I use "translate selection" all the time, but a proper menu editor wouldn't go amiss. Remember when apps had those?

The followup questions usually help, like: "What are they tracking?" and "What are the problems caused by using a spreadsheet?" That usually gives you a clue of the answer they're looking for. The answer might be bullshit, but you pass an interview by playing their game, not yours.

This! It’s better to assume that you don’t know some context than go with what appears to be the most pragmatic answer. Even in the real world.

I don't disagree, but just to play devils advocate: the LLM can also be told to look for counter-evidence, and will at least make a stab at doing so. That's more than we can expect from the humans currently in charge.

Would you like to play a game?

The quote is "Shall we play a game?”.

“Would you like to play a game?" is from Saw.

The solution for that is to commit a Pentagon Papers worth of atrocities every single day, so that people get worn out from reading about it and just come to expect it as normal.

Flood the zone.

> a 'true' OOP language, like Smalltalk.

I guess Simula, which is older than Smalltalk, doesn't get a say.

What would it have to say about it? When "object-oriented" was first told, it was said that what defines it is message passing. Simula does not have message passing. It uses function calling. Simula does have objects, but having objects does not imply orientation.

Someone actually still uses the built-in podcasts app?

Not sure what you have against it. Works great for me. No subscription required. And if I do want to pay for ad free shows and support creators it's easy to do so.

Use whatever you like but I don't think Podcast app users are rare by any stretch of the imagination.

It's absolutely fine, from what I can tell

AFAIK the native Podcast app for iPhone is the only way to make PC-phone podcast file syncing work. This stops you downloading the same podcast file twice, once on your PC and once on your phone.

It probably has more active users than all third party podcast apps on all mobile platforms combined. The power of defaults.

It's generally a good app. People in the tech community like Overcast, but I've always found its UI completely illogical. Apple Podcasts is organized like I'd expect a podcast app to be.

I wouldn't think it's inappropriate for an AI agent to file an issue against another AI agent, which itself is largely written by AI.

It has the best API for the author, that's for sure. One size does not fit all: believe it or not, different files have different uses. One does not mmap a pipe or /dev/urandom.

let's maybe not engage the patently obvious troll?

Only if you can't refute me.

I don't think my comment is controversial among most iPhone owners, it's only the hardcore ecosystem enthusiasts that debate it. Most people really do treat their iPhone and iPad like a set-top box or games console; it's the minority who rely on it for work. A passionate minority, certainly, but nowhere near the market share Windows and ChromeOS carved out. iOS and iPadOS compete from the sidelines, still struggling to displace (or match) Windows.

> Only if you can't refute me.

You have been refuted. Repeatedly. But as you yourself have said, you double down on disagreements. So I understand why you have been called a troll.

> it's only the hardcore ecosystem enthusiasts that debate it.

That’s not true at all. Case in point, I don’t care for phones. What I did care for was your exaggerated rhetoric. As someone who is critical of Tim Cook and modern-day Apple (especially around the state of their software), I’d rather criticisms remain grounded in things the people at Apple can understand and fix, not made up ramblings that make them dismiss critics as lunatics to ignore.

Your tone changed drastically from the original post. You went from derogatory terms and claiming “nobody wants” iOS devices to them having a “passionate” user base and recognising they can be used for work.

My tone has been consistent the entire time; people want iOS devices because they're toys.

In the overwhelming majority of all professional niches that exists, iOS does not compete for any market share. It is not obsoleting anything, anecdotally and statistically.

Any questions? Or do you have proof that macOS and Windows are genuinely threatened by iOS?