godofbiscuitssf

Such a bad idea, the way they’ve implemented the UI on tvOS. You can see it in that included screenshot.  The scrub bar is supposed to give you ONE bit of visual feedback.  Just one:  where’s the current “now playing” point, and it does that by filling in the entire leading side of the bar and leaving as-yet-unfilled the part that is as-yet-unseen.  THAT’S IT. 

It has nothing to do with what’s going on within the movie.  Nothing. It just needs to stand apart from it visually and thus conceptually as well.   But now it’s got multiple bright and dark segments, in shades of gray, that CHANGE even. DEPENDING.

Because Apple thinks it’s a good idea to render a thing — over a widely varied movie scene — using a transparent/translucent thin bar of glass that distorts, diffracts and refracts light around it.  

stephanjobs said:

fred1 said:

OK, I’ll ask. Why is it OS 26 when it’s
going to be announced and released in 2025. Why not OS 25?

I’m going to assume it has something to do with the Mac OS numbering system. Companies often change their version numbers for a variety of reasons, usually marketing related. For example, when the Xbox 360 launched, it was actually the second generation of Xbox, competing against the PlayStation 3. But if parents were comparing an Xbox 2 to a PS3, they would probably assume the PlayStation was newer or better. So Microsoft named it Xbox 360 to avoid that direct comparison, and marketing provided a reason to justify the name.

If Apple really is switching to OS 26, it could be a similar move. It might be about unifying the system across all devices. If an iPhone, iPad, and Mac all run OS 26, it reinforces the idea that everything is part of the same ecosystem. As for why the number 26, I’m not sure, but maybe if you count all the previous versions across major OS changes, it adds up to the 26th generation.

mark fearing said:

Okay...lots of weird things. 3 things - 

1- can a president just decide not to enforce a law? One where the stated reason is based on implied foreign manipulation?

2- The Dem's were idiots for passing this in the first place. The nature of the stated concerns are obviously ridiculous.

3- I don't have a 3 I guess...but this is really silly.

blastdoor said:

foregoneconclusion said:

blastdoor said: Today, the AI features Apple desperately wants and needs to bring to their products exist in products from other companies but Apple's project management/leadership appears to be failing big time. Apple can turn it around, and I bet they eventually will. But for the time being, this really looks like a mess. 

AI is all about the size and quality of the database used for training. The LLM programs themselves aren't nearly as important. 

1. That’s wrong. The models do matter.
2. It’s irrelevant because apples problem is neither data nor models, it’s building the products on top of those things. 

Continuing the Copland analogy, Apple certainly knew what preemptive multitasking was and how to implement it. In fact they had implemented it in AUX. Their problem was at the level of incorporating the technology into a coherent, desirable, shipping product. 

Apple can use off the shelf models and they are doing so. Where they are failing is creating the product, which under jobs was their greatest strength.

Jim_MAY said:

The Trump Administration will advance an appeal to the Supreme Court. Congress gave tariff powers to the Presidents long ago.

Oh? Like where? And when?