A fuckton of R&D dollars are circling the drain at this point.

Would wager it will earn a place next to the cube.

Sadly, you’ve linked the thumbnail.

This.

Was in both front and back of the house positions, in the service industry in the US and while yeah, it may be allowing employers to skate a little longer on paying their people a REAL wage, that’s their karma accruing.

I’ll help the person in front of me.

** TEAMS **

I pray there comes a time when the people decide what their taxes are spent on. Could be done using a simple form, with a dozen or so broad categories to choose from, submitted with your tax return.

I bet the results would shock the shit out of the politicians.

Yes. The magnets are ridiculously strong. Several hold screen in place on my heat exchanger, to keep leaves and lawn debris at bay.

Haven’t figured out a good use for the platters, but skeet shooting has crossed my mind.

If the self hosted option doesn’t pan out, would suggest iMazing.

They have an MDM now and their previous versions for personal use were superb, versus iTunes.

There is absolutely no correlation between profitability and countries forbidding sideloading.

Correlation with successful lobbying efforts on our part? Maybe. ~ Apple 🍏

The lifetime license is definitely declining in value.

Hey, look, Disney has more lawyers than I do and while Steamboat Willie entered the public domain, didn’t wanna risk that Mickey [as a term] hadn’t.

Thanks for the info, may look into it further.

The subscription model is a wee bit off putting. I employ old hardware and don’t wish to be frog marched into an update/grade that could break that.

Have seen it happen before, been in IT too fucking long not to.

The urge to LEDify every bloody thing has never made sense to me.

I get having a discreet, physical indicator of activity, but having a USB cable that can light up a wall in a dark room, from LEDs on both ends? Too goddamn common now.

No shit, considering: Ajit Pai Elected To Public Television Board Of Trustees, Nov. 14, 2023.

Wait. Is that Ajit Pai on the right?

Carlin’s Big 7 + 4, loud’n’clear.

Read about a modular, upgradable PC laptop yesterday, the Framework.

Buffed it from the base and came up with a price of $3920. https://frame.work/ca/en/products/laptop16-diy-amd-7040/configuration/new?variant_id=454

A 16” MBP, with similar specs (96Gb RAM, since 64Gb unavailable)?

A paltry $4699. For.a.laptop. https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch-space-black-apple-m3-max-with-14-core-cpu-and-30-core-gpu-36gb-memory-1tb#

SMH

Shoulda been illegal/actually regulate, in the first place. Removing restrictions on raising tuition was also another lame move.

Aren’t Redditors getting $ for content now?