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Sideloading is a malware danger, Apple tells U.S. lawmakers
They offer several protections on macOS, including the ability to turn sideloading off altogether, and cautioning the user when opening applications downloading from the internet. And running an unsigned application requires additional steps. So they clearly feel it's something of a danger there too.Blizzard said:Apple is just not credible, if side loading was such a danger, then why do they allow it on the MacOS?
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Wanton in-app purchases cost Alberta father thousands of dollars
It's absurd that you can spend $250 a day on these junk casual games. Apple are allowing and profiting themselves from exploitation of addiction. Pretty shady.
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Apple considers dropping face mask mandate for Apple Store staff
Nope. You make the claim, you do the work. I sourced all my metrics.LeoMC said:
I repeat: nothing was restricted in Sweden, except the things that Swedish people have always restricted.crowley said:
Nothing was ever restricted (except for all the restrictions)LeoMC said:
There were hardly any mask use in Sweden - I know, I've been there when the cases peaked; I have seen just as many people wearing mask as they were wearing Balenciaga or Gucci (you have to know the Swedish people in order to get the comparison).crowley said:
There were definitely masks being used in Sweden, even if it was lacklustre and there was no mandate, and there were definitely widespread closures even if there were no formal lockdowns. And even so, Sweden's results have been very questionable (including by their own prime minister and their monarch), certainly not the best, even if not the worst either. But over twice* the deaths per capita as either Norway or Denmark, which are the closest geographical and demographic comparisons. And the failure to protect people was particularly felt in the elderly population**.LeoMC said:
I know Sweden like the back of my hand.crowley said:
Have you heard about Sweden?LeoMC said:
You have no point, dude; there are plenty of studies that show masks are pretty much useless and none that show they have any effect on containing the spread of viruses (have you heard about Sweden? that country was hardly affected by sars-cov-2 even though practically nobody wore a face covering).GeorgeBMac said:LeoMC said:
I'm sure it is, but a Hazmat suit would be safer - don't you wanna be safe?GeorgeBMac said:LeoMC said:
Maybe you should consider a Hazmat suit...teejay2012 said:Without masks, there will be no store policy to physically distance. 'If' I go into a store, I will wear a mask and treat those without masks like I do people with bad breath by politely backing away from them. No doubt some will be offended but my health is more important than their feelings.
No, a mask, especially a good one, is fine.
my point.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-23/swedish-prime-minister-admits-strategy-to-stop-virus-fell-short
Sweden had one of the best strategies in the WORLD: since feb 2021 its mortality has fallen to its regular values and remained there. They manage to do that with no masks, no mandates (prof of vaccination), no mandatory measures with school opened, with shops, restaurants, parks opened, with freedom of speech and movement unaltered.
You're letting your ideology rule your analysis.
* https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/
** https://ltccovid.org/2020/12/16/report-of-the-swedish-corona-commission-on-care-of-older-people-during-the-pandemic/
Nothing was ever restricted (maybe alcohol access, which in Sweden has always been restricted) - they had a limited no of people in closed spaces and that was about the only mandatory measure; they respected some recommendations but nobody was offended by those who ignored them (even their state epidemiologist was seen in public ignoring some of them).
In 2021 Sweden had a 75% increase of covid related deaths while Denmark had +147% and Norway +199% and in the last 12 mo SW had +35%, DK +98% and NO +167%.
Most deaths in elderly occurred in institutions (which is where old people go in SW and are very rare in both DK and NO).
The king spoke (in 2021) about what happened at the beginning of the pandemic (in 2020), following an investigation.
The pandemic is about to end and we start to see the effects: SW has one of the biggest economic growths in EU, behind only to Ireland (where all tech companies are) and some of the poorest countries in CE like HU or RO.
How's that for "ideology"?
There were no masks (except for the masks that I saw)
Older people dying is ok because it was in institutions
And here's some unsourced numbers
Yep, ideology shining bright.
I know Sweden quite well, and I know that there are opinions in Sweden that the approach taken was reckless and cost a lot of lives. It certainly isn't true that the "country was hardly affected by sars-cov-2"
In this pandemic I've seen people wilfully wearing Darth Vader like helms - does that means it was mandatory to wear a DV like helm?
I never said it was ok, I said Sweden had a surge of deaths in the first 2-3 months of the pandemic because the virus spread through elderly people institutionalised; after they realised what was happening and protected those people, the went back to normal. Norway didn't had that problem, because there are hardly any care centres.
Don't you have access to the internet? Go fact-check those numbers, you lazy mo...
In any case, you're clearly backtracking from your initial silly claim that Sweden was "hardly affected" (to wit, overall: 2.45m cases, 17,355 deaths, 1,687 deaths per million people, significantly more deaths, both absolutely and per capita, than either Norway or Denmark), so my work here is done.
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Apple considers dropping face mask mandate for Apple Store staff
There were definitely masks being used in Sweden, even if it was lacklustre and there was no mandate, and there were definitely widespread closures even if there were no formal lockdowns. And even so, Sweden's results have been very questionable (including by their own prime minister and their monarch), certainly not the best, even if not the worst either. But over twice* the deaths per capita as either Norway or Denmark, which are the closest geographical and demographic comparisons. And the failure to protect people was particularly felt in the elderly population**.LeoMC said:
I know Sweden like the back of my hand.crowley said:
Have you heard about Sweden?LeoMC said:
You have no point, dude; there are plenty of studies that show masks are pretty much useless and none that show they have any effect on containing the spread of viruses (have you heard about Sweden? that country was hardly affected by sars-cov-2 even though practically nobody wore a face covering).GeorgeBMac said:LeoMC said:
I'm sure it is, but a Hazmat suit would be safer - don't you wanna be safe?GeorgeBMac said:LeoMC said:
Maybe you should consider a Hazmat suit...teejay2012 said:Without masks, there will be no store policy to physically distance. 'If' I go into a store, I will wear a mask and treat those without masks like I do people with bad breath by politely backing away from them. No doubt some will be offended but my health is more important than their feelings.
No, a mask, especially a good one, is fine.
my point.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-23/swedish-prime-minister-admits-strategy-to-stop-virus-fell-short
Sweden had one of the best strategies in the WORLD: since feb 2021 its mortality has fallen to its regular values and remained there. They manage to do that with no masks, no mandates (prof of vaccination), no mandatory measures with school opened, with shops, restaurants, parks opened, with freedom of speech and movement unaltered.
You're letting your ideology rule your analysis.
* https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/
** https://ltccovid.org/2020/12/16/report-of-the-swedish-corona-commission-on-care-of-older-people-during-the-pandemic/ -
Epic Games acquires Bandcamp to create 'fair' platforms for creators
Have Epic stiffed someone in the fine print before?foregoneconclusion said:Translation: Bandcamp users will need to pay really close attention to the fine print going forward.