Lifelong computer geek and Mac fanatic. IT Pro, Technical Communicator, advocate for digital rights and better infosec. Illustrator of "Bad Caps" and other dorky shirts.
Someone from a previous gen: "I put my pants on one leg at a time, just like the rest of you."
Me at age 11, cackling inwardly: "These fools don't know that if you sit on the edge of the bed you can put BOTH your legs into your pants simultaneously!"
Which brings us back to Honey. No random plugin is going to save you money out of the goodness of their hearts. As the axiom goes: "If you're not paying for the product, you are the product".
But moreover, let this be a reminder that companies always want their cut, always want more, even if it means breaking the law (or contracts). Govts, NGOs, and non-profits will ALWAYS be able to deliver services more efficiently than for-profit companies, because they're not skimming off the top.
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But how do entities driven to make profit deliver a service more "efficiently" than not-for-profit entities? The simple and obvious answer is that they won't, they can't. Middlemen in late-stage capitalism always want their cut. Maybe they'll make services "more efficient" by overworking staff, or by cutting corners.
Or maybe they'll just plain cheat.
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In Canada, we have many more state-run enterprises than in the USA (we call them "Crown corporations"). The dogma about governments being inherently bloated and inefficient slips in from US media, and there is a constant push to privatize our electricity infrastructure, healthcare, and other government-run services. The constant drone of criticism is that these entities should all be privatized to eliminate "inefficiency".
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This has probably already been take-d to death, but I have thoughts on Honey.
Of course I am wholly unsurprised that a company able to spend so much on advertising/sponsorships was doing more than giving coupons away for free. Anyone with an ounce of sense can see that isn't a viable business model. What's more concerning is that few to no one seemed concerned HOW they were making money.
But what has perhaps not been said is how indicative this is of how capitalism has come to operate.
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ADM-3A terminal first test: this is a triumph.
Apple now includes high-quality, accurate 3D models of their products as USDZ files on their product pages. Since they're normal USDZ files, you can just grab them and throw them into any renderer and have some fun. Here's the Pro Display XDR model rendered using RenderMan:
backsliding into fascism just 80 years after WWII is like failing an open-book test in a room where the answers are written on the board and also being constantly read out loud over a loudspeaker
i asked gpt what it thought of your article and it said
1: EFI system partition
2: Linux
3: Swap space
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Say it louder, Alana Wise and Natalie Escobar of NPR
Do you think anyone's ever used "Add or Remove Programs" to add a program? I want to meet someone like this and interview them.
Given that this has to be my favourite Hartmut Esslinger/frog design prototype for Apple, I am in awe.
Design, 3D printing, electronics, custom mechanical keyboard, everything packed neatly, the workflow. This is *insane* work. 😮💨
“I built Apple’s 1980s iPad Concept!”
By designer Kevin Noki
Oh look, it’s an Ars Technica article about a reversed capacitor in the LC III, wherein @RetroViator gets a mention.
Just bought a typewriter.
You can tell it's old because it's got neofetch on it.
@d_j_fitzgerald @timixretroplays @housewarmer
We built a box
We built a box for blue
Apps that won't share the CPU
And don't run in yellow
I bought a Mac
I bought a Mac from you
From 1992
And it was all yellow.
Borrowed, but I'm sharing it:
"fwiw my therapist was straight-up like “pull every single legit coping lever you have right now and don’t feel guilty about it, distraction is key,” maybe you also needed to hear this."
