I'm as disappointed in the new rules as anyone, but I'm going to call this one as most likely just a missing implementation rather than malicious.
The new Browser Engine Kit that allows alternative browsers to be installed is really a very deep integration. It's not just swapping out the browser and engine that users open as an app, it's swapping out all system integrations – webviews embedded in apps (in certain types of use), and importantly, PWAs pinned to the home screen. The APIs have a fairly sizeable surface area, and PWAs themselves have many features that require system support to implement.
My assumption would be that full PWA support will return, but that it was a significant amount of extra work that Apple decided to skip for the first implementation. I'm not sure if that was the right call, but they were under quite a deadline with the DMA coming in.
Of note is that starting a marketplace takes a stand-by letter of credit of €1,000,000 [0], so no getting around the core technology free by just starting a bunch of marketplaces.
That’s ok. It’s the expected result in a market economy.
America is throwing out their chances of making open source LLMs. Copyright holders are demanding license fees for training. That’s analogous to someone demanding licensing fees before you make a YouTube video. No one would be able to do it for free. Whereas it was completely possible to train a high grade LLM for free (clusters are surprisingly accessible for researchers) and it wasn’t till recently that you had to worry about being sued for it.
Net result: open source LLMs die, except for companies that can open source their smaller (lamer) models as an upsell for the real ones that anybody cares about. That’s not a world where open source makes a big impact. That’s a world where (metaphorically) GPL software is subservient to business interests for the rest of eternity. Say what you will about whether that’s true, but no business has influence over Emacs, and it’s fantastic, powerful software. No one will be able to make the equivalent open source fantastic LLM in America at this rate.
As long as these company investments are proximate to cities and towns where partners can find fruitful employment in other companies, children have access to good schools and activities and the various kinds of people required for life have easy access (medical, fire, cops, …). If the companies instead want a monoculture of single, childless workers it’s going to be (quite) unstable.
People want pills or miracle diets. People don't want lifestyle changes. They're busy, stressed, strapped for cash, and anyway they like the standard American diet. Collectively, we could shape our environment so healthy decisions are easier and unhealthy choices are harder, but we can't even agree to tax sugar. So we won't make policy changes anytime soon, and individually many of us will fail to make healthier choices. What more is there to say?
This coming on the heels of the super underwhelming Bard release makes me actually wonder for the first time if Google has the ability to keep up. Not because I doubt their technical capabilities, but because they're just getting out-launched by a big factor.
As a person who wants to play games on a Mac, sometimes I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick the football. But Apple's custom silicon has me hoping again. I keep seeing more and more stories like this where ported games don't just work "acceptably", but actually work better on M1 and M2 chips.
Apple's hardware is unquestionably very good now, and their graphics APIs are actually seeing some uptake. The recent stories about Resident Evil Village especially sound positive.
Not in the article: a common sense explanation why rising interest rates, which haven’t been combating inflation, are supposed to reduce the price of food and gas (CPI) and clothes, furniture, cars, toys, electronics, and other junk (core CPI).
I have wondered about fake profiles on LinkedIn. Seems like people believe that someone is real and their credentials are real just because they have a profile. But it would be easy to set up an account with a fake photo, make up an educational and employment history, and current employer. None of this is verified, AFAICT. Then you just start following/connecting to recruiters and others who are Very Online on LinkedIn, to make the profile look legit.
I use SwiftKey. I was skeptical about swipe typing at first, but it has completely won me over. I would struggle going back to regular typing now.
I am often communicating in two different languages at the same time and SwiftKey can handle suggestions without breaking a sweat. Apple has come out with their own swipe keyboard and I gave it a shot, but it is nowhere near good enough.
Specifically, the dual language suggestions are essentially non-existent and as far as I remember, the current language of typing was relatively front and center on the keyboard (there was a dropdown button to switch languages) instead of something the keyboard picks up from context like SwiftKey does. It also felt kind of ugly compared to SwiftKey.
But since Apple came out with their own swipe keyboard and as of recent I've read some articles about them planning to nerf the 3rd party keyboard APIs, I expect SwiftKey will pack up shop at some point. I just hope by that time the Apple swipe keyboard is usable, because I'll get arthritis from the regular keyboard with the amount of retyping one has to do while using it.
Is it a sign of neuroatypicality if I find faces just generally distracting and useless in meetings? IMO there are more than enough non-verbal cues in voice and real-time conversation flow like response speed.
(Plus people have way too much control over body language and facial expression for it to be useful in work setting)
They reached out to Lufthanse asking them. They responded: "Luggage trackers are electronic devices so they have to be turned off when the luggage is checked".
It is unclear wether they really understood how AirTags work and that they are not active trackers.
There are a bunch of other magazine echoing this response but I have yet to find an official statement by Lufthansa explicitly banning AirTags.
Stupid question, the unit scripting language used is javascript?
So in theory, all units script execution can be outsourced to a part of the gpu?
https://gpu.rocks/#/
Sorry, this is barely gameplay related, just interested if that could be kept synced.
A revolver is a line of credit that companies use for financing. You can think of it almost like a credit card for a company — they make some general purpose agreement with a bank for $X of credit at y% interest, and can use that at their discretion. Companies generally raise debt through specific bond offerings, so this is just a quicker way for them to tap capital instead of going to market each time.
I genuinely thought you were calling the OP Sue, went searching to see if Sue was the new Karen, couldn't find anything, came back and realised you meant sue them... FML.
If you're trading a horse for the car, a seatbelt might not be the first thing you'd think of. I don't think our views on danger have changed, it's just that any new technology requires a period of adjustment to it.
If I remember my uni engineering/calculus maths class correctly, the third derivative of position is used in planning these sort of curves.
The first derivative of postion (with respect to time) is velocity. The second derivative is acceleration (ie rate of change of velocity). And the third derivative is jerk (rate of change of acceleration).
And 'jerk' has to be kept below a certain threshold for humans to find movement comfortable.
The new Browser Engine Kit that allows alternative browsers to be installed is really a very deep integration. It's not just swapping out the browser and engine that users open as an app, it's swapping out all system integrations – webviews embedded in apps (in certain types of use), and importantly, PWAs pinned to the home screen. The APIs have a fairly sizeable surface area, and PWAs themselves have many features that require system support to implement.
My assumption would be that full PWA support will return, but that it was a significant amount of extra work that Apple decided to skip for the first implementation. I'm not sure if that was the right call, but they were under quite a deadline with the DMA coming in.