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wizard69 said:

Very interesting but I have two issues. 

First what happens to customers that normally run temperatures above “normal”.   Frankly I really doubt there will be a lot of public tolerance to having their temperature taken.  

Second does social distancing really accomplished anything if people are wearing masks?   I’ve been wondering about this a lot lately.  I don’t mean actual touching here but rather the stupidity of the 6 foot rule.  

It's called redundancy. Distancing is the first line of defence and the mask is the second. Given all that is going on and the cost socially and economically in dragging this on with half-hearted, half-baked measures, wearing a simple mask is not too much to ask.

redhotfuzz said:

Ugh, is a black outdoor Homekit camera too much to ask for??? Not all of us have houses with white trim, and all these white cameras stick out like a sore thumb.

Maybe the white is to prevent the camera being baked in the sun?

JMStearnsX2 said:

razorpit said:

Still wish modern laptops had a MagSafe and Thunderbolt 3. Nothing does a better job of providing  “device safety” than MagSafe.

I agree. I haven't come across a better charger connector than MagSafe, I still have the original charger for my 2012 MacBook Pro without frayed cables. I never experienced the problems that others did. Now if Apple started making all their cables with braiding on the outside.....

The flimsiest cable I ever bought was one of those supposedly tough graded cables. It was nothing more than a gimmick. I read (here I think) that the TB/USB cables used on the MBP have less tension that Magpro connectors, so less likely to pull a laptop off the table. I travel all the time and got a Kensington MagSafe cable and don't even bother bringing it along (it sticks out way too far).

wizard69 said:

spice-boy said:

Apple should pay for every American's healthcare. 

 Not every American deserves health care!!   This talking point is one of the more stupid things the left has come up with.  

What Apple should be using that money for is transformative research, especially into energy!!!   Contrary to popular opinion “renewables” will never solve our energy needs.   

One can rogue that no one deserves health care (unless you paid for it), but most civilised countries have decided that providing health care to everyone is a privilege worth doing. Renewables HAVE to solve our energy needs because non renewables, by definition, are finite and will one day run out. Better we make the transition sooner rather than later so we don’t kil ourselves in the process. Covering a fraction of the Sahara dessert by the way, would provide enough energy for the whole planet if we could make the grid work.

The options promoted here are not for professionals (other than maybe Affinity), so I question the utility of this article. Kind of like promoting macOS native CAD software as a replacement for SolidWorks. Fine for small projects or home use, but not up to the tasks that the industry standard does. We use InDesign for user manuals and make extensive use of style guides, links and cross references (across documents). It took years for InDesign to finally get cross references to the point where it was a viable replacement to PageMaker and as far as I can tell, none of these match it. Having 80% of what you critically need is like having 0%.