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IIRC, at least part of team behind Final Cut was ex-Adobe, which probably didn't help either)

Hey but they got new icons. Because the non-subscription app still exist as well.

Nostalgia and also specifically catering to people who are affluent enough now to afford things they couldn't afford as kids or teens.

Not 100% exactly, but the whole point of these Korg reissues is to be very close to the originals. So in terms of general architecture, it will be the same.

Look Mum No Computer is interesting.

On one hand, he's a bad example, because - at least as far as I know - he builds most of the stuff himself. So he's not showing off expensive synths he bought, which makes this kind of a category error.

On the other hand, he's a great example, because in terms of his musical output, he's a quite bland epigone of artists like Howard Jones or Thomas Dolby of the 80s. And in the playlist you linked of Wendy Carlos.

Now the thing is, I love Howard Jones, Thomas Dolby and Wendy Carlos. But they exist already. I don't need a copy. That's exactly the point I was trying to make.

I don't need yet another YouTuber recreating Axel F. on his freshly bought Jupiter-8. I want new Axel Fs!

They don't need to churn out stuff. They just want to show off what they possess.

entirely new capabilities are unlocked

But unfortunately, it will primarily be used by rich YouTube "creators" to recreate some old Jean-Michel Jarre tracks.

Toys for rich kids with a lack of talent basically.

Well it's remake of an old synthesizer, there's plenty of information and pictures about the original.

These are quite heavy accusations. Do you have a source for your claim that this was the intention?

One sells Big Macs... the other Mac minis... there must be a connection.

I don't think they would consider OpenAI a potential competitor, unless OpenAI has trade secrets of Apple.

I mean 3 billion USD is clearly too big to fail, so I wouldn't worry too much

That's the number I had in mind, but correct, apparently this is only for education and it's also 100 USD more now.

So work louder is the new work smarter?

At least it's much more expensive

A quarter RGB keyboard for the price of half a MacBook Neo? Yeah this will sell like hot cakes...

It's fascinating, right?

I'm not a "hacker" by any means, but I would probably use a Qubes based system with a dedicated "hacking" VM, only use anonymous VPNs connected from public WiFi access points (having left my mobile at home) while wearing a fake beard and STILL be paranoid that I somehow somewhere make a mistake.

Which namesake are you referring to?

the brightest of us

That's not a very high bar today.

Same as with rich person autobiographies: even when they tell you what they think it is, they can't see the path not travelled.

Yup, there's a lot of survivorship bias in those. And humans want to attribute success to some skill somehow. You cannot just have been lucky.

Care to elaborate?

"next year"

If they do post, I adjust my expectations, let me put it this way...

I sometimes check if someone is active on LinkedIn or not (as in, actually posting stuff). This is useful as a filter.

Funnily enough, when the iPhone launched, it didn't have a native SDK. With iPhone OS 1, developers were supposed to create web apps. That only got changed with iPhone OS 2.

https://web.archive.org/web/20070722172208/http://developer....

Oh no.

Anyway...

Gold maybe? (no investment advice)

It's removing choice on the side of the publisher.

Why should you? You would also affect people who did not participate in that choice.