The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Ford
That movie is a legitimate work of art in which every performance is understated and every frame could be hung on the wall of any gallery. But because it’s quite long, and because nothing gets blown up, no one really paid any attention to it.
I genuinely only know about three people IRL who have seen it, and I’m one of them.
Nothing says “serious journalism” like that article censoring the term “foot fetish”.
And I bet you call it Graphics Image Manipulation Program every time you use Graphics Image Manipulation Program, right?
Eh, I gather the Linux based ones were actually pretty cool. But 99% of netbooks ended up being underpowered mini laptops running XP, so were doomed to failure.
I’ve got Monzo working with my Garmin. I use Graphene, so it’s literally my only option for payments considering Curve failed my ID check and refuse to reply to my emails trying to sort it out.
What, like Asus did back in 2007?
Of all the PC manufacturers, Apple are the ones who are most likely to sweep away legacy standards.
Remember when they ditched DVD drives altogether, and the tech world threw a shit fit. When was the last time you saw a new laptop with a disc drive?
They did the same with the 30 pin connector. USB-A as well.
Of course, they can get away with it because they can also dictate which machines get which OS updates, so can entirely block devices that don’t have hardware they no longer want to support.
Thing is, from Apple’s perspective they don’t really need users to plug anything in to a MacBook - particularly where this one is concerned.
MacBook Neo exists as an entry-level device to hook new computer users into their services. You don’t need an external hard drive, because for just £5 a month you can access iCloud Storage. You don’t need to connect a music player, because for just £15 a month you can have Apple Music. You don’t need to sync a Kobo, because you can read Apple Books on your iPad or iPhone. And so on.
They made the same argument with the 2015 MacBook. It only had one USB-C as a nod to the fact that it needed to be charged somehow.
Personally I don’t like that view, but I’m not the target for this laptop.
For a teenager whose primary use case is to complete their school work on this, that’s entirely valid. And for the employee who’s issued a low-cost computer so they can work from home.
If the user needs more/better IO, then they can spend more to get more. But why equip an entry-level computer with four Thunderbolt 5 ports that will never be used? And why go to the trouble and expense of retrofitting an A18 SOC to provide those TB ports?
So, most of my computing these days is done using Linux, however, my primary computer is a MacBook. The reason I haven’t sold that MacBook in favour of a fully kitted ThinkPad running Linux is that I have yet to adequately replicate my radio broadcasting setup that works pretty much flawlessly in macOS.
In particular, MIDI control.
I have an app on my iPad mini called Knob Lab that gives me 12 virtual MIDI controls that I’ve mapped to perform various functions in Mixxx. I am damned if I can get the same setup to work on Linux. I’ve even found a similar (but not as good) app for an old Samsung tablet I have, just in case the barrier was iPadOS, but nope, can’t do it from Android either.
It’s kind of annoying, because everything else works just fine.
I’ve found that Linux supports multiple monitors better than macOS does. On macOS, if you invoke an app on Screen1, there’s a 50% chance it’ll open on Screen2 for no reason I’ve ever been able to figure out. Similarly, if I working in an app on Screen1 and open its settings panel, there’s a non-zero chance of that panel opening in the far corner of Screen2, because fuck you.
It supports Super Tux Cart, and what more could a games-loving child need?
It’s like you don’t care about stonks and shareholder value.
I have a script that takes a YT URL on my clipboard and uses yt-dlp to download it to my Jellyfin folder so I can watch on my Apple TV on The Big Telly.
Fuck adverts.
I used to work for the company that made those cards. One of the best jobs I’ve ever had, because the manager was cool as fuck.
My work PC and gaming PC are Kubuntu, my media server is Debian, and my Home Assistant server is macOS, because it’s an M1 mini. So yeah, kinda. I thought about putting the server on Kubuntu, but in the end figured I’d go for as stable as possible.
IMO it’s the exact opposite; we talk about this because we want the best protocol to win, this time, while knowing full well that usually it doesn’t.
Honestly, I couldn’t give a shit. Like I couldn’t give a shit about celebrities and journalists signing up to Mastodon.
The Fediverse with which I interact is vibrant, and full of (mostly) good people, all sharing knowledge, jokes, art, etc… I don’t personally care if Taylor Swift signs up, because the people who currently live on here largely play by the rules, and the vibe is good.
I don’t care if Bluesky’s protocol ends up ‘winning’, because it doesn’t affect Mastodon. Or Lemmy. Or Pixelfed. Or Peertube. Or whatever federated services anyone else uses.
I don’t like how sad the sandwich looks.
I actually have no idea how it all works. It just does.
Asahi is incredible for general use computing on M1/2 machines, and perhaps even in use as a general purpose home server. But it’s still very much a fun exercise in what might be possible rather than a solid option, in my opinion.
My wife’s 4K monitor died a few months ago. They’d been pondering a new one anyway, so that forced the decision.
So I took the broken one to work and asked my electrician buddy if he could run a multimeter over it.
One 8p capacitor later and now I have a 4K monitor as well.