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Color me surprised.

I've been watching this for years and, frequently, Apple stock value goes down after the company announces it has met or exceeded expectations. I have no idea why this happens.

Any anyone else use plain tex these days?

> This is clearly a trend More like a virus.

Considering that most people cannot tell the difference between a high bitrate MP3 and source, it would seem to me that this will be wasted on most people (myself included). That s…

I can't speak for OP but for me, I disable it because UEFI is an over-engineered mess that solves no problems for me.

You know, if Amazon made an Echo that hung on the wall and had Hal's red "eye", I think I would have to get one despite myself.

>I don't need ECC We all need ECC. It should be a standard feature by now.

It's not just Windows that is bloated; so is macOS, Android, and iOS. The wastefulness annoys me and I don't want to hear its okay because we have tons of disk space and RAM - it i…

Aside from ZFS, there is nothing on that list I personally want. And I've never liked mandatory access control - standard UNIX permissions please.

OS/2, Nextstep, and BeOS were all better than Windows (IMO) and none of them succeeded. Some of it was missteps by the OS vendor but not to be forgotten was Microsoft's deals with …

So they still haven't turned it on after all this time? I was under the impression that they were going to roll it out.

I know this is about Microsoft but Apple and Google have been performing this tomfoolery as well - basically trying to trick/force people into creating an online account. Google sh…

Isn't this like saying you didn't steal a CD because you never listened to it?

My understanding is that Andrew Lewis first said it. http://www.metafilter.com/95152/Userdriven-discontent#325604...

Maybe this change is more about making sure that ISPs continue to have their own incentive to keep user browsing histories - which in turn can be used as an intelligence data sourc…

The one thing that stood out to me is the name of former Be employee Travis Geiselbrecht. If you are unaware, he created NewOS, which was forked years ago and became the kernel for…

Even though it is listed on Sony's website, none of the vendors on Sony's website has any in stock, and CDW lists it as discontinued as of January 2017. (I checked B&H, Amazon, and…

This is a little off topic but I want to take a moment and say thank you to Warren Toomey. He is responsible for TUHS and it is a wonder resource for people who enjoy UNIX. Thank y…

Did they never release an iOS 10 security paper before now? I'm asking because iOS 10 has been out for a while and iOS 11 is just around the corner.

Personally, I don't consider using a phone number as reasonable. Usernames should be allowed for those who don't have or don't want phones.

My understanding is that they did, which is why they had such an old version for such a long time.

"no one should be compelled to witness against oneself" More specifically, no one should be compelled to assist the government in one's own prosecution.