blastdoor

Here's the thing about Zuckerberg -- he believes in nothing other than his own self-interest and will say or do anything, without shame, to advance his self interest. If circumstances require him to apologize, he will apologize. He will literally say whatever anybody wants to hear if that results in him getting what he wants. 

I've heard it said that sociopaths are made while psychopaths are born. I suspect he's a psychopath. 

I'm really glad AI has added a "Dislike" button. 

netrox said:

That is why I am working on deactivating my Meta accounts. I am so fed up with Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg and their stances on many topics that are simply incompatible with my values.  

A consideration -- if you deactivate or delete an account, someone else can create one using your name/id. That might not be ideal. 

The thing that hurts Meta and X is if you just don't use your account and don't look at any content/ads on their platforms. That's really the key. 

DAalseth said:

Two years ago I snagged a M2Pro MM off of the Refurb page. The Refurb discount mostly offset the extra cost of the 16GB of RAM and bigger drive, and the Pro chip was a bonus. This is a solid little computer that takes whatever I throw at it. I expect to keep it beyond 2030.

I also bought an M2Pro MM refurb, but with 32 GB of RAM and the 2 TB of storage. It's a great little machine. 

If Apple would update the Studio on the same schedule (or at most a couple months delay), I'd spring for a Studio Ultra. But I'm really starting to think the way for me to go is to just buy a new Pro Mini every two years and spread my work across multiple minis (that works for my workloads). It's not as elegant as having a single brawny beast, but I think I might end up with a lot more processing bang for my buck. 

So... I'm seriously thinking about adding an M4 pro to my MM collection, and due to geopolitical concerns, maybe sooner than I otherwise would have. 

I would love to know the real story of what was going on inside apple during the years of abandonment. Did they really think the iPad was going to replace the Mac for most people? Did they think nobody wanted a desktop anymore? Were Intel’s failures tripping up all Mac development? Were they just not thinking about the Mac at all?

And then what made them change course? Was it slowing iPad sales? Did they mature as a company and come to realize you need to care about every product, not just the megahits? Did feedback from customers help?