@film_girl Atlanta native as well. Since having COVID lasted year my tastebuds are all messed up and I can’t drink Coke. But I prefer Dr Pepper. Diet and Zero are both pretty good too.
@rileytestut If game companies do, they should a) sell them for cheap ($0.99-2.99/4.99 maybe) and b) sell them without DRM. Their primary competition is free.
It’s one of the biggest things Apple got right (eventually) with the iTunes Music Store.
If you've ever been curious what happened to the rumored 'TextEdit for iOS' from way back — it worked, it was likely somebody's pet project to test certain APIs and never intended for release, and it's barely more than a UlTextView w/ Files support. It might still be included in AppleInternal versions of the OS, today.
I'm with @viticci: I would love a fully-functioning TextEdit for iOS
The wildest bag someone recommended from this post is the TomToc Navigator. It's 40L, but only weighs 2.8 lb, has water bottle holders, compression straps, great laptop/iPad compartment, and one massive clamshell bucket for clothes. And it's only $80, which concerningly cheap
@christianselig FWIW, reading some reviews of the Osprey Farpoint, it seems like it was redesigned at some point to move the laptop storage more closer to your back.
When I finally pull the trigger, a new 13" iPad Pro w/ 16GB RAM, keyboard & stylus is gonna cost me €3,107. It would be by far the most powerful computer I own.
That's more than twice as much as what I paid for the Mac mini I do all my development on. It even beats out my high-end gaming PC whose GPU alone was €1800.
All of that goes to waste because it’s paired with a simplified, stripped-down OS using the same technology stack and limitations as a $300 Netflix device for your grandparents
@stroughtonsmith The more I think about macOS on iPad, the more I want it to just be another app. I don’t want to have to deal with dual booting, just virtualize it and stick an icon on the screen to launch it.
Woodworking YouTube. “Build a table for $100”: Proceeds to take $100 worth of wood and a $5k table saw, $1k planer, $3k jointer, $2k band saw and hundreds of dollars worth of clamps to build said table.
@paul You forgot the domino/biscuit joiner as well as the hundreds (or likely thousands) of hours of practice and developing skills to have a finished product that looks good.
And finishes are freaking expensive too.
Still, I love these videos, and I love putting my best effort into turning a pile of wood into something cool.
@sdw Reminds me of Steve Jobs’ POV with respect to Dropbox. Sometimes, a product is really just a feature.
Also why I’m of two minds when it comes to the DOJ and DMA. Apple is great at building an ecosystem and a complete story. The “lock-in” is just really well done, tightly integrated product development.
@jamesthomson I’m not sure how many chip architectures and framework (?) transitions you’ve survived, but I’m guessing it’s a lot. I’m sure you’ll be fine.
@film_girl Good to know our collective response to this sort of thing hasn’t changed. Thoughts and prayers and a general unwillingness to politicize such a tragic event. 🤮
iOS disk space management continues to absolutely confound me. My iPhone lies about having 250 GB of ‘free’ space on-device, but plugged in shows only a fraction of that. And it complains about storage nonstop.
@sdw@tomhannen I’m not an expert, but it sounds like a side effect of the changes in how macOS/ iOS report free vs purgable space. I had a similar issue a few years ago, and I don’t actually recall if I did something or if it just kinda resolved itself.
Recommendations for a daypack that A) is able to be stashed into a larger carry on backpack, and B) can carry a MacBook around during the day? Ideally packs and smushes quite flat when empty, but a bit of padding for the laptop