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DuckConference posted:servers are boring and most people shouldn't care about them this is the Apple thread, where we talk about servers
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BONGHITZ posted:games and spreadsheets and emails are the only reason to use computers Things A Computer Isn't For A computer is not for creating documents. This can be done with a hard-coded word processor. A computer is not for viewing digital photographs. This can be done with a hard-coded viewing device. A computer is not for browsing the Web, or sending and receiving e-mail. This can be done with hard-coded Internet terminals, and now also with many cell phones. A computer is not for making mathematical calculations. This can be done with a calculator. A computer is not for playing games. This can be done with a video game console (although not as well). A computer is not for storing data. This can be done with paper or microfilm. A computer is not for complementing the decor of a location. This can be done with flowers, paintings, tablecloths, and the like. A computer can do all of the above things. However, these things are all possible without a computer; these applications are not the purpose for a computer. Things a computer is for A computer is a microprocessor interfaced to some memory and I/O circuits. A computer with a person using it directly often also has a monitor and keyboard. A computer is for allowing you to change any value in any memory cell at any point in time, because the user or programmer wants to, regardless of what might currently be in that memory cell or what it's being used for. The exception, of course, is ROM, but a computer is also for allowing you to reprogram the computer's ROM chip(s), because the user or programmer wants to, regardless of what might currently be in that ROM chip. A computer is for allowing you to change the value in any microprocessor register at any time, because the user or programmer wants to, regardless of what might currently be in that register or what it's being used for. A computer is for sending any data value to any output port at any time, and reading any data value from any input port at any time, because the user or programmer wants to. A computer is for soldering a wire to any point in the circuit, because the user or programmer wants to tap into that circuit net. If the computer has semi-permanent storage, then the computer is also for setting any piece of magnetic material on a disk, or any region of an optical disc, to a 0 or a 1 at any time, because the user or programmer wants to, regardless of what that piece of media might currently be set to. If the computer has a monitor, then the monitor is for allowing you to change the color and brightness of any pixel on the screen at any time, because the user or programmer wants to, regardless of what else is currently on the screen. If the computer has a keyboard, then the keyboard is for entering any numerical digit, letter in the alphabet, or punctuation mark by pressing a single button, because the user or programmer wants to, without having to fiddle with piggybacked keys or meta-keys. If the computer has speakers and a sound controller, then the computer is also for playing any sound or musical note--digitized, synthesized, or otherwise--through those speakers at any time, because the user or programmer wants to. A computer is for creating sequences of bits in memory and having the microprocessor execute those bits as instructions in sequential order. A computer must be able to do all these things. If a device is not capable of all of these, it is not actually a computer. The other thing that a computer is for is to be understood. Even if the computer fulfills no other practical purpose, it has achieved some end by being a functional, understandable device. In order for a device to be a computer, it must have all of its memory addresses, all of its interrupt routines, all of its hardware connections, and all of its I/O addresses made clear, open, visible, accessible, and understandable to anyone and everyone. If a device lacks this level of understand-ability, it does not perform the basic functions that a computer serves. After all, a computer is by nature an information device; the purpose of a computer is to receive, store, process, and present information. If information about the computer itself is concealed, then the so-called "computer" is not actually a computer, regardless of what happens when you turn it on.
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ted hitler hunter posted:There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding among many computers users about just what a computer is meant to be used for. This list shall set the record straight. It may be more useful for most to start with what computers are NOT for, and therefore, we'll begin with... i want to give whoever wrote this a wedgie so severe it's permanent
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carry on then posted:i want to give whoever wrote this a wedgie so severe it's permanent who do you think wrote it
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It's giving me strong Stallman vibes, though I'm sure I'm wrong. edit: Wait, this is the Apple thread. Please tell me it wasn't loving Woz...
