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New 12.9-inch iPad Air may not be a large-screen bargain
Agreed. Initially it was a slightly thinner iPad that was an upgrade to the then-current iPad. Since then it’s always been a bit in between.retrogusto said:The current iPad Air is kind of awkward in the lineup, given that the $599 base model only has 64gb of storage (which probably isn’t enough for most people, especially at that price), and the next level up only costs $50 less than an iPad Pro 128gb (which is enough for many people). And that $50 gets you a lot of extra stuff. It’ll be interesting to see the base storage for the new models—it’ll make a bigger difference for most people than a screen upgrade, unless the screen also makes the device significantly sleeker and lighter.Potentially it could be like the 15” MacBook Air for people who want a larger screen but don’t need the power of the iPad Pro but if they price it close to the iPad Pro there’s no real advantage and it ends up being another orphan device.
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Tesla wants Apple's help to beat Autopilot death lawsuit
There’s a phenomenon in automation in which you initially see improvements in safety but then as you approach full automation you see a decline. This is because humans need a certain amount of cognitive stimulation to remain engaged and attentive.In my experience using autopilot this hasn’t been an issue. It makes long drives on the freeway much more relaxing and enjoyable. The latest version of Tesla’s full self driving software has gotten decidedly mixed reviews with some people saying it’s horrible and others saying it’s awesome. For me it’s been near perfect and I can see how someone might become complacent.
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Tesla wants Apple's help to beat Autopilot death lawsuit
The FAA requires far more training and requires pilots to actually exhibit intelligence, common sense and judgment prior to being licensed. As opposed to most ‘licensed’ drivers on the road.VictorMortimer said:Xed said:
Would you use that simplistic answer also work for automobile? I'm guessing you wouldn't.bobolicious said:"the car maker believes that Autopilot is safe to use, and that it only becomes a danger when drivers are not paying attention to the road"Define 'auto'...?
On the one hand, fuck Tesla and Musk's lies about Autopilot's capabilities, but on the other, autopilot doesn't mean the driver doesn't have to be aware, present, etc. Airplanes have had autopilot for over a century and yet we're still not flying airplanes without pilots in them. Well, except for the drone category and those are controlled by a remote operator. I'm assuming that if a commercial airliner crashed and the NTSB discovered that it was because the pilot was playing games you wouldn't be defending the pilot with a comment like "define 'auto'?"
I love all the automation I have in my car which allow for more relaxed and safer driving, but I understand that I'm still required to have situational awareness with those automated systems in place inside my automobile. Anything less is just asking to be a Darwin Award nominee.Turdla literally sells cars with something that they call "full self driving".Does that imply to you that a human driver still needs to be aware or present?The word "autopilot" isn't confusing to actual pilots, but it can be to the general public. But if Cessna started selling "full self flying", I guarantee you that even a licensed pilot would expect that would be a fully automated aircraft. I also guarantee the FAA wouldn't allow anything named that to be sold if it wasn't capable of full automation.
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Thunderbolt 5 vs Thunderbolt 4 -- everything you need to know
Agreed. Everyone was gushing about “one port to rule them all.” Well great but now we have 50 cables for that one port and we can’t even te what that one port can do so the port is simpler but the overal situation is much more confusing.M68000 said:Is it time to start putting a code on the connectors of these cables to show what specs they have? We now seem to have many flavors of TB, USB-C and HDMI. It’s a complete circus. One looks at these various cables and wonders what they have. -
Apple to pay $14.4M to settle Canadian 'Batterygate' lawsuit
robin huber said:No good deed goes unpunished.
And to refresh your memory, Apple said NOTHING about the fact that they were throttling the phones. Had they simply been transparent there would have been no issue. Their lack of transparency created a very valid question - did they do it out of altruism or did they use the potential for crashing as an excuse to secretly throttle phones so people would upgrade? The point can be argued either way which has cost Apple millions.AppleZulu said:For those who have forgotten, the "throttling" in question was iOS software that -for phones with an old, degraded battery- would slow down intensive, peak energy demand operations, in order to spread out that energy demand over additional seconds, so that the weakened battery's output could still power the complete operation. The alternative without this adaption would be a system crash, freezing up the app or even shutting down the phone. Old batteries lose capacity. It's physics.
The claim that this was planned obsolescence, intended to push iPhone customers to buy a new phone, is erroneous. Which would more quickly force a decision on replacement: a phone that slows down, or a phone that crashes? Slow is annoying. Crashing is non-functional. Throttling would actually delay customers' decisions to go buy a new phone, yet this is the thing Apple is forced to pay out for.
