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I just wanted to also suggest BetterMouse (https://better-mouse.com). SteerMouse is great, but it lacks the ability to map gestures to the thumb button on the MX Master mice. BetterMouse allows you to do that and has a UI thats a bit more understandable.

but the meat of the story is just empty

I assume you've never seen a Tyler Perry 'Madea' movie before

When I go on Mastodon, half the posts there are bitching about 'how bad' X is. The engagement on posts is extremely poor as well. No one replies to anything.

As far as the problems people complain about on X, I don't see them. Twitter was always buggy at times, and that hasn't really changed. After the exodus of those who just can't stand Musk, I see far less political posts than I did in recent years, which is an improvement tbh. When I see something I don't want to see, I mute it or block the account, just like I always have.

Siracusa's simpering, consoomer defensiveness for Apple has become intolerable. He seems unable to deal with the fact that his precious company's business practices are incompatible with his political/enviromental beliefs. Instead concocting this 'blue ocean' dream that Apple will switch back to user serviceable batteries, creating a new market where there competitors don't dare tread.

What?

There are still plenty of Android devices that have user serviceable batteries, but they don't sell as well because what the majority of users want is to minimize size and weight at any cost. The minority of geeks out there who think something like this is important doesn't move the needle. Apple (particularly under Tim Cook) only cares about maximizing profits. Their environmental schtick is merely dressing in front of the ruthless profit making machine at work.

Obviously Siracusa can't deal with the dissonance that his precious Apple doesn't care about the environment as much as he does. Thus typing up silly articles like this...

This was the point I began my Google-exit.

What I feel is more remarkable than how long ago this all began, is how stable the choices I moved to have been. Fastmail has been amazing, Feedbin is still very solid, DuckDuckGo while not perfect is good enough while Google search results continue to get worse.

Other than occasionally needing to use GSuite when others share documents through it, I pretty rarely use anything by Google intentionally anymore.

This seems true: https://www.retaildive.com/news/nordstrom-leans-on-off-price...

Bought one of these a few years back to use with my old butterfly keyboard MacBook Pro: https://shop.bird-electron.co.jp/?pid=128928848

Nice to see something easier to obtain and 3D printable at that.

It does seem like in the last several years, the quality of ThinkPads has declined as other business lines like Dell Latitude/Precision and HP EliteBook/ZBook have improved.

Then why does the West give him reason for "expansion" through aggressive expansion of NATO?

Load something on the app that isn't cached, its not working either.

I had a 2011 MacBook Air that I used as a casual "couch laptop" up until a month ago. I probably could have continued using it if it wasn't for both the battery and the power supply becoming unreliable. It surprises me that with a dual core i5 and 4GB of RAM, it was more than adequate for all but the most demanding tasks.

Anybody experience writing a sentence and never use a period so that the sentence just goes on and on for an entire paragraph and its difficult for others to read and understand?

Feedbin (https://feedbin.com) also has this feature.

Had the same experience. First language I learned was VB and felt like I had to learn programming all over again when moving on.

Seconded, I take psyllium husk powder daily. Am I missing something by doing this that I would gain with more typical sources of fiber?

I guess if your time is free or you enjoy all the labor that goes into research, assembly and maintenance, sure, this is cheaper.

The fact that there is a wall between the Linux stuff and Windows stuff (“You can't edit a file that originates from the Linux userland inside Windows.”) sounds very hacky to me.

Yet OP spent that and more...

Question for Paul, if you could use a Windows machine for work, would you? If not, why?

I probably flip several settings to make macOS liveable for myself. I’d have to do all the adjustments Paul discussed and probably more to make Windows liveable.

So, the main reason he switched to a Windows machine was to use the latest/fastest hardware with Adobe Lightroom and Premiere, but then he goes on to say the Lightroom and Premiere don’t take advantage of many core CPUs, the fastest GPUs, fastest SSDs, etc...

And Windows is fine after tweaking and adjusting dozens of settings.

I’ll just stick with a Mac.

I have never seen a soda dispenser that didn’t have a switch for water and/or carbonated water.

Found it: Tek-Berry Case http://www.teko.co.uk/en/prodotti/famiglia/PO/serie/145

I'm curious too.

Then what you're saying is touch screens on non-tablet devices is a fad to lure in clueless consumers? We're in complete agreement then.

I agree, and we do see plenty iOS feature appear in OSX and vice-versa (notification center for instance).

But it should be kept in mind that we are dealing with separate paradigms. The way one uses a tablet is very different from the way a laptop used, and software should be designed along these lines.

Then what is the point of a touch screen on machines like the Dell XPS 27?

I think if given the choice between OSX versions of an app and iOS versions of an app, most would choose the OSX versions. For example, Tweetbot for iOS would be a pretty awkward experience compared to the OSX version.

Hypothetically, if Apple were to allow the ability to run iOS/iPad apps within OS X, and put a touch screen on their laptops and desktops, would people use this?

This is basically what Windows has done with laptops and desktops with touch screens. I don't think I'm alone in feeling that it's weird and awkward.

A ring notifier would be kind of pointless, unless the call could be routed to an app within OS X in order to be answered.

I'm really excited for these things. Growing up (5-12yrs old), I had an old Commodore 64, hooked up to a small TV to play around with (so I wouldn't mess up something on the fancy 486 machine my dad used). The simplicity and lack of distractions (like flashy games) that machine had, made it easy for me to experiment and eventually learn how to program.

RasPi seems like that same 'old c64' experience I had, only better. I could give one of these things, with a keyboard and mouse to one of my younger relatives to play around with. They can tinker around with it all they want, without their parents worrying about them breaking something or loosing important files.