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It definitely feels like they needed something, anything, to use as a marketing tool following the Apple Intelligence false advertising debacle.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the Liquid Glass redesign was something they had to push out the door to distract from the absolute trainwreck that is Apple Intelligence.

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I'm not an expert here so please take what I say with a grain of salt. It's my understanding that what's included in open source Android (AOSP) is FAR from a complete product and t…

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Well that "unhinged lunatic" has also publicly characterized himself as a "free speech absolutist" so until someone or something better comes along you take what you can get.

I share that dream and, yes, it's getting closer with modern Android. IMO Google has seemingly embraced this path (e.g. with ChromeOS "merging" with Android) I could see a future w…

Sounds like your son already has strong computer science skills. I would advise he focus on something OUTSIDE of that in college like business or finance. That way he can have anot…

I’m not sure why you are getting downvoted. Niantic has ties with the CIA.

They’re not my definitions, that’s straight from the source material. The idea of “surrogate activity” as I understood it was any goal "not directly satisfying your physical needs.…

You're probably right, it was a made up number to make a point. The point being that if you are not growing your own food (or hunting it) you're probably engaged in "surrogate acti…

Completely agree, his ideas could stand on their own there was no need to push them with violence.

Attracting a mate and reproduction easily falls under "satisfying your physical needs" and I would argue is a deeply wired survival instinct. In his words "the pursuit of sex and l…

I think this all boils down to what Ted Kaczynski talked about in "Industrial Society and Its Future." Specifically "The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disa…

Anyone know if Omegastar can support ISO timestamps yet?

I totally agree with you, it is a luxury to be able to live minimally knowing you can afford to just buy/rent/hire for a need when it comes up. On the other hand having less money …

This is what the WEF meant when they said “You'll own nothing and you'll be happy.” It’s not all bad really. As someone in the US living the middle class “American Dream” honestly …

I hope you’re right! They sort of did the same thing already with Edge given it’s just Chromium under the hood. Reminds me of a specific thought experiment with a boat.

Ironically sticking with a Windows on the Dell XPS would have proved even more reliable and stable than Arch.

Injecting humor into a dark or sad situation is very common. It's a way to lighten the mood a bit when the topic is difficult. People joke about death for example and that's a much…

You’re never going to get children interested in free software. They barely know what software is let alone the distinction between free and proprietary software. On the other hand…

It goes without saying a virology lab of this level isn’t the same as most organizations. Given the nature of their activities they have safety systems in place to prevent a virus …

Apple obviously wants you to use MacOS. With that said the M1 fully supports booting unsigned/custom kernels, so running Linux doesn’t require any security exploits. Asahi Linux ai…

It’s a shame we are reliant on (2) app stores. It would be nice if there was a way to safely implement browser plug-ins that would bring some of the functionality offered by native…