timmillea

BlueLightning said:

Seems as if wealthy firms and individuals think white collar crime (including evading tax) is good, but they hate it when they experience blue collar crime, such as shoplifting, theft from employees, or smash and grabs.  I see no difference between the two, except the former is usually MUCH larger theft.  If they don't want blue collar crime, then pay the taxes and don't cheat customers.  

Twas always thus and always thus will be. 

Almost every in prison is poor and stupid. Even the rich and stupid evade prison because they can afford to employ good lawyers to get them out of their 'embarrassing predicaments'. 

I ordered my Pro Max in the UK 16th September with an ETA 24th November - that is 69 days lead time. It has not changed since I ordered it, i.e if I ordered today the ETA is still 24th November. This implies a large batch was always scheduled for this date. Perhaps it was announced too early with very little day 1 availability for the reviewers and publicity shots of crowds at Apple Stores? 

It is hard to judge from the figures in the article the mix of supply constraints and high demand. I imagine the Max has the additional constraint of the 'Tetraprism' - another unique and hard to manufacture part, at least to Apple's standards. 

What a tale of woe! Hiring, firing, spending, cutbacks, alliances made and broken etc. and for what? To pursue a peculiarly U.S.A. aspect of culture - the automobile.

Cars are on their way out, at least privately-owned cars. First and foremost the focus has to be in reducing the need to travel. Covid was a catalyst for this transition but there is much further to go. Apple Vision will be a nudge in the right direction. There will be a need to distribute goods to people but getting in a car and going to a shop is about the least efficient way of doing it. Already 'department stores' and car-only shopping centres are slowly being replaced by distribution centres full of robot pickers and packers with fleets of combined delivery vehicles. Mass transportation along the lines of hub-spoke with the 'last mile' covered by yes, a shared electric vehicle, walking or cycling. Ultimately, other than for 'reserved occupations', any form of travel will only be for pleasure.

I return to the cultural pretext of even pursuing such an idea. Imagine how a self-driving car would behave when surrounded by a thousand bicycles brushing into it - certain paralysis and a real danger to other road users. 

I think in around 20 years you will be able to pick up a self-driving vehicle for nothing - because it won't be legal to use them and the flakey, proprietary technology will have long since ceased to be supported. 

To the EU, USB-C is all about charging interoperability. However Apple has implemented USB 3.2 Alt on the Pro's USB-C connector. This means not only using external storage at 10Gbps (75 GB/min) but also driving an external 4k display at 60Hz AND simultaneous charging. Your phone can be your new desktop. This is  a big deal. 

This appears the least attractive MacOS (or Mac OS) revision ever. Almost all the new features I don't want and the one I wouldn't mind, CentreStage, has being poorly implemented. The idea of predictive text on my Mac takes my soul away. 

Apple should focus on simplification not complication. You almost have to learn a new language to understand the current MacOS.