22july2013

The EU must be reading my posts. I said something like that after the keynote. I think it was on this website. I'm happy they are learning from me.

But the EU still doesn't have it right. Getting cut down as timber is actually BETTER for carbon reduction than if the tree falls down when it dies. As timber, it can be used in long term construction that can keep CO2 isolated for hundreds of years. You could even drop the trunk into the bottom of a cold ocean or oxygen-deprived muddy lake bottom where it could last for thousands of years... even tens of thousands of years. (Warmer waters will turn wood into worm food.) As deadwood in the forest, it can become CO2 when the forest burns. One of the very best things to do to reduce carbon in the atmosphere is grow trees, cut them, and use the wood in long term projects.

But for some reason environmentalists aren't keen on the idea of carbon sinks. They want us to reduce carbon emissions even though adding more sinks has the same end result. Apple's own words cite "carbon emission reduction" but they ignore "carbon sink increases." Why? Because people are stupid.

The simplest way for Apple to charge for Apple's AI is to include it as part of the Apple One service package.

80% of all films lose money. From the web:

The film industry is a form of gambling, like wildcat oil-drilling. The problem is that a lot of capital is required to make enough films to obtain the rare blockbuster, and few companies have the financial stamina to make it.

I've been criticized for about 10 years on these forums for asking Apple to pull out of major markets which harass them, and this is the first step in that direction. I feel vindicated today. My life now has meaning. I'll go out and celebrate with a nice dinner now.

There're actually 365 and a quarter days in a year, so this proves the adage that Microsoft is always a quarter short.

Implementing AI on the HomePod may require less RAM than AI on a laptop, since it's mostly limited to processing audio.

kkqd1337 said:

Disappointed in Apple here. They should have stood up to the UK Government and just said no. 

Are you also disappointed in X/Twitter for completely capitulating to Brazil's rules a few months ago?

Control Ultimate Edition collects no data from the user and has a price that's clear and upfront.

Wuthering Waves collects a lot of personal data from the user, including trackers, and its true price is hidden behind "In App Purchases."

Easy choice for me. I reward honesty.

anthogag said:

Apple is doing what it needs to to be a player China’s market. 

The US government should not take allies for granted and work with allies on AI. Part of China’s government’s AI success would be alienating America from its allies for AI research and development. 

But should Apple be developing tools to help the Communist Party of China harm its own citizens? "Following Chinese law" is not good enough.

nubus said:

anonymouse said:

Yes, it's so great that the EU is solidly behind the exploitation and objectivization of women.

The freedom of not being able to install the apps you want? Like when Trump was removed from all platforms, used the Parler app, and Apple banned it. Is that what you want? And now the freedom of not being able to install what you want on the phone you own.

What is next? The freedom of having a car that won't let you drive to certain shops? A fridge that won't allow beer?
My appliance = my choice.

Fridges are all hardware, and once you buy it you own it. You can even sell it.

Smartphones include software, and once you buy it, you don't own the software. You can't sell the software after you bought it. Software is licensed. You can sell the hardware. You can even jailbreak the hardware, and that's legal. Apple won't sue you. But you can't sell or modify the software.

I'm tired of people arguing for the last ten years that they own the software.