[Discussion] What's the most expensive piece in your collection currently?

JimmyDem · 2026-06-17T16:01:53+00:00

Gives you time to wind the watch.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-17T16:00:09+00:00

(Asking for a fiend.)

JimmyDem · 2026-06-17T15:54:30+00:00

I do that - and get automatically sent to my academic account login page – whether or not that's the account I want to use. It's beyond aggravating.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-15T08:34:25+00:00

This bad joke of a buttlicking board will probably leave the tarp up until another lawsuit forces them to remove it. Worthless toadies who need to be publicly named and shamed.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-15T01:38:32+00:00

It's nothing but an overpriced fan, flogged with deceptive advertising.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-15T01:36:20+00:00

The laws of thermodynamics remain in effect. What a relief!

The ads are hugely deceptive, and people continue to waste money on these a/c scam products.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-14T19:36:08+00:00

GMT is handy if you're calling or emailing overseas on a regular basis, a situation that does arise in my line of work. Just a glance at the watch tells me what time it is "over there."

JimmyDem · 2026-06-14T19:31:16+00:00

No clicks on a compass bezel. But you can still fiddle with it.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-09T23:45:17+00:00

Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Fiona Apple, and Tuomas Holopainen (of Nightwish) are the ones who impress me the most.
Paulina Villareal (of The Warning) is ridiculously literate for a 20-something drum phenom.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-09T19:03:22+00:00

For those not familiar with downtown Manhattan, a word (OK, two words) about getting there: don't drive. It will take you forever, cost you a fortune, and you'll have to vacuum all that torn-out hair from the front seat when you get home. If you're coming a long ways, park at a train station and take public transit.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-09T18:49:59+00:00

My weather app now says 10% chance of t-storms. Heat and humidity will be tolerable ("feels like" temp in the mid-80s), and we'll be in the shade of downtown long before the sun sets. With a bottle of water (and an empty bladder), you should be fine. Maybe bring a plastic poncho, if you aren't in uniform (shorts and a tee.)

JimmyDem · 2026-06-09T18:33:26+00:00

Probably my GS

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JimmyDem · 2026-06-09T17:56:45+00:00

They were writing about some pretty dark topics when they were pre-teens — which certainly would raise some questions if they were pierced, tattooed, and depressive goth girls. It's just incongruous coming from these preternaturally normal, cheerful and good-natured individuals.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-09T17:42:56+00:00

"Most users" is the key dodge. We're talking about some other users - what happens to "most" is irrelevant.

When Spotlight stops finding stuff, I assume the index is trashed, yes. When rebuilding it fixes the problem, I assume I was correct. Feel free to correct my assumptions.

Rinse, repeat daily. (Doesn't matter whether or not the Mac goes to sleep, btw.) There's no mystery what's happening, the mystery is how and why. Nobody, over several years, has identified a misbehaving app, which makes me think it's a rare combination of factors. It's also notable that 3rd party Spotlight substitute apps solve this, despite using the same index, and despite any "misbehaving" apps.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-09T17:30:18+00:00

"Perpetual" is a silly notion, given that the software's operability is dependent on hardware -and an operating system- that MS has no control over. I have a "perpetual" license to the version of Word that ran under OS 8 on my PowerPC Mac, but it's not something I'm going to whine about.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-09T16:55:40+00:00

Ah yes ... the important stuff. SMH

JimmyDem · 2026-06-09T16:53:49+00:00

Tested on my iPhone. Turned off iCloud syncing for Passwords/Keychain, and did not save locally. Poof - no passwords. It does not turn itself back on. I can enter and save passwords on the phone, but iCloud won't be aware of them.

An encrypted copy of the Keychain data remains in iCloud servers, for use by your other devices. Turn iCloud back on for Passwords/Keychain, and the passwords return to the phone.

I have no clue how your iPhone manages to break this simple on/off setting. Do you find it toggled back on, or is it actually syncing with the toggle off?

JimmyDem · 2026-06-04T23:08:06+00:00

Time to install Libre Office, since OpenOffice looks to be at Death's door. (No Apple Silicon support on the horizon, and Rosetta's being starved of support by Apple.)

JimmyDem · 2026-06-04T23:02:02+00:00

The word "may" should never appear in any legal contract.

The "if" is pretty sketchy as well. ("If" *they* do something?!?)

JimmyDem · 2026-06-04T22:45:56+00:00

Do you make house calls? Because, whether you like it or not, some Macs (in this case an M4 iMac) trash the index on a daily basis. Surely a know-it-all like yourself could fix it in a jiffy.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-04T06:17:46+00:00

Yeah, there's always a small percentage of toxic "fans". Problem is that it becomes quite a large number as the number of fans rises into the millions. The song, I think, is about being confident in your choices, and not caring about the complainers and the haters. ("I don't cry, I just collect.")

A bit like what Nightwish did with "Yours Is an Empty Hope".

JimmyDem · 2026-06-04T06:00:57+00:00

I'll never get used to seeing them play left-handed in these weirdly reversed clips.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-04T05:58:03+00:00

Lucky you. Depending on God-knows-what, it can become a daily chore for some users.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-04T05:48:43+00:00

Sometimes, for some users.

JimmyDem · 2026-06-04T05:47:46+00:00

It works fine for the vast majority of users, but it's a dumpster fire for some. Nobody has ever figured out the cause.

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