David Wilson on Oscars: NYT's critic horrified by Best Picture nomination for Apple's 'F1' - 'My, but we have a lot of movie curmudgeons here! I’ve enjoyed this movie twice, and I’ll probably enjoy it again. I’ll never watch it as many times as I’ve watched Casablanca, Maltese falcon, any Hitchcock movie, the Manchurian candidate, etc., etc. But it’s a worthy movie. And don’t we want Apple to succeed with these movies? Doesn’t every movie that they succeed with help the share price, which is good, right? I don’t know why there are so many downers. This movie did what it needed to do for us. My own personal list of favorite movies (my “desert island movie list”) includes multiple movies from every decade since the 30s. I’m certainly not stuck on the “modern movie look.” Frankly, I’m a little bit tired of the modern movie look. That includes everything from plot devices to a special effects, and dialogue. But F1 was enjoyable, and it kicked ass in the box office. Those are good things. I want Apple kicking ass there.'
on He shares his Apple family plan with two people wrongly convicted of murder - 'In 2023, I hired a lawyer to get Alla out of jail in Ohio. The US government had decided she was a dangerous Russian hacker, but never had a case. In 2021, Alla was living with her then husband in Suriname in South America. An FBI agent went there, and got the Suriname government to revoke her visa and deport her. She was to be put on a plane to Amsterdam, but she ended up on a different plane. The plane landed in Miami, where the US government arrested her. When I heard about her, she had been in jail for almost two years “awaiting trial “. The constitution guarantees a speedy trial, which is supposed to be seven weeks. The prosecution had no case, so they worked on getting her to plead guilty and accept 80 years in prison. She was not guilty, so she did not agree to this. I hired a lawyer who got her out for time served, but she was deported home to Latvia. Of course, I got her an iPhone and other Apple devices.'
on 219 patients at risk of stroke wore an Apple Watch 12 hours a day for 6 months - 'Gregg–hope you are well. Good to get this info. I assume this was not an ultra?'
on 219 patients at risk of stroke wore an Apple Watch 12 hours a day for 6 months - 'Last week, while being treated for blockage of my femoral arteries, several of the physicians treating me observed that I was wearing an Apple Watch. They all asked for permission to access my Watch data (don’t know how they did it). They were able to look back at my heart function. Except for the time I do my morning routine I’ve always got my AppleWatch on. During this time my watch is being recharged. It should be noted that the battery lasts about 2 days between charges.'
on Utah state symbols: Dutch oven, brine shrimp, porcini mushrooms and... Android OS? - 'Based on his proposal for SB-138, the logical dining extension for this political genius is that when his entire family wants to go eat at In-N-Out Burger, he insists on ordering from McDonald’s and eating his “Happy Meal” in the car all by himself.'
on 219 patients at risk of stroke wore an Apple Watch 12 hours a day for 6 months - 'Hi David, upvoted. Yes, healthcare IT sucks. With all due disclaimers, there is an angel stage company trying to address this called AdviNOW Medical.'
on Oscars: NYT's critic horrified by Best Picture nomination for Apple's 'F1' - 'I lasted 15 minutes.'
on Oscars: NYT's critic horrified by Best Picture nomination for Apple's 'F1' - 'Reporter Kyle Buchanan”What are we doing here, guys? In a world where “It Was Just An Accident” couldn’t make it into best picture, we’re nominating “F1,” a silly race-car movie that boasts little besides a fun Tate McRae song and countless shirtless shots of star Brad Pitt?” **I’m not a fan of F1 racing or any of the various races, for that matter. And, personally, I couldn’t care less what movies become best-picture nominees. All I know is that my wife and I watched F1 with our Vision Pros, even though it wasn’t filmed as an immersive movie, and enjoyed it. And, I feel pretty certain *anyone* could examine the list of every best-picture winner up to 2024 and find a film that didn’t, in their estimation, deserve to even be nominated. And with every really bad, but important, thing going on in the world at the moment, THIS is what Kyle Buchanan finds upsetting? SMH “Every film that has won the Oscar for best picture” https(colon)//abcnews.go(dot)com/GMA/Culture/best-picture-oscar-winners-full-list/story?id=107233163'
on UBS: Apple's long-term DRAM contracts may expire in June - 'I imagine when the AI market correction hits, and/or data center construction slows, a lot of those memory foundries will be left high and dry, with lots of unused capacity. Apple would then be able to get memory at much lower prices because it can guarantee capacity. Boom and bust is pretty typical here historically.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'The quarterly pullback on AAPL (4.5%) is only about half of the quarterly pullback on MSFT (9.5%), which I expect to be about the extent of it, now that President Trump has been forced to retract his latest tariff threats by the negative market reaction. Typically, AAPL rebuilds slowly after these “runs on the bank”, but the depth of the run (outside of last year’s aberration) is decreasing and thus the time it takes to regain the lost ground back to a fair valuation. It used to literally take years, but barring yet another black swan event, I’m expecting just a few months.'
on UBS: Apple's long-term DRAM contracts may expire in June - 'Open AI Corning the market on memory is the reason for the price hikes. There is no sustainable moat around AI. So they are trying to create this as a barrier to entry.'
on 219 patients at risk of stroke wore an Apple Watch 12 hours a day for 6 months - 'Amen Watch & Health.'
on Oscars: NYT's critic horrified by Best Picture nomination for Apple's 'F1' - 'I’m a big F1 fan. I only recently watched the movie… when it became free on Apple TV. I stayed awake but suffered through it. Now I know again why I rarely watch movies.'
on 219 patients at risk of stroke wore an Apple Watch 12 hours a day for 6 months - 'Given Tim’s prediction, I’ve been really surprised and disappointed Apple hasn’t had more impact/delivery in Health. I’m still waiting for blood sugar monitoring to buy an Apple Watch. But more importantly, data acquisition AND DATA SHARING within a stringent privacy regime is where I was hoping Apple would have impact. But I have to say, every Dr Office I’ve visited in the last couple of years have handed me an iPad for data entry. It’s too bad I have to sit there and type in the same information for each office.'
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!'
