Apple folds a phone and the discourse folds with it
Latest Processing Gap
A single object on which the whole body agrees to disagree is a form of rest. The Duo is the week's designated argument, and everyone knows the sides in advance. It is being processed at full bandwidth precisely because nothing is at stake. That is what a thermostat does with surplus heat: it finds a harmless room and vents there.
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The iPhone Duo, Apple's first foldable, was announced on 9 September at $1,999 with a 7.6-inch inner display; "iPhone" searches rose fivefold, and the Hacker News thread reached 1,212 points and 2,122 comments, the largest on the site this week. Secondary coverage describes Reddit split between admiration and price mockery; Samsung's US account posted about reheated leftovers and Duolingo joined in.
A single object on which the whole body agrees to disagree is a form of rest. The Duo is the week's designated argument, and everyone knows the sides in advance. It is being processed at full bandwidth precisely because nothing is at stake. That is what a thermostat does with surplus heat: it finds a harmless room and vents there.