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yvsong··on California farmers to destroy 420k peach trees following Del Monte bankruptcy
Peaches are from the great country of China. Very popular and important in culture. Export may be the best solution. However, cultivar matters, and it may be too late in this case.
yvsong··on Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source
Since it's on macOS, are there any Xcode themes?
yvsong··on Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer
AirPods Max synthetic fabric is not comfortable to touch face. Hope Vision Pro has more comfortable materials. Many big headphones have comfortable velour or leather ear pads. It's also better for the pads to be replaceable.
yvsong··on Thanks Dang, Happy Holidays
Dang! Another year flied away.
yvsong··on The cult of Amiga and SGI, or why workstations matter
The UI of SGI's IRIX was better than the current macOS on some aspects, e.g., sound effects. Wish there are more competitions in computer UI.
yvsong··on Habits of Expert Software Designers
Experts read Hacker News.
yvsong··on MIT AI tool can predict breast cancer up to 5 years early
Early diagnosis is much better than late diagnosis. Prevention with a healthy life style is even better.
yvsong··on Google Employees Uncover Ongoing Work on Censored China Search
Google's motto "Don't be evil" is not rigorous. Huawei claims something similar recently. The problem is who defines what's good or evil? Every group of people think they are noble, and the enemies are evil.
yvsong··on Apple's Business Beyond the iPhone
iGlass.
yvsong··on U.S. Is World’s Most Competitive Economy for First Time in a Decade
Competitive or competent?
yvsong··on Nutrition offers its resignation, and the reply
A more fashionable alternative of variety is diversity.
yvsong··on IBM Cloud Developer Console for Apple
Wish competing service providers appear soon. The need is real.
yvsong··on A promenade of PyTorch
Need an official tool to convert to CoreML.
yvsong··on The Follower Factory
Is there an executive summary of the article?
yvsong··on In Japan, there's an industry devoted to cleaning up after people who died alone
Is this a big government thing that violates individual freedom? I wonder how people handle this successfully and avoid abuses. Which states are better? Former Singapore prime minister Lee Kuan Yew often mentioned Asian family values. I used to think it’s a joke, but am starting to like it.
yvsong··on LisaOS to be open-sourced and donated to Computer History Museum
Is the difference due to promotion or randomness? Reminds me of business competition.
yvsong··on Apple Plans Combined iPhone, iPad and Mac Apps to Create One User Experience
Does any one see the prospect of Xcode on iPad pro?
yvsong··on Norway switches off FM radio, but a station is defying government order
Digital can be maddening because it alternates between crystal-clear and OFF

You mean between 1 and 0?

yvsong··on Startup Ideas
Is startup limited to technology or business? The most urgent needs of the world are political or social. Generally, promoting logical reasoning and emotional control.
yvsong··on Why Snapchat Spectacles failed
iGlass will probably be created by Apple or a hardware startup led by some people like Steve Jobs and Woz. No software company has made a hugely successful hardware product.
yvsong··on Steve Wozniak announces tech education platform Woz U
Should be named WoZu.
yvsong··on Why Should I Start a Startup?
Years ago I saw a flyer of Justin.tv, thought it's an amateur college student TV project, and didn't see any potential. Now it's one of my favorite startup stories, due to the wild start and huge impact. Live broadcasting has become a red hot social medium, especially in red China.
yvsong··on Apple's decision on “tips” may undermine its prospects in China
>Tencent has the power to singlehandedly kill off Apple in China, as a Chinese, I really wish they had the balls to do it.

Your comment is fairly funny too. Tencent's balls are in Chinese government's hands. You are wishing the Chinese government had the balls.

yvsong··on Apple's decision on “tips” may undermine its prospects in China
Apple will win this battle. WeChat is tightly monitored by the Chinese government for any sensitive info, and heavily censored. It's losing appeal. The problem has grown more and more serious recently since there is a hot political war going on, and messages published on Twitter and YouTube are propagated on WeChat. The YouTube attack on 6/16 is part of the war.

Generally Uncle Donald is right on trade. China's great firewall is a major trade barrier. China's Internet industry does not have foreign competition. Uncle Sam should be much tougher on trade deals.

yvsong··on $80k/month App Store Scam
Historically Apple's primary strength is product quality. This kind of apps should not pass the App Store review. The App Store should not allow ads, since they reduce overall product quality. Google web search is different. Google does not control web contents. Google's primary product/service is the free web search, and they have to make a profit from it. App Store search is a tiny part of Apple's product/service. Apple makes tons of money from other parts.

Steve Jobs was the creative artist in the IT industry, and obsessive in product quality. It may be time to ask the question "What would Steve Jobs have done?"

yvsong··on Human Interface Guidelines
What's the major diff?
yvsong··on Tim Berners-Lee envisions a better web
The decentralized web grew organically after the initial invention, without an overall designer. The decentralized nature of the web means there will not be an overall designer in the future. The web will never be a clean system. Clean systems cannot be easily disrupted, and do not lead to great innovations.
yvsong··on How United Onboards New Users (design)
Given United Airlines' consistent poor service and arrogance for many years, it's time to dismiss the company, re-accommodate and onboard their employees (especially executive managers) to other businesses, perhaps new airlines started by people like Richard Branson.
yvsong··on Tim Berners-Lee wins Turing Award
The goal is solid, but I wonder how it might prevail. The flexibility to change at any time doesn't seem a priority for most people. Most people search for a satisfactory solution and stay with it until it's no longer bearable, or a competitor many times better appears. The same for most things in one's lifestyle.
yvsong··on Who Needs GPS? The Story of Etak's 1985 Car Navigation System
This seems a great story of technical ingenuity without top notch business execution. Would like to see an analysis on how the business should or could have been developed.
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