1. Many criticisms of AI’s usefulness focus on the present/past. They may well be right about the current state, but the trajectory things are improving at (unless we’ve hit a brick wall) means they’ll probably be wrong in a few years.
2. Some of the most vocal anti AI statements I’ve heard have come from people the most impacted by its disruption. Does the concept it cheapens your prior work, or perhaps threatens to replace you, not lead to a huge amount of bias?
Like any technology, AI has good and bad aspects. There should be criticisms of it, we need those. But focusing on where it’s headed, and being aware of bias, is going to produce the most important discussions.
I think the Air makes a lot more sense through the lens of a foldable iPhone.
Even for Apple, there are a significant amount of challenges in building a best-in-class foldable. Supply chain, manufacturing, hardware design, software. Apple is well known for planning ahead; breaking down problems by tackling some in an Air model first seems in line with how they operate.
The price difference really drives this home. It’s only $100 difference between a Pro and an Air. By the time you buy the perhaps-essential battery pack it’s the same price.
I don’t expect this model to continue more than a year or two, it’s a niche option only there to set the stage for a foldable that will take its place.
Having used it very briefly, I think it’s a reasonable direction. Before you all jump to tell me why I’m wrong:
1. It makes depth and layering extremely clear.
2. It prioritizes focusing on the content.
These are good principles and I think they’ll last the distance. There are plenty of refinements needed, especially for accessibility. I suspect over the next few years we’ll see the direction toned back a little while still retaining the best parts.
The article feels shallow. It’s real but my experience is that the reasons can be more complex.
- some friends are more selfish than you realized and that only becomes apparent when they put their preferences above short term needs you have
- some parents are exhausted and stop putting in the work needed to maintain friendships
- some friends don’t want to see their social circle become parent-filled, whether that’s because they’d feel left behind or because it doesn’t match their sense of self
- becoming a parent will lead to some sort of change in worldview or who you are, and that’s not always compatible with the friends you had
- as a parent you might just want to talk to people that ‘get it’
People grow apart sometimes and that’s part of life. Other times of course it’s about harder discussions and working through things.
If you actually want to write software without bugs:
Assume that your code will have bugs no matter how good you are. Correct for that by making careful architecture decisions and extensively test the product yourself.
There’s no silver bullet. If you put in enough time and make some good decisions, you can earn a reputation for writing relatively few bugs.
While this did happen and obviously isn’t great, there’s a more skeptical side too.
The ‘trapped’ man is the CEO of an AI consulting firm. He posted the video to linked in, didn’t press the abort button, and had a relatively successful customer support experience (5 minutes delayed and not charged for the trip). Apparently he is using a PR firm to handle questions.
Make of that what you will. Waymo can clearly do better, although for what it’s worth — my worst uber experiences have been much worse than this (legitimately unsafe driving decisions).
While interesting this is just… wrong. Imagine a world where:
- I tell people I’m 50 years old but I’m really just 49 1/2
- My phone says it’s Jan 7th but it’s really afternoon on Jan 6th
- My coworker says they’re a sr engineer because they’ve been told that they’ll definitely be promoted soon
Rounding shouldn’t be applied everywhere. Some things in life are supposed to use a floor function; common sense applies and most folks intuitively know that 1:00pm means ‘between 1:00 and 1:01pm’.
No one wants dark/cloud kitchens, and I don’t think anyone wants dark software either.
It’s extremely hard to do many things well. If a restaurant specializes in pizza, they’re going to get good at doing that — their employees will know the best way to cook them, their recipes will slowly evolve over time, etc. If a restaurant rarely cooks a pizza, none of that experience and refinement is there.
Not to mention, DoorDash doesn’t have any obvious health ratings visible for restaurants in NYC. I’ll happily order from somewhere I know, but not some unknown restaurant. And what’s to stop a poorly rated dark kitchen from closing shop and reopening the next day under new branding?
The whole model feels gross. It’s centered around profit and questionable tactics, rather than making a genuinely good product that people come back for.
Think about it from the parent’s perspective: the safety of your toddler while you’re at a crowded amusement park is of high value.
Losing a young child must be terrifying, even if they’re found shortly after. I think the value proposition justifies the price, at least for a reasonable amount of parents.
When I was 18 years old, a security guard kicked me and a friend out of a grocery store, much to our confusion.
After talking to them and requesting the store manager, it turns out they had a photo of a shoplifter that looked very similar to me. Eventually we were let back in the store and it was all OK.
So, it’s not an entirely new problem? Although with facial recognition I guess there is less recourse; a manager is not as likely to believe they got it wrong if their computer tells them otherwise.
Some cases yes, but in plenty of cases, this wouldn’t be great.
