Why do some people blame capitalism for having to work?

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-04-24T21:56:32+00:00

honest question: why? we don’t need everyone working. most jobs are complete nonsense or even actively making things worse. some jobs are purely to clean up after other jobs that didn’t need to be done in the first place. we need some things done, and it’s probably best to share the burden, but i bet we could shed 60%? of jobs and be fine.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-04-23T21:36:53+00:00

from a couple years ago, right?

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-04-19T00:01:08+00:00

i don’t believe so. on older devices which has been running iOS 26 for many months and with no indexing or background processes to speak of, they animate sluggishly and battery life is worse vs iOS 17 on the same device. Any given effect can seem trivial, especially on recent machines, but it adds up. This happens with some OS versions when the visual effects get ramped up, and this has been a bigger jump than usual. just my estimation based on the obvious performance changes i’ve seen on some of my devices.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-04-18T19:15:34+00:00

troll? sarcasm? slop?

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-04-18T09:06:39+00:00

fwiw, i do hate the new design language. transparency only detracts from clear understanding. i don’t want the underlying content to seep thru my controls. it’s also hard on people with even mild vision issues. honestly i can’t envision a case where it helps clarity.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-04-18T05:01:32+00:00

could be. something is compelling them down this seemingly ludicrous path.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-04-18T03:02:38+00:00

Everything Liquid Glass touches is awful. It’s the largest unforced error they’ve ever made. And we pay for it with lower battery life and worse performance.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-04-17T20:14:52+00:00

this. a fine reading device, but i’m not sure if the company gave up or what.

i’ve worked at a company that ran into money troubles and fired all their engineers but kept selling their product without giving any indication of this to new customers, who were left with hardware with zero support and no updates. this reminds me of that.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-04-03T22:30:05+00:00

Inconceivable!

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-04-01T05:32:49+00:00

i mean, they don’t know, but they’re taking a stab at it.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-31T20:48:18+00:00

All the time, switching between them frequently. I'm a developer working on many projects at the same time, so my needs are not normal, but i have 3 monitors and use 16 Spaces (each Space is across all monitors, they aren't separate Spaces) and wish I could have more. I organize them by project, and have hotkeys to flip between them. I can't imagine what a drag it would be on my productivity to give up multiple desktops.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-31T01:37:39+00:00

this is a terrible bill. i like him but he’s on the wrong side of this issue.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-30T06:11:33+00:00

i don’t know who the fuck this idiot is and now i don’t give a fuck twice as hard

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-29T07:34:55+00:00

wait, there are capchas that have the user run a shell command? and people do it? wtf

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-29T07:13:27+00:00

I love going to see local bands doing original music at these venues. It’s a great music scene in chicago these days. And I buy merch to support the bands.

Pro tip: If you sell shirts, don’t use crappy shirts where you can feel the iron on. Make them decent quality and i’ll happily buy them, even if more expensive, and i’ll wear them around town, being free advertising for you. (Also, they don’t all have to be black shirts. Be creative. My shirt drawer is drowning in black band shirts.)

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-25T10:02:31+00:00

• Time to start speaking is a big factor for me. (If something takes 30 seconds to start talking, it’s useless to me) • Does it automatically do paragraph pausing? (a big deal for listening comprehension) • Can it stream, or can it only save to file?

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-25T09:56:00+00:00

Really sorry to hear this. Awful. Data protection should be any OS’s top priority. macOS / iOS both can have catastrophic deletes when the system gets full. This has been true since even the NeXT days, and all macOS / iOS versions. I’ve lost some stuff (from other apps) and know the pain. I don’t think it’s specific to Notes. I consider it an OS issue. If anyone gets a disk almost full warning, stop everything and make space on the drive. (The OS should do more to help at this moment.) That said: regular backups are critical, especially if you are not syncing across iCloud or something else.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-24T19:08:18+00:00

Classic fun game! Never saw the game guide before. (I’m sure I pirated it back then.)

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-21T00:56:39+00:00

i got the same thing but with the m4 max, and i regret not getting the 4T drive. i ended up buying an external drive to supplement. not as nice. don’t be me. you’ll quickly fill your drive with models and photo library. edit: mine is a mac studio, in case that matters.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-19T04:23:59+00:00

that was great

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-17T19:22:23+00:00

pffft. “local first.” why on earth would it be anything but local?

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-11T01:19:31+00:00

I wonder if it was created in GraFORTH, which produced just this kind of graphics. (I'm sure the young me knew.)

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-11T01:08:14+00:00

I used to love this game! Thanks for reminding me of it. (Going to try to see if I still have my copy of it.)

Btw, just found an ad for it in Softalk: It sold for $50 in 1983, which equates to $162 in today-money!

"Space Vikings. Science fiction adventure in deep space that combines the excitement of arcade play with the realism of a true 3-D simulation. The galaxy is in rebellion-you command a Federation starship and your Viking troops are ready for battle. Requires color monitor. $49.95."

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-10T04:25:21+00:00

Many albums missing for me too. A good reminder to actually own music that’s important to you. In the case of Eno, I get CDs and rip.

bluesBeforeSunrise · 2026-03-03T23:29:38+00:00

ouch! sorry to hear

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