I think I found a Mac kernel bug?

Post by Retric » Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 3:30 PM UTC

madaxe_again wrote: post #18

tambourine_man wrote: post #14

I think High Sierra is the worst Mac OS release yet. I’m sure there’s a cognitive bias partially to blame (since it’s the most recent) but it looks like we are way past that.

Qualitatively, it feels like apple’s software quality has been on a slide for several years. What attracted me to move to Mac OS in the first place some 15 years ago was the sheer quality. It was thrilling to use a computer that Just Worked, with no BSODs or the endless dependency hell that was Linux at the time. It doesn’t feel like that any more, across either OSX or iOS - it feels fragile. Things crash, behaviours…

Post by icebraining » Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 3:33 PM UTC

st3fan wrote: post #28

madaxe_again wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Qualitatively, it feels like apple’s software quality has been on a slide for several years. What attracted me to move to Mac OS in the first place some 15 years ago was the sheer quality. It was thrilling to use a computer that Just Worked, with no BSODs or the endless dependency hell that was Linux at the time. It doesn’t feel like that any more, across either OSX or iOS - it feels fragile. Things crash, behaviours…

Thank goodness that Linux is consistent and has no bugs :-) Ubuntu still doesn't let me change my IP address to a static one via the UI and video drivers still crash or result in hours of googling and reading contradicting articles on how to change xorg.conf Software has bugs. Operating systems are hard. It doesn't matter where you will go, you will most likely deal with similar issues. Whether it be Linux, Windows o…

Post by daxelrod » Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 3:38 PM UTC

Retric wrote: post #31

madaxe_again wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Qualitatively, it feels like apple’s software quality has been on a slide for several years. What attracted me to move to Mac OS in the first place some 15 years ago was the sheer quality. It was thrilling to use a computer that Just Worked, with no BSODs or the endless dependency hell that was Linux at the time. It doesn’t feel like that any more, across either OSX or iOS - it feels fragile. Things crash, behaviours…

I found OS X to be incredibly buggy at release. I think 10.2 was fairly stable, but I had a lot of issues before that.

Post by __s » Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 3:43 PM UTC

tenaciousDaniel wrote: post #32

crypt1d wrote: post #19

I found the style of the article to be quite refreshing somehow. The OP is not trying to look like a smartass about the discovery (a trait very common in the IT industry), and she acknowledges that she doesn't really understand what is the underlying cause. She is just happy that she discovered something and is keen on sharing it with the world.

I wish there was more of this. Exploring tech should be a delight .

Post by freehunter » Sun, Jan 28, 2018, 3:53 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #83

I've edited 'he' to 'she' in the two otherwise fine comments that made this mistake ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16251566 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16251562 ) and grouped several empty replies and one lame off-topic subthread under this one. It's rare that we do something like this (and I've emailed the author), but it seems fairer than to penalize their original posts, which were otherwise i…