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AppleInsider said: Keep in mind that when you run an app in Whisky/GPTK you're not running an emulator: the Win32 apps run natively as standalone apps just as if you ran any Mac-native app. Wine is doing all the magic of translating Win32 API…
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You would have to be nuts to use this, now or ever, except maybe on an air-gapped network (no internet connectivity). Like all the others, this is surely running Linux. (Or possibly a BSD?) And like all the others, it's going to have security vulner…
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AppleInsider said: Apple TV+ has now been with us for almost half a decade, and it appears to have been a success financially[...] I challenge you to justify this bold claim.
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Oops. I wrote "Writing about evolution is *hard*, even when you really do understand it." And sure enough I left out something that matters. "Variation necessarily leads to selection" - not always. You can have variation in alleles that has no effec…
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AppleInsider said: We can learn a lot about how to do things by considering the greatest technology ever produced on Earth: life. The genetic variety, adaptions, and innovations of life are not adapted purely to be low cost and efficient. Lif…
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AppleInsider said: Other users were seeing problems with printing. For some users, the update process removed the core CUPS software, leaving no way for the printer and Mac to interface. It's not yet clear if this has been fixed, and we will …
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coolfactor said: In a world filled with so much violence and negativity, I'd like to see a different name chosen. Yes, a lot of people will likely skip it because their expectations based on the name will be wildly off target. And if the sh…
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This is a likely tragedy in the making. Foundation is one of the worst SF productions of all time, with virtually no connection to the original source material at all. Worse, the sheer level of stupidity and internal inconsistency in the plot is dif…
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AppleInsider said: RadioShack played an important part in the pre-Apple days, as co-founder Steve Wozniak bought the TRS-80 Micro Computer System at the retailer, which he then used to build his "blue box" to make long-distance calls for free…
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"Once again following USB tradition" They certainly are following USB tradition with that brain-dead name.
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22july2013 said: JustSomeGuy1 said: maltz said: xyzzy-xxx said: Apple should prevent websites from being able to detect if Lockdown Mode has been activated. That's like saying that a burglar shouldn't be able to tell i…
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maltz said: xyzzy-xxx said: Apple should prevent websites from being able to detect if Lockdown Mode has been activated. That's like saying that a burglar shouldn't be able to tell if your front door is locked. Any effective securi…
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dewme said: JustSomeGuy1 said: Less ignorance, more facts. DAalseth said: Apple needs to sever all ties with Russia. Cut them off cold to updates, services, iCloud, AppleMusic, everything. Flip the switch without warning. You liv…
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freeassociate2 said: Re: http://irr.net their cert being expired doesn’t inspire confidence… Hah, yes, I noticed. However, this is run by Merit. They are *central* to the function of the entire internet. They just screwed up because the r…
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Less ignorance, more facts. DAalseth said: Apple needs to sever all ties with Russia. Cut them off cold to updates, services, iCloud, AppleMusic, everything. Flip the switch without warning. You live in Russia your device is bricked and you ar…
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AppleInsider said: In single-core Geekbench 5 testing, the M2 chip received a score of 1919. The same chip got a multi-core Geekbench score of 8928. For comparison, a late 2020 MacBook Pro with an M1 chip received a single-core score of 1749 …
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Boo hoo. This is how workers earn more. By being in demand. Don't like it? Too bad, it's just like having to pay more for strategic minerals or any other commodity that's in demand. Especially where unions aren't practical (lack of political cover),…
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appleinsideruser said: JustSomeGuy1 said: appleinsideruser said: The issue for me is trusting a dialog box on a website that’s asks for my Mac password. The Apple UI doesn’t make it clear that this info stays on my device and is…
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imergingenious said: benracicot said: JustSomeGuy1 said: I'm sorry, but this article is a serious failure due to ignorance of some of the basic underlying technologies. For example, the guesses about memory are completely off ba…
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appleinsideruser said: The issue for me is trusting a dialog box on a website that’s asks for my Mac password. The Apple UI doesn’t make it clear that this info stays on my device and isn’t sent to the server as is normal. This paaswordless s…