worked as a veterinarian for several years, and it was fascinating to see how vets use computers. These were brilliant people - I knew three who did literal brain surgery. But they just had zero patience for computers. They did not want to troubleshoot, figure out how something worked or dive deeper. Ever. They didn't care! They were busy saving the lives of people's pets.
It was a good reminder there are many smart people who do not know computers work and do not care to. A good startup acknowledges this reality.
Part of the sale is that Onion InfoWars will run pro-gun safety ads from Everytown USA. That and the obvious goal of humiliating Jones is probably why the Sandy Hook parents sold it to the Onion.
Can't say I'm not happy. Jones is an evil man who has richly earned this indignity and worse. His campaign of harassment against people whose children were murdered was so bad, some parents brought private security guards to testify at his trial [0]. They described death threats, strangers confronting them in their homes and shooting at their cars.
[0] https://apnews.com/article/shootings-texas-school-connecticu...
Same. It always had the nicest UI and interaction model, but the bugs ruined it for me over time.
There was a particularly annoying one where if I got to 31:20 on Show A on my phone, then play Show B on my Watch, the playback in B would jump to 31:20. This was brutal if you were somewhere around the 2-hour mark in Show B and have to find your place again.
Really hope the new owners can make everything work again.
You should read the next paragraph!
While a significant number of gamers still prefer physical media (for resale, sharing or longevity purposes or lack of internet), the vast majority of the industry is and will continue to be digital.
I have never seen Jim Cramer and don't know or care what hedge funds think. I'm just telling you as someone deep in the gaming space, this company's business makes no sense.
They have no future. Cohen couldn't pivot them to e-commerce. Selling undifferentiated consoles, board games and cards is a race to the bottom. It's a commodity business they will lose to Amazon and Alibaba.
Apple allows VNC apps, which access desktop OSes through a touch screen.
No need for making up new theories with no evidence, I think. They just don’t want to grant a third party JIT permission because of security concerns
That is amazing. I worked with a (different?) finance company that did the same thing - every team was judged on their burndown charts.
From what I saw, it did no good. Teams simply did not use tickets to track work. If a story surfed sprints, its “ticket” was closed at the end of one sprint and a new one was opened for next. If a priority bug came in mid-sprint, we simply worked on it without a ticket.
The team I was teaching struggled with the concept of streams and reactivity. It's kind of like programming backwards, especially if you're used to an imperative mindset. They just had a hard time with the concept of a stream.
They also had a tough time remembering all the operators in the library.
The operator chains remind me of RxJS. Which is great! I love reactive programming. But speaking as someone who spent two years teaching RxJS to a team of frontend newbies, the learning curve is brutal.
(Please do not reply with "I found RxJS easy". Good for you.)
I cannot even imagine the bravery required to transition in 1968. That is staggering. RIP to a trailblazer and great engineer.
Apple's lawyer states no such thing, only that they have the right to revoke anyone's developer account for any time and for any reason. They believe Epic will violate their rules in the future and affect iOS users' privacy and safety, so they banned them.
I know this is the internet, and no one actually reads the linked articles, but I really wish people would do so before weighing in. You did not need to make up a non-disparagement clause.
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I have a similar setup. Be sure to check your state's laws before signing up for an RA service - my state allows an LLC to be its own RA.
Apple is good about only announcing real products you can buy. They don't do tech demos. It's always, "here's a problem. the new apple watch solves it. here're five other things the watch does. $399."
For reference, this was the Eastland in 1915. It was also because all the lifeboats were on the same side.
Right? Even if you don't like Apple, a perfectly valid viewpoint, the Vision Pro is a huge deal. It should be on the homepage.
Also, if you don't like Apple... read the review! Nilay Patel has a lot of really good critiques of the headset. He concludes by basically saying he's not sold.
It was 30% more expensive if you signed up on the iOS app. I'm not sure if it still is.
https://community.spotify.com/t5/Accounts/higher-costs-per-m...
Before speaking to anyone, unfortunately.
Note to those applying, they require a 2-ish hour technical take-home and do not provide feedback.
I've been writing everything down in a notes app recently and I love it. If I think of a good Christmas gift for my brother in July, it goes in the app. If someone recommends an interesting-sounding book, it goes in the app. If an app at work has a specific or convoluted build process, it goes in the app.
As someone who spent his entire childhood getting in trouble for forgetting things, it's been life-changing. Computers remember things so much better than my dumb brain.
Yeah, I had the same thought viewing the screenshots. I like that this project exists, but they've got a long way to go with those Windows 95-esque buttons and scrollbar.