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Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by ssl-3 »

sgirard wrote: post #189
ssl-3 wrote: post #178

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With something like 400,000 employees and 400 locations, Bosch has fingers in all kinds of markets. They invented the O2 sensor that lead to electronic fuel injected engines being awesome, and they still produce huge numbers of OE automotive engine management systems. They've got their self-branded tools, but when you buy a Dremel widget or a Diablo saw blade, you're also buying Bosch. I used to get home aquarium equ…

I am not familiar with "skookum choocher". Is that a technical term? Based on the context it must be a good thing.

It's jargon.

A choocher is a thing that chooches; it's a machine that accomplishes things. Like a steam locomotive, chooching along and doing real work as it goes.

Skookum is a term borrowed from Chinook that means things like strong, brave, or excellent. When an object is skookum, it is resoundingly well-made, robust, or reliable. Some things are more skookum than others, while some aren't skookum at all.

A skookum choocher is a well-made machine that does a great job of doing stuff.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by mixmastamyk »

Dansvidania wrote: post #133
gonzalohm wrote: post #131

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One reason is because MacOs sucks

can you go into more detail? what am I missing, I am assuming by not switching back to linux?

Freedom, privacy, informed consent. Avoidance of censorship, etc.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by kingnothing »

illegalsmile wrote: post #168
ct0 wrote: post #118

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I'm waiting for a Bosch dishwasher to be delivered today. Supposedly it's one of the best.

I thought the same too and I think it's horrible. It can neither be too loaded or too empty, the door doesn't stay cracked open after it dries so I have to prop it slightly open and the placement on tines on the drawers are poor and often too small. It'll probably last forever so I'll have no reason to replace it. In my last home my cheap Kitchenaid was great, I suppose I could swap them. I suppose the floor light is…

On the flip side, I've been using them for years with no issues. I jam pack them full of filthy dishes and they come out perfectly clean every time. I use high quality detergent, rinse aid, keep the filter clean, and regularly run dishwasher cleaner through it. I wouldn't have any other brand.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

dmaa wrote: post #87
jimnotgym wrote: post #77

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>I don't get why on such a well thought-out and built device as this, the corners are so sharp. Because macs have 3 big markets 1) graphic designers/ photo editors 2) web developers 3) people who value looks above other considerations Number 3 buy more macs, so square corners it is

I am in neither of these and nor is any of the many people I know with macbooks. I honestly do not understand why any average person would buy anything else than a macbook today.

> I honestly do not understand why any average person would buy anything else than a macbook today.

Personally, it's because I hate MacOS with a fiery passion. The UX is just awful.

Disappearing scrollbars are a bug, not a feature, on a desktop OS. They make sense on a phone/table where screen real estate is a premium, but on anything 14 inches or more, it's just not necessary.

I hate the dock bar. I don't want multiple windows from a single app coalesced to a single icon. If I have two PyCharm windows open, I should have two entries so I can click between them in a single click.

I hate that I can't disable scroll wheel acceleration. I have my scroll speed set to 1 click of the wheel being ~3 lines of text. 4 clicks should always be 12 lines, regardless of it's a quick flick or a casual scroll. MacOS insists on making it so a slow click of the wheel scrolls half a line, but a quick flick of 4 clicks or so goes 3 pages.

It's utterly stupid that Home/End bring my cursor to the begin/end of the current document, rather than the beginning/end of the current line.

I could go on and on about the things I despise about it. But as a general rule, if there's something that Linux and Windows do the same way, but MacOS does it differently, I'll hate it. It feels often like MacOS wants to be different for the sake of being different rather than actually being better.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by lb1lf »

NetMageSCW wrote: post #170
close04 wrote: post #55

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I think the bigger point is that people think they “afford” a luxury item as soon as they barely afford to buy it and forget that owning also has a cost. They are too afraid to use the damn thing out of fear that they damage it somehow. Their luxury item loses all meaning and use beyond showing ownership of an expensive thing. Like those fancy luxury cars some people buy but are too expensive to drive, maintain, insu…

Yeah, I don’t understand buying a car to sit around. It’s a car, if you aren’t driving it, you aren’t getting the full experience. I daily drive what some think are just for special trips.

Haha, we need to talk. (Current garage: Land Cruisers BJ42 and HZJ78, SI 80" Land Rover (full grille, thank you very much), 1972 RRC, a 1966 MGB V8 (retrofit, not original).)

Oh, and a Passat for the missus. The kids call the Passat 'The muggle car'.

I really could do with a couple cars less (mostly to make room for a Toyota Century, I have wanted one for years), but I love all of them for different reasons, so...

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

giamma wrote: post #172
rasz wrote: post #152

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Like that dead pixel on your screen, or video tearing when you scroll, or game running at 20 fps

Kind of, for example I play games with motion blur activated, but my son switches it off.

Motion blur is great when done right, but most games do it wrong, so it gets a bad rap.

The two sins are:

1. Blurring things that shouldn't be blurred.

2. Blurring too much.

Racing games are notoriously guilty of #1. If you're in a third person view, your car should basically never have any motion blur. Likewise, a car driving the same speed as you right next to you shouldn't get blurred. You should only see blur in the road and scenery that is close to you. Instead, the devs will just apply a post-processed radial blur that blurs the entire scene, which just turns the entire screen into a blurry mess.

The width of the blur should at most be the delta between frames, and ideally, just half that, really. But a lot of devs seem to have this idea of "Motion blur is a neat effect! We should emphasize it!" and the blur will cover an area covered by multiple video frames.

A motion blur that is more subtle can actually look amazing. It doesn't look blurry, and instead, just makes animations look more fluid.

Motion blur is why movies can be 24 fps and look fine, but a game at 24 fps typically looks incredibly choppy.

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by gonzalohm »

Dansvidania wrote: post #133
gonzalohm wrote: post #131

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One reason is because MacOs sucks

can you go into more detail? what am I missing, I am assuming by not switching back to linux?

For me it's customization. I really like to customize my OS experience to my liking (both for efficiency and looks). In MacOS you cannot even change the location of the window buttons (minimize, maximize, close) or the order. I know it sounds nitpicky but it shows how little freedom it gives you

Re: I also filed the corners off my MacBook

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

musha68k wrote: post #65

I've been using Macs for decades and never had these issues personally. It seems like some people do literally rest their hands / arms on desk / notebook body while typing. The "sharp edge syndrome" here to me seems to be a good thing then as it acts as a reminder for proper ergonomics / posture. First Google AI search result on the topic: "Never rest your wrists on your MacBook while typing. Instead, let your palms…

> Hover your hands as you type.

I've been using computer keyboards for 30 years and have never done that.

Still no wrist problems.

I don't typically type on laptop keyboards though, and I use a very firm wrist pad, and sit at a height that makes my wrists nearly perfectly straight.

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