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I wonder if the rumored 5.7 inch iPhone SE could actually be a potential new size and design for the regular iPhone, possibly for fall 2023. The next iPhone SE could be based off that new design with USB-C, possibly for spring 2025 or 2026.
Notes
If there is an earlier iPhone SE in the spring of 2024, I wonder if it would be based off of the 5.4 inch iPhone 13 mini, or the 6 inch iPhone 13. However, they would need to at least slightly redesign the exterior of the device, to add USB-C, and possibly also Touch ID in the power button for cost reasons. Previously, the iPhone SE was not updated for 4 years from 2016 to 2020. Waiting three or four years after 2022 until the next iteration could make sense, to allow it to be based off of a newer design with USB-C, instead of ever having an iPhone SE based on an iPhone from the Face ID and notch era of devices.
Here are my predictions for the 2022-2023 NBA standings, ranked by western and eastern conferences.
Western Conference
- 1 - Denver Nuggets
- 2 - Minnesota Timberwolves
- 3 - Los Angeles Clippers
- 4 - Golden State Warriors
- 5 - New Orleans Pelicans
- 6 - Phoenix Suns
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- 7 - Los Angeles Lakers
- 8 - Memphis Grizzlies
- 9 - Dallas Mavericks
- 10 - Sacramento Kings
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- 11 - Portland Trail Blazers
- 12 - Houston Rockets
- 13 - Utah Jazz
- 14 - Oklahoma City Thunder
- 15 - San Antonio Spurs
Eastern Conference
- 1 - Brooklyn Nets
- 2 - Philadelphia 76ers
- 3 - Toronto Raptors
- 4 - Boston Celtics
- 5 - Atlanta Hawks
- 6 - Milwaukee Bucks
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- 7 - Cleveland Cavaliers
- 8 - Miami Heat
- 9 - Chicago Bulls
- 10 - Indiana Pacers
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- 11 - Charlotte Hornets
- 12 - Detroit Pistons
- 13 - Orlando Magic
- 14 - Washington Wizards
- 15 - New York Knicks
I wonder if the new highest end Mac mini will simply get the new M2 chip, instead of having a Mac mini with an M2 Pro chip. The previous M1 chip could stick around as a lower tier Mac mini, and the M-Series Pro chips would be saved for the Mac Studio.
I wonder who has the better branding for their processor names, Qualcomm with "Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2" or Apple with "M2"?
Here are my ideas and strategy for the potential lineup, depth chart, and final roster spots for the Toronto Raptors going into the 2022 season, now that they are heading into training camp.
This takes some points from the main ideas I previously noted in "Raptors 2022 offseason lineup changes", which I wrote shortly after the end of the season. They did follow a few of my ideas from that article already, including resigning Boucher, drafting a versatile and athletic center, and signing Champagnie to an NBA deal for now at least. And there have been some rumblings about Achiuwa having an increased role or even possibly starting as I had also crazily suggested.
Notes
- Make Achiuwa a starter and move Trent to the bench
- Give Hernangomez the 14th spot as I always thought he would make team
- Give Jackson the 15th spot over Champagnie as he is athletic and versatile
- Move Champagnie down to a 2W spot and Dowtin to Raptors 905 contract
- Make Flynn the backup PG because of good shooting and assists/turnover
- Play Koloko a lot as a main bench player in the first half of the season
Extras
- I wonder if Achiuwa's role should eventually be a 3-and-D small forward
- I wonder if Banton's role should eventually be a playmaking shooting guard
- Play the bench players much more this year and develop the young guys
- They likely can't, but try to keep Trent on bench always so he can get 6th man
- If Trent starts, the bench in my second lineup is a HUGE switchable lineup
- Thaddeus Young could be a possible small ball center over Koloko sometimes
Continued... >
I wonder if Apple will have a higher tier brand called Ultra in more products, similar to Apple Watch and Apple Silicon. Maybe they would therefore have a Mac Ultra as their highest end desktop for instance.
