ubermonkey

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by ubermonkey 6mo ago
The key difference is that you do not need an Apple account to use a Mac. Most people DO use one, though, because that's how you access the iCloud services that underpin the Apple ecosystem. But it's not MANDATORY. My understandin
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by ubermonkey 6mo ago
HEY.
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by ubermonkey 6mo ago
I'm 56. That kind of full-bore magic has only happened for me once. But it was fun while it lasted! This seems like a good time to point out something an early mentor shared with me: you can rate all jobs on 3 scales. 1. Do you enjoy t
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by ubermonkey 6mo ago
Yeah, the sheer joy I've gotten from being part of a few collaborative teams in my career was amazing. It was like we all got smarter by working together.
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
This is just Google/Chrome apologia. Big nope from me, dog.
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
I have both a fancy smartwatch (first-gen Ultra, which is still a great piece of kit) and a severalness of old-school mechanicals from both fancy makers (Rolex, Omega) and decidedly more approachable makers (most recently Traska). Having a
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
It's nice to think about a FOSS-first world, but what people want is turnkey computing. That's why Apple does well -- the happy path on the Mac, or in iOS, is very very smooth for both technical people and octogenarians. The fun t
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
>terrible plot (why were the vampires forced to ask for permission to enter, and then able to storm the building a few scenes later? Imagine dinging an Oscar-winning film's plot this loudly, and being absolutely wrong about somethin
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
OBAA was technically well executed but, to me, pretty fucking soulless. I haven't seen all the nominees, but the ones I did see -- Train Dreams and Sinners -- were, to our eyes, profoundly better films than OBAA. I'm in particular
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
I mean, it depends on your definition. I have a nontrivial listening rig in my house. I've spent thousands in headphones over the years (which happens quickly at $300-500 a pop). The finest ones I've owned MIGHT edge the Max out i
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
Wait til you find out about literally every other area of discretionary spending.
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
They're priced vs. peer closed-ear headphones, not the rest of the Mac line. They perform accordingly, at least once you factor in a mild Apple premium (say, 15-20%). I say this because I was able to compare them to my own $400 Sennhei
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
Mileage varies, obviously. I've worn these for multiple cross-country and transatlantic flights, and have not noticed them being too heavy for comfort, but that's definitely gonna be a personal thing. >which means they're
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
A while back I wanted to reread _Slaughterhouse 5_. I couldn't find my copy, my go-to local didn't have one in stock and would take a week or more to get it, and the library's was checked out, so I held my nose ordered one fr
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
Interesting but ultimately still not my upgrade target. I'm on a 14 Pro. It's fine -- plus, it's been replaced twice under AppleCare. Once was a Lightning jack failure, but the second was when it fell off my motorcycle mount
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
Mmmm, flashbacks of complex sets of AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS files that we'd swap in and out using batch files to support different memory configurations...
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
Pass.
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by ubermonkey 7mo ago
I actually just ordered Kinesis' Ergo yesterday!
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
I bought an mWave a few weeks ago, thinking of wading back into Kinesis, and for me it's not a fit. The key feel is garbage compared to my Keychron or my old Advantage, and the flow of the shape isn't comfy enough. But mileage var
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
I used a Kinesis Advantage for YEARS AND YEARS until I let it go ahead of a x-country move last year. It needed a bunch of repairs at that point, and I had drifted into using a different keyboard, so it seemed rational. Since settling in ou
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
As a lifelong nerd in my mid-50s, I've accumulated a number of pieces of software that I love -- like, I really have actual emotional fondness for -- that for whatever reasons I no longer use. NNW is 100% on that list. It was my first
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
If a reasonable administration took this step without any justification, I'd have serious questions. Under this administration, I'm very very concerned that it's cover for something deeply nefarious.
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
I legit do not understand the Chrome hegemony.
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
I assure you it was an airplane and not a cultist.
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
My uncle did a gear-up landing that way a number of years ago. He was fine, but the plane was a total loss from a financial perspective. It was a Moonie, and the prop hit the ground, which forced an engine rebuild as I understand it. Scary,
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
WhatsApp belongs to Meta. Why would anyone believe those chats are private?
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
This is one of my favorite Old Internet tales. It's up there with "Mel, The Real Programmer."
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
After an ongoing ugly experience with a GTI, we'll never buy another VW.
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
There is no morally defensible reason to work for Palantir.
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by ubermonkey 8mo ago
Lots has been written about this. The post-9/11 freakout is a GREAT example of the syllogism "Something must be done! This is something, so we must do it!" -- IOW, a train of thought that includes absolutely no evaluation of

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