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  1. Comment on Amazon is buying home mesh router startup, Eero in ~tech

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    I've had my Eeros for a bit over a year and they've been incredible, this isn't great news!

    I've had my Eeros for a bit over a year and they've been incredible, this isn't great news!

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  2. Comment on Why 536 was ‘the worst year to be alive’ in ~science

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    Tying high resolution ice measurements to historical events such as silver entering the economy and the rise of the merchant class is actually amazing. Very interesting to see the impact of...

    Tying high resolution ice measurements to historical events such as silver entering the economy and the rise of the merchant class is actually amazing. Very interesting to see the impact of environment on our species throughout time.

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  3. Comment on Announcements from Apple’s iPad and Mac event in Brooklyn in ~tech

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    You're comparing the tricked out iPad to a low end laptop, the air and the iPad pro 12.9 with a keyboard at 512gb of storage are nearly the same price. The iPad ends up being 30 bucks cheaper....

    You're comparing the tricked out iPad to a low end laptop, the air and the iPad pro 12.9 with a keyboard at 512gb of storage are nearly the same price. The iPad ends up being 30 bucks cheaper. There are applications where the iPad will run circles around any of these MacBooks or MacBook airs. If I travel for business and I compare spending 1500 on a macbook air and 1500 on an iPad I save 2 pounds of carrying weight, I can get all my work done, play some civilization VI, use the airline's movie app to watch movies and then some I would likely go iPad.

    At this point, with the performance of these iPads it comes down to choosing based on input method you like(exceptions for people who rely on xcode etc.) touch or mouse? for 90% of people they can get their work done on either machine, for developers they likely lean to laptop for artists/creatives maybe they lean iPad, but the vast majority of people will be better served with the iPad I believe, at more or less the same price point as the air it is way easier for people to choose an interface and system they more or less understand than working in two different operating systems.

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  4. Comment on Announcements from Apple’s iPad and Mac event in Brooklyn in ~tech

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    It is configurable to a $2000 iPad, but you can get into the Pro at less than the 1k number. Yes that's 64gb of storage but in the right application or with cloud heavy users that is perfect. Even...

    It is configurable to a $2000 iPad, but you can get into the Pro at less than the 1k number. Yes that's 64gb of storage but in the right application or with cloud heavy users that is perfect. Even the 12.9 with 512gb and a keyboard is just over $1500. Contrast that to the MacBook Air which is $1600 at 512gb of storage.

    This iPad is going to sell a ton of units. USB-C, FaceID and apparently a serious workhorse of a chip, full photoshop is coming. This isn't the iPad facebook, netflix, words with friends machine it used to be. My prediction, and I think what Apple is going for with the pro line, is that this is a new type of workstation that is going to penetrate the business space more than any iPad before it. Can't wait for hopeful iPad improvements in iOS 13.

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