Shawn Platkus

@platkus
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Software Engineer - Father of two beautiful daughters - All around great guy!
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Show threadShawn PlatkusMar 13
@gruber I think you would buy this for the new keyboard alone!
Shawn PlatkusMar 13

I just woke up from a dream. Apple held an event to celebrate their 50th anniversary and introduced a new Mac called the SE/M3. It had the form factor of the Macintosh SE/30 with the same 9 inch screen, but it was OLED Retina. Came with a new wireless Apple Extended Keyboard II with TouchID.

The funniest part was that the mouse was a replica of the chunky original Macintosh mouse but wireless with Qi charging. And you had to flip it over when putting it on the charger!

Show threadShawn PlatkusMar 9
@stephenrobles Vision Pro, easily!
Show threadShawn PlatkusMar 3
@tuckerjj Very nice! I'm using that same Thunderbolt Display as a second display to my iMac Pro. Both of which are well overdue for replacement. I'm waiting for macOS 27 though before upgrading to a new Mac. Tahoe is not my cup of tea.
Shawn PlatkusMar 3
This may be an unpopular opinion, but I’m glad to see the new Studio Display have an option for a non-adjustable stand. I like to put my display on the desk in the exact perfect spot and then never have it move ever again. I don’t want any extra variables to account for such as height adjustment or swivel.
Show threadShawn PlatkusMar 2
@jsnell What is the question mark at the end of this post for? I don't understand the question you're asking.
Show threadShawn PlatkusJan 20

@designatednerd Nope, it's the baseball game for sure.

The timeline from Bush v. Gore included Obama getting elected, so things hadn't gone totally off the rails at that point.

Show threadShawn PlatkusJan 20

@designatednerd I have traced this existence of this cursed timeline to its genesis event.

On November 2, 2016, the Chicago Cubs won the world series in extra innings in game 7 ending a 108 year span of not winning the World Series. At one point, they were one out from losing this World Series.

They were not supposed to win this World Series. The fact that they did is what put us on this timeline.

And we all know what happened about a week later on November 8, 2016.

https://sabr.org/gamesproj/game/november-2-2016-cubs-end-world-series-curse-with-thrilling-game-7-victory/

November 2, 2016: Cubs end World Series curse with thrilling Game 7 victory – Society for American Baseball Research

Show threadShawn PlatkusJan 20
@agiletortoise Technically they still do one thing if you consider that one thing to be "selling rubber-like auto related items” 😄
Show threadShawn PlatkusJan 9

@Iconfactory Thank you for the clarification. I'd like to voice a vote for having it return at least as an option. I used it all the time to open the full article in Tapestry. It now feels broken to me.

Also, there's something to be said for having the app behave consistently across platforms.

Thanks for considering this request.