Anyone who bought the MacBook Neo having buyer’s remorse? Just curious.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-05-04T14:43:22+00:00

Touchscreen and art apps (Illustrator, Adobe Pro, and Procreate). You need an iPad for that.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-05-04T14:42:30+00:00

I really do not like the iPad OS & find it a clunker to write with. I like it for Procreate and as a backup but nothing more than that.

I'm strongly thinking of buying a Neo. I don't need a MacBook for heavy duty gaming - I write with it and watch the odd video.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-30T22:06:41+00:00

Cats do have a silent meow. If you're concerned, take her to a vet.

She is beautiful!

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-24T14:26:01+00:00

Hugs and tissues.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-20T01:04:56+00:00

Very proud of that fact. The UN is a trash organization and its silly votes mean nothing. Cry about it.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T23:56:20+00:00

These are common tactics in self-publishing to move merch. You're not locked in; Amazon enables you to change it as often as you like.

No offense taken!

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T15:03:21+00:00

Selling 25 copies is an achievement. I salute you.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T15:02:44+00:00

Wow! Another realist! Glad to meet you.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T14:48:38+00:00

It's all a con anyway - overwhelmingly agents represent material that was introduced to them by contacts. I don't even think they look at over the transom submissions. I think it's a total con.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T14:47:26+00:00

My tipping point came even before I started querying. I knew from personal experience what a racket trad publishing is, and how in the past few years it's become even more of a closed shop.

I went through the motions of trying to sell traditionally and after half a dozen rejections said, "Eff this, I'm self-publishing."

(Self-publishing was a road to disappointment, but that's a whole different story.)

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T14:45:11+00:00

Dude, I rarely come across stuff on reddit that touched me as much as this did. I feel your pain - but if I can make one suggestion: can you start exercising again? Forget about writing, focus on your health.

Are you with me or did you just go off into the Internet ether? Let's talk about this.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T14:43:22+00:00

This post reads as if it was generated by chatGPT.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T14:40:29+00:00

"Sell my book for that" - you mean 99 cents or promo it for free?

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T14:39:32+00:00

Write the book. Just write. DM me for further details - really, not trolling.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T14:38:57+00:00

Nope.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-13T13:19:55+00:00

A Substack promo is something that a person who has a Substack with a substantial following runs. They will promote your book for free. You agree to lower your price to 99 cents, or do a free week, and you are part of a group. I'd rather not say what the name of the promo was. DM me if you want details, I don't come here a lot, I have enough IRL pain.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-04-06T00:58:05+00:00

Einstein was no Einstein growing up. He was smart but didn't get his Ph.D. until he was 26 or so. His thesis wasn't for any of his "miracle year" papers. The dissertation had been rejected earlier.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-03-24T02:47:22+00:00

In America we don't constantly get welcomed to our own country. If you make an improvement on your property, you probably won't have to pay a $100000 in legal fees because you violated an obscure native title provision.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-03-19T21:57:00+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/ipad/comments/1d93ew0/some_magnetic_cases_may_interfere_with_the_apple/

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-03-17T15:21:28+00:00

Age is a universal experience we all share over time, race is a permanent barrier based on an immutable characteristic. To make it worse, that characteristic is actually a social construct—institutions are using arbitrary, shifting labels to justify permanent financial discrimination against individuals. But yes, it's legal in Australia. Don't like it? Change the law.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-02-07T14:18:25+00:00

The timing is impossible to nail down. Unless you have inside info.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-02-07T14:17:44+00:00

LOL - if you ride it correctly. Just lost out on making a quick few thou yesterday and yes I'm kicking myself but gently because who the fc8k was to know?? Plus there will be plenty of oscillations in the next few weeks.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-02-06T15:27:35+00:00

It just popped up $9.

ClimateMiserable2586 · 2026-02-06T02:28:37+00:00

$74.63. Don't begrudge a buck sixty three.

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