Yeah I think so too. I'm just wondering if the people on software are still the right people. Mac OS has quite a few regressions, and seems to just chug along instead of really using the power of the chips, or massively improving file i/o. Apple still has a chance to do some cool stuff with AI integrations, but they have had interesting local models 3 years ago and apparently nowhere, or no vision, to use it. We're all clapping for Craig Federighi's jokes but I have no idea if he is a great manager or a great presenter.
I think Liquid Glass is an abomination and usability nightmare, but they're doubling down on it now, so that's that I guess.
Nahh, they're backing off liquid glass as fast as they can without just rolling back to macOS 15... Tons of people inside apple hate it, and have been very critical of the design leadership. Alan Dye was the design king behind liquid glass, and he was pushed out (or just left, stories vary). His replacement, Stephen Lemay, is widely praised by the folks who hate liquid glass.
iOS 27 and macOS 27 in June will probably have Liquid glass turned back down to 6 or 7, and will at least remove some of the most glaring usability issues.
I think it's fair to say there are plenty of people in Apple's leadership that would have had the authority to tell Alan Dye "no".
They didn't. I think it's fair to say that the company leadership likes liquid glass.
The reaction to it was about as divided when they presented it as it is now. If they thought the backlash warranted a change in direction they could have pulled it before it ever made it to users in the fall, like they did with numerous attempts at shipping AI features.
A major reversal in the next version would make a lot of people look really really bad.
Earlier than I expected. Seeing that Johny Srouji got promoted as well, this reshuffle might have been a way to make sure he stays for a few more years as well?
Yeah, I was tracking this when it was first announced and they were very adamant that there was no longer any excuse for a vendor to not integrate age checks because they had now released this.
It's not "ready for deployment". "the technology is ready and will soon be available for citizens to use"
Member states will either fork or redevelop their own apps around the proof-of-concept app. The app on Github that was "hacked" will never be deployed directly and that was never the plan either.
So far, this whole project has been an excellent way to gauge news outlets on whether they're trying to report the news or are just trying to win clicks through FUD and outrage. Most of them don't seem to know what they're writing about when they report about flaws and problems.
Because so many people are being ground down. You have time to organize something, instead of making rent? Well now you have to fight to even get your voting rights back, that you were silently stripped off because of your skin color and demographic, or social status. Then you need to see if you can ever get the gerrymandered border back to where it should be so the other party will ever have a chance at winning in your area, instead of losing by default. Pretty sure the next election is only about two swing-states again.
Fascinating. It’s called Instant Bloomberg and it’s just AOL instant messenger but only between Bloomberg Terminals. So that is absolutely the “data that insiders rely on that pedestrians will never have” and I’m sure it offers tremendous advantage and may explain why stocks trend in a direction for extended periods of time absent any public news.
I mean there’s no way average joes like us stand a chance doing anything but dollar cost averaging into index funds.
E: imagine if there was a law passed that required those IMs to be public in near-real-time (releasing the transcripts days later defeats the purpose).
I disagree on us average joes not standing a chance. It's pretty easy to ride the wave of popular stocks or commodities simply by following the macro trends in the news and staying informed on global developments.
It's more risky than index funds, but being able to ride a bit of the Nvidia hype and then de-risking those proceeds into an index fund is nice.
You'll probably never win with day-trading or HFT though.
I think Liquid Glass is an abomination and usability nightmare, but they're doubling down on it now, so that's that I guess.
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