Windows 95 and the PowerBook 5300 are perfect snapshots of PCs in 1995. The former marked Microsoft’s ascendence into dominance, and the latter was a sign of Apple’s descent into dysfunction. It makes me wonder if @jsnell planned these posts for the same day.
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I don’t think Windows 95 was good per se, but it was the first real version of Windows by a lot of measures.
https://wormsandviruses.com/2020/08/windows-95-was-released-25-years-ago/
Just a reminder that if you are in the market for a new monitor, do yourself a favor and pay a little extra for one that supports USB-C with Power Delivery. With these monitors, USB-C laptops can connect display, peripherals, and even charge all through one cable. It is glorious.
Reserving judgement on “The Batman”, but I’ll be damned if Jeffrey Wright isn’t spot-on casting for Commissioner Gordon.
As an aside, there is not much that looks more like hacking dramatized for television than an AppleScript that automates multiple applications.
Me with computers in a nutshell:
Starts writing an AppleScript to read Amazon orders webpage and copy the data into a Numbers spreadsheet.
Stops to look up if Amazon just offers CSV order reports.
Sees that it does.
Decides to continue with scripted approach for… reasons.
Wherein I speculate how Apple could maximize trust with the App Store if they stop trying to maximize revenues.
https://twitter.com/wormsandviruses/status/1296974309039243264
I warned about the dangers of false equivalency in 2016, which turned out to be a massive understatement.
My 2016 Rant on False Equivalency
American democracy is at stake.
This president and his party are blocking people from voting and trying to delegitimize the election if they lose. This election isn’t about taxes vs spending. It’s about democracy vs authoritarianism.
American democracy is at stake.
You never see this take with the Republican party, which is so disorganized this year that they’ve forgone revising their platform under the guise that it wasn’t necessary. Everyone knows it’s bullshit, but the coverage simply relayed the Republican talking point.
