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lwkl
4y ago
That‘s not how this works in German speaking countries in Europe. The school is paid for by the tax payer and the company pays the apprentice a salary that should represent the value they create as an apprentice. The company also pays for a
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lwkl
4y ago
PowerShell, BitLocker, SSH, WinRM, Appx and msix and MDM integration come to mind. I don‘t want to go back to the days where managing Windows meant clicking around in GUIs.
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lwkl
4y ago
To be fair: Most of them are documented in Apples manual. If you open the macOS help on "Manage app windows" you will find all the tricks about moving and resizing discussed here. Or your WiFi trick is mentioned in the help articl
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lwkl
4y ago
> completely undiscoverable, I feel like I'm lost while Maniac Mansion, just trying every possible Verb + Object (+ Indirect Object) combination to try to read the game dev's mind. I just found out that Apple has a pretty neat
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lwkl
4y ago
Are you sure you are talking about moving them? Because you can move them by grabbing them by the title bar and dragging them to the spot you want.
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lwkl
4y ago
But isn't that what we got? The only thing that doesn't look like the PowerBook G4 or the first MacBook Pro is the colour of the keyboard (black instead of silver).
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lwkl
4y ago
Moleskin Notebooks are overpriced trash. The paper is way too thin and most pens I use bleed through.
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lwkl
4y ago
Maybe they should present it as one setting. But linking it makes sense for the vast majority of users. Because if it wasn’t you would see a flood of people asking why their mouse or trackpad is scrolling in the wring direction. I‘m more an
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4y ago
I totally get why you would want these features. But why not just use Ubuntu if you want them? No OS should try to emulate everything that other Operating Systems do well. You can‘t make a highly opinionated OS like macOS highly customizabl
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4y ago
The road-tax is neutral, it doesn't matter what goods you transport. Imagine charging the producers of the most transported goods to pay a fee in addition to the road-tax and otherwise blocking their goods being transported for the res
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lwkl
4y ago
What is more affordable than Gigabit Fiber? Fiber infrastructure is cheaper to build than copper after all.
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lwkl
5y ago
The support reps are nice and will talk to you but can't do much. My experience has been the following: I have Google One and it annoys me that the new Drive client automatically adds a shortcut to my favorites in Finder and Explorer e
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5y ago
I totally understand the concerns and have some fears about side-loading. But I came to the conclusion that the solution to this isn't to prevent side-loading. It is to allow side-loading and introduce legislation for better consumer r
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lwkl
5y ago
How does > My experience is that Windows has far better UX for pretty most end users. followed by > I have 4 monitors connected to my Windows computer. Make any sense? Using four monitors isn't something a lot of users do. Anyway
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5y ago
This is possible but needs to be done with shortcuts instead of selecting the paths in the address bar: 1. Ctrl + Cmd + C to copy the folders path 2. Cmd + N to open a new Finder window 3. Shift + Cmd + G to open the "Go to folder...&q
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lwkl
5y ago
Winget is the official one. But Chocolatey exists too and is pretty nice. I have used both of them but I know Chocolatey a lot better. They both are basically used as wrappers for traditional package formats like msi or other commercial ins
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lwkl
5y ago
How is this Apple UX specific? Windows UX and Linux UX work the same way. I'd argue a lot of power user feature are more accessible on macOS than on Windows. The shortcuts and gestures for macOS can be found in the system settings and
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5y ago
There is a separate shortcut to switch between windows of the currently selected application cmd + ` or ctrl + down arrow to show the windows. So you alt + tab to select the application and switch to the right window. I personally think it&
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5y ago
Yes I‘m aware boxed versions are still available. But they aren‘t available under the contract the state negotiated with Microsoft. And that’s the terms the schools use to buy licenses if they don’t want to pay a premium. To change this the
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lwkl
5y ago
Microsoft offers their products to educational institutions for a fraction of the price. You just have to license your staff and get the licenses for your students for "free". And the staff licenses for education cost yearly what
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lwkl
5y ago
> The most compelling reason for connecting external storage to a Mac is for backups using Time Machine (or other backup software). As no M1 series Mac supports adding internal storage suitable for those backups, the choice is locally at
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5y ago
There needs to be a cheap way for consumers to take this to a small claims court, so companies are forced to offer a proper review process.
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5y ago
What is their profit margin again? About 30 % right? They definitely are profitable enough to offer proper customer service and if they don't do it on their own I bet there will be a day when regulation forces them to. Some things don&
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lwkl
5y ago
I guess the UX is really subjective. I just switched to macOS from Windows (to be fair my first computer I owned was a PowerBook G4, so it wasn't completely new to it) and so far I prefer to UX to Windows. The virtual desktops and full
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5y ago
Not sure if this is a European thing but in the German speaking countries of Europe there are universities and vocational universities. The first focus prepare you for an academic career and the second prepare you for entering the work forc
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5y ago
I just checked and for me it's the same. Siri is disabled and the folder is only 3.6 MB.
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lwkl
5y ago
There are some Mac users like my mother that still use this app today.
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lwkl
5y ago
OP is talking about preventing pregnancy not about sharing the pain or risks in pregnancy. Of course a lot of men would share these with their partner. Women simply have a much higher incentive to prevent pregnancy because they are much mor
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lwkl
5y ago
IUDs are a thing for women and what you are describing sounds similar to the experience putting in or taking out an IUD is according to some women who described it to me. I don't know how long the injections last but if they last a sim
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5y ago
And for others it's the opposite and some women have long lasting side-effects after quitting taking the pill (unregular menstruation is a common one).
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