Hopefully the band attachment remains the same turns out to be true. I don’t relish having to ditch my existing band collection.

The band system is really one my favourite features of the Apple Watch line. Very quick to change but still perfectly physically secure - which I doubt any magnetic system will ever match.

The window tiling and new continuity features like iPhone Mirroring and drag and drop look useful.

Some of the AI stuff seems to be have limited geographic availability.

Shareholders?

Some of it looks maybe useful. Other parts look gimmicky. The image generation stuff could be a powderkeg moment with creatives after the hydraulic press ad.

Many things didn’t used to be packaged at all, they were sold loose in bulk. The shop would put them in a paper bag at purchase.

I ordered a load of network patch cables recently. They all came packaged individually in sealed plastic bags.

Just go for it. At the end of the day it’s only internet points.

Rationing downvotes could help break the groupthink while still providing a crowdsourced method of controlling spam and trolls. Other platforms have systems like this and it seems to work.

I think there have been some Lemmy instances that disable downvotes entirely also.

Not really, the type of encryption used isn’t necessarily a barrier to interoperability.

Quantum computing is developing quickly, and is a threat to conventional encryption methods. There is a good chance we will see quantum computing break many forms of encryption used today in the near future. As such, most companies developing secure platforms are now embracing quantum-resistant encryption.

This isn’t necessarily (another) attempt to reinforce the walls around the iMessage garden, just Apple being proactive about a potential future security danger. Other messaging platforms will be doing the same, if they are not already.

And, most importantly, there’s no Widget.

Not the first Apple first party app to lack widget support. The Home app only just got dedicated widgets in iOS 17.

Interesting to see this drop with a press release without much fanfare. Perhaps a sign of sports content coming to Apple TV+? There’s been on and off rumours about them bidding for sports rights.

Disney are also trying to start a new sports streaming service with some other sports networks. It would be great to see more options in the area.

If you familiar with Ubuntu and its derivatives, just use Ubuntu.

Ubuntu provides a server version called Ubuntu Server alongside the desktop versions if needed, and Ubuntu provides easy access to things like ZFS.

You can always switch in the future if you find you have server needs or preferences the Ubuntu doesn’t suit.

But the plastic dino is a Stegosaurus…

Yes, the change of focus is good news overall but there’s still reasons to be concerned about Mozilla. It’s good that they are moving focus back to Firefox from struggling ancillary projects.

But what they want to do with that additional focus could be a problem. Another round of gimmicks with some newer buzzwords isn’t likely to help Firefox.

In terms of privacy in public, the Vision Pro isn’t much different from Google Glass. Both have video recording capabilities, and both displayed some form of indication when recording.

The only real difference is that the Vision Pro is easier to spot in public due to the bulkier design.

It will be interesting to see if there will be similar “Glasshole” reaction to the Vision Pro once they are seen in public enough.

Have you visited a website without an ad blocker recently? Because typical web advertising has become as intrusive and annoying as technically possible, and millions of people willingly accept that.

VR/AR/Spatial Whatever has the potential to be just as bad, if not far worse.

It’s the power of marketing. Apple have crafted a strong brand with broad appeal, which gives the launch of any new product line a wide reach.

Focusing the Vision Pro more on productivity and apps has probably helped in this specific case too. All of the other big consumer VR systems have been heavily focused around gaming. Gaming is a lot more popular than it used to be, but it’s still anathema for a lot of people.

How would that even work? Apps distributed outside the App Store would not (necessarily) be submitted to Apple to review, and the developer of sideloaded apps may not be identifiable to charge fees too.

I suppose they could mandate some sort of signing system for sideloaded executables but I have a feeling the EU would consider that a further abuse.

It will all come out in the wash, but if the rumours are true Apple seems to be going about this in the worst way possible.

That’s one of the big problems with maths teaching in the UK, it’s almost actively hostile to giving any sort of context.

When a subject is reduced to a chore done for its own sake it’s no wonder most students don’t develop a passion or interest in it.

But what if you are privacy conscious and poor?

Changing the band connector would be would be a disappointment. One of the great things about the Apple Watch today is the wide selection of watch bands available. The stability of the connector has created a thriving band ecosystem. If a new connector is introduced the variety of bands will take ages to catch back up, and old designs could be forever lost. If one of the reasons to change the connector is to integrate electronics into the bands that will also stifle band availability, as manufacturing them will become more complex and expensive.

Hardly a great environmental choice either to have all of those old bands thrown away. There’s enough waste being generated already by the Lightning to USB-C transition, although at least USB-C provides benefits of better cross compatibility with devices in the future.

A magnetic band connector also doesn’t sound a great idea for durability. Compared to a locking connector, it’s hard to see how that would hold up during rigorous activity, and also seems like it would be easier for thieves to yank off of a wrist.