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  • Kanye West's 'Vultures 1' briefly pulled from Apple Music after distributor drama

    pjohnt said:
    3 very sick men are eating up 75% of the daily news cycle. West, Musk, Trump. The media is 100% to blame for giving these horrific men the pulpits to spread their hate, non-sense, and pure evil. Those of you caught up in their nets are inexcusable sycophants. At some point these hitlar-ian voices must crumble from the weight of their own insanity and hopefully take their follower with them.
    Musk evil?  You don't have to like the guy but I'm not sure how you could possibly think he's somehow an evil person.  That's insane 
    Just cause he chucks cylindrical objects into earth orbit doesn’t mean he can’t also be an evil man. 
    He has gone out of his way to vilify someone for pointing out the absurdity of his “rescue” torpedo the way Donald went after the central park 5.  That qualifies him as being on the evil side. 
    baconstang9secondkox2OferAulaniwilliamlondonwatto_cobradrdavidmichelb76
  • M3 Ultra Mac Studio rumored to debut in mid-2024 -- without a Mac Pro

    danox said:
    sloaah said:
    I much prefer macOS over Windows but unless a person really needs Mac specific software they are much better off using something like a HP Z8 Fury G5 which offers much more freedom for high end applications.
    LOL no. 

    With the money needed to spec that out like a Mac Studio, it’s better to just get an actual Mac Studio or Mac Pro. 

    There are still professional situations where an M3 Max isn’t up to scratch. Such as with 3D animation, where high end rigs can have up to 1TB of RAM and multiple GPUs (even if they aren’t run in SLI having a free GPU whilst one is working can be helpful). 

    Additionally the cost of updating a GPU on a rig each year is less than the cost of buying a new Mac Studio each year. 

    That may be true but Apple isn't on that path and they are soon to be joined on that path by Qualcomm? UMA memory, low wattage with high performance? only time will tell. Hopefully the Justice Dept. won't take exception if it works out big for Apple. :)
    A Trump DoJ would be too busy going after his perceived enemies to bother with Apple. Just saying. 
    9secondkox2watto_cobramuthuk_vanalingam
  • Stolen Device Protection to thwart iPhone thieves with passcodes with time delay

    zeus423 said:
    longfang said:
    nofeer said:
    Xed

    great suggestions but how to do this--4 character long press ???
    PS: I recommend to not use a PIN. Use a complex passcode. You have those long-press characters on the iOS and Mac keyboards, too, which means you can make a simple 4-character passcode that has over 3 billion possible combinations by using one of those characters. It also makes it a lot more difficult for something to see what you're typing in over a regular keyboard or a number pad.
    I have an iPhone 5 that’s currently locked out for the next few months because I forgot which pin i set for it and kept inputting the wrong one. 
    An iPhone 5? Oh my
    It was just being used as a remote camera to monitor the home while i was out, so not that big of an issue losing access to it. Just pointing out that the current delay seems to grow exponentially. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobra
  • Stolen Device Protection to thwart iPhone thieves with passcodes with time delay

    nofeer said:
    Xed

    great suggestions but how to do this--4 character long press ???
    PS: I recommend to not use a PIN. Use a complex passcode. You have those long-press characters on the iOS and Mac keyboards, too, which means you can make a simple 4-character passcode that has over 3 billion possible combinations by using one of those characters. It also makes it a lot more difficult for something to see what you're typing in over a regular keyboard or a number pad.
    I have an iPhone 5 that’s currently locked out for the next few months because I forgot which pin i set for it and kept inputting the wrong one. 
    williamlondonwatto_cobra
  • Apple Vision Pro has 100Hz refresh rate to combat flickering lights

    How about those of us with 60hz power 
    williamlondonwatto_cobra