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Amazon slashing 9,000 more jobs in fresh round of layoffs
Said rant expressed using about 50 layers of technology which could never be invented by AI. Sure, the divisions of the technology industry which are implementing the same solution over and over again (like connecting a web browser to a database) can be automated the same way physical manufacturing was. But the creation of new technologies which comes from seeing a human need or dreaming about a better way to live, will never be.lkrupp said:So millennials are finding out how the world really works, that no job is secure, that all this talk about how companies value employees is bullshit. You didn’t want to come back to work at the office but wanted to remain cozy working at home with your pet cat on your lap. It’s the BOTTOM LINE, baby, the bottom line. Get used to it, You’ll be switching jobs every few years for the rest of your lives with no security, no perks, no free lunches and lattes. Think joining a union will make it all better? Hardy har har. The SCOTUS is likely to shitcan your hopes of getting your student loan debt laid on the backs of taxpayers. $400 billion? Think again.
The world will continue to need electricians, plumbers, brick masons, welders, carpenters, big equipment operators for the foreseeable future, not so much programmers, data entry workers, marketing types, even certain engineering fields as AI will see to that. It’ll be awhile until Boston Dynamics comes up with a robot that can wire and plumb a new home.
End rant from a 73 year old curmudgeon.
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New HomePod vs 2018 HomePod - compared
Even just a HomePod and AppleTV is great for both movies and music. I'm constantly impressed with the sound quality and ease of use. The temperature sensor is a nice addition for automating heating/cooling systems.Rhythmage said:I have the original Homepod & it’s really cool having it calibrated with my apple tv box & tv sound bar. What a combination. Sounds super awesome lol. I just ask siri to play a song & it thumps on the whole tv system. So cool. Good stuff!
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Apple removes headphone jack from new 10th generation iPad
Anyone who seriously works with audio buys a digital audio I/O interface. While Apple's mini jack is better than most when it comes to shielding against noise from interference, the quality still isn't nearly as good as a separate audio interface. Combine that with the fact that you can't separate your tracks (so you have to record each one individually if you want to bring them into another audio editor/mixer, taking far more time), and it's really only people who dabble with music production who used it.Stabitha_Christie said:
People that work with audio. I will use my iPad Pro for recording keyboard, guitar/bass and drums. The latency with Bluetooth is too high and can't be used to for monitoring what you are recording. So I end up having to use the built in speakers. That Apple has GarageBand on the iPad and this limitation is kind of a bummer. I also get that the people that do what I am doing are in the minority and Apple isn't going to keep the headphone jack for us. Side note, there is a group of people that complain that Logic and FCPX aren't on the iPad.... there is your answer. Both would be gimped by the lack of headphone jack.JP234 said:This is sure to bring out the trolls, claiming they will never buy another iPad.
But at this point, who needs the audio jack anyway? You have legacy earbuds? Get new ones. Get Bluetooth ones. Or buy a cheapo adapter. You say the audio quality is too low over Bluetooth? Well, you should be using a high end stereo system, that has both the 35mm and 1/4" audio jacks, not an iPad.
Now on the other hand, DJs who used to split the audio output into separate mono channels for mixing are REALLY upset about this...
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Apple removes headphone jack from new 10th generation iPad
I have a kid who ruined many pairs of wired headphones by yanking them out of the socket the wrong way and/or having the iPad drop with the headphones connected. You can get cheap BT headphones for around the same price as wired these days. There's really no difference aside from the 30 seconds it takes to pair them.CheeseFreeze said:
You probably don't have kids. I'm not giving them wireless phones that they lose because they are so small and expensive. You want to buy rugged, wired headphones that require no Bluetooth setup.JP234 said:This is sure to bring out the trolls, claiming they will never buy another iPad.
But at this point, who needs the audio jack anyway? You have legacy earbuds? Get new ones. Get Bluetooth ones. Or buy a cheapo adapter. You say the audio quality is too low over Bluetooth? Well, you should be using a high end stereo system, that has both the 35mm and 1/4" audio jacks, not an iPad.
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Xcode Cloud subscriptions now available for developers
It's really about the automation and maintenance side of things. As a developer, I'm iterating and testing my app against the particular hardware configuration that I've set in Xcode. However, to ship my app, I may need to build and test on 20 hardware configurations. Sure I could set up a local Xcode server to run those 20 builds on each code change, but then I need to configure and maintain that server every time there's an Xcode or macOS update, deal with hardware upgrades, failures, etc. Basically you're paying Apple to maintain a build server for you.crowley said:The article didn't mention it, but the costs are:
From: https://developer.apple.com/xcode-cloud/25 compute hours/month
Free (through December 2023, then US$14.99 per month if you choose to subscribe at that time.)
100 compute hours/month
US$49.99/month
250 compute hours/month
US$99.99/month
1000 compute hours/month
US$399.99/month
I'm not sure why this is particularly useful unless it is substantially faster than on a local machine, and Apple don't seem to be making any claims about that.
