Gregg Thurman on Utah state symbols: Dutch oven, brine shrimp, porcini mushrooms and... Android OS? - 'Am I just discerning about who I associate with? Just about the only green text bubbles I get are from spam generators. That’s my first clue the following text isn’t worth my time.'
on Utah state symbols: Dutch oven, brine shrimp, porcini mushrooms and... Android OS? - 'Don’t forget the random chat fracturing that happens in any mixed Android/iOS chats. Thats always a lot of fun.'
on Oscars: NYT's critic horrified by Best Picture nomination for Apple's 'F1' - 'It was a fun and predictable romp, mostly made to make $$$. I had to roll my eyes when I saw it was nominated.'
on Utah state symbols: Dutch oven, brine shrimp, porcini mushrooms and... Android OS? - 'His kids probably hate the green text bubbles in family group chats, and RCS integration won’t make them feel any better about it. Side note: I attended college in Utah and met a lot of dbags like this. Matriculated and left shortly after.'
on Utah state symbols: Dutch oven, brine shrimp, porcini mushrooms and... Android OS? - 'Cullimore: What can I do to best serve my constituents draw attention to myself/drive another wedge between people? I know! I’ll claim Android is the best technological OS for mobile phones AND make it an official state symbol. That’s what my constituents of the great state of Utah want! Another state symbol. And, it will make me look busy while I accomplish absolutely nothing worthwhile while in office!'
on Utah state symbols: Dutch oven, brine shrimp, porcini mushrooms and... Android OS? - 'There’s nothing like legislatively abandoning the rest of your family!'
on Oscars: NYT's critic horrified by Best Picture nomination for Apple's 'F1' - 'I liked the movie. I thought it was well done with a good story. Mostly I don’t really care too much about what the critics think unless they and the crowd sourced scoring avenues pan a movie. Might make a difference in whether I go see something in the theater or just stream it at a later time at home. Don’t want to spend a lot of money going to see something really bad in the theaters.'
on Oscars: NYT's critic horrified by Best Picture nomination for Apple's 'F1' - '“… The F1 poster with Brad Pitt, who looks terrific in race car attire, has more depth than the movie itself…” Award for best quote of the day!'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Moments ago index futures turned green as we approach 40 minutes until today’s opening bell. Apple is currently off $0.35 at $248 after closing higher by $0.70 on Thursday. Broadcom is in the red $7.24 at $318.25 after dropping $3.31 on Thursday. Microsoft is also trading lower pre-market by $0.35 at $450.51 after gaining $7.03 yesterday. Let’s see what happens after today’s opening bell.'
on The Information: The risks of putting Hair Force One in charge of Apple Intelligence - 'Pretty sure all this must be covered in Apple University, and it’s improbable that Federighi isn’t an excellent example of an AU alumni. Plus, I can’t believe Steve Jobs nor Tim Cook were or have been anything but controlling of costs. This whole story sounds ‘cooked up’ by a few folk who didn’t for whatever reason achieve the standards that Apple set.'
on The Information: The risks of putting Hair Force One in charge of Apple Intelligence - 'Craig F missed AI. How is still employed? He ignored SIRI for years.'
on The Information: The risks of putting Hair Force One in charge of Apple Intelligence - 'Excellent post, Bill.'
on The Information: The risks of putting Hair Force One in charge of Apple Intelligence - 'Seems like the inside source here was someone with an ax to grind against Craig / Apple. Price of bananas – really? I do worry that Apple’s culture – small teams, secrecy, predicability, release cadence driven, etc – goes against what it takes to make a great LLM, where you don’t quite know what you have until you have it. If you have not read Ken Kocienda’s book Creative Selection about the efforts to make the first versions on Safari and the iPhone keyboard you should. It is shocking how small the teams were that made these keynote tentpole features.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Robert Douglass said: “As I mentioned yesterday, folks who watch NewsMax get to ‘see’ the other side of the political debate.” **Ah, the other side of the political debate…got it! Do you mind if I ask what station it is that YOU watch to get “the other side of the political debate”? As for me, I don’t pay much attention to what’s said by either the pro-Trump OR the anti-Trump people. However, I do place *very* close attention to what Trump says and does. And, I admit, to not holding him in very high esteem as a president or as a person based entirely on those two factors. “And, if they watch regularly, they would have known that Trump is dead-serious about acquiring Greenland, and that he has the skill to get it done. “ **Oh, I’m very *certain* Trump is dead-serious about acquiring Greenland. But, since, according to the “biased media”, the people of Greenland don’t seem to WANT to be *acquired* how and why does Trump’s skill enter into it? And, please understand, when you use the phrase, “skill to get it done”…I can’t help but replace “skill” with “U.S. Military”. “Regardless of the TDS on display on this forum, if they actually WATCHED his speech this morning at DAVOS, they would realize that there was a good chance that Greenland would become ours. No need to be an insider in D.C.; no need for insider information. “ **In my mind, Trump deciding that “Greenland would become ours” is very much the same as Putin deciding that “Ukraine would become ours”.'
on The Information: The risks of putting Hair Force One in charge of Apple Intelligence - 'He is known at Apple as a penny-pincher I cringe whenever I hear someone justifying an expenditure saying “they can afford that” or “that’s only 0.5% of their revenue”. The justification of an expenditure is based on the price of the item/service vs its value to the company. It has nothing to do with whether they can afford it or not. I have a business, and I don’t pay $5 for an ink pen just because I can afford it, or it’s only 0.001% of my revenues. And these are 2 common reasons I hear when people complain about Apple not buying something. Now whether Craig is overly frugal or just wise, I don’t know. But my guess is that those who are complaining don’t know either; they just wanted something that he didn’t think it’s value matched the price.'
on Mark Gurman: Apple's Gemini-powered chatbot coming in June - 'So two Siris, one private but dumb, one smart but ubiquitous in its knowledge of you – and under the thumb of Alphabet. Thus does Apple kick the can down the road. Well, at least they give us a choice.'
on Apple aims to upstage Sam & Jony with 2 cameras, 3 mics and a Siri that works - report - '“…according to people with direct knowledge of the project.” Just what does that mean? How direct? Paid spys? Suppliers? Apple employees who want to lose their jobs?'
