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by _mlbt 2y ago
We're not talking about cars, we're talking about computers. What computer manufacturer provides Apple's level of support for 7 year old hardware? Apple just has the decency to communicate what hardware it considers to be
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Why should Apple be obligated to support these machines indefinitely? I think a 7 year lifespan for a computer is actually pretty decent from the original manufacturer. Much better than the most of the competition. Additionally these mach
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by _mlbt 2y ago
The Mac Studio supports up to 192 GB of RAM.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Apple stopped sales of these models over seven years ago. It’s hard to be mad at them for ending support.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Apple TV is really your best option if you want privacy. Google is primarily an ad company that wants to learn as much about you as possible to target those ads.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
OpenVMS has even been ported to x86-64 architecture.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
I think that’s because the Meta key is the Option key on Macs which conflicts with some traditional keyboard shortcuts for other things in the OS.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
> Basically you need to learn a few basic movements, which are also really useful on any terminal thanks to GNU Readline This is one of the biggest reasons why I’m slowly switching to Emacs for most of my editing needs. Those movement k
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Make better software that solves problems. It doesn’t have to be new, just cheaper, faster, or a better UX. Offer your services to a local small business that is running on Excel spreadsheets and duct tape. Provide paid support for an o
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Regarding macOS window management, have you tried Rectangle? It’s free and open source with a pro version if you want to support the developer… https://rectangleapp.com/
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by _mlbt 2y ago
How are people supposed to install updates that don’t exist? This is a massive vulnerability in the overall Android ecosystem.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Interestingly, Erlang is very batteries included as well. Probably even more so than Go in most cases.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
The other side of the coin is for apps that are already listed in the Play Store, does side loading have any legitimate use cases other than piracy and IP theft? Developers should have the right to decide how they make their software availa
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by _mlbt 2y ago
If you plan to open source it and it scratches your own itch, I’d say just go for it. You’d be surprised how many people will end up using your work.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
With iCloud and music streaming 128GB is enough for a lot of people. I know I still have quite a bit of room left on my 128GB iPhone 12, even with taking tons of photos and videos.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
It looks like MacOS Sonoma (and the latest Xcode) should work on your Mac. https://support.apple.com/en-us/105113
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by _mlbt 2y ago
One of my favorite macOS features is that it has built in support to use my iPad Pro as a second monitor on the go.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Steve Jobs took a calligraphy class in college and thus knew a lot more about typography than typical techies. He insisted on insanely great typography on the Macintosh because of what he learned from that class.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Fascinating and I stand corrected!
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by _mlbt 2y ago
They also inherited a lot of free R&D from the Nazi V2 rocket program via Wernher Von Braun and several of his collaborators thanks to Operation Paperclip… https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Paperclip
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Yes FreeBSD does generally benchmark lower than Linux. The BSDs typically prefer correctness and maintainability to aggressive micro optimizations. There’s nothing wrong with either approach, but I can usually follow FreeBSDs code much ea
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by _mlbt 2y ago
There are a few exceptions, but overall the BSDs have very well engineered and maintainable code. They don’t move as fast as Linux distros do partly due to less manpower and partly due to taking the time to do it the right way. There is m
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by _mlbt 2y ago
You should try Start11, it gives you a classic Windows UI on modern versions of Windows that are still actively receiving security patches. https://www.stardock.com/products/start11/
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Adobe Photoshop was originally written in Pascal. MacPaint was as well.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Lazarus is pretty close and it’s cross platform. https://www.lazarus-ide.org/ It’s Pascal instead of BASIC, which may or may not be an improvement depending on your perspective.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Thank you for taking the time to open source this! It’s fun peeking at the source code of old games from bygone eras and more open source games are definitely a good thing.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
NYT seems to be the outlier here. Every other news outlet I’ve seen is agreeing with the BBC on 46. Edit: It looks like NYT is correct. I wasn’t sure who was actually right, so thank you for the clarification!
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by _mlbt 2y ago
Microsoft has tons of open source software out there... https://github.com/microsoft They are also one of the top contributors to the Linux kernel.
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by _mlbt 2y ago
The Navy uses Xbox controllers in some of their submarines… https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/18/17136808/us-navy-uss-colo...
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by _mlbt 2y ago
From the article... "When the coder discussion board Stack Overflow conducts its annual poll of developers around the world, Rust has been rated the most “loved” programming language for seven years running."

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