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ig-88ms··on Your keyboard layout is broken
The entire article is moot, because the story of qwerty keyboards being layed out that way is a myth. Nothing more. People can type in an astonishing speed on normal layouts.

https://wiredpen.com/2022/05/12/origin-myths-qwerty-and-dvor....

ig-88ms··on Mars probe running Windows 98 receives software update after two decades
Ffs! The probe doesn't run windows 98! The development environment was based on 98
ig-88ms··on Understanding Apple’s Private Click Measurement
Does anyone still believe Apple has a real interest in privacy?
ig-88ms··on Ask HN: Is GitHub Copilot the death of open source?
Well I guess we have to invoke a strong copyright, that protects every piece of code, so that no one can steal any of it in any way. And then you'll have your death of open source. It's code, there shouldn't be any copyright to it.
ig-88ms··on Base 13-Inch MacBook Pro with M2 Chip Has Significantly Slower SSD Speeds
In a few hours some suck-up on medium will write a "and here's why this is a good thing" article
ig-88ms··on Answering Questions about the PetaPi
Why????
ig-88ms··on Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right
Jobs was a fucking monster, but people got brainwashed to love him.
ig-88ms··on Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right
Building mobile web apps back in the day was much harder than today.
ig-88ms··on Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right
"If you want to watch porn, buy an Android" - Steve Jobs.
ig-88ms··on Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right
Apple's success lies in forcing customers to stay and do as they're told. Come hell or high water.
ig-88ms··on Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right
We'll because Apple is a way of life. A religion. Religions aren't bad, are they?
ig-88ms··on Facebook says Apple is too powerful – they're right
Apple is way too powerful. Not that Facebook is any better, but Facebook is not the gatekeeper for millions of peoples lives. When Apple boots you as a customer, you most likely will lose everything about your digital life.

If you lose your Facebook account, it's annoying but recoverable.

Apple has control over your phone, your passwords, your photos, your music, your emails, your credit cards/payment methods. And you can backup nothing of it in a usable way. Without a working Apple account any iPhone is as good as a brick.

ig-88ms··on Chronicling the Faces of Juneteenth with iPad Pro and Apple Pencil
What kind of washing or baiting is this called?
ig-88ms··on Mac: It Just Works–Terribly
With Apple it's "do as you're told", not "do as you like".
ig-88ms··on 13-Inch MacBook Pro with M2 Chip Outperforms Base Model Mac Pro
Don't trust benchmarks. They're all manipulated by the hardware companies
ig-88ms··on Wayland Isn't Going to Save the Linux Desktop
We'll the blog isn't even willing to make this readable on mobile. Why should one read the ramblings of such a backwards person
ig-88ms··on Microsoft discloses plans to turn parts of VS Code C# extension to closed source
Phew. Wait til you hear what Apple does with open source...
ig-88ms··on Despite best efforts .NET is still not an open platform
Because people are still living in the 90s and even the best developers just love to gobble up Apple's propaganda bullshit.
ig-88ms··on Browser Extension to Bypass Media Sites Paywalls
We've been there for years.
ig-88ms··on Suspended Google engineer reveals about 'sentient' AI
He's a grifter
ig-88ms··on Our plans for Thunderbird on Android
Let's hope K9-Mail gets a more attractive UI. It always felt more clunky than it needed to be.
ig-88ms··on Jack Dorsey on his “most important contribution to the internet”
Look at me, give me VC money, or at least clout, for my pipe dream!
ig-88ms··on Tell HN: Chinese TikTok is the most privacy invasive app I've ever seen
Now do it for iOS.
ig-88ms··on Disabling the awful MacBook screen lock key
With Apple it's "do as you're told", not "do as you like".
ig-88ms··on How China Won the Solar Industry (& Why Germany Lost)
Also the German liberal party FDP and the conservative CDU intentionally let the solar industry die. They rather subsidized the coal industry, which was nearly dead and had a tenth of the jobs compared to the then booming German solar industry. There was a political motif behind the death of German solar.
ig-88ms··on Private Access Tokens: Eliminating CAPTCHAs on iPhones and Macs
That's certainly a nice way to track people
ig-88ms··on Apple Unveils M2
Display Link is alrightish for light office work or coding. But not much else.
ig-88ms··on Women have been betrayed by a culture of porn gone wild
And the author of the article uses a valid argument to betray women to go back to being a wife with no space to express themselves.
ig-88ms··on Why Germany is a blank spot on Google’s Street View
What the article is missing, was a huge month-long campaign by Germany's biggest right-wingish tabloid Bild. They ensured in every way that Street View became a political issue. They told people that burglars will rob them, because they can look into their homes at any time. Google tried to combat the campaign with full size ads in Bild explaining the falsehoods. It didn't help. Opportunistic conservative politicians immediately jumped on the issue. Google had to secede and Street View never really came. A side note: Bilds owner is the Axel Springer SE. The new owner of Politico. Axel Springer is notoriously conservative to right-wing. They are also big buddies with Apple. Go figure. In my option the issue with Street View was never Germany's history or public concerns. It was astroturfing by an influential media conglomerate that wanted to make up an issue for the dead season. And maybe cuddle up to their longtime partner in Cupertino.
ig-88ms··on Apple’s Space Ambitions Are Real(?)
Well it's clCringely.
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