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The iOS Simulator consists of (some of) the userspace components of iOS compiled to run on macOS. This would be a full iPhone image running as-is via virtualization.
Re:Apple Introduces MacBook Neo on Wednesday March 04, 2026 @01:34PM (#47251806)
>People are having beachballs on machines with 32GB and more.

Well, sure, because the beachball means the main thread is hung, and that can happen for many reasons unrelated to memory pressure.

I don’t understand. Are you claiming the actual results of Musk’s work here were good?
Re:Bring code from other platforms into the browser on Wednesday December 06, 2023 @04:33PM (#38549779)
I assume they meant that the site is terrible in Firefox, not that Firefox is terrible.
Fair, but also where != what
Re:Apple Pay Later: What Are the Crazy Ones Up To? on Saturday August 26, 2023 @12:23PM (#37274215)
> You essentially can make money buying something.

Well, only if you can earn more over 12 months than the asset you bought depreciated. I think a better way to look at it is that you can earn a small discount.

Re:BBEdit is 30 years old on Thursday May 11, 2023 @12:20PM (#35904405)
>formerly TextEdit IIRC

TextWrangler. TextEdit is the editor built in to macOS.

Since the mods’ handles are known, isn’t this pseudonymous rather than anonymous?
This and the parent's argument are just whataboutism.
Re:Chris Lattner left Swift core team on Monday February 21, 2022 @09:22PM (#30423367)
Compilers are free to assume x is non-null at the time it’s dereferenced, so isn’t it true by definition? Do you have an example that doesn’t rely on undefined behavior?
Re:Chris Lattner left Swift core team on Monday February 21, 2022 @08:12PM (#30422936)
The GP was referring to C++

>I would almost never write C++ …

Edit: nevermind, I missed the point! GP is saying he wouldn’t write C++ if C supported these features.

Re:Chris Lattner left Swift core team on Monday February 21, 2022 @07:25PM (#30422619)
>why can't I specify, and have the compiler yell at me if I don't properly handle, "this pointer may never be null"

You can do so easily. A reference is a pointer that is never null.

Re:Tesla to recall vehicles that may disobey stop signs on Tuesday February 01, 2022 @11:37AM (#30165038)
>California allows “rolling stops”

No, they certainly do not. I live in California and I've gotten a ticket for doing this.

> legislator

legislature

Why is Id’s behavior bad (edit: need excusing, that is)? What’s wrong with enforcing your trademark?