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Apple's Foldable iPhone Is 'On Track' To Launch In September

1 month 1 week ago
Bloomberg's Mark Gurman says Apple's foldable iPhone is still "on track" for a September unveiling alongside the iPhone 18 Pro lineup. 9to5Mac reports: The report notes that Apple's stock took a hit earlier today after Nikkei Asia indicated the iPhone Fold was having serious production issues. Clearly, sources within Apple were motivated to share positive news via Gurman. Not long ago, Gurman himself said that he was expecting an iPhone Fold release date that was a little bit later than iPhone 18 Pro. That's still very possible, but it sounds like Apple is internally feeling optimistic about its targeted September launch. The report continues: "While the complexity of the new display and materials may limit initial supply for several weeks, Apple is currently operating with a plan to put the device on sale around the same time -- or very soon after -- the new non-foldable models, the people said." Gurman adds an important qualifier: "Still, the release is six months away and production has yet to ramp up. That means the timing isn't final."

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CodeSOD: Take a Percentage

1 month 1 week ago

When looking at the source of a major news site, today's anonymous submitter sends us this very, very mild, but also very funny WTF:

<div class="g-vhs g-videotape g-cinemagraph" id="g-video-178_article_slug-640w" data-type="videotape" data-asset="https://somesite.com/videos/file.mp4" data-cinemagraph="true" data-allow-multiple-players="true" data-vhs-options='{"ratio":"560:320"}' style="padding-bottom: 57.14285714285714%">

Look, I know that percentage was calculated by JavaScript, or maybe the backend, or maybe calculated by a CSS pre-processor. No human typed that. There's nothing to gain by adding a rounding operation. There's nothing truly wrong with that line of code.

But I can't help but think about the comedic value in controlling your page layout down to sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-sub-pixel precision. This code will continue to have pixel accuracy out to screens with quadrillions of pixels, making it incredibly future proof.

It's made extra funny by calling the video player VHS and suggesting the appropriate ratio is 560 pixels by 320- which is not quite 16:9, but is a frequent letterbox ratio on DVD prints of movies.

In any case, I eagerly await a 20-zetta-pixel displays, so I can read the news in its intended glory.

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