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And Siracusa with the win. "That Mac is our last hope… No. There is another." https://twitter.com/siracusa/status/849229927358636033 https://twitter.com/siracus

And Siracusa with the win. "That Mac is our last hope… No. There is another." https://twitter.com/siracusa/status/849229927358636033 https://twitter.com/siracusa/status/849229927358636033 https://twitter.com/siracusa/status/849230093088165888 https://twitter.com/siracusa/status/849230093088165888

jstapels 10y ago
And I bet they thought they weren't going to have to talk about the Mac Pro (again!) during the next ATP :).
ComputerGuru 10y ago
I don't get it?
- yankcrime 10y ago
  It’s basically a quote from ‘The Empire Strikes Back’.
  - toxican 10y ago
    What's that? Is that an indie film?
    - lucozade 10y ago
      indie was in it
    - deleted 10y ago
      [deleted]
- alexkadis 10y ago
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oasqjPHpxyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oasqjPHpxyI Obi-Wan: "That boy is our last hope." Yoda: "No...there is another..."
  - dnissley 10y ago
    Yes, but what is the other in this case?
  - jamesrcole 10y ago
    I know the reference, but I don't understand what is meant by referring to it as "the last hope" and what/why something else is an alternative to that. That a Linux based system is an alternative for a powerful Unixy system?
    - zeveb 10y ago
      > That a Linux based system is an alternative for a powerful Unixy system? As I noted elsethread, it really is. I used to use Macs exclusively, and I'll never willing leave Linux now: it really is that much better. The problem is that Windows & macOS are too constrained by their installed base: they don't have the freedom to be really revolutionary in their UIs, nor can they afford to support deep customisation (GNOME & KDE have similar problems — but one needn't use either GNOME or KDE to use Linux). Linux, meanwhile, offers a user true freedom: I can use a tiling WM, I can write code and bind keys to do anything I want. A Linux box running StumpWM and emacs is the closest thing the modern world offers to a Lisp machine, and it's awesome.

jstapels 10y ago

And I bet they thought they weren't going to have to talk about the Mac Pro (again!) during the next ATP :).

ComputerGuru 10y ago

I don't get it?

yankcrime 10y ago
It’s basically a quote from ‘The Empire Strikes Back’.
- toxican 10y ago
  What's that? Is that an indie film?
  - lucozade 10y ago
    indie was in it
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
alexkadis 10y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oasqjPHpxyI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oasqjPHpxyI Obi-Wan: "That boy is our last hope." Yoda: "No...there is another..."
- dnissley 10y ago
  Yes, but what is the other in this case?
- jamesrcole 10y ago
  I know the reference, but I don't understand what is meant by referring to it as "the last hope" and what/why something else is an alternative to that. That a Linux based system is an alternative for a powerful Unixy system?
  - zeveb 10y ago
    > That a Linux based system is an alternative for a powerful Unixy system? As I noted elsethread, it really is. I used to use Macs exclusively, and I'll never willing leave Linux now: it really is that much better. The problem is that Windows & macOS are too constrained by their installed base: they don't have the freedom to be really revolutionary in their UIs, nor can they afford to support deep customisation (GNOME & KDE have similar problems — but one needn't use either GNOME or KDE to use Linux). Linux, meanwhile, offers a user true freedom: I can use a tiling WM, I can write code and bind keys to do anything I want. A Linux box running StumpWM and emacs is the closest thing the modern world offers to a Lisp machine, and it's awesome.