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The AI titles and ledes have long had what feels like latent passive aggressiveness, at least to me.

pembroke said:

Need to ask this somewhere….

iOS 17.3.1 …. Apple have removed the symbols for male and female but have retained the symbol for Transgender (sic) ⚧️. 

This is creepy. What on earth are Apple doing? This is remarkably idiotic and a game changer for me as an owner of many iPhones since inception. But I WILL switch to Android if Apple persists on this gaslighting nonsense. 

What do you think this is, then? (see below) With the genderized (i.e. made up by the clothing industry) colors, even. Arguably these are more recognizable to a wider international audience than the Mars and Venus symbols of astrology. If it’s important to you because you are in a biology field … well, there’s always the option of another keyboard OR just using the actual word. 

P.S. - Please make sure you understand terms before using them. You’re 100% not being gaslight by Apple. However, there certainly are places you could have brought this up that are undoubtedly more appropriate than here. Also, not for nuthin’, but any fixation on gender symbols that makes someone feel they need to switch computing platforms — that’s super creepy to me.

So, after all the lovely thoughtful comments here …

I’ll add that my personal experience bears this out. My M1 Max MBP 32Gb absolutely kept up with the Alienware R12 i7 64Gb. The only difference between the two was the graphics card (NVIDIA) performance and the ability to ramp up the processor cycles (and sound like a hair dryer).

I pushed the limits of both machines in video encoding and streaming. 

Panner_Nudding said:

Very unlikely if it is it certainly won’t be cleared by any health organizations. It will be a gimmick with a warning to see a doctor for an accurate measurement. 

Most doctors (or their staff) aren’t taking accurate assessments.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/tips-to-measure-your-blood-pressure-correctly

ailooped said:

A17 Pro is a good signal and the reveal for what is coming in Apple Silicon M3.

That was my initial gut reaction. I’ve always thought that the yearly improvements to the designs would eventually allow them to catch up to the consoles in performance and possibly exceed them before the next generation jump, while not compromising other core design goals. The pros and cons of the extended technological freeze of the consoles and its impact on game development would be an interesting article for AppleInsider to delve into, in contrast.

Hardcore PC gaming is its own mess. However, it’s my impression that both NVIDIA and AMD intend to milk their legacy market (gamers) while growing into new primary markets. NVIDIA seems more interested in the server market and A.I. (The ARM bid just seems like a way to collect rent, not innovate.) Meanwhile AMD seems increasingly focused on co-processors and transcoders for the server market. Or just about anything but directly compete with each other. Again, something that the writers here could probably better address than I can in a comment.    

Beyond that, I feel people who are critical of Apple hardware and software for gaming just don’t seem to understand that it’s a completely different model, and will never work exactly the same way as other platforms. Too many folks have it stuck in their heads that console, mobile, and desktop computing should grandly converge — for gaming as well as other tasks, despite the modality differences. (I frankly think that’s what the Vision attempts to address, but that’s a whole other subject. I see Apple’s focus as convergence and integration — and only having separate devices to lay the groundwork required for those goals.)