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I can definitely see that argument, but I feel the issue is that Ive lacked a product-focussed and customer-focussed CEO to reign in his "wilder" impulses (the Edition watches are …

> [...] struggled with a shift in the company’s focus from making devices to developing services. Boy can I ever empathize with that. This shift is the worst thing that ever happen…

> Pretty easy to define. Long-term = chronic illness. Not that easy. If I'm unable to exercise for a year due to COVID complications, that is a major life changing event and has lo…

We can split hairs about what constitutes "long-term" and what doesn't, but if I can't smell anything for a year - not knowing for sure if I ever again will be able to - I'd consid…

I'm not sure driving is a great analogy to taking/not taking a vaccine or refusing to follow COVID restrictions, but if we do, we also need to consider this: When driving, you can …

> And Im in favor of banning video games, social media and pornography. Those are quite bad analogies you have there. Playing video games, reading/posting to social media (assuming…

The vaccine does not make you fully immune, and the vaccine does not necessarily prevent you carrying and transmitting the virus. It just makes it less likely to happen (and you're…

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After almost 2 years working from home, I do miss the office. However, crucially, I do not miss my commute. So unless I could afford to live within easy biking/walking distance of …

Did I say he should have objected, or to get the recruiter reinstated? I find it inappropriate to respond with a smilie when you hear somebody was just fired. Something more neutra…

Sure, but at the very best it means he did not object to somebody getting fired over it. Legality of wage fixing aside for the moment, I don't think this should have been a fireabl…

I don't know if this statement is true or not. But let's assume it is: what does it matter to the Swiss people enjoying a good life?

> If you want to work hard and become rich, that's your spot. Maybe, maybe not. I'd argue there are far more who tried and failed than who succeeded, but I don't know if that ratio…

Being told a person got fired because of you. Your response: ":)" Man, Steve Jobs sure had a lot of admirable qualities, but sometimes he was just a f cking ass hole.

Fair enough. I tried it out under the assumption that it was an attempt at a better mainstream search engine, but I guess I should have paid deeper attention to the name :-)

Congratulations for restating my point in different words. However, many people who are into Apple tend to ascribe some kind of benevolent or even altruistic motives to the company…

As a quick test, I searched for the name of one of my favorite game series: "Baldur's Gate" (on its own, no qualifiers, properly spelled - I would usually spell it "baldurs gate" o…

Frankly, anybody who thinks that Apple is out for anybody but themselves is living in a dream.

Despicable.

I'm extremely glad I don't work 90h/week, nor have I ever had to (my contract says 40h/week and that's usually how much I work - if I do overtime (rare) I usually get to adjust for…

How did such an empty, ill-researched, ill-backed article even make it onto Hacker News? "Drivel" is putting it charitably.

I don't use themes or a very heavily themed distro, so maybe I haven't seen egregious (mis)uses of theming. That said, I absolutely agree when (if) it comes to theming actually bre…

How about designing devices and services such that they are open and cross-compatible and the user is ultimately in control?

Yeah, I had heard of that. Personally, I don't really like the idea of depending on re-signing every 7 days to prevent apps from breaking. In practice it would be fine nearly 100% …

Not true, unless by "having the benefit of hindsight" you mean "having watched Apple's actions for the last few years". Yes, they do a lot for privacy. But when it comes to their b…