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  • eurodyne@piefed.worldtoApple@lemmy.worldApple unveils iPhone Duo
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    4 hours ago

    Look, Apple‘s build quality just can’t be beat. They make a solid goddamn product. I have been buying Apple products for over 25 years, and I have never had a single Apple product fail on me. Not once.

    Now you can complain all you want about the software, but that’s mostly a matter of personal opinion, and some matter of weirdness. But the software is also pretty solid, saved for some odd choices here and there.

    It’s all BSD/UNIX after all (or, a rather odd derivative akin to the likes of Solaris, but that’s another conversation)

    However, recently, the corporate philosophy and my own philosophy has become divergent, and Linux has become a lot more attractive. And, finally, far more capable than it has been in the past. finally, a worthy replacement.

    That’s what macOS always was: what Linux wasn’t yet. But it is now. and Apple has run the fuck out of time.

    For example, until the last five or eight years or so, Apple used to be a major contributor to some of the most important open source projects on earth,… Until the last five or eight years or so… Not so much anymore. There are a lot more examples, but I don’t think you wanna hear it.

    For all of the awesomeness that Apple once held, it really was Tim Cook that took a shit on all of it

    Apple really did used to be great 😢






  • Consider that maybe around 5-8%

    Even the most conservative estimates consistently place it around 10-12% (and this is supported by decades of sociological research from around the world). And that’s the people who openly admit it. The actual number is likely far higher (speculation is 15-25%, but it’s only speculation), especially when you consider “incidental attraction“, which accounts for those who are only “sometimes attracted“ to the same sex. Aka Bi/demisexuals.

    The real mistake is trying to reduce sexuality to a number or a statistic. That said, your estimation is way below the mark.












  • I remember before the word ‘internet’ existed. I remember when people were happy enough conducting their own business on their own computer. Alone.

    I’m sure the mere idea shatters your soul.

    That’s the world we grew up in. A lab of Apple IIs, with no network connection (not even to each other!). and all we had was 5.25” floppies. The horror!