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Post by emilecantin »

dijit wrote: post #282
throwaway894345 wrote: post #196

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I will say I really like the lock button and the touch ID integration. I hate the lack of physical escape key (especially for vim); however, they are fixing that on many (most? all?) new models. Mostly I'm pretty meh about the touch bar. Not sure how much cost it's adding, but I'd probably rather they reduce the cost.

FWIW, escape is actually slower (both in movement speed and in actual invokation) than ^[. lit: `CTRL+[` I know habits die hard, and "you're holding it wrong" is not a valid excuse- and I know that I also dislike massively not having an escape key. But for vim specifically; there is an escape sequence and the escape key is an alternative method for that. (similar to how the arrows "work" but hjkl is the "real" way of…

This really depends on your keyboard layout. On mine (Canadian Multilingual, yes, I like my accents), [ is actually Alt+9. So Ctrl+[ becomes Ctrl-Alt-9 which is an unwieldy combination, to say the least. I like my Esc key where it is.

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Post by mplanchard »

zimpenfish wrote: post #160
csomar wrote: post #141

I made the switch to Linux as my main OS for software development in the last month (archlinux with AMD Ryzen on a custom built box) and I'm not regretting it. For a comparison, here is the Press Release for Snow Leopard ( https://www.apple.com/ca/newsroom/2009/06/08Apple-Unveils-Ma... here is an excerpt from the text > For the first time, system applications including Finder, Mail, iCal®, iChat® and Safari are 64-bi…

> Apps that are not that much relevant (since people are too hooked in Firefox/Chrome, Fb/Ig, and Google Maps). Anecdata: My family uses Safari, Messages, and Maps extensively (and Fb/Ig don't replace Messages, they're something else that gets used.) Don't confuse "tech people" with "real people", there's a world of difference.

True, but this announcement/keynote was delivered at a developers’ conference, so it’s not unreasonable to want content more relevant to that audience.

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Post by zimpenfish »

mplanchard wrote: post #372
zimpenfish wrote: post #160

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> Apps that are not that much relevant (since people are too hooked in Firefox/Chrome, Fb/Ig, and Google Maps). Anecdata: My family uses Safari, Messages, and Maps extensively (and Fb/Ig don't replace Messages, they're something else that gets used.) Don't confuse "tech people" with "real people", there's a world of difference.

True, but this announcement/keynote was delivered at a developers’ conference, so it’s not unreasonable to want content more relevant to that audience.

I think the keynote has always been aimed at the users (via journalists, I suppose) - in the ones I've watched, it's always been "surface level"; never much below "we have these spanky new technologies!" on a slide. The rest of WWDC is for the developers with the workshops and whatnot, really.

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Post by CharlesW »

knolan wrote: post #314
CharlesW wrote: post #102

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Friend, it's time for a clean install. You should never have to do one, but macOS isn't yet iPadOS, and cruft happens.

It’s a new 16” that I set up new.

Wow, then my apologies for offering non-applicable advice. I'm crazy-curious what it could be.

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Post by cjcampbell »

indemnity wrote: post #329
MikeKusold wrote: post #273

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Any recommendations on a TB3 dock? I recently searched for one, and none of the top rated ones can support a 16" MBP power requirements. One of the manufacturers even went as far as saying "How often do you really use your CPU/GPU at 100%?"[0] Dell and HP have higher powered docks, but there are many conflicting reports on if it can deliver 96W to non-dell/hp laptops. TB3/USB-C is a giant mess that is too confusing f…

CalDigit TS3 Plus: I have a 16” MBP and two 4K monitors, keyboard and mouse attached to it. Charging works fine even though I don’t think it pumps same power as PSU out. I do a lot of Rust programming and use VMs too. Haven’t run into a situation where it runs out of juice while attached.

I can second this recommendation. Not cheap, but this dock has been excellent.

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Post by SkyMarshal »

cytzol wrote: post #52

I was really hoping they'd take some time to address Catalina's glaring issues — its slowness, bugginess, just general sloppiness — and instead they did the opposite. Honestly, every time Apple has done anything with the Mac the past couple of years, they've screwed it up. The infamous keyboards that they doubled-down and then tripled-down upon (I have personally had five keyboard replacements). The way Catalina send…

I’m still holding out on Mavericks b/c of Catalina problems. I’ve learned over the years to not be an early adopter of some critical things, like OS updates.

Re: macOS Big Sur Preview

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Post by SkyMarshal »

lisper wrote: post #15

IMHO Apple's design jumped the shark a long time ago. Even apart from the aesthetics of the "flat" look, which I like about as much as fingernails on a chalkboard, Apple has completely abandoned the principles that made the original Mac great: ease of use and discoverability. Once upon a time it was easy to tell where the affordances were, what you could click on, editable vs non-editable text. Nowadays everything lo…

> ease of use and discoverability

Good point. It’s like post-Jobs Apple has forgotten that design is not how it looks, but how it works.

“Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer – that the designers are handed this box and told, “Make it look good!” That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” - Steve Jobs

https://quotesondesign.com/steve-jobs/

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Post by cuddlybacon »

ianai wrote: post #280
cuddlybacon wrote: post #128

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I've also seen it reacted to very negatively when announced.

I don’t remember this but it’s credible. Can you dredge your any links from back then?

I wasn't specifically thinking about Apple, but a game I play. When I dug up the history on Reddit, it was a single troll commenting on every dev diary post.

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Post by bitcharmer »

jki275 wrote: post #369
bitcharmer wrote: post #367

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Out of curiosity; if Linux sucks, why do you still choose it over other systems?

Why would that surprise you, given the comment? The desire is to make it better, using it in spite of its issues is a way to do that. More users = more inertia to make it better, more resources for reporting issues, etc. I personally use Linux all the time, but not on the desktop because it's just bad enough that I can't stand it (It's really not Linux, it's X and all its associated crap). I won't criticize those who…

> Why would that surprise you, given the comment?

Because people choose the least shitty solution for themselves whenever they can. So it doesn't make sense to torment yourself with an OS you don't like or cannot utilise to the extent that you'd like.

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Post by ironmagma »

bitcharmer wrote: post #367
ironmagma wrote: post #360

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Not sure why this is downvoted, it’s objective truth. I’ll go one farther though and say that Linux sucks, and in fact we must admit that if we want it to ever be good. It requires constant investment by the community to remain competitive with the other big players, who are constantly reshaping and making advances we need to keep up with. This is spoken as a desktop Linux user.

Out of curiosity; if Linux sucks, why do you still choose it over other systems?

Open source software is great when it works, much better than proprietary software. I have a strong preference for open source; but I can't use Linux for anything serious because of how so many things are broken (not the kernel per se, so not "technically" Linux itself but the surrounding ecosystem). So, I use it as my hobby machine for whatever I can, because of dogfooding. The only way I will know what to fix, or even want to fix it, is by having to deal with it day after day.
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