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Look, I am a Jewish person whose replies were full of GIFs of people cocking rifles when I deleted my Twitter account, but I understand that the entire internet is a cesspool, and so I don’t get exercised about the social politics of it. It’s the *technological* politics that have always made […]
It’s the latter part that really irritates me. A “website person” who uses 𝕏 is self-evidently full of shit. If your excuse for using 𝕏 is “that’s where all the tech discourse happens,” you’re not just *socially* identifying as a fascist, you’re *technologically* identifying as one.
That said, John Gruber feeling like he’s using a computer with mittens on when he’s using an iPad is no longer our most opposite view technologically speaking
I no longer know what I would even use a Mac laptop for if I had one
Don’t write wimpy posts about people who use X. Tell the truth. Say that people who crave viral attention so badly that they’ll tolerate violence, hatred, propaganda, and — especially in the case of self-proclaimed technologists — oppressive, anti-network, and fundamentally subpar technology […]
HomeView is not a good name, so I hope Gurman got punked with it
@Sarahp Jeez
Why can I still not buy a surge protector that does not have USB-A ports on it?
I am one 32GB high-endurance microSD card away from a working Macintosh SE on my desk.
If Sonumi isn’t your alert sound, you are wrong
Apple interface copy now has Zoomer ellipses in it, and it’s going to break me
My children are learning the computer trade in the traditional manner, by apprenticing with their father
Progress
It is time for me to Retvrn to Desktop
I have ordered the $50 SD-to-SCSI adapter that will make it possible for me to boot the Mac SE that is now at the copilot station of my desk.
There is something to me about the green flag lights at Bristol at night that is the most intimidating view in all of racing
So stoked for my weekly usage reset at 4 AM
AT&T has apparently arrived at a price point of $100 per line (before autopay/bank account discounts etc.) at which you get everything you’d expect, without throttling, and cellular data for one tablet and one watch per line with no additional cost, and you know what? Fine.