Notices by Frank Reiff (frankreiff@mastodon.social)

All the noises about the new professional iPadOS made me think of that.. as long as Apple sticks with the idea that no chrome must be visible on the screen there’s not much chance of making a professional level OS.

Hiding everything looks clean but hides what you can do. Professionals kinda want to do stuff more than look at it.

As suspected somebody said “Donnie you’ve got till Wednesday” and he did his “art of the deal” and gambled everything on China backing down if he made Big Donnie noises.. and predictably they didn’t.. so now we all live in THAT world.

Tomorrow it’ll be ten gazillion percent.

It does say a lot about Tim Cook that he is prepared to stand up to the EU on important human rights issues like a monopoly on App Store tax, while displaying impressive moral flexibility when it comes to standing shoulder to shoulder with authoritarians bent on destroying the western way of life.

@sinbad Describes my own experience very well. I could just about imagine the theoretical possibility of one of those events happening because no one was taking it seriously enough.. but having both occur so close together.. well it shattered my belief in humanity.

At least over time there appears to be a change of opinion on Brexit.. but a Trump victory is still a 50/50 almost a decade latter.

@inthehands it’s indistinguishable from the M1 Ultra in my Mac Studio.. and that is just wrong 😀.

I hope they used the opportunity to take advantage of the power and cooling envelope of a desktop machine.

When I voiced the opinion that the M3 Max looked like it might not be designed to enable an easy doubling into an M3 Ultra, the idea was quickly dismissed.. not sure what happened in the meantime, but a purpose built M3 Ultra.. and perhaps M3 Extreme.. would make me very happy.. even though I shudder to think how much Apple would charge for the Extreme. https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112173721595943325

Generative AI is the answer to the question of "How do I transform the rainforest into plagiarism"?

Poland: hundreds of thousands march against rightwing populist government https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/04/poland-hundreds-of-thousands-march-against-rightwing-populist-government

In reality, FCP for iPad is just a way of keeping the idea of an iPad as a Pro creator device alive for a while longer.

In my opinion, Apple would do better to more clearly delineate its product lines: iPad for people who need basic to medium functionality without the problems inherent with a desktop operating system, the Mac for advanced needs but with more of a learning curve.

Currently the Mac is too dumbed down and the iPad is becoming too complicated for casual users.

“Clarence Thomas defends himself after undisclosed gifts revelation”

Wow, a Supreme Court Justice goes with the “I didn’t realize I was at a party” and “Ignorance of the law protects me from consequences” defense. ??

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2023/apr/07/clarence-thomas-statement-undisclosed-gifts-supreme-court