kiltedgreen

Afarstar said:

To think this utter madman also has his finger on the nuclear button. He’s out of control but none of his team can do anything about it. Bit like Putin. 

They certainly could do something about it. But they won’t.

Agreed. I’ve found it really encourages exploration in all kinds of way. Excellent stuff.

Trump will probably say that the EU is illegal and that he’s going to make it the 52nd state after Canada and may need the military to enforce it. That’s about his modus operandi. Then he will change his mind two days later. Then he will change it back. The criminal is crazy.

mikethemartian said:

kiltedgreen said:

Amazing how Apple / Tim Cook is pilloried over the Apple Car - a product that Apple never even acknowledged. It really is quite an amazing apportioning of criticism. The AI functionality that has been advertised, but not been delivered is very fair game for criticism.

But if the car, then why not blame Apple for their failures over their delayed TV set, the hot mess of the folding iPad, Macs still without a cellular connection, their flawed electric motorcycle, Apple ring, washing machine, solar powered router, 8” iPhone and all those other products Apple have never even announced. We know they were junk and were quietly shelved ….

How much money did he spend on the development of the car?

The car that Apple never announced but was endlessly analysed by tech pundits? The car whose existence Apple never acknowledged? The car that may have been a project but after lengthy feasibility studies, never made it out of mockup proposals or was cancelled as not worth pursuing? That car? Apple of course, would would know exactly how much they spent on it. Do I know? No. Do you know? No.

Do you really think that the only things that Apple ever proposes, tests and develops are the products that actually end up on sale for you to buy? Do you really think that they have never taken 50 other products to a feasibility/test stage before deciding that, all things considered, they do not wish to pursue it any further? How much money did they spend on those? Do you know?

Back in the day I had a mostly QUAD HiFi with Pink Triangle/Alphason arm and AT cartridge topped with ESL-63s. For regrettable reasons, that has all gone and now I have Apple Music and KEF LSX speakers which I use wirelessly but I also bought a dedicated headphone amp and QUAD ERA-1 headphones to make up for my loss.

When Apple debuted Lossless and HiRes I was thrilled. I could certainly tell the difference between AAC and Lossless but what about Lossless and HiRes? So, for those albums which offered both formats I downloaded both to my iPad Pro, and listened to each format on my headphones across about 6 different albums. I could just about convince myself that there may have been slightly more detail with HiRes, but given file sizes around 6 times bigger I decided to forgo the possible maybe advantages. I’ve stuck with lossless since and until I try again and miraculously notice a difference worth the pain, that is where I’ll stay.