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Based on what documentation?

For me panther (10.3) was more than adequate as a daily driver for the time. Fantastic OS.

Another underlying reason snow leopard is so fondly remembered is it was the final purely Mac version of Mac OS X. Starting with lion the focus shifted to bringing iOS-like feature…

I think I’m missing something here, can someone share how this differs from the Claude usage that’s already included in the cursor subscription? Edit: never mind I think it’s so yo…

and don't forget Windows 93! https://www.windows93.net

This is wonderful. 30 seconds into trying the site and I’ve already found a couple of interesting books to read. The search I typed is ‘Stuff being made, how it was made, how histo…

I still miss flight control, seems wrong that such an important early iPhone OS game is just… gone.

Lovely!

> Isn't it great, then, that these glasses don't do that? As long as there’s a lens on them the perception remains. Ala panopticon. Particularly the idea that not knowing when you …

> sold a few million camera glasses for pervs I think that’s a reasonable characterisation of what people think of these devices. Even if not strictly for perving it’s still seriou…

I did quite a bit of work in VR about a decade ago. The VR vs AR delineation was a constant conversation back then too. In meetings, at the bar, and so on: “This VR sure isn’t grea…

Close enough

A couple of useful things about it: - It is interesting to see how the models make trade offs, given people are asking ever more of them. - It is useful to look at a decision made …

The iTunes movie store launched 20 years ago. It’s far from perfect but it is essentially steam for movies. Sadly it’s been de-emphasised over time. But it is still there and was p…

Yeah that’s not how unions work in my country

Look at the big picture. Most consumers work somewhere. Better working conditions across the board can only be good for consumers. Edit: and a note to say that comparing all unions…

> How about going to work somewhere with better compensation and working conditions? Generally the reason there is a company that has better working conditions and compensation to …

You can download a full resolution pdf of the book at the original posts’s link, which is much better quality than the one on Wikimedia. I used safari’s built in translate feature …

I’ve always doubted this take, if you look at the history of Apple software design you will see that they regularly pull visual ideas across from one platform to another just becau…

What a shame, I use a remarkable pro at work for all of my note taking and to help organise my days/weeks. I’m really fond of it, because of its minimal functionality. I think spat…

It was a different time. Less nerdy people already had phones and iPods. And were already keen for better versions of those things. The Internet communicator part was more abstract…