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george kaplan said:

It was there last night. Used it. Grateful for the option when watching Dune, since it means the soundtrack didn’t wake me up when I fell asleep in the dreariest movie of the year. Visually stunning, and nobody to care about. 

Awww man, no.  Dreariest movie?  It was awesome!!!

Keep in mind that I suffered through, and was deeply traumatized by, the travesty that was the 1984 David Lynch version - the most anticipated and most disappointing movie of all time.  If the new Dune movie has been bad I would have gone into a deep funk for a month. But my fears were lifted after the first few minutes.  The only thing I’m worried about now - if/when will they shoot part two?

Did you check out those ornithopters?!!!

iPod.  The product that went supernova.

We won’t see many other product releases like that in our lifetimes.

techconc said:

Jony Ive is a talented designer.  However, his quest for minimalism definitely led to form over function designs.  When Jobs past, nobody was in position to keep him in check.  At the end of the day, as the designer, he bares responsibility for flawed designs.  Attempting to deny this in ridiculous articles like this doesn’t change the facts.

A lot of odd supposition from people who clearly are not industrial designers and are shooting hot takes from the hip with half a clip.

(eye roll)

If the third season is going to debut in 2021, they better hurry up.

waveparticle said:

slow n easy said:

waveparticle said:

slow n easy said:

lkrupp said:

tylersdad said:

Which poison pill will Apple swallow? Will they aid the Chinese authoritarian regime and protect their profits from China? Or will they protect their customers from the authoritarian regime? 

I have a feeling it's the first option that Apple will choose. 

Get a clue. In this case their ‘customers’ are Chinese users, who already have no privacy. So what’s your problem? There is no poison pill for Apple to swallow. If you think there is an ethical lapse and hypocrisy here then stop doing business with the company to protest. But I bet you won’t do that, will you.

Why do you sound so angry? Why make it even easier for the government to spy on it’s citizens? I feel very conflicted over what Apple should do, but these laws are very bad for the Chinese people.

Give me a break! FBI does not spy on US citizens? 

No where even close to the same thing. The FBI does not do mass spying where the vast majority of U.S. citizens are being spied on in the same way as in China. We have freedom of speech, freedom to assemble, etc. The FBI only cares if we are committing a real crime like murder, robbery, assault, etc. In China they want to control every aspect of their lives. 

Not true. FBI stores spying in a database. FBI also monitors terrorism. You failed to list it. 

You should not be so naive about how the rest of the world’s governments behave.  The FBI does all sorts of stuff I don’t particularly like or approve of.  But much of the rest of the world’s enforcement agencies have substantially broader powers within their respective countries.