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Apple TV+ abandons Clooney and Pitt's 'Wolfs' sequel
Movies are dying and I think that’s fine. High quality streaming series are far better than movies.Take the best movie you can think of and it would have been better as a streaming series. For example, the godfather — great two movies that would have been even better as streaming series.
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Apple TV+ abandons Clooney and Pitt's 'Wolfs' sequel
Same here — Silo is awesome.Lydiansolo said:
I couldn't disagree more with your assertion that "Silo had bad acting and felt amateurish!". I think the diametrically opposite viewpoint is true, viz that it has some great acting and feels very polished and professional.bloggerblog said:It's hard to find original stories in movies nowadays, they all mirror older movies one way or another. Severance and Ted Lasso were great, but the others like Mosquito Coast and Silo had bad acting and felt amateurish. Anyway I know it's all subjective I know. -
16-inch MacBook Pro M4 Max review: The pinnacle of the portable Mac
A drawback of the M-series is limited flexibility in the ratio of CPU to GPU cores.That drawback is magnified with ultra fusion, and it really narrows the market for the high end desktop.JinTech said:
Who said the Ultra x 2 would be for your home? Work yes. For people who are in need of high end desktops.omasou said:
Who needs an Ultra x2 at home or work, that would be an Apple Server and require fans. We may eventually hear about something like that in the near future when Apple starts using Apple Silicon in their servers farms for inferencing.JinTech said:
I’m sincerely curious, in what ways does Apple need to innovate on their pro laptop line? Those looking for a redesign, for what purpose?StrangeDays said:"But but but Apple doesn't innovate anymore! The CEO is a businessman!"
lol. People who say that overlook all of the hard work and improvements that goes into building the best in class personal computing devices out there. It's like they believe these devices pop out of a clamshell, fully formed. Or that, somehow, iterative development, isn't innovative. (Please see the first televisions then today's, and tell me iterative doesn't work). Ah well!
I can see where Apple could and should innovate for the MacPro line. They should be fusing two of the M4 Ultra chips together, then fusing two of those chips together to create one of the world’s fastest desktops. Will they do that? No. But they should.
To tell the truth, I'm really surprised that Apple still offers desktops and even the iMac. Once a person invests in a good monitor or two they only reason to upgrade is to get a new processor.
A MacBook + monitor(s) is so much more versatile and doesn't lock a person down to a desk. Not to mention toting an iMac into the Apple store for service vs. a MacBook.I can see why they still offer desktops, for the I/O requirements. Not everyone wants a portable so the iMac is great for those who don’t want to have to buy a monitor.Just because the laptop is right for you, doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone else.My hope is that apple eventually changes the design to have separate cpu and GPU tiles which can be mixed and matched to serve a broader range of needs. For example, gamers would want far more GPU cores whereas I would prefer more CPU cores.
but I agree that not everyone wants only a laptop. I definitely prefer a desktop. And with more people working from, I wonder if desktops might have a small resurgence -
Apple Music celebrates Billie Eilish's record-breaking year
Yeah, I know her CV. Doesn't change how her vocal style sounds to my ear.Marvin said:
Some of her earlier hits were made when she was 15-17 years old:blastdoor said:I don’t care for her vocal style. It sounds pouty and infantile to my ear. I might be a grumpy old man
https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/billie-eilish-interview-bellyache-debut-album-7736384/
Her vocals on other tracks sound more mature, she won an Oscar for each of these:
She is a very accomplished singer for someone so young, she's only 22 now.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Billie_Eilish
I don't think it's a function of her age, I think it's a choice she makes. I don't care for the choice, that's all. But there are clearly tons of people who like it. DJT also sounds pouty and infantile to my ear (albeit in a somewhat different way), and he's a lot older. But clearly lots of people apparently like him, too (and I know his CV, too).
I'm just here to say everyone is wrong, and they both suck.
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How XProtect protects you from viruses on macOS
I agree -- outsourcing system security and virus protection makes about as much sense to me as outsourcing memory compression (which, once upon a time, was the case).AppleZulu said:I guess it’s just how things evolved over the decades, but it’s hard to understand why system security and virus protection wouldn’t be a core function of the operating system itself, or why it should be possible for third party vendors to even be able to perform this function.Outsourcing that function to a third party necessitates exposing the exact OS vulnerabilities you don’t want exploited to the third party security vendor. Even making it possible to do that means, by extension, making the OS more vulnerable in general.When iOS was created, it was a fresh opportunity to start over in the always-connected internet age. Famously, iOS locked all that down. Seems like that should be the goal for legacy systems like MacOS (and Windows, for that matter) as well.
Maybe OS vendors are hesitant to take exclusive control of security/anti-virus because they think the EU will scream bloody murder on anti-trust grounds.