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Lambert posted:I enjoy all the "ARM experts" in this thread that have apparently never heard of the Server Base System Architecture. Listening to Apple hyperfans like management talking about technology is just lol. I don’t know anything about anything you’ve said but I like the way the management talks ok
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Q_res posted:It's giving me strong Stallman vibes, though I'm sure I'm wrong. Well, let's just say, I am no longer ashamed to be considered a philosopher. I am politically liberal, which means I am politically conservative. I am an engineer and an artist, but not a scientist. Though both lecherous and asexual, I am a hopeless romantic, but also enough of a rationalist as to value logos over pathos. People do not like me because I am not a "fun" person. I have a sense of humor (honestly, I really do), but I'm genuinely sick and tired of what I see as an excess of ridiculous, mindless exuberance in the developed world, and so I try to temper this by being an excessive killjoy.
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I was initially thinking maybe ESR until I saw "asexual", which rules him out.
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Q_res posted:It's giving me strong Stallman vibes, though I'm sure I'm wrong. its not Stallman because whoever wrote it knows what normal people do with their computers. its not esr because its too concise and not enough racism.
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Apr 28, 2020 14:12
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Shaggar posted:its not Stallman because whoever wrote it knows what normal people do with their computers. lol
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http://lateblt.tripod.com/aboutme.htm
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I can't tell if this is good, bad, awesome, or Grover house, original:  modified:  macbook:  It's a bit weird going with light outline instead of solid fill.
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Apr 28, 2020 19:02
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I do wish the apples still lit up 
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MrMoo posted:I can't tell if this is good, bad, awesome, or Grover house, it leans heavily on the twitch girl titty streamer aesthetic and if you’re into that I suppose
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Apr 28, 2020 19:12
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its from overwatch and its loving terrible op
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pram posted:its from overwatch and its loving terrible op I was going to ask what anime this is from.
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MrMoo posted:I can't tell if this is good, bad, awesome, or Grover house, ??
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Arcteryx Anarchist posted:I do wish the apples still lit up apples no longer light up no startup bong happy mac is dead 2020 is truly a bleak time
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Apr 28, 2020 20:17
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apple is run by tim, of course it has the soul of an accountant
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Apple does need to be more fun. they’ve slid all the way from the “lickable” interface to stark aluminum medical appliance, time to slide back some.
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Timb shan't be forgiven until the skeumorphs return
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No Mods No Masters posted:Timb shan't be forgiven until the skeumorphs return 
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ive noticed that since working from home i have more interesting distractions from the workday than grubers blog so i havent read his rss for weeks
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 Best Bi Geek Squid posted:apples no longer light up 2,200,000,000 shipped iphones
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Apr 28, 2020 22:04
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Agile Vector posted:
World is a fruit smoothie Born to enema
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The Management posted:Apple does need to be more fun. they’ve slid all the way from the “lickable” interface to stark aluminum medical appliance, time to slide back some. but the keynote skits are cringey, so it's impossible to say if it's good or not
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sadly all of apple's r&d budget is going into discovering an extra syllable for the word aluminium
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The Management posted:I was going to ask what anime this is from.
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did you know? mario is anime game of thrones? also anime halo? definitely anime
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We can't know if something is an anime or not unless we get Smoka's opinion on it first, though?
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Apr 28, 2020 22:39
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The new SE has a button dimple, is it the same TouchID sensor the 8 has?
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it has touch id, yes and it's almost certainly the exact model from the iphone 8
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It's literally basically just an up-spec'ed iPhone 8, right? I lurve my 8 so: 
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yes, to the point that some components are directly interchangeable it's an iphone 8 with an a13 in it
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KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD posted:did you know? mario is anime moonlight sonata? anime to the core
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Arcteryx Anarchist posted:I do wish the apples still lit up I didn't know this, nooo, I guess inevitable with future mini-LED displays or whatever if there no longer is a backlight. I have currently a MacBookAir6,2 (2014), only two cores which is proving quite a limitation. Nothing really is going to help that I target dual-Quadro RTX machines, $8,000  . My desktop metaphorically blows up frequently like a D.Va, whilst the MacBook just chugs along like a happy snail. I'd take suggestions on the desktop later, I have no idea what the equivalent AMD cards are and how they hold up with 8K video. That only Windows supports hardware acceleration on video formats with an alpha channel is a PITA. x265 is still broken on nVidia drivers too, awesome sauce.
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is Catalina still dogshit garbage or is it safe to upgrade to now
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