exceptionhandler

lmasanti said:

Not too many people knows tht cows… the principal providers of leather… are one of the most polluting animals…

Cows expel huge amounts of metane… thru farts… one hugh climate pollutant.

And most people don’t realize the number one green house gas is water vapor, contributing more to climate change than any other gas.  So much so that all the other gasses are like spitting into the ocean, yet we aren’t doing anything to prevent it from making it into the atmosphere.

GerfnitAuthor said:

My primary problem with Siri is it doesn't remember context. So if I ask about where someone lives or the address of a company and it gives me the answer, I can't request, "Take me there" because it doesn't know what "there" means. I'm afraid I've gotten spoiled by GPTchat engines with which I can make backward references.

I thought I remembered Siri was supposed to remember context, and had used that feature on occasion.  I think over time Siri has changed or at least I don’t use the scripted version in the 2011 keynote when Siri was introduced:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=agzItTz35QQ

I remembered Siri being a lot better then than now, but still prefer it over others, or not having one at all.

9secondkox2 said:

exceptionhandler said:

radarthekat said:

geekmee said:

And what problem does the foldable screen solve again?

Keyboard mapping for any language.  Apple wouldn't have to make unique hardware keyboards for different markets.

Easy, just make each individual key a screen.  Still have a physical key that can actuate, and have the dynamic nature of a display to change languages, show functions/hot keys depending on the focused program, etc. There have already been keyboards like this for over a decade.

Like the Optimus keyboard? I don’t think that would be practical or cost effective. It would be an aesthetic nightmare as well. Apple is about simplifying the complex, not complicating the simple. 

Besides. If Apple couldn’t even get the butterfly keyboard right…

kidding! Just kidding. 

Sheesh. Calm down people. 

Lol no kidding needed.  Disliked that keyboard very much.  Not enough key travel, not to mention the key failures and repair cost.  I’ve gone mechanical and it’s been hard to go back to anything else.  As far as laptop keyboards go, their current design isn’t bad, but going to a completely flat, single pane of glass (even with haptic feedback) would be a step back for a laptop.

I had not considered repair costs of a keyboard with screens on each key.  I bet that would be way more than the price to repair the butterfly keyboard.

radarthekat said:

geekmee said:

And what problem does the foldable screen solve again?

Keyboard mapping for any language.  Apple wouldn't have to make unique hardware keyboards for different markets.

Easy, just make each individual key a screen.  Still have a physical key that can actuate, and have the dynamic nature of a display to change languages, show functions/hot keys depending on the focused program, etc. There have already been keyboards like this for over a decade.

I’ve never understood the desire for widgets.  I’ve tried using some form of them since the old dashboard back in snow leopard to ones currently in iOS (I’d rather have more room for apps on my screen than have a widget take up that space). The utility they add just seems too cumbersome, and at which point why not just open the app? Just my personal experience/opinion; I’m sure there are many who swear by them.