Indeed I was! I’m not sure the studies you linked would either confirm nor refute that point. I agree with your supposition that studies on Indian call centers probably don’t generalize particularly well.

Keeping commercial real estate values up is the main goal of in-person public schools?

I was making a point about remote schooling, and based on the responses I’ve gotten, I feel like most people here didn’t even read my comment

You didn’t address my point at all — I’m talking about remote schooling, which I believe studies showed did not do well.

I agree with you that the WFH “productivity” studies are suspect since it’s difficult to measure productivity in any meaningful way.

Why not? Remote schooling was generally viewed as a poor substitute for in-person schooling, so it doesn’t seem unreasonable to me that there could be benefits to doing things in real life.

Exactly, which is why I said “charging people to play pirated games” (though I suppose it was really just one game, so no plural was needed.)

Internet people: NINTENDO IS DESTROYING ALL EMULATORS raaaaaaaa

Reality: Nintendo sued exactly one emulator that was literally charging people to play pirated games

Seems about the same?

The best cheese temperature is fresh out of the refrigerator and I will die on this hill!

I downvoted it because it’s blaming the wrong entity; the real bad actor here is Apple.

The AltStore should be free and it should be available globally, but neither are possible thanks to Apple’s anticompetitive shenanigans.

Agreed, most of the characters in the book are so flat, and only do things because the plot needed them to do that thing.

The Netflix series managed to make the character’s motivations seem more believable which I appreciated.

If only they had functional data backup and export on non-Android platforms…

Ah, you’re right! I evidently mixed up the expensive Apple accessories haha

My favorite post-Jobs keynote moment was the confused laughter when Apple triumphantly announced the price of the $699 Mac Pro wheels.

So disappointed they’re still doing the prerecorded presentations. The old live ones were so much more fun!

I can finally follow ZUCC on Mastodon, at last

In keeping with the Siri brand, Apple has to make sure LLM-Siri’s underlying model is bad at everything

…does anyone actually have a stereoscopic monitor?

Japan! It’s a stairway leading to the Toei Ōedo line, among the deepest subways into the world.

At this point, I feel like Apple is just playing chicken with the EU. If this isn't "gatekeeping" (ie, the thing the DMA is supposed to prevent), then I'm not sure what would be.

Eh, I think the problem is the customers just take what apple gives them

I think this is true to an extent, but my argument against it would be to point to the period where Apple resisted making large phones, while Android phones were getting bigger and bigger. (This would be approximately the era of the 5/5S) In the more wild-west product lineup of Android, it became clear that bigger screens equaled more sales, for better or for worse.