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vxbush
3/24/2025 5:49:29 AM
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In #13 JCM said: Apple has definitely slipped lately. Apple acts like it is rudderless. It doesn't have anyone coming up with big new ideas, so it keeps doing tiny refreshes. The next OS is supposed to use the interface style of VisionOS, and a more bland interface I have rarely seen. People don't want bland, and I'm concerned that the customizations that have been available in the current OS are going to get lost.
Tim Cook may be a fine administrator, but he's not an idea man, and I'm thinking they don't really have anyone who is. Back when I worked at a software firm, they had a team review every suggestion submitted and evaluate it to see if it could be integrated into a unified interface for the software. Apple seems to have a stranglehold on the software, and the iOS Settings app has gotten so bloated you can't find anything. Doing a search in Settings returns a gazillion results, none of which you want.
I know people are upset that the integration of Apple Intelligence into the OS with personal information is delayed, but I don't mind that so much. I'd rather they get it right--unless, of course, the entire thing was vaporware and now they have nothing. Then it's a big deal. (Functionally, Claude and ChatGPT are so far ahead of where Apple is that it's not even in the dust caused by those two competitors in the AI space.) But Apple has been so security focused that even that doesn't bother me as much so long as they are protecting user data. If they get that balance right and it works, then much will be forgiven.
I still think Apple is ahead of Microsoft, but not by much anymore. Microsoft is making gains with Copilot that is going to put Apple behind if they don't get their act together. |
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vxbush
3/24/2025 5:56:03 AM
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This is a deeper dive article on why the IRS is such a mess in terms of IT and never getting updated: Sam Corcos and the IRS Mess
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vxbush
3/24/2025 6:07:25 AM
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The IRS is going to help with deportations by confirming addresses it has on file for people who are here illegally. And what do the those opposing this measure do? Complain about security. Have you ever noticed the number of times Democrats use the bright shiny dime of a different concern to distract away from Trump's measures? I mean, they've always done this--I'm guessing it's PR 101--but they are literally grabbing anything they can to make any move he makes seem bad. It's just not working, and they are still grasping to figure out how to defeat it.
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JCM
3/24/2025 7:02:28 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 1: It was Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive that really drove the innovations. With them they are just another software / hardware company.
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JCM
3/24/2025 7:05:23 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 5: Espionage case that has fallen off the map up here in WA Chinese born, naturalized US citizens pass secret information to the PLA. Add in everything we know, those police station, buying property around bases we really need to do a closer look at Chinese born individuals. I hate to say it. But there is a threat.
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JCM
3/24/2025 7:06:45 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 9: Add this data point to what I just said.
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Occasional Reader
3/24/2025 7:28:28 AM
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Kosh, thanks for the interesting post yesterday about the Tesla self-drive. I did not know that Tesla eschewed lidar (etc.) like that and insisted on using only visible light cameras. That does, indeed, seem like a self-limiting factor.
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vxbush
3/24/2025 8:01:41 AM
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Reply to Occasional Reader in 13: Cool tidbit: you can get wheelchairs with LIDAR.
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JCM
3/24/2025 8:17:05 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 14: A lot of the robot vacuum cleaners use LIDAR. A basic circuit is pretty simple. An infrared LED a sensor and a microchip to calculate the distance. Automotive is of course is more complex. Each pulse and reading results in a point take a hundred thousand readings and you have a point cloud. The fancy stuff comes when programming the computer to recognize a shape in the point cloud. A few years ago a work on a system that was good enough for facial recognition with LIDAR.
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vxbush
3/24/2025 10:01:10 AM
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In #15 JCM said: A lot of the robot vacuum cleaners use LIDAR. A basic circuit is pretty simple. An infrared LED a sensor and a microchip to calculate the distance. Automotive is of course is more complex. Each pulse and reading results in a point take a hundred thousand readings and you have a point cloud. The fancy stuff comes when programming the computer to recognize a shape in the point cloud. A few years ago a work on a system that was good enough for facial recognition with LIDAR. Oh, I know, but a wheelchair with LIDAR? That's a use case I can totally get behind after seeing my son destroy more things with his chair than I care to count.
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JCM
3/24/2025 10:31:22 AM
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Reply to vxbush in 16 Implementing LIDAR into a chair would be easy. Most basic would be collision avoidance more complex could include maps geo-fencing, time based restrictions. Even include the face recognition I mentioned for authorized care givers.
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vxbush
3/24/2025 11:43:11 AM
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In #17 JCM said: Implementing LIDAR into a chair would be easy. Easy? Yes. Cheap? Heavens, no, not if you go with the wheelchair manufacturer's premade kits.
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JCM
3/24/2025 12:38:48 PM
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Reply to vxbush in 18: Chairs are way over priced. I delivered and setup medical equipment eons ago. The components and labor costs don’t equal the sale price. It’s same problem in all of medicine, insurance and regulation conspiring to grossly inflate prices. My observations from then were that “approved” equipment had a 4x multiplier.
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