docno42

Holy hell - the last thing I want is a monitor connected to the Internet!

However if I could use that Ethernet port over USB-C then it might make a compelling dock for my MBP.  Interesting.

DAalseth said:

This is real because Musk has realized he’s going to lose in court, and just wants to get it over with.

I think the blowback Musk got for his poll on ending the conflict in Ukraine pushed him over the edge.  When he first launched it, it was overwhelmingly yes then there was a tsunami of no votes - someone sicced the bots on it.  I think he's just sick of the crap on Twitter and he fully intends to reverse the constant propaganda and gaslighting.

And I'm all for it.  Funny how the left loved to trumpet Twitter was a public company and could do anything they want and if you didn't like it just start your own platform.  Now that one of their pet mouthpieces is getting neutered all the sudden it's pRoBlEmAtIc that Twitter is going to be even more private.  Freaking hypocrites.  

humbug1873 said:

Together with the essentially useless satellite emergency call (at least outside US), this years iPhone introduction was quite useless.

Like all insurance, it's useless... until it isn't 

I've been working remotely on and off for over a decade now - and if I was at the start of my career I can't think of anything more dangerous to my long term success than the allure of working from home.  As others touched on, you simply can't replace the serendipity of unplanned interactions that can only happen in person.  Every significant promotion or job opportunity I have had came from direct, physical interactions that simply would not have happened if I had been working full time remote.  Now that I'm near the end I don't mind working 100% remote full time. Indeed it's let me move closer to my parents, who are older and need my support.  But I think many, especially those who are younger/just starting out, grossly underestimate and are far more ready to write off the value of in-person interactions - it's rather tragic.  
Yet another reason I count my blessings for starting out in the late 80's/early 90's and not picking up bad habits that are so easy today.  

Beats said:
I’m disappointed they went for an SD card slot instead of an extra USB-C port. 

Easy - a USB-A port WORKS EVERY TIME.

If you forget to bring a dongle you are SOL - which happens far too often.  It would be nice if we could wave a magic wand and banish legacy tech in one fell swoop - but alas, we live in the real world were interoperability still has significant value.

At least they also brought MagSafe back.  I had an M1 MacBook Air and by far and away the biggest port I missed was MagSafe.  Thank god for the clunky magnetic USB-C solutions that were out there - I'd like to think they embarrassed Apple into bringing MagSafe back.