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lkrupp said:

One of my son’s is a structural engineer and, like you point out, if his name is on the blueprints he is responsible if something goes wrong due to his engineering designs or calculations. That’s why we have the PE (professional engineering) certifications. People can die if the engineering is faulty and the bridge or building collapses. The same should go for software engineering.

Now we’re worried about the Russians waging cyberwar on our infrastructure. Why? Because the software running it has holes in it, that’s why. Last night’s 60 Minutes had a segment about how the Russians are constantly probing our infrastructure like power, water, food, petroleum, looking for ways into the systems and planting malware for future activation. 

I approached writing software like your son does structural engineering. Being a Control Systems Engineer by profession, making bulletproof software was a matter of pride for me. Yes, it took longer to code, test, and everything but it was worth it in the long run.
I lost count of the run-ins I had with scrum masters who wanted apparently little things like error handling relegated to technical debt which would never get attended to. Most of the time, I delivered very robust software that needed little attention while in operation. 
The problem is that delivering code comes out of CapEx. Fixing it later comes out of OpEx.
Quality costs. It can be done but few companies want it. They want something delivered NOW and for zero cost.
There is a saying in the north of England...
 you don't get owt for nowt. 

Very true

Good system security (inc privacy) is not easy or cheap. It takes a lot of time and effort not to cut corners and leave gaping holes. It is also not something that you can add to an existing system in a hurry. It is far better to design it into the solution from the start. Sadly, far too many managers think that this is an option that can be skipped.
As a now-retired software engineer with over 45 years of experience, I applaud Apple's stance on this.

Don't forget the venerable BBC Micro as another example of a device like this.
Sorry, Apple this had been done before. But wait... those patents have probably expired. Even so... come on Tim Cook, your guys can do better than this.

Beats said:

The Stem Player is a great idea.

Problem is, you don’t need hardware for it. Apple could announce the feature tomorrow with great support.

Not sure why Kanye is being a di** to Apple who is very pro-artist and supported him so much.

Perhaps he thinks that he is bigger than Apple and Spotify combined?
Anyway, he won't be missed. The exit door is that way --->

entropys said:

I am trying to work out what the regulatory crime is here?

the west is subjecting itself to red tape overreach, but classifying an entity selling groceries as a grocery store just like every other entity selling groceries is not an example of bad policy.

This ruling just puts Amazon under the same rules as every other food retailer in the country. it is about time too. Their **** is way too expensive and most of it is very poor quality (from Wholefoods in London). No surprise really. Their store in Kensington was once home to BIBA. If you are old enough you can remember that place.