- Browsing HN, and your scroll gesture happens to start where a link is? Before you know it, you’ve navigated away.
- Long pressing to delete an app, and the app opens in the meantime? Awkward UX.
In the majority of cases, press gestures are competing with other gestures like scrolling. Waiting until you’ve released is often the first moment that it’s 100% clear which gesture you intended. If both gestures get invoked, it will probably lead to much worse problems.
I’m sure there are cases where act on press makes sense, but I don’t think it’s as dramatic as the tweet makes out.
‘Nobody’ is a large assumption. For developers with a consistently small download base, they can switch with little concern.
The consensus here seems to be that Apple don’t want anyone to switch. I’m not sure I fully buy into this, because most developers don’t have the size problem, so switching could be beneficial for them.
Thanks -- this is a relief. I hope it lasts though, I could see Apple deprecating this option in a few years, once most apps have adopted the newer terms.
I have a free utility app for school kids with an install base in the multiple millions. I don’t make much off it, but many users find it helpful. It’s most popular in the EU.
So… if I’m understanding right, I need to take the app down, or start charging an up front fee to school children? Nice one Apple. I hope I’m allowed to add a pop up explaining to users why the app will now incur a mandatory charge.
The best way I can interpret this: it only applies to new downloads each year. In that case, it’s still concerning —- what happens if there is a surge of downloads? I’m on the hook for $50k overnight?
And if updates are included in this number like some comments here suggest, users aren’t going to get any bug fixes.
Wow. HN, please tell me I’m interpreting this wrong.
I’ve been dealing with long COVID since March last year. There’s some interesting learnings I’ve had along the way:
- I was almost perfectly healthy and in my early 30’s. Long COVID isn’t that rare and can happen to anyone, even with a mild case of COVID.
- After first getting COVID, I didn’t rest much. There’s research showing this increases chances of getting long COVID. If you test positive… rest and fully recover. Don’t make the same mistake I did.
- Quite a few people I’ve met seem to have the opinion it’s all neurological. The linked study has plenty of proof it’s not, but people seem to like putting things they don’t understand in a nice bucket.
- If you’re reasonably healthy, don’t take it for granted. Health won’t always last.
Thankfully, I’m doing much better the last few months. I think I’ll be 90% back to normal within a year. Not everyone is so lucky though, so it’s encouraging to see so much research being put forward.
I don’t want to discount your experience here, but it seems unlikely to me that what happened followed ordinary medical prioritization.
It’s tricky to relay over a short internet comment the full experience and context - for example, hearing the phone calls the couple made to family/hospital, the full conversation the nurse had with us about priority, or the missing detail that my wife had pre-eclampsia. I guess we don’t know with 100% certainty, but having been in the situation, I’d say there is a 98+% chance that the status/wealth of the couple directly influenced how soon they were given a bed.
(Sorry to add facts after the original comment; I wanted to avoid writing something too lengthy but I can see how these details may have been necessary).
Now that I recall more clearly, I got this part wrong… they had requested an early induction (not a scheduled c-section). Unsure if that changes things, but they weren’t going straight to an operating room.
I’ve seen a similar thing happen at another well known NY hospital. My wife was waiting to give birth with all beds taken up. A couple walks in, very unhappy that there is a wait, and we exchanged some conversation with them. It was quite apparent they were from wealthy families. She had requested to be induced, after being a couple of days past her due date (extremely normal for a first pregnancy).
A nurse told us privately that we’re first on the list for a room as my wife was most in need of care; there was one becoming available in an hour or two. However, the other couple started complaining and calling family members. They were ushered off to a different waiting room. We waited 15 hours for a bed, and in the meantime heard someone give birth in the hallway.
A few days later we bumped into the same couple on the way out of the hospital. They’d been given a bed 12 hours before we eventually got one despite being there voluntarily.
I recently bought an rPi 4. After trying in vain to find any in stock at a reasonable price, I figured out you can buy units that are preconfigured for another purpose and re-flash them (eg https://www.pishop.us/product/raspberry-pi-w-optisigns-pre-c... - in stock right now).
I’m not sure others have caught onto this yet given these are still in stock.
1. Many criticisms of AI’s usefulness focus on the present/past. They may well be right about the current state, but the trajectory things are improving at (unless we’ve hit a brick wall) means they’ll probably be wrong in a few years.
2. Some of the most vocal anti AI statements I’ve heard have come from people the most impacted by its disruption. Does the concept it cheapens your prior work, or perhaps threatens to replace you, not lead to a huge amount of bias?
Like any technology, AI has good and bad aspects. There should be criticisms of it, we need those. But focusing on where it’s headed, and being aware of bias, is going to produce the most important discussions.