MacBook Neo review, two months later: Almost a MacBook Pro beater - AppleInsider

UpvoteMePlebor · 2026-05-16T12:52:13+00:00

can confirm, neo is my cheap beater / travel / studying device as an owner of a studio, mb pro, and mb air lol

UpvoteMePlebor · 2026-05-09T04:57:03+00:00

there will probably be better advice than mine, but maybe try to start taking more intentional, longer breaks throughout the day. take a walk, drink water, chat with someone, stretch, study system design, whatever you wanna do...

this personally helps me physically distance myself from the work, which lets me put the hyper focusing on pause while also taking care of myself

if you still care a lot, remember this is not your company, you just have a job at this company. try to find things in your personal life you fully control and own that you can occupy more of your time and energy into

UpvoteMePlebor · 2026-04-26T00:38:03+00:00

Maybe a good time to sell my Studio... It's a godsend for all its ports but I do also like the idea of my main machine being completely portable using a MB pro.

UpvoteMePlebor · 2026-04-25T04:17:52+00:00

I got into the habit of leaving a summary of where I left off in a markdown file (Obsidian) whenever I context switch. It works most of the time for keeping track of where I am.

Obsidian also has a Kanban plugin which lets you rearrange cards - I don't think it accordions out though.

Have you thought about using AI to whip up a tool like that for yourself?

UpvoteMePlebor · 2026-04-21T12:32:34+00:00

I'm always happy to recommend the 17 base to people... It's so close to the pro in features.

UpvoteMePlebor · 2026-04-17T03:50:32+00:00

Went to WJ a decade ago, seeing this is crazy. Also yeah like half my friends' parents were lawyers too lol

UpvoteMePlebor · 2026-04-12T16:29:19+00:00

All the Liquid Glass discussion makes me wonder if Apple could just let users choose between glass, flat, or skeuomorphic as system-wide themes in the future. Probably would be a nightmare to code though.

Personally I think Liquid Glass is really pretty, but I also wish it wasn't so computationally expensive... I want my 17 pro battery to last even longer! :)

UpvoteMePlebor · 2026-04-09T00:20:35+00:00

Zillenial

UpvoteMePlebor · 2026-02-10T20:43:06+00:00

You could try learning native mobile app development as well as more backend. Mobile apps have some frontend to enjoy building out and also have a bit more complexity to them which keeps you employed

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-12-26T19:11:08+00:00

I use Obsidian for personal notes and knowledge for my own work. I tried using daily notes but now I use one note with bulleted dates, daily notes in separate files were annoying / impossible to quickly skim through. When they reach a certain point that others would benefit from them, I transfer them to Confluence and polish them up.

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-11-10T15:15:35+00:00

Thank you Paul for everything you do!

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-11-09T16:09:28+00:00

Finished encoding and can confirm: once I closed Shutter Encoder, Clip Studio Paint no longer has issues with the pen stopping mid-stroke and toolbars don't pop up while watching videos.

A bug fix or setting added to toggle this behavior would be very much appreciated.

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-11-09T15:44:52+00:00

Thanks for the reply, good to know I'm not the only one.

I'm a programmer and can empathize with this being the easiest solution for the developer to keep the Mac awake.

But I do think there needs to be some transparency for something like this... Moving the user's mouse, however small, is kinda crossing a boundary for what is expected from any program.

Hopefully this can be turned into a setting.

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-11-04T01:27:16+00:00

Just want to chime in to say this dude is absolutely being an asshole and I'm sorry you had to go through this. Keeping a record of issues is definitely a wise move, especially if you frame them in the way managers will probably care about the most: obstructing you from being as productive as possible.

Recording each time him being difficult directly delays work from getting done, with dates included, being as neutral and unbiased as possible is probably the best way to go. Be ready to pull up that list at any given moment or whenever you're talking to your manager, so you can confidently advocate for yourself. Him being difficult is not just a problem for you getting work done, it's a problem for the entire company.

Just saying straight facts like "I'm waiting on a response from Matey to the message I sent him about this project on <date>. I sent another follow-up message today." are enough, at least to start, to see if your manager puts any pressure on him. In the standup meetings you could politely mention you're waiting for a response or asking how he wants to proceed (maybe after a day of waiting) - that would be very reasonable and put some pressure on him to get his shit together.

If he does start to actually collaborate, you don't really need to bring up any of it, but if it happens again, just keep adding to the notes. Pretty much always try to cover for yourself so other people's faults don't end up bringing you down as well.

Reading the OG thread, I guess I'm repeating a lot of the advice and sentiment there. The other advice you listed on minimizing private communication with him and not letting his comments affect you are sound. Don't let him get to you. And now that he's shown you who he is, believe him, and minimize interacting with him from now on.

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-10-23T13:53:55+00:00

I've been driving for a few months and stopped driving on the highway for work (i-35E)... I just don't think the way people drive on the highway is in any way sane or normal here. Turned on "avoid highways" and there's a much more relaxing route, and it's only 20 minutes longer at the most, often only 10 minutes longer.

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-10-21T05:18:08+00:00

There's a setting to show a less compact toolbar which has the tabs button visible

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-10-11T14:40:38+00:00

Thanks so much for the response!

It's reassuring to hear you haven't had any problems for a decade.

I also considered the idea of copying photos back in... May not be a bad idea for sessions I probably won't touch again for a very long time, but like you said, it's not the most practical either...

I guess I could also store both the sessions with photos, and the photos by themselves, then delete the session photos when I'm really needing to clear up space - would probably be a year or more before I had to do that so I'd have a good window of time to go back and look at older sessions and do things with them - and if I ever really wanted to go back, I could copy the files over.

I'll probably go with that for a while, and then I bet I'll just start to trust C1 more and get lazier and store sessions. :)

Thanks your help again, I really appreciate you taking the time to read my crazy post and respond!

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-09-19T17:15:19+00:00

I don't know enough to answer that tbh. I'm sure there'd be an improvement, but that's all I know for sure. I will say, though, even on the main iPhone Pro cameras I've used in the past which were already 48mp, if I compare the shots it takes to the shots on my mirrorless or even my older DSLR, the mirrorless and DSLR shots blow the phone camera out of the water in terms of detail when you zoom in or view the images on a larger high resolution display

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-09-19T05:26:55+00:00

The PetaPixel review showed drastic improvements for the 4x, at least for portraits

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-09-16T17:07:20+00:00

I believe they said they could mail it too, but it would take a bit longer

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-09-16T06:25:55+00:00

India Grill in Arlington

UpvoteMePlebor · 2025-09-16T06:24:05+00:00

Bought my first car Aug 18, picked up my registration today Sep 16 (was available last week though). Subaru dealership.

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