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Laughed out loud when I heard this as my experience with Stripe's API has been quite different. Stripe does quite well with keeping support for old versions of their API, but they're not afraid of making backwards-incompatible changes between versions. We encountered quite a few of these last time we were updating the SDK, and while I was going through their API docs a few weeks ago, I saw quite a few more that we'll need to make next go-around. I wouldn't call that "low needs" myself.
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This clip made me think. Not because of anything to do with Apple, Google, and their dealings. Rather, it made me wonder if this is applicable to things like how one spends their time and effort at self improvement. Focusing more on what you know your good at, for example.
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This sounds ominous. Does this mean more unsolicited push notifications in iOS or promotional crap added to Apple Maps? As someone who aims to not know when an F1 race is happening, it's a good indication that an iPhone is not for me.
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It'd be amusing to ponder, given how podcasts all have a video component now, that if Apple did name their new box "Home Pod," in 5 years time, would people think the "pod" in "podcasts" refers to that? Everyone's referring to their shows as "pods" now I do wonder if they're forgetting where "pod" originated from.
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It’s amusing to imagine how far Apple’s bizarre, corporate-esque copywriting goes. Would one be able to go into Caffè Macs in Apple Park, pick up a packed sandwich, and see printed on the label:
With this sandwich, our focus is to maximise sustenance and nourishment so we can drive continued living in our employees.
We’ve also introduced a new ecosystem of ingredients to compliment this unique sandwich. Thanks to the incredible availability of nuts and other allergens, we’re able to create a new awareness that this sandwich may contain some of these.
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Really enjoyed this discussion on the latest Shoptalk show discussing why one would want a website. I disagree with the idea that restauranteurs can get away with just an Instagram. Restaurant websites generally suck, but I'm not sure what I'll do if they aren't around, and I can't see their menu.
Oh, and P.S. I don't know how to use Instagram.
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3.78 GHz for a phone chip! I remember getting a desktop clocked at just over 1 GHz and thinking that was the fastest computer I've ever used. These phone chips are almost 4 times faster, and there's like 7 cores here, with 5 clocked faster then 3 GHz. Absolutely crazy when you think about it.
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Talk to anyone working on the Go language and they'll tell you about the JSON parser they built. Maybe the CSS designer equivalent is making their own CSS reset. 😏
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Oh, interesting. That’s a good explanation as to why OpenAI et. al. would want to make a browser. And if they do tout it as being “AI powered”, then it kinda makes sense that Google would do likewise, as a defensive move to keep marketshare.
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Enjoying listening to the latest Talk Show with LMNT (I'm about 67% through it so far). Especially liked this part about Safari, and not just because it validated my feelings about it. 😀
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I wonder if the prudent course of action for iOS app developers is to hold off from releasing their redesigns on day one. I wonder if iOS’s new look will be overwhelming for users and having an app that’s unchanged for a week or a month could provide them with something familiar to them. 🤷
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If you asked me today, I’d probably call this game “rock paper scissors,” most likely due to my consumption of American media. But growing up, I do remember calling this game “paper scissors rock.”
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I found Jason’s position about Apple adding gambling odds to their sports app a little odd (no pun intended). Not to say that he endorses it — he definitely does not — but I would’ve thought he’d recognise that people buying Apples products expect a premium experience. And that adding such, one might say, “vulgar” features to their app, degrades that experience.
Or at least this probably how I’d feel about it. I don’t watch sports, so this has little impact on my experience. But if I did, I’d probably find the whole thing rather dirty. I can’t stand all these awful sports betting apps.
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Shout out to Daman, who helped me with my recent podcast dramas.
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Like the coining of phrase “Canadian Devil Syndrome” by emailer Joseph on the latest Sharp Tech.