This is a reply to an insightful and heartfelt video essay by xkcdHatGuy titled "Acting as the collective's psychologist for 25 minutes"
Thanks for another thoughtful video essay xkcdHatGuy. As far as your thoughts and feelings, I'm with you in many ways, and I would like to let your keen thoughts stand on their own. I feel for you and other people who feel the same way at times. So I won't go on about the parts I agree with and how astute and relatable your perceptions are here. I just really appreciate you taking the time to put together your ideas in general, and this was a fun one.
Regarding some of your thoughts, which I felt was partly about social norms, you might want to separately ponder on and ask yourself the following couple of questions. I was thinking about them and came up with them myself while listening to you. I'd be interested to hear any thoughts or answers you or others have to these questions or my thoughts on them, which I admit are likely complete nonsense and incorrect answers to the questions I bring up below.
1. Why? Why does the average person confine themselves to social norms?
Theory - Sex and the desire for physical affection is the most basic reason for following social norms and the basis for the grip that capitalism, materialism, and the economy holds upon individuals today.
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I wonder if the 2023 iPhone release may even be around June instead of September, because ARM unconventionally missed its tick-tock cycle with 3 iterations of 5nm chips. The first 3nm chips for iPhone, based on ARMv9, may be ready to release earlier than normal.
I wonder if Apple may end up with a MacBook lineup which mirrors the current iPad lineup, with a 12" MacBook mini and 5 total devices including a super budget device. There would be no 15" MacBook, which goes against some currently suggested rumors.
iPad
- iPad Pro - Large and Small - 12.9" and 11"
- iPad Air - Large - 10.9"
- iPad mini - Small - 8.3"
- "iPad" - Cheap - 10.2": Older design with newish internals
MacBook?
- MacBook Pro - Large and Small - 16.2" and 14.2"
- MacBook Air - Large - 13.6"
- MacBook mini - Small - ~12.2"
- "MacBook" - Cheap - 13.3": Older design with newish internals
Why
- So there are only 2 size choices of the mainstream SKU, Air and mini
- So there is an ultraportable mainstream 12" MacBook with good performance
- So there is a super budget device, but not way too many different choices
- "MacBook" could be old design with updated internals at budget price
- MacBook Air and mini reach main customers who want very portable Mac
- Budget "MacBook" SE would reach budget customers who just want Mac
Apple should include the Spotlight search bar at the top of the Control Center screen, so it could be accessed like a widget from within any application quicker and easier.
Apple should merge Control Center and Widgets in its operating systems, and remove widgets from the home screen or app launcher.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, what is the fairest trade for all?
Raptors
- Kevin Durant
- Kyrie Irving
Nets
- Pascal Siakam
- Gary Trent Jr.
- Khem Birch
- Malachi Flynn
- Svi Mykhaliuk
- Armoni Brooks
- 1st 2023, 2025
- Swap 2024
I wonder if TextExpander should offer both a single full purchase that includes all features offline, and a separate but optional subscription purchase, that includes an online account with cloud syncing.
What
- Single purchase for all main features
- Subscription purchase for cloud sync features
- Single purchase includes all features without account
- Subscription includes saving and syncing settings with account
Why
- Have more happy users and positive reviews
- Get many more users for network effect
- Still have recurring revenue from power users
- Make versions 2, 3, etc. for single purchase upgrade strategy
Here is a potential trade I like for the Raptors to get a player in the draft lottery this year. The Kings, Trail Blazers, Pelicans, and Wizards all might be teams they could potentially trade with to get Daniels, or someone else if they prefer.
Raptors
- Dyson Daniels - 7th Pick
- Eric Bledsoe
- Greg Brown - Hopefully
Blazers
- Gary Trent Jr.
- Malachi Flynn
- Khem Birch - Hopefully
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I wonder if Apple even needs to make a Mac mini Pro or an iMac Pro now, since they have the Mac Studio and have recommitted to the Mac Pro in 2019 after seemingly considering scrapping it in favor of an all-in-one iMac Pro design under Jony Ive in 2017.
Nature versus Nurture? Both.
Selfish versus Helpful? Both.
