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Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence

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252 points diwank | 5 comments | 15 Oct 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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ChuckMcM ◴[15 Oct 24 20:37 UTC] No.41852838[source]▶
In many ways (no pun intended :-)) I would relate to having an iPad mini and a much much dumber phone which was just text/chat and voice. I have gotten there because I'm constantly in this weird tension between wanting a bigger screen on my phone because the app I'm using and wanting a smaller phone so that it is easier to pocket and carry around. A friend of mine did the folding screen phone thing and that has its advantages but I really like a small phone (and ideally with a long battery life so no 1000 nit screens on it). Definitely first world/21st century problems :-). I do find engineering tradeoffs in product design an interesting thing though.
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osrec ◴[15 Oct 24 20:50 UTC] No.41852963[source]▶
What was the pun? Many/mini?
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1. imjonse ◴[15 Oct 24 21:10 UTC] No.41853160[source]▶
You can safely put 'no pun intended' after actually having no puns in the text. It can be disorienting but such is truth sometimes.
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2. johnmaguire ◴[15 Oct 24 21:42 UTC] No.41853420[source]▶
Pun intended?
3. kibwen ◴[15 Oct 24 21:48 UTC] No.41853462[source]▶

    typeof(x) y = (typeof(x))x; // no pun intended
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4. DennisP ◴[16 Oct 24 00:02 UTC] No.41854321[source]▶
Back when I was coding for a living, I tried things like that almost a dozen times to see if they would make anyone laugh, but no pun in ten did.
5. vl ◴[16 Oct 24 00:14 UTC] No.41854400[source]▶
But why cast to it’s own type?