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The way iOS abstracts the filesystem away from user-view makes this less of an issue than it otherwise would be but still a good find by the author, as an aside surely I'm not the only one who thought of [1] when I read "APFS now treats all files as a bag of bytes on iOS" ;)

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT7xc_XqYO8

Will be interesting to see manufacturing yields but also efficiency losses over time, compared to cells made currently.

Tokyo isn't all that expensive unless you're trying to live in luxury and a fair percentage of that 11-12 hrs would be spent appearing busy, CYA, napping or waiting for your boss to leave so you can go home. Speaking from experience the Japanese work ethic is as much about show as it is about actual hard work. It's a brutal culture behind a facade of politeness.

Yet all of these companies weave a wonderful narrative about changing the world, empowering people, giving them freedom and independence. Clearly the business models are based on exploitation of the downtrodden and uneducated. Due to clever PR many actually believe this is cool.

Amen, utterly ridiculous adjectives are an embarrassment to both yourself and the profession.