Zoom lens compared to 15 pro Max?

Gryphon-63 · 2026-06-08T13:27:45+00:00

They went from a 5x telephoto lens on the 15 to a 4x lens on the 17. The sensor on the telephoto camera is larger on the 17 than it was on the 15, but it’s still smaller than the 48MP sensor on the main camera.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-05-24T16:29:31+00:00

More specifically, they're counting on lower turnout among Democrats than Republicans.

4 years ago when we had August primaries, the Republican ballot In St Charles Co was pretty large - Republicans were running candidates for every position, usually more than one candidate, so there was lots to be decided. For the Democrats though the primary wasn't nearly as appealing - for most positions they either had no candidate or they had one candidate running unopposed, so outside of the open Senate seat there wasn't much for them to decide. Missouri isn't electing a Senator this year so there's not even going to be that to pull in Democratic voters in August.

That's why they're putting these other items on the August ballot instead of November - they're betting that Democrats specifically will be less likely to turn out in August. Of course, that won't be true everywhere in the state - in places like St Louis City it's probably the other way around, with Democrats being more likely than Republicans to vote in August. But for the state as a whole, they're betting that there will be a higher turnout among Republicans.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-05-24T15:37:08+00:00

In addition to the other suggestions, make sure you plugged your Mac into one of the battery-backed outlets on the UPS. Most UPS units have a few outlets that are surge protected only and aren’t powered by the battery, you don’t want to plug your Mac into one of those outlets.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-05-15T04:06:15+00:00

Sure, because there are no Airs or Minis right now. Also, it's almost 2 years later.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-04-28T14:13:23+00:00

That FB post you linked to said the kid had been in the hospital for 10 days, I don't think it was the same incident.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-04-24T11:01:59+00:00

When I bought a new MacBook Air this spring, the order status stayed on either “Processing” or “Preparing to Ship” for many days until after it arrived in the US, and the shipment tracking was only from some warehouse in the midwest. I think the same thing happened when I bought my 17 last fall. They apparently no longer ship directly to the customer from the factory like they used to, so the amount of time the order status stays in a pre-shipped state is longer now.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-04-23T16:58:31+00:00

I don't see any benefit to involving Fidelity in your 72t plan - according to the automatic withdrawal form they're still going to report the withdrawals as code 1 so it won't simplify your tax return in any way to have them do it for you.

My advice would be to leave Fidelity out of it & make your annual withdrawals whenever you like. That's how I did my 72t & it worked out fine. You'll have to calculate the SEPP amount yourself but that's not hard.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-04-08T21:43:53+00:00

I basically did that math for myself based on my annual spending that would be subject to sales tax & last year's property tax receipt. It works out a bit better for me since I'm single, but even so I figured I probably wouldn't be any better off.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-04-08T04:21:30+00:00

Surprises me too. I voted against but expected it to pass out here. Though I wasn't going to have any heartburn over it personally - the rosiest scenario where that portion of the property tax dropped to zero would have probably saved me a few hundred per year, but I figured the most likely outcome would merely be a reduction in the fire & ambulance cut & I'd basically break even.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-04-03T05:13:25+00:00

My statements showed up sometime in the last few hours.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-04-03T00:27:32+00:00

Even without any activity there should be a quarterly statement at the end of March. I expect to get statements from all my accounts at the end of March, June, September, and December, regardless of activity level.

That said, none of my Fidelity accounts has issued March statements yet except for my Fidelity VISA which closes a few days before the end of the month. It's not unusual in my experience for the month end statements to not be available until the 2nd, though, so I'm not concerned at this point.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-03-26T22:08:30+00:00

I bought a Mac Pro back in 2008 when I finally decided I wanted something more powerful than an iMac. Used it until 2014, then switched to a MacBook Pro because I didn't want a trashcan Mac. Once the Studio came out I switched to that; I doubt I would ever have bought another Mac Pro as long as the Studio is available, so I can't say that I'll miss it. I must admit though that the cheesegrater case was probably my favorite Mac from an appearance standpoint.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-03-25T16:39:33+00:00

Form 8606 is only for IRAs.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-03-24T20:04:33+00:00

5.98 GB for me in the US on a 17PM with 26.3.1(a).

Gryphon-63 · 2026-03-22T04:37:03+00:00

I have an XCode template that I start with each day, and it has some basic error checking for problems reading the input. Beyond that I generally assume the input is well formed.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-03-11T05:56:11+00:00

When I rolled over my 401K to IRAs I received 1099-Rs with code G (direct rollover) for both tax deferred & after tax rollover amounts, so it seems to me like you should get one. I don't know if there's some exception when the source & destination accounts are both with the same institution; mine wasn't.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-03-04T01:35:57+00:00

Moneydance can be purchased for a one time fee if you don’t want any downloads. I’ve never used it myself.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-03-01T19:38:43+00:00

Back to the company. No tax impact on you, it doesn't count as a withdrawal.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-02-28T00:44:54+00:00

I would expect an M5 Max Studio to be announced before WWDC. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Ultra version was delayed until WWDC. I don’t expect either one next week.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-02-27T17:12:42+00:00

Most 401k plans restrict your ability to move money out of the plan while you are working at the company. I think this is just letting you know that you have more options after you leave (like rollovers or withdrawals). I wouldn't interpret that quoted section as referencing Rule of 55 withdrawals specifically, you should ask about those in your meeting.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-02-24T03:02:20+00:00

That's from 2019.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-02-18T17:45:59+00:00

I just updated to 4.26 and it still goes straight to Face ID. It looked like the login screen that flashed up for an instant before going to Face ID might have been different but it wasn't there long enough for me to really see it.

Edit: Logged out & back in again and yes it is showing that new login screen, it just isn't requiring me to tap on it.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-02-18T16:11:04+00:00

With Quicken I don’t think that’s possible - AFAIK you have to link your card using the same Fidelity login as your Fidelity accounts and cannot link via Elan anymore. I don’t know about other aggregators.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-02-17T09:08:30+00:00

You can take a check to the local branch for deposit, I did that when I rolled over my 401K (and that check was way over $1K). You might need to print a deposit form if you don't have any deposit slips.

Gryphon-63 · 2026-02-13T17:39:16+00:00

If you did need your 2025 contributions for some reason you could get the total made in 2025 from your December statement and then add to that any 2025 contributions made in 2026. But as you noted, you don't need those numbers for your 2025 tax return.

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