Its the convenience. 1 or 2 button clicks from the home screen to open "the app".

Sure you could do it in a browser, but half the time the credentials dont cache, or you have to waste 4 clicks and 20 seconds finding a bookmark.

They want convenience. For better or worse.

I mean, i remember a lot of posts about people using them for stalking. It's unclear if this has been addressed or if the concern has been deprioritized, or if apple solved the problem somehow.

I mean it was enough of a concern that Android added a "detect airtags" feature to the base android OS.

Apple had its version of "stalking detection" (that equivalent of Android's "detect airtags") from early rollout. (There's a screenshot in the attached article even.) Some of the scrutiny and early complaints was that ecosystem divide that needed Android to also support at least a basic form of that same feature before people would feel safe, and everyone knew that Apple themselves weren't going to build the Android version.

I'd love to see a breakdown of the design and whether or not any of these vapes have any Safety Critical Function considerations, or if they just rely on the mcu for everything and have a ton of single fault risks.

fuses only help for overcurrent scenarios. if they cell overdischarges due to a mechanical fault, or internally shorts, the fuses wont do anything. any then if it internally shorts at an SOC > like 20-30%, it'll vent and cascade into other cells.

I think the copper ring around your neck a.la Will Smith in Wild Wild West may clue in the test proctor to some suspicious activities

It was very thin, sewed into a 'wife beater' undershirt. You wouldn't notice it even if you're looking at it. In fact I'm pretty sure it was sold for the purpose of cheating on exams.

Perhaps you could detect these... "dated"... conclusions and prepend a warning to the responses? IDK.

I think the uncensored response is still valuable, with context. "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" sort of thing.

well if the project manager would have written that requirement maybe they would have got longer uptimes!

You are being intentionally obtuse and completely ignoring any practical reality.

By this logic, because helen keller cant see or hear, we should eliminate all educational materials using written text and spoken word.

This is simply an insane, bad-faith take.

> By this logic, because helen keller cant see or hear, we should eliminate all educational materials using written text and spoken word.

I'll reiterate my comment earlier: Most people in this thread don't seem to have any idea how any of this works.

No - if someone cannot see, the law doesn't say eliminate visual material. It's more like "Provide alternative means for them to understand the same concepts (while keeping the same material)."

There are standards on what accommodations to provide for which disabilities. This isn't something everyone has to figure out on their own. If the standards dictate something for people who are both blind and deaf, it's because it is not technically onerous to provide for them.

I don't know if the standards do for this case, though.

> This is simply an insane, bad-faith take.

What I find to be bad faith is people skirting around the issue that the problem (if any), is not those who complained, but the law. This isn't an isolated case. Both Harvard and MIT were also sued. And just like Berkeley, both ultimately settled. If 3 of the top universities can't fight this, it means that if you want change, lobby to change the law. Start looking into how these universities are pushing to change the law. If they aren't, you'll get a good sense of why these laws exist.

This is really a tragedy. Make millions of people suffer harm because 1 person cant be accomodated is about as pure an example of "throwing out the baby with the bathwater" as i can think.

There is no malicious intent here. Why arent these documents grandfathered in? It simply makes no sense.