Mastodawn

@ruffin The Neo is what I’d recommend to students and neophytes and switchers but for anyone else I'd say to get a refurbished $750 MBA (16Gb RAM, better processor, better screen, more ports) from the Apple Store.

✦ 𝚜 𝚑 𝚎 𝚙 𝚐 𝚘 ✦Mar 13

@gruber re: your post on the Neo teardown showing easy disassembly and repairability, contrast that to Charlie Sorrel’s premature, preachy and inaccurate (later corrected) March 6th iFixit post about ‘How Apple Used to Design Its Laptops for Repairability’

https://www.ifixit.com/News/115995/how-apple-used-to-design-its-laptops-for-repairability

iFixit always seemed to want to be the first out the gate with teardowns but they still don't have anything to say about the Neo.

Maybe not having something to complain about hurts their business.

Macbook Neo Shows how far Apple’s repairability design has fallen

Apple’s laptops used to be designed for repairability, and it showed. The solutions were smart, fun, and sometimes beautiful.

iFixit

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✦ 𝚜 𝚑 𝚎 𝚙 𝚐 𝚘 ✦Feb 4

@gtconway3

It's made the news:

“Trump’s occupation of Minneapolis has broken the Justice Department”

https://www.vox.com/politics/477913/trump-minneapolis-minnesota-justice-department-broken-julie-le

#trump #doj #minneapolis #gop #maga

Trump’s occupation of Minneapolis has broken the Justice Department

This DOJ is no longer capable of doing its job.

Vox

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✦ 𝚜 𝚑 𝚎 𝚙 𝚐 𝚘 ✦Feb 4

@jaykuo

The video:

https://www.tiktok.com/@melperg/video/7599025279029251341

TikTok - Make Your Day

✦ 𝚜 𝚑 𝚎 𝚙 𝚐 𝚘 ✦Feb 4

George Conway Feb 3

Jeffrey Epstein: "I have met some very bad people. None as bad as Trump. Not one decent cell in his body."

(ht: @republicansagainsttrump)

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✦ 𝚜 𝚑 𝚎 𝚙 𝚐 𝚘 ✦Jan 30

@Daojoan

The corollary is the people who see a profitable company and ask why they don't (a) lower prices or (b) add features they want, or (c) why they charge extra for optional features.

Alternatively, companies should be boycotted which regularly update software with new features whose subscription model creates a reliable cashflow that allows constant updates (instead of 'banking' on features to entice upgrades.

#welcometoreddit

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✦ 𝚜 𝚑 𝚎 𝚙 𝚐 𝚘 ✦Jan 30

@aaron.rupar It was reported his hand was covered in makeup. Last week it was bandaged.

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✦ 𝚜 𝚑 𝚎 𝚙 𝚐 𝚘 ✦Jan 28

@macosken I don't disagree that it’s appeasement. Absolutely. I think that the decision wrt ICEblock was terrible too. But he's negotiating Apple's interests as well as he can. Same for Amazon (Jassy was at MELANIA too), and MSFT & GOOG are just as circumspect as Cook.

Apple's general values are being pushed around, but in service of protecting the company. And that's the job of CEOs. Those with an overt *social* mission can/should do more, a la Ben Greenfield & Jerry Cohen. Not Cook.

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✦ 𝚜 𝚑 𝚎 𝚙 𝚐 𝚘 ✦Jan 28

@macosken

Fiduciary duty doesn’t require monetizing every feature like accessability. Apple can decide that free accessibility strengthens the platform, brand, and legal/regulatory standing, and expands the market long-term. “Doing what’s right” and fiduciary duty aren’t opposites, Ken. But it doesn't mean Cook should avoid or decry someone who is know to be vindictive and can hurt his company. Those without bleep you money have a freedom those with responsibilities do not.

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✦ 𝚜 𝚑 𝚎 𝚙 𝚐 𝚘 ✦Jan 28

@macosken Fiduciary duty isn’t “maximize revenue at any cost.” It’s to act in shareholders’ long-term interests. Apple can reasonably judge that some lines (porn, political fights) harm brand, regulation risk, or ecosystem trust, even if they might boost short-term revenue. That judgment is **part** of the duty, not a violation of it.