nsmith14's comments

nsmith14 | 7 years ago | on: MacOS Marzipan

As a final user I'm very happy software prices are plummeting, thanks.

nsmith14 | 7 years ago | on: Apple’s use of Swift in iOS 12

What's the solitary binary that used Swift in iOS 9?

nsmith14 | 7 years ago | on: Linus Torvalds: 'I'll never be cuddly but I can be more polite'

You're not wrong. It means diversity quotas are being pushed and excellence is no longer pursued (or at least it's not the first metric).

nsmith14 | 7 years ago | on: Oracle’s Java 11 trap

The dude owns an island, so he obviously can't be trusted. It follows reason.

nsmith14 | 7 years ago | on: 'Super Mario Bros.' speedrunner hits nearly inhuman 4:55 world record

How much time until it's proven he cheated? I give it one year.

(This comment is in jest, but that has been my experience with the speedrunning community thus far.)

nsmith14 | 7 years ago | on: Product Updates Based on Your Feedback

>And what google did is to shatter that trust by sneaking that change discretely.

How did you expect them to announce a change they probably perceive as a minor UX improvement? Also this has been brewing for months in canary/beta, it's not like they actually snuck the change as you imply.