Readit NewsI don't like that it's required for developers to include if they include any other third-party sign-in.
US competition laws are outdated with undue reliance on the concept of a monopoly.
I don't care if you're a monopoly or a third of the market or even a small company. If you run a marketplace or app store or similar platform, you should NOT be able to:
- Force usage of a separate product of yours over/with competitors (in this case, Apple sign-in, but also Apple Pay instead of Google Pay, etc.)
- Prevent competing products from appearing (whether Apple not allowing other browser rendering engines, Amazon not allowing Google Home or Chromecast to be sold, etc.)
- Rank your own items higher in search results etc. if competitors can't bid to do the same e.g. sponsored results for everyone including yourself (so Amazon Basics or Google Shopping needs to be listed as a sponsored result, not as a separate feature)
This is the kind of thing 21st-century legislation for fair competition should address.
I’m not sure if this is right approach. In fact in the 70’s, the US basically went through this back and forth, largely influenced by one book:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Antitrust_Paradox
Essentially, the book advocates that the only goal antitrust laws should have is to protect consumer welfare, not competitors.
IMO, Apple’s requirement doesn’t feel like it would harm consumer welfare.
Can anyone explain the population reversal? There's vague references to changing fertility rates, but that doesn't explain the reversal. There are complex economic factors at play and so just observed changes to fertility aren't enough to make the prediction of population reduction. For example, does the model include expected advancements in agriculture, or does the model assume there is some challenges in growing our food supply? Also, China used to have a one-baby policy but I don't think that is still in effect. Does the model include that?
These kinds of models are pretty to look at but rapidly fall apart when you play with base assumptions. The only way to absorb this data is to have an interactive set of adjusters to base data possibilities.
A short-ish read on how the UN does population projections and major factors contributing to the expected population decline:
https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Publications/Files/Key_Findings_...
jlian commented on A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance apple.com/iphone-battery-... · Posted by u/jayachdee
One thing that Apple hasn't addressed is if the Geekbench results [1] over-represents or exaggerates the the throttling effect. Since Geekbench pushes the iPhone to its limits for the duration of the benchmark, iOS needs to throttle performance to prevent shutdown while being tested. This results in lower-than-expected test scores every time. But how much does this map to real-life, visible performance drop?
Edit: Another question I have is how do other devices handle battery degradation? Do Android phones just let devices shutdown unexpectedly or is there also performance throttling? Or is the problem non-existent on non-Apple devices somehow?
[1] https://www.geekbench.com/blog/2017/12/iphone-performance-an...
But you would need to have:
1 a working phone
2 a valid credit card
To use azure which places a too high bar on students. I mean I've tried to argue for graduated restrictions so basically students with .edu emails should be able to do some things without entering a credit card number but the fact that it is not possible suggests this isn't a priority for azure.
Google says this finds on your browser so there's little infrastructure cost for this demo, right?
There is a student offer that doesn’t require credit card https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/offers/ms-azr-0144p/
It looks like [email] is used with more than one account. Which account do you want to use?
- Work or school account
- Personal account
I get this prompt every time I try to log into Azure with my work email. If I choose the work account (the most intuitive option) my azure subscription list is empty. I have to log out and select the other option.
Why is there a difference and why isn't this transparent? I am authenticated, you know who I am, give me access to the things I'm authorized for. I don't know what kind of weird backend situation MS has, but asking me to understand it is terrible UX.
Back in the days MS used to allow you to create a "Microsoft Account" (MSA) using any email, including an email that's already associated with Azure Active Directory (AAD work or school account).
This was a mistake and has been patched. But it looks like an MSA was created using the same email as your AAD before the fix.
Thus, from MS's perspective, there are two distinct accounts under the same email, hence the UX. It's really quite a mess, and yes the situation is weird. We're working on it make it better.
Try transferring the subscriptions to your work email using this method https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/billing/billing-subsc...
I really would not recommend Azure unless you are going for an all-Microsoft, all-the-time strategy. Their hosted SQL Server offerings have actually been really good, and IMO is one of the best parts of the platform.
Would love to hear more about your opinions on the first part.
I hope Microsoft uses some of that profit and fixes Azure Blobs. I was hoping to use them instead of S3 for static site hosting (ended up going with Gitlab) and it doesn't support even the most basic of functionality. [1]
[1] https://feedback.azure.com/forums/217298-storage/suggestions...
This might not meet your needs but you can use Azure App Service (free) to host a static website
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/acoat/2016/01/28/publish-a-...
EDIT: also http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31653643/how-to-deploy-a-...
https://www.quora.com/Who-can-see-what-you-publish-and-comme...