Notices by Craig Maloney ☕ (craigmaloney@octodon.social), page 6

@thomasfuchs Yeah, they're boring. Boring like a space shuttle launch. 😉

"How hard can it be to make a car, especially a self-driving car?"

I remember interviewing for a position with a company that wanted to branch out into autonomous vehicles. I've worked in automotive, though not on anything directly related to building cars themselves, and I can tell you that building a car is something that takes decades to perfect. Some companies take some shortcuts and get to shipping vehicles in less than a decade but they should be treated as anomalies, not the norm.

Bully to Apple for making the attempt, but again, if you want to build a car expect it to take much, much longer than you realize.

"Apple Cancels Work on Electric Car"

https://apple.slashdot.org/story/24/02/27/195235/apple-cancels-work-on-electric-car

I think it's adorable that folks believe that Tim Cook actually cares what nerds think.

Open Meeting December 12th 2023 – MUG Meeting https://www.mug.org/2023/12/open-meeting-december-12th-2023-mug-meeting/ #meetings

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"You can also access this via the app on your mobile device' and other fantasies companies have about me.

@futzle I'd have to fit him in between the Pixel "I saw my reflection in my dish three hours ago and it still haunts me" 4:30, 5:30 and 6:30 wake-up calls.

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@Bobbins Now I'm picturing "EGG Tips" and you are to blame.

@Bobbins Just make sure it has a string on it so you can pull the egg out when it's done steeping.

Honestly at this point it feels like Apple is a company that is trying to appease a dead founder and a long-departed designer that never loved them back.

Whomever decided to remove the home button on the newer iPad devices needs to have their fingernails removed.

we are definitely not Apple people. I'm finding the Apple iOS interface inscrutable. Discoverability is no longer a priority and it's a crap-shoot that whatever hand-wave you do or pull from the side / corner is going to do something unintended or unexpected.

I used to hold Apple as the paragon of user interfaces. Now I'm not sure who holds that position.

Note: I'm a desktop Linux user. I've used computers for decades, including System 7, OpenWindows, and others. You're not going to convince me that I'm wrong, Sparky.

@jalefkowit I think she was trying to drive them towards the high-end stuff and they wanted her to go more low-end.

What is with Apple not wanting to sell the big iPad machines? JoDee went to the Apple store and they were hell-bent on having her buy something smaller.

Note: Not the place to tell me about alternatives. If it were me I'd be buying something else. I'm not the target customer here.

Rush: Counterparts https://decafbad.net/2024/02/26/rush-counterparts/ #ADayInTheLife #Music #misc #Rush

@jorge @rbowen Time for this week's Rush album I have a feeling this one will be a bit of a challenge for you both so I hope you're up for it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_(Rush_album)

@MichaelKlamerus Also probably has several sprites that materialize on the screen and bounce around in a pattern that can only be described as "labyrinthine" that will drain half of your life at each collision.

@calm_bomb Says as much in the alt text.

@raven I can't foresee how this will end badly.

By which I mean the opposite.