seanismorris

I remember reading a few years ago how one police departments server crashed and they lost everything.  They had no backups, so all active cases/charges had to be dropped.

We tend to think of the police as one monolithic organization, but it is not.  Not only does police corruption very widely, but so does their capabilities and training.

About a year ago, I watched a video on prisons in Germany.  They also discussed how they do things differently.  All police are trained in a central location, and are trained in deescalation.  The prisons are focused on rehabilitation and not punishment.

The differences are striking, individuals killed by police are 100x less (adjusted by population) and relatively few people are incarcerated.

One thing odd about America is our inability to observe someone/something else, and improve.  When we were taking our firsts steps down universal healthcare... my thought was WTF are we doing?  We didn’t look to what was working elsewhere, and seek to improve on it.  We instead asked our insurance and healthcare companies.  If anyone hasn’t noticed, our rates have skyrocketed...

We might want to look outside the USA on the encryption debate also...

radarthekat said:

Referencing Apple as an example of poor quality is dumb.

It’s the phone he uses and has personal experience with.  Referencing Android and not being a user would be a bit odd.

Apple did go through a period where they prioritized new features over stability.  Version 13 was actually much better, but obviously not bug free (which is impossible).

I mostly disagree with Musk.  Hiring new talent will boost innovation, but it has nothing to do with QC and squashing bugs before software gets released.  I think what he’s getting at, is eventually patching software no longer works and a rewrite is needed.  The problem is that doesn’t fit his example very well.

I see no value in having two iPhones connect together with a magnetic hinge. Is someone going to purchase a 2nd iPhone or borrow someone else’s iPhone to do this? Not happening.

Maybe you could have an accessory (shaped like an iPhone) that connects to the existing iPhone, which extends the screen size.  But, is it really worth the bother?  You can do something similar with AirPlay already if you want to view things on a larger screen.

App Stores are cesspools.  Apple’s is better than Google’s in policing the Apps, but “free” ain’t free.  Ads within Apps to other free Apps can only pay so many of the bills.  They’re selling the data collected.

I’d say ban anything associated with Sense Tower, but they’d just change their name...

Apple hunting down bad actors from analyzing the code, and matching it to other Sense Tower Apps is an interesting trick.  The problem is copying code (much of it freely available online) is something that is done by most programmers.

I wouldn’t want to be person in charge of policing these stores.  I’m sure they use AI to help, but they still have an impossible job.

hentaiboy said:

Moot point. No wipes left in supermarkets after panic buying 

I currently have isopropyl alcohol that I bought months ago from Costco.  I bet many do...