I disagree. Linus shooting from the hip and making himself look an even bigger ass is incredibly entertaining.

Nice.

Big shout out to them leaving the links to LTT merch in the description. Venal fucks.

It’s not just “YouTuber drama” though; LTT have positioned themselves as The Grand Knowledge on all things tech, so a good number of people turn to them for recommendations. And their recommendations are questionable.

Remember the New iPad, or the 3rd gen iPad as literally everyone called it?

Apple did try to simplify in the same way they did with Macs, but then they fragmented the iPad line so much that it was difficult to keep up, so now you have “12.9” 2022 iPad Pro" as opposed to “5th gen iPad Air”.

Still, it’s better than the abominations that Sony come out with. Looking at you, WH-1000XM4 headphones, or Bravia KD55X75WL (2023).

It’s not just politicians, it’s so many of the older people running the companies and pulling the strings.

My own boss is an absolute nightmare for not understanding that technology that could make our jobs here so, so much easier - and crucially much much more efficient. And yeah, I get that we could endlessly chase the promises of tech, but I’m forever being told to wind back my reliance on online tech because the boss won’t spend the money needed on some computers and would rather do things on paper. I just nod, agree, then carry on doing things my way, because it has proven results. There’s a bunch of us here who rely on Google Docs for collaboration software, because the boss refuses to spend any money on anything better suited. He didn’t need it back when he set up the company 20 years ago, so he doesn’t need it now!

Drives me fucking mad.

As to your point on experts; our government ministers actively reject experts who actually know about the issues, choosing instead to listen to people who’ll tell them what they want to hear.

But they’re not as fun as feature updates!

until they publish the technical specs sufficient for community support and repair.

I want to see phones with no further official OS support have their boot loaders opened up so a lightweight OS can be installed on them instead. I’ve had iPhones in the past that have been absolutely rock solid after a battery replacement that lost iOS support, and with that a whole bunch of resale value. So I now tend to sell mine a year or so before they’re likely to be dropped.

But I genuinely think that I’d hold on to an iPhone that could have an alternative OS installed. This is, of course, why none of the major manufacturers allow this. Gotta put the profits ahead of the ethics.

I have a 2015 fully specced 15" MacBook Pro that I’m trying to sell at the minute, which is proving more difficult than I thought it might, partly because the M-series Airs are so compelling, but also because it’s an incredibly powerful machine that’s officially locked to Monterey, which is now two years old.

Beyond Apple’s need for financial gains, I don’t think there was a compelling reason to leave that model out of the Ventura upgrades.

I had it running Ventura via OCLP, which it had absolutely no trouble with at all. But I can’t sell it in that state because while it’s pretty stable, there is still some extra fiddling needed with running an unsupported OS.

He’s the consummate failson. Rich enough that he’ll never actually experience any tangible negativity from his various ventures, if he has a skill, it’s in self-publicity and (historically) throwing money at ventures that are already on an upward trajectory.

But I feel that all the cocaine and being surrounded by Yes Men have led to him tipping over the edge.

I’m a mod on mendeddrum.org, for all the Pratchett aficionados out there. It’s pretty chill, our admin doesn’t tolerate any kind of dick behaviour, and it’s nice.

The simple answer to this is to not use Reddit on mobile.

No sir, I won’t fall for your ruse.

I started trying to humanise people who pissed me off. Over time it chilled me right out.

By which I mean; say you’re on the motorway pulling 80mph in the outside lane and some asshole in an Audi comes screaming up behind you, flashing his lights, trying to get you out the way so he can get back up to 110mph.

In the past, I’d make a wanker gesture at him, then gradually pull across, making him all pissy with me. I’d get that momentary hollow feeling of victory that I’d got one over on a prick. Then I’d realise that I was mostly just angry and I’d achieved nothing.

So I started trying to humanise those people. Maybe he’s driving his Audi like a twat because he really needs a crap, or his wife’s having a baby. I don’t know, and I don’t need to know. Little by little this has helped me to chill out, and not just while driving. It’s carried over into other areas of my life, where I attempt to provide a justifiable reason for shitty behaviour at times when I just couldn’t know the truth.

Personally I love smelling of TITANIUM & CARBON AND THE GRADUAL EROSION OF MY ABILITY TO EXPRESS MY EMOTIONS AS I GROW FROM BOYHOOD TO MAN.

It makes me feel powerful.

Pour one out for Heavyweight.

Way I see it, if you can’t access it via RSS, then it ain’t a podcast. Fuck Spotify.

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Could I play it safe and fire them both into the sun?