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No, it was first coined by people who worked for him in the early 80s. He was really trying to push the limits of what was possible and convinced people working under him to do so.…

Did you really expect better from a Scam Altman company? 0 morals or ethics.

A healthy, non-rabid wolf killing a human is way less likely than being killed by a lightning strike. Farmers are also heavily subsidized in Europe.

Traffic and honking can be quite annoying. I find the AirPods Pro knock down quick a bit of noise even when off just because of their tips, but when I want it even quieter I use th…

I wear my AirPods Pro on the train largely for hearing protection. The DC Metro is loud, with or without people making noise in the train. Different train systems have different le…

Is that really true? The price of Macs today is far lower than it used to be when adjusted for inflation. I know this is true of all computers, but you can get a really good Mac co…

I would generally agree with you except for three points: 1) the price of going to the cinema has surged so much that you have to budget for it in a way you didn't before. 2) I can…

I am with you on everything but the TV speakers. They are awful because TVs are so thin. They are running into pure physics. Get a nice soundbar, and it's a huge upgrade. Get one w…

Idk, a giant OLED is a pretty great experience, and the visual quality of them beats a good chunk of professional cinemas.

Having done some work with these F500 companies, this is part of it. These legacy companies have long seen tech as a cost center, haven't invested in it, and are unable to attract …

I do wonder if the plan was originally at least 12 GB, but the RAMageddon foiled that. Although this is competing with PoS Chromebooks, which often don't have much ram (sometimes a…

$499 for general educational discount, but I am betting that school districts will get volume discounts above that. It's going to be very price-competitive.

The ram is the only thing that I think is a little light, but with the ram situation in the world, asking for 12-16 GB have been too much. This looks like a huge step-up from most …

This is a workstation-class monitor for people using these machines to make money. It's not a gamer toy monitor. People on Reddit don't get this. Apple's monitors are fantastic for…

There are 5k displays at 240hz?

Great news. Apple announced a 120hz display today.

Term limits are anti-democratic, and it's just a way for voters to not take responsibility for their voting. A much more real issue is actually age limits. If someone starts in the…

The flat area and now liquid glass are all post-Jobs creations. Apple needs a true product person back in charge with taste to get this ship back into a better place. Jobs acted as…

The pitch from Bezos -- and it's a dumb pitch -- was basically just to make checking out faster by avoiding interacting with humans (but this can be achieved by increasing the numb…

There is also the story about Steve throwing a MacBook Air on a conference room table and asking why does the iPad wake from sleep so much faster? And then he told them to fix it a…

I'm a Mac user, but I recently played around with a beefy laptop at work to see how games ran on it, and I was shocked at how bad and user-hostile Windows 11 is. I had previously u…

Fascinating how this got leaked. A TV station in Canada accidentally ran the original episode version, implying that this was pulled super late and the episode was completely in th…

Fascinating how this got leaked. A TV station in Canada accidentally ran the original episode version, implying that this was pulled super late and the episode was completely in th…

Maybe the should spend time less time and money on clanker slop and more on delivering for their paying customers?