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From the article: > The change only affects users who set China as their country on Apple devices and doesn’t affect users who select Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan.

You certainly shouldn't get indignant about it. It's one thing to express an dissenting opinion, but throwing a mini-temper tantrum on the Internet is a bit much. Not saying that's…

Hmm... here's what you said: > American jets need a shiny aircraft carrier and a coin can mess them up Now it sounds like you're trying to claim that you weren't including American…

This doesn't sound right. The USAF is the largest air force in the world and, as far as I know, it has exactly 0 air craft carriers. I'm sure a well-placed coin could mess up a lot…

Are we sure it's not prevalent? Concussions & CTE weren't widely reported in the NFL until recently. Googling for "rugby cte" turns up articles like this one ( http://www.telegraph…

At least it seems like it might be temporary: > Apple says APFS will not be supported on Fusion Drives "in the initial release of macOS High Sierra," which suggests support could b…

Your forgetfulness is not evidence. This is not a compelling argument.

> selling abandoned property you found ? no thats not a crime. Is that true? I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure you have to own something in order to sell it legally... and I do…

I'm not sure that Congressional term limits are necessarily a good thing. Lobbyists and other special interests don't have term limits. It seems to me that if we impose term limits…

As a developer do you not use an external mouse, keyboard, and display?

Apple accounts for about 1/8 of smartphone shipments ( http://www.idc.com/prodserv/smartphone-os-market-share.jsp ) and 1/4 of mobile web traffic ( http://marketshare.hitslink.com …

Good effort, but I'm not sure your post makes sense. If I committed the same crime, wouldn't I get the same punishment? In this case, that's being banned from playing Pokemon Go, n…

Wow, lucky them. What crime do I have to commit to be barred from _hearing about_ Pokemon Go?

Or Ceylon! It looks a lot like Java in some ways, but with a really novel type system. Kotlin is nice too though.

You need to explain what you mean by "ecosystem".

Jesus Christ, what did he do to you?

> I only have an armchair knowledge of psychiatry and I'd be interested to hear what somebody with experience has to say about it Hopefully anybody with experience will know better…

> And now take control of the data input How do 3rd party keyboards fit into your narrative?

You're misremembering. The first iPods did mount as a disk for general file storage. They weren't locked into iTunes either... they supported MP3, AAC, and several other formats.

Who is Alex Wood, what is The Memo, and why should I care?

> I've never been asked to fill out a survey about the features I like/dislike about my phone. I've never been asked which political candidate I prefer, but I see polls on the news…

Is the "analog hole" still an issue for music, now that all-you-can-eat streaming services have become the norm? Is anyone using their 3.5mm jack to capture a Spotify stream?

> I'm always blown away out how little cell phone manufacturers seem to listen to customer feedback. I don't care about my phone being paper thin. I'd guess most people don't eithe…

See Brian Goetz's talk on language stewardship ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2y5Pv4yN0b0 ). I'm sure nobody wants to add new and interesting features to Java more than the peop…