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cesco said:

Jennifer Anniston. 'Nuff said

It's hard to know what you mean. That sentence could mean you love the show, or it could mean you hate it.

A lot of people like Aniston for her acting ability and will watch anything she's in. Then there are people who like her simply for her beauty and will watch anything she's in. There are people who despise her for lack of acting ability and won't watch anything she's in. There are those who think she is overrated and won't watch anything she's in. There are also people who despise her simply because they think it makes them edgy.

Which of those are you? Why do you think simply mentioning her name is 'Nuff?

My main complaint comes from using the iPad almost exclusively in landscape mode. When I turn it on, my thumb invariable is covering the camera, preventing FaceId from working. I'm having to teach myself to pick up the iPad slightly differently. That being said, it runs about ten gazillion times faster than my old iPad Air, so I'm pretty happy. It's thinness is also quite impressive. I miss the home button, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

beowulfschmidt said:

I have to say that I'm somewhat confused by the restriction on "portrait" shots not being permitted with no faces in the frame?  Why on earth would Apple care how I orient my camera to take shots?

If I had to guess, it would be that the portrait-mode software is optimized for roundish, face-colored foreground subjects (ie: it uses those properties to know what to focus on). It probably doesn't work as well if the foreground subject is a bright flower or a shiny car. 

zoetmb said:

In spite of the technical and engineering hurdles, I have to wonder why a company with all of Apple's resources can't get it done.   While 9 mothers can't make a baby in one month, I've always been bemused when I've read that some of the Apple development teams are actually quite small.    According to reports, Apple has 123,000 worldwide employees.  Aside from support, internal IT, HR and sales, what the hell do they all do?   Apple still has a quite small product line compared to most other manufacturing companies.  

You need to stop and think about what apple produces: pencil. watch. ipad. iphone. headphones. airpods, chargers. speakers. apple tv. macbook. imac. keyboards. mice (mouses?). a gazillion little accessories. Dongles. And that's just hardware. There's also three OS's, and hundreds of apps, websites in multiple languages, developer tools.  That's just software. There's also support, marketing, training, divisions for education, business, research, and so on. 

If there's one thing I've learned in over three decades writing software, engineering teams are often much, much smaller than you might imagine. I've known some very successful, very expensive software from hundred million dollar companies that was developed and maintained by just three or four people. It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the charging pad team was made up of just three or four full time engineers.

Even though Apple is huge, they create a tremendous amount of stuff. 

nunzy said:

Steve Jobs was a saint. A creative genius. And the best huckster the world has ever seen. He made billions of dollars.

A saint? I think that's the first time I ever heard that! Creative genius? You bet. Best huckster? Rivaled only by P.T. Barnum himself. 

He made billions of dollars. That's just basic math.