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Apple has been fined by the French government for its 2017 patch that could slow down iPhone 6, iPhone 7 and iPhone SE units that had a depleted battery, and for not informing users that it was doing so. Because nothing hurts like a fine equivalent to 7 hours of revenue
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I'm sorry but I find this whole thing so pathetic.
Apple, like everyone else, builds on their systems to provide new features that their consumers demand. Or dread. Either way, the phones are asked to do more and more and as they get older the batteries are less and less capable. So Apple introduce a pretty clever system that progressively slows framerate, dims the screen a little, lowers the volume by a big 3dB - all in the name of eking out a little more from the phone instead of having the phones fall over, all four paws in the air, dead.
Their crime isn't slowing down a phone. The crime is "not telling everyone they are trying to quietly, without fuss, without interrupting you, keep you on Facebook or Instagram that few moments longer without bothering to tell you
Which, frankly, is what a good OS does: it handles stuff - the good, the bad, the annoying - in a way you don't notice, and without making a fuss about it.
This is a PR fail by Apple (one of many recently, unfortunately), not a crime that warrants a massive and arbitrary fine.
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Chris Maunder
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Even someone who's not an apple fan (c'est moi) finds it very hard to disagree with that.
They made a choice between making the phones become a teensy bit less useful and letting the things become pretty much unusable.
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It appears Google may be working on yet another operating system, “Pigweed,” according to a new US trademark application. So they're cloning the MacOS?
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"Pigweed"?
Hmm...
No, I'm stumped. Anyone got any ideas?
It looks like they're using a typical political tactic (if you give people something obvious to attack, they won't attack where you're weak), so don't go thinking they were stupid for using that name -- just look for what they're trying to prevent you from seeing.
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Acronym?
Profit
Is
Gigantic
With
Everyone's
Elephanting
Data
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Shame it wouldn't work outside the CP Lounge. We need to educate the world about what "elephanting" means.
... And about the small fact that pigweed is what you feed to your food animals, to fatten them up for slaughter.
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Quote: Acronym?
Profit
Is
Gigantic
With
Everyone
Elephanting Else's
Data
Better now?
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Nelek wrote:
Profit
Is
Gigantic
With
Everyones
Elephanting Else's Effing
Data
No need to change the original meaning.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
modified 11-Feb-20 11:42am.
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The crown for the worst product names has been stolen from Microsoft and awarded in an upset to Google.
Pigweed.
Wow. What a way to set the stage.
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Chris Maunder
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Perhaps this is a sign of how they are going to take over the world.
Some varieties of Pigweed are resistant to glyphosate (weedkiller-RoundUp) and like exert dominance over the plants that are supposed to be there.
Sounds like some sort of germ warfare
Director of Transmogrification Services
Shinobi of Query Language
Master of Yoda Conditional
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Microsoft originally implemented the “Suggested” section on the Windows 10 Start Menu as a way to advertise its official apps; but in the latest listing, Microsoft has gone beyond self-promotion. If at first you're declared a monopoly, try, try again
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When people are becoming more and more unhappy, disappointed, and disaffected by your flagship programs, you've got to try everything you can to get them to come back -- except, of course, restoring the standards of quality that attracted people to them in the first place.
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I suppose the bug came with the last "update".
I think they forgot to write "if you want to solve it, upgrae to windows 10" in the pop up.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Obviously caused by the DT wallpaper fix.
The dependencies must be:
Security libs <-- Desktop wallpaper <-- Off switch
I imagine that there are things like "unexpected sound" and "the K key" in the dependency tree too, somewhere.
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Clearly it fears being shutdown and booting up to find it is now Window 10 - OMG, what a frightening thing for an O/S to face!
It's not a bug, it's a cry for mercy!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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A NASA safety panel is recommending a review of Boeing’s software verification processes after revealing there was a second software problem during a CST-100 Starliner test flight that could have led to a “catastrophic” failure. Not saying anything 
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If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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I don't understand this at all.
Why on Earth would they want a review of Boeing’s software verification processes?
What a ridiculous waste of time, effort, and money.
Close the department, sack the lot of 'em, and start from scratch.
You don't f*** about with f@rt-arsey processes when people are dying horrible deaths.
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They could just have the FAA review the code and apply the rubber stamp. It would be a lot quicker...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Lawyers and judges would probably have to get involved, to make them hand their code over, and I'm sure they'd be happy to spend a huge (tax-deductible) fortune fighting it.
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A new software issue has been discovered on the Boeing 737 Max, but the company said Thursday it does not think it will further delay its return to service. The 'Max' stands for 'Maximum Clusterwhatnot"
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We were just joking about agile aeroplane-manufacturers in the Lounge 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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We were joking?
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cheers
Chris Maunder
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