Men versus Women? Both.
Black versus White? Both.
Freewill versus Determined? Both.
Independence versus Community? Both.
Acceptance versus Improvement? Both.
Forgiveness versus Disapproval? Both.
Belief versus Action? Both.
Individual versus Collective? Both.
Rational versus Emotional? Both.
Strength versus Vulnerable? Both.
Habits versus Goals? Growth.
Similar versus Different? Diversity.
Working versus Relaxing? Balance.
Personal versus Social? Harmony.
June 8, 2022
If I had to guess if Apple makes a 15" MacBook, a 12" MacBook, or both sizes, I would guess they only make the 12" size, to pair with the current 13.6" MacBook Air. It could have an M3 chip based on ARMv9 and might also be the first non-Pro device by Apple with Mini-LED.
These ideas do not take into account future FA or trade upgrades.
Notes
- Make Achiuwa the starting center
- Move Trent to the bench as 6th man
- Resign Boucher as backup big
- Sign Champagnie to NBA deal as 3-and-D bench player
- Let Thaddeus Young go - Better Shooter or Younger
- Move Birch to 3rd string 7K contract only - Better Shooter
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- Run offense through Barnes and Banton handling ball much more
- Turn Fred and Malachi into shooters more often than ball handlers
- Make Fred, OG, Malachi, Gary do catch and shoot 3 PTs mainly
- Make Fred and Gary shoot only from 3 PT line, not 5 feet back
- Have Pascal, Prec, Justin, Chris focus on catch and shoot 3 PTs
- Give ball to Pascal or Gary if near end of shot clock to score
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- Draft or add versatile athletic center with shooting potential
- Bench is Banton, Trent, Champagnie, Boucher, 2nd Rd Pick or FA
- Play the bench more and rest the starters more in season
- Playoff 7-8 might be Trent, Boucher, Banton/Champagnie
- If keep Young, make him small ball center, trade Birch if possible
- Bench would then be Banton, Trent, Champagnie, Boucher, Young
Lineup Option 1
- VanVleet - Banton
- Barnes - Trent
- Anunoby - Champagnie
- Siakam - Boucher
- Achiuwa - Draft Pick / Young / FA
Lineup Option 2
- VanVleet - Flynn
- Barnes - Banton
- Anunoby - Trent
- Siakam - Champagnie
- Achiuwa - Boucher
I wonder if Apple WWDC 2022 might not include the release of the newly redesigned consumer MacBook or Mac mini.
Notes
- I have an alternate idea about the products that could be announced at Apple's WWDC 2022 event, as we often expect things earlier than they arrive, like people thinking M2 could come in spring 2022, a flat Watch in 2021, or a redesigned flat back iPhone in 2022.
- Since the new MacBook and Mac mini are giant updates to decade old designs, I wonder if it could make sense to only release a MacBook Pro sans notch and a larger iMac with 5nm M1X/M2 in 2Q22, and leave the new MacBook and Mac mini for the 3nm M2/M3 with ARMv9 for around 1Q23.
- The new Mac Pro with the most powerful chip Apple will make could then be the star of the show, as long as it is ready to be released. The Mac Pro and iMac are more developer focused devices anyway, as opposed to the MacBook and Mac mini, which are targeted more at consumers.
- Rebranding or naming of products is much tougher to guess, but I wonder if there is at least a chance that the Mac Pro could be renamed to something else, based on the Mac Studio being released with a new name earlier this year, and including the M1 Pro chip.
Update - June 4th
- While my alternative guess is that the newly redesigned MacBook and Mac mini could wait until 2023 for the 3nm M1-series chip, I will add that maybe they could still release an updated MacBook Air with the old design, instead of the new colorful design.
- Since the potential third generation 5nm M1X/M2 chip for this year may not be a big enough upgrade for the new design, they could release both the MacBook and MacBook Pro this year in the old designs, which they used for the original M1 Macs from late 2020.
Are you an angel?
I don't know.
Maybe you could be.
Maybe we all are.
April 28, 2022
