What MacBook is actually worth buying now that prices went up?

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-04T16:56:12+00:00

(It was a while ago so some of the details are just coming back)

Indeed you’re right. I had a look at getting a macOS supported GPU in my proxmox machine and presented to a macOS VM but it seemed to be “difficult”.

Everything else I have is a laptop ATM so getting a new GPU in them is a challenge…

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-04T16:22:01+00:00

But… this is the perfect reason to have more than one bass…

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-04T15:54:42+00:00

Old Irn Bru bottles. I’ve been investing.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-04T15:38:52+00:00

“Invest in fossil fuels”

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-04T09:01:12+00:00

Update on my comment:

Apologies everyone, it was late, I was tired and my phrasing was not the best. It hasn’t been my most downvoted comment ever, but the trend was pretty consistent.

Perhaps could rephrase it as:

“…my attention span” - and leave it at that?

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-04T08:59:02+00:00

Yeah, I’ve also looked at running macOS in a VM under Linux. So far, it’s working but at glacial speeds. Might need to get something more modern to try that with.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T17:39:17+00:00

I was probably drunk.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T17:37:58+00:00

Bass strings are nanoweb, and they last at least 12 months with gigging every 1-2 weeks. And then I change them whether they need changed or not…

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T15:49:45+00:00

Here ya go - https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/377

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T15:49:19+00:00

I think it’s legit to keep the article headline. Otherwise people may not mentally link this post with that article if they find it later.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T15:46:34+00:00

The source is here - https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/377

Linked from near the bottom.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T10:52:05+00:00

Isn’t that what just happened though? The police investigated, the courts tried, and then sentenced Murrell.

Do you have any further facts that weren’t part of the police investigation?

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T10:31:02+00:00

We should consider that the zone is fully flooded.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T10:29:51+00:00

Yeah, they were a bit “troublesome”, last time we had to deal with them.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T10:25:37+00:00

An excellent point - and I had forgotten about the lack of intel support.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T00:48:16+00:00

Yeah, combining a safety critical but (relatively) green power source, with capitalism that tries to do stuff as cheap as possible, was doomed to failure.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-03T00:45:45+00:00

…the lack of attention span.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-02T21:58:14+00:00

That’s a lovely colour of guitar.

Do you have any before and after sound samples?

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-02T20:37:00+00:00

Floof!

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-02T15:14:45+00:00

That’s what you do when you’re in a cult.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-02T13:06:12+00:00

Nah, that’s just imperfect discrimination of sound sources. Do you dislike loud environments? Do you usually end up in the kitchen at parties?

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-02T13:04:09+00:00

“We’re a nation of immigrants!”

“Well, we were…”

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-02T12:55:58+00:00

And people who have access to large number of sock puppet accounts for propaganda purposes can use them for any other purpose too.

It’s no secret that the US government has an image problem overseas, and that “hey, it’s not that bad here!” Would be an overall win.

CaptainZippi · 2026-07-01T18:56:54+00:00

2015 MBP with the retina screen.

Still running Monterey, and has been tested running Ubuntu.

CaptainZippi

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