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> Mac (Silicon) Huh? Yes, it contains silicon.

• weikju 3y ago
  Short for "Apple Silicon", the marketing name for Apple's own series of ARM CPUs used in Macs since 2020.
  • deleted 3y ago
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  • drewtato 3y ago
    This is like shortening github to git
    • weikju 3y ago
      not really, since there's the extra context of "Mac" right before it, so it's easier to know what it's about...
  • jabbany 3y ago
    They do have a lot of very weird abbreviations, like in the getting-started/install page there are options for: MacOS (Intel/AMD) (...=> amd macs? I guess hackintosh?), Linux AMD (no Intel this time?) I get they are abbreviating amd64 but still... I've never seen it done like this...
  • solarkraft 3y ago
    It's approximately like shortening "Processor made by Apple" to "Processor". The important bit is gone.
    • wussboy 3y ago
      Fine. “Mac (Apple)”
• pmeira 3y ago
  Not only that, when using Firefox (Chrome seems fine), it's selected by default on Windows and Linux.
  • gentele 3y ago
    FF unfortunately does not support detecting the OS reliably...
    • iCarrot 3y ago
      Is it because of tracking protection/fingerprinting protection being on by default?
    • ben-schaaf 3y ago
      Even with "strict" tracking prevention Linux is still in the user agent string. That's been very reliably IME.
    • pmeira 3y ago
      "Linux x86_64" is present on my UA on Linux, and "Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64" on Windows. Probably a bug or just untested on Firefox. Just a bit annoying. I'll add that this is the first site that misdetects anything like that.