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  • Apple now allows classic game emulators on the App Store

    irnchrizirnchriz
    I have retroarch on my iPad Pro, it’s ace.  I loaded it on via Xcode though.  None of the store emulators will have anywhere near the flexibility unfortunately.
    watto_cobradewmeOferargonaut

  • FineWoven is here, as Apple phases out leather in watch bands & cases

    irnchrizirnchriz
    Net zero is a joke, we need to reverse the damage done, they should be aiming to be removing/capturing and containing KG’s of carbon for every product made.
    ronn

  • Gizmodo author sues Apple over 'Tetris' movie

    irnchrizirnchriz
    As this is a true story, are there any fictional parts of his book that are in the movie? Otherwise how could he tell they copied it if it were based on actual events?
    narwhallolliverwatto_cobrajony0

  • Microsoft announces Bing AI coming to Safari and Chrome

    irnchrizirnchriz
    No thank you.  Had to remove and block all AI sites and apps from our network.  Great fun.
    williamlondonwatto_cobra

  • Apple threatens to kill iMessage & FaceTime in UK if controversial law passes

    irnchrizirnchriz
    mayfly said:
    mayfly said:
    saarek said:
    Appleish said:
    From the country that instituted Brexit against popular opinion and had an unelected leader that was only in office for a few weeks, who destroyed hundreds of billions of pounds from their economy.
    Either you’re a revisionist or you simple don’t understand how referendums work.

    The vote for Brexit was clear, the majority of the population of the United Kingdom voted for it to happen (17.4M to leave vs 16.1M to remain).

    Yes, Scotland and, to a lesser degree Northern Ireland, voted to remain. However even nearly 40% of the Scots voted to leave which is a fact that the SNP never recognises as they pretend that all of Scotland voted to remain in the EU.

    Was it the right decision? Well, I don’t think we will truly know that for at least another 10 years. None of the  prophetic doom and gloom scenarios ever got close to materialising and the country was always going to be worse off during the initial divorce stage.

    Either way the result of the decision is largely irrelevant, what is relevant is that a democratic vote was taken and was then acted upon (albeit poorly).
    This is how democracy dies. The "democratic vote" was driven by anti-immigrant and racist factions with big megaphones stoking the fires of fear and loathing in the population to the extent that they vote against their own interests.

    Democracy is not about right or wrong - it’s what the majority vote for, no matter how stupid they may be.

    The first Common Market referendum and EEC membership referendum was in 1975 , to gauge support for the country's continued membership of the European Communities (EC) 

    Yes - 17,378,581 Votes (67.23%) - No - 8,470,073 Votes (32.77%)

    So that time (1975) the people voted to stay in then in 2016 another lot of people voted out. I could argue the first lot were manipulated and deceived by fear mongering (the disaster that would occur if the UK left), but that would be unfair.

    Unfortunately this is democracy, other systems have been tried with not really any better results.

    This is NOT democracy. This is subversion of democracy in favor of extremism, nationalism and racism. And it's the the next stop on the road to authoritarianism. Which is the next stop on the road to tyranny. Which is the final stop before the end of the road: tyranny.
    A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves largesse from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates promising the most benefits from the public treasury with the result that a democracy always collapses over loose fiscal policy, always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence: From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to selfishness; From selfishness to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.”

    Alexander Fraser Tytler
    mayflyradarthekatAlex1N