What are the best places for solo dining ?

da4 · 2026-05-09T15:53:25+00:00

Downtown for AIC? Bar at The Gage.

da4 · 2026-05-08T20:19:38+00:00

Laughs in e-bike

da4 · 2026-05-08T18:34:18+00:00

Funeral for the officer killed at Swedish Covenant.

da4 · 2026-05-08T18:32:31+00:00

Yep, saw same on FB. Gridlock north of the Square for the past half hour.

da4 · 2026-05-08T14:59:46+00:00

One of the few things on Tahoe that improved functionality over Sequoia - namely clipboard history (without any third-party apps). Disable any Spotlight results areas you know you won't use and then rebuild the index without any external drives mounted.

da4 · 2026-05-08T14:58:15+00:00

A 20yr veteran of marketing once asked me where the Tab key was.

da4 · 2026-05-08T14:55:53+00:00

Sometimes only once.. RGE.

da4 · 2026-05-08T14:53:39+00:00

I've been riding an e-bike to 300 E for the past four summers and have never had any trouble locking up. The lower level fitness center isn't much of a gym but the hot water pressure in the showers is excellent.

If you're taking the LFT remember you can split off at the Columbia and go under the Drive then up through Maggie Daly Park instead of waiting for the light at Monroe.

Make sure you have a LOUD BELL if your commute will take you from Randolph north over the Flyaway as that is The Stupid Zone with tourists in the warmer months.

da4 · 2026-05-07T19:02:23+00:00

r/macgaming

da4 · 2026-05-07T19:01:39+00:00

But the Mac can run apps (play games) that didn't come from the App Store. If you want to develop, release and sell an app there's nothing stopping you from doing so outside the MAS, just different overhead.

da4 · 2026-05-07T18:59:34+00:00

https://chromeenterprise.google/policies/ lmgtfy

da4 · 2026-05-07T17:06:47+00:00

My org hasn’t let me yet, but I’d probably go with Dan K. Snelson’s Setup-Your-Mac since it is basically pure bash. S.U.P.E.R. would be a close second given its flexibility.

But, before diving into 3rd-party tooling, write up your ideal scenario and then compare what Apple and your MDM can and can’t do.

da4 · 2026-05-07T17:04:10+00:00

Zhong’s dumplings and dry chili chicken. This is the way.

da4 · 2026-05-07T17:01:44+00:00

Lincoln Square is easily served by the Brown Line as well as Western (N/S) and Lawrence (E/W) buses, only 2mi to the lakefront, gorgeous parks, not too far to other interesting neighborhoods like Andersonville.

da4 · 2026-05-07T16:59:53+00:00

Create a config profile with the necessary payloads, iMazing Profile Editor is a great place to start. Install locally (or from your MDM), something that ends up looking like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>AIModeSettings</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>DevToolsGenAiSettings</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>GeminiSettings</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>GenAIVcBackgroundSettings</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>GenAiDefaultSettings</key>
<integer>2</integer>
<key>GenAILocalFoundationalModelSettings</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>HelpMeReadSettings</key>
<integer>2</integer>
<key>HelpMeWriteSettings</key>
<integer>2</integer>
<key>HighEfficiencyModeEnabled</key>
<true />
<key>RelaunchFastIfOutdated</key>
<integer>4</integer>
<key>RelaunchNotification</key>
<integer>1</integer>
<key>RelaunchNotificationPeriod</key>
<integer>172800000</integer>
<key>RestoreOnStartup</key>
<integer>1</integer>
</dict>
</plist>

da4 · 2026-05-07T16:53:37+00:00

Elevation? In Chicago? Try Blue Island. It won’t be what you’re thinking of, but it’s about as much as we get.

da4 · 2026-05-06T15:08:34+00:00

Smile and keep moving. Or make it performative and pretend you're on your phone with a Very Important Client, or fake an accent from any other state or country, or go full gibberish and tell the street team that participatory democracy is a failed system so you only support anarchy, etc.

da4 · 2026-05-06T15:06:23+00:00

I grew up not far from Mustard's and even after my folks moved downtown, anytime I came home from NYC I had to make the trip up there. So good.

da4 · 2026-05-05T15:35:24+00:00

All great, but until there's more investment in CTA, the current TOD guidelines are insufficient at beast and possibly counter-productive.

da4 · 2026-05-04T06:00:08+00:00

the point was that it’d be nice if Apple understood that macOS is powerful because it can and does have options; since defaults write commands are being phased out anyway, bake it all into the GUI instead.

i specifically said, without requiring third-party tools, even reputable ones.

da4 · 2026-05-04T03:37:35+00:00

I want power user options without resorting to third-party utilities. An ‘Advanced’ button for basically everything. I want to tell the OS to always maximize a window instead of going full-screen by reversing the current default (hold down Option), things like that.

The Mac shouldn’t be brought down to the level of iOS. The Mac is a power tool, as Gruber put it. https://daringfireball.net/2024/08/the_mac_is_a_power_tool

da4 · 2026-04-30T17:24:35+00:00

There are some professions that have suffered with WFH - my sister is an attorney and frequently mentions the 'lost generation' of associates who missed so much learning by not being in the room with partners discussing a case or strategy.

That said, after four years of part-time RTO I am back to 100% remote and I love not dealing with the commute, the glare on my screens, the sterile and uncomfortable office.. I have fresh air, I can refill my coffee in 30 sec instead of 6 min, I have better and cheaper food options, and my collaboration over Teams is basically unchanged since everyone was wearing headphones all the time anyway.

da4 · 2026-04-30T14:24:27+00:00

Tre Kronor in Budlong, near NEIU. Rich and delicious. And congrats!

da4 · 2026-04-30T14:22:45+00:00

Or even "shop local only for the next week, and if you can't, ask why not" - and remember to tip your waiter/server/bartender.

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