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7Z7··on America’s packaged food supply is ultra-processed
Apple's have an exhausting list of ingredients. Thankfully we can just list "Apple".

Alpha-Linolenic-Acid, Asparagine, D-Categin, Isoqurctrin, Hyperoside, Ferulic-Acid, Farnesene, Neoxathin, Phosphatidyl-Choline, Reynoutrin, Sinapic-Acid, Caffeic-Acid, Chlorogenic-Acid, P-Hydroxy-Benzoic-Acid, P-Coumaric-Acid, Avicularin, Lutein, Quercitin, Rutin, Ursolic-Acid, Protocatechuic-Acid, Silver, Vitamin A, B1, B2, and B6, Niacin, Pantothenic acid, Folic acid, Vitamin C and Vitamin E, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Pottassium, Selenium, Sodium, and Zinc. Lipids, saturated, unsaturated and monounsaturated fats, Tryptophan, Threonine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lycine, Methionine, Cystine, Phenylalanine, Tyrosine, Valine, Argenine, Histidine, Alanine, Aspartic Acid, Glutamic Acid, Glycine, Proline, and Serine. Trace amounts of Boron and Cobalt. Soluble and insoluble fiber (cellulose, pectin and lignin). Sugars of fructose and sucrose. Malic, tartaric, and citric acids. Tannins, Amygdaline, Cyanide.

7Z7··on GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea
This is a pretty gross generalisation of the people and issues at stake. "We" the individual freedom loving, contributors. "They", the rogue nations using open source software to oppress and enslave.

Honestly it boggles my mind how easily you slipped into that mentality in response to the comment you replied to - a comment describing people caught in the crossfire, affected by the choices of nations at war, individual liberties crushed by sanctions and foreign policy.

7Z7··on FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces and Names
Thank you
7Z7··on FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces and Names
Yep, totally confused me. Thanks!
7Z7··on FaceApp Now Owns Access to More Than 150M People's Faces and Names
>state actors such as the IRA

Can you elaborate on the IRA == state actor part?

7Z7··on YouTube videos that have almost zero previous views
Has "unlisted" ever been known to mean "private"? I never assumed it was - rather it was just a video that would not appear in searches or recommendations on YouTube.
7Z7··on Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client
But it isn't just a camera, its an array of stuff
7Z7··on Jony Ive to form independent design company with Apple as client
I'm confused. The carrier, time, battery life, etc, are in the notch ears..

https://i.redd.it/1es9glox9t601.jpg

Maybe I'm misunderstanding you?

edit: that was a genuine question

7Z7··on Google Is Eating Our Mail
That all depends entirely on whether the "fix" is white-listing the two responders somehow, or flagging the larger issue to the correct team and figuring something more general out.
7Z7··on How random can you be?
Don't you only need to remember the last 5 or 6?
7Z7··on The password “ji32k7au4a83” has been seen over a hundred times
Like Harry Potter?
7Z7··on A Love Letter to the People Who Build the Internet Archive
IA's definition of CDL and yours (by proxy of the NWU faq you linked) seem quite different.

IA contends that the CDL program lends one digital copy per physical copy the lender owns (ie. the “owned to loaned” ratio). Which is in direct contradiction to the copies-of-copies described by the NWU.

Can you shed light on this discrepancy?

7Z7··on How hard is it to have a conversation on Twitter? So hard even the CEO can’t
I didn't suggest reliable
7Z7··on How hard is it to have a conversation on Twitter? So hard even the CEO can’t
The Daily Mail is in the top three newspapers, by circulation, in the UK. And far far more read than the broadsheets. How is it not considered the "mainstream"?
7Z7··on Activision-Blizzard layoffs after reporting record results
The movie equivalent is VFX, which has no real unions.
7Z7··on Apple, Google criticised for Saudi Absher app that tracks women
For the things that make a smart phone smart. We expect people to be able to find locations without directions, access arbitrary information, receive email, use eTickets, access calendars, etc - on the go, at any time of their day.

Smartphones aren't really about phone calls or sms.

7Z7··on Facebook will shut down its controversial market research app for iOS
Funny you are accusing those employees of nefarious political motivations when you are pushing your politics up and down the thread (and others) in your sub-day-old anonymous account.
7Z7··on Facebook has been paying people to install a “Research” VPN
That feels almost like the literal definition of passive in this context
7Z7··on FaceTime bug lets you hear audio of person you are calling before they pick up
But isn't everyone being on WhatsApp or FB Messenger or whatever just elevating the device uncertainty to platform uncertainty? You still have to remember or check who is on what.

It seems like if they generally are all on iPhone, FaceTime is the one thing you could reliably call them on, and it will even tell you right in the messages app if you can FaceTime them.

7Z7··on FaceTime bug lets you hear audio of person you are calling before they pick up
Depends on when the information was made public
7Z7··on Acid test: on drugs and science fiction (2017)
If that's how you read, maybe. I'm not getting anything other than "psychedelics are not a shortcut"
7Z7··on Acid test: on drugs and science fiction (2017)
I didn't read it as indicating laziness, I read it as those who make time to build creative structures with a straight mind may more easily make use of the psychedelic's influence than those who have not.

ie. psychedelics don't make you creative, they inform your creativity

7Z7··on Screen time: how much is too much?
That's pretty much what the iPhone version does too: total screen time broken down by app, with the addition of app groupings like "Reading and Reference", "Productivity" and "Creativity". It allows you to set limits on a per app, or per category, basis.

It also shows total pickups, pickups per hour, busy times, etc. and the same for notifications.

Super useful

7Z7··on Airbnb and security camera disclosure
In general privacy law seem to work under the "expectation of privacy", which is why you see signs warning of security cameras or monitors showing what they see.

In a rented room scenario, you obviously have an expectation of privacy up until someone tells you explicitly that there are cameras in the space, at which point I guess you can decide whether or not you want to stay there.

So in this case (and depending on local laws, obviously) it seems like the renter would have to convince a judge that the photo of the room with a white blob in the corner was enough notice to circumvent that expectation of privacy.

7Z7··on How to DIY a Product Launch Video with No Experience, and for Free
I'm in VFX, in one of the leading houses (5000+ employees over 5 sites). We use Linux for 90% of our workload, but the rest is probably evenly split between Windows for the occasional tools that don't have a Linux release, or Macs.

Interestingly, its mostly the admin/production/HR team who are on the Macs. Additionally all company laptops are MacBooks.

7Z7··on How to DIY a Product Launch Video with No Experience, and for Free
I'm pretty sure you are both talking about the same thing. The used phrase "zoom in and crop" implies starting with context, zooming in, and showing the close-up feature. Otherwise s/he could have just said "crop".
7Z7··on How to DIY a Product Launch Video with No Experience, and for Free
All of the software listed is made by Apple and bundled with the OS. So not that mysterious.

Beyond that, and to your actual point, different developers have different motivations. Maybe their tool fits a specific need on macOS or within their community, or maybe they are starting with what they know, with a view to expand to other OSs later if they get traction. Or they aren't trying to sell the most software, and so don't feel the need to fish in the biggest pond. Or their software is iOS specific, which is potentially more portable to macOS in a way that it might not be to other OSs.

Seems like lots of reasons, and probably not that different to why some software is only available on Linux.

7Z7··on Facts about smell (2014)
>no jokes?

Did we read the same piece? It was pretty dry humour, but funny AF

7Z7··on The Itsy-Bitsy, Teenie-Weenie, Very Litigious Bikini
Exactly, both dances taken from others and claimed as original by the litigants.
7Z7··on The Google Cemetery – A list of dead Google products and why they died
Is that any more true (other than subjectively)?
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