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Gatorade Smart Gx Bottle review: Better hydration with a squeeze and an iPhone
Where did this absurd obsession with "staying hydrated" come from? All expert medical advice says simply "drink when you are thirsty" unless you are , for example, running a marathon. Think about it - thousands of years of evolution would not result in us "forgetting to drink"? Feel thirsty, drink. Simple as that.
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How to protect yourself when your iPhone and passcode are stolen
Everyone should be required to read Stephen Pinkers book "The Better Angels of our Nature". In every measurable way, overall, life is better for most everyone on this planet that it was 10/20/50/100/200/500 etc years ago. We all are drowning in "bad news" fed to us by our devices, maybe more so than ever.israndy said:I don't get people that think the world is WORSE off today than some mythical time in the past. Who wants to go back to feudal times, or the Wild West, and don't get me started on women's equality. We have frickin' cars that let us go anywhere in perfect comfort and we can pay for fuel by waving our phone, the same device that lets us be in immediate contact with our entire world. Oh, boo hoo, I can't remember my password, so be like Ed Rooney's secretary and write it on a post-it.
If you are worried you cannot secure your phone, don't put things on it that others could abuse. You can just go down to the bank and cash a check still. Scammers are a real thing and elder abuse has been happening since the dawn of time. It is likely you are going to lose some money when you can't afford to, but don't blame the phone, blame the horrible human beings that live on the planet with us.
Oh, and I didn't see mentioned, if you wanna secure your phone for fear that someone will force you to open it just hold down the buttons on the side for 5 seconds. It'll call emergency services but then your phone will require your pin to unlock, and even the courts can't force you to unlock it.
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Survey says 80% of Mac developers will integrate ChatGPT soon
As an App developer, I can categorically state that what Apple does for their 15%-30% is just massive - it's an amazing business infrastructure. For example, dealing with tax laws in multiple regions is a nightmare that Apple just 'handles' for you. And helping with the European privacy laws, the list goes on.Only greedy or low quality developers who want to scam users would be interested in a third-party App Store. This is just a case of the grass is always greener and young developers who never experienced life before the App Store. -
Apple employees face reprisals, possible termination over return to office policy
Funny how all the cry-babies at Apple that got so much press have gone suddenly quiet - maybe they looked down the road at the massive layoffs at pretty much every tech company and were, hmmm, time to buckle down and shut-up. Obviously Apple HR is reading that mood and realized now is the time to crack down and enforce the 3 days a week policy - which is still quite generous.
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Apple & Foxconn amping up efforts for more labor reform in India
It might offend our sensitive western sensibilities who have romantic visions of village life in rural India, but a regular paid job in a clean and safe factory environment is a major upgrade from dirty, unsafe work in the fields or a slum. China pulled an estimated 800 million people out of a life of grinding poverty and food insecurity - one of the great "wins" of the late 20th century. Maybe India with its messy democracy can replicate some of that success and maintain basic human rights in this window of opportunity where companies like Apple do not like all their eggs in one basket.
