pbkrewind's comments

On: Sweden brings more books and handwriting practice back to its tech-heavy schools

[pbkrewind]

There seems to be a very different way of thinking when the human interface device is a computer vs a pen and paper or a book.

I can do some things behind a computer, but some kinds of thinking require me to be away from a computer. Oddly, the shower seems to be a place where I do some of my best thinking.

On: iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus

[pbkrewind]

Some commenters are praising the USB-C port, so it's worth noting that this change is because of EU regulations.

Government decision makers are often [edit: Not] qualified to make good technical decisions, but sometimes they do. Or they get lucky.

[ggm → pbkrewind]

It was a no-brainer. It should have happened years ago.

I like lightning. I liked firewire too. It's always kept too long, when its a lock-in.

They had to be made to. Now, lets hope no more new happens in the form factor and cable basics for a while.

[bern4444 → ggm]

Apple promised in 2012 that it would support lightning for 10 years - yes the EU helped push them to USB-C but they had a good reason for not doing so before 2022. And it kinda worked out perfectly, in the 11th year they switched, right after they had met their promise.

[ggm → bern4444]

They made the commitment, nobody made them do it. I dont think they needed to promote a 10 year horizon, they should have cooperated more strongly in the USB=C spec and not made stupid commitments

[bern4444 → ggm]

That response seems a bit nonsensical... yeah they made the commitment and set a date. And then they stuck to it.

I'd rather a company make and honor commitments, than never commit to anything or break them whenever they feel like it.

I haven't seen their comments in the spec - but they certainly aren't opposed to USB-C given Macs have been using it for years as has the iPad.

[pbkrewind → ggm]

I'm old enough to remember when USB was promoted as the end of cable madness :).

The idea was that you would have one cable from your computer, and all devices would be chained. Life would be so simple.

Instead we have several USB cables, plus HDMI and DP, and lightning, and probably some I've forgotten. Thankfully we lost the enormous parallel ports. Although many EU televisions still use something equally bulky.

[ggm → pbkrewind]

But we have now reconverged on USB-C as a form factor which has inside it TBird and other things. I regard this as a net win, but it took too long.