From 453039c6676958eb206098a1d182641ff5ee0ba5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: j4nk Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 19:03:18 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated md4tj, fixed some stuff in apple blog --- blog/apple.md4tj | 2 +- md4tj | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/blog/apple.md4tj b/blog/apple.md4tj index 60c6367..e027ad4 100644 --- a/blog/apple.md4tj +++ b/blog/apple.md4tj @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ @@BLOGPOSTTITLE My Thoughts on Apple @@BLOGPOSTDATE 1690205391 #### Introduction -Due to some recent conversations I've had, I thought it best to clarify my thoughts on Apple products so I could have something to point to when people point out my apparent contradictions in reasoning. Anyone who knows me knows that it was only a few years ago that I was a stark, raving mad Stallmanite who refused to even consider using Apple products and viewed Apple users as haughty dilettantes that don't understand the value of a dollar. Many things have changed in recent years, including but not limited to: finishing puberty, going from a dedicated Stallmanite to more of a cheerleading role, having a job in tech (unless you don't consider being a PhD student a job), flagship and even non-flagship Android smartphones being similar if not greater in price to Apple's smartphones, and the fact that my wife's computer is over 5 years old and is still on the latest operating system. Previously, the only Apple devices I've used are: the iPod Touch 4th gen, the iPhone 4 (well after Apple quit supporting it), numerous virtual machine hackintoshes, and the latest Macbook Pro with all the bells and whistles (for work, I didn't have to pay for it). I have fond memories of the iPod Touch, it was the last device to max out at iOS 5, the excellent skeumorphic interface that unfortunately ceded to the soulless flat design dominating the industry nowadays. The iPhone 4 I was less fond of, as I used it as a fallback phone for a couple of years (my main phone was a Motorola Moto g5 which I accidentally dropped in the toilet after reading a particularly heated Reddit thread) well after Apple quit supporting it, so I was met with the frustrating "this app was not made for your device" whenever I tried to install anything. For reasons unknown to me at this moment, I never jailbroke it which would have enabled me to sideload apps, perhaps I was too lazy or maybe the phone was in a weird configuration that disabled jailbreaks. The hackintoshes went largely unused, for as any distrohopper soon discovers all operating systems nowadays are essentially the same, and there is nothing on MacOS that I would want to run that wouldn't run on Linux. This leads me to the current Apple device I use, the Macbook Pro M2 16'', the most overpriced computer I've ever used (but my workplace paid for it). In all honesty, I use this computer solely because it's a convenient portable device that contains all work-related stuff on it allowing me to maintain the delicate work-life balance every sane PhD student (or professional, for that matter) must have, the screen is excellent, and it interacts well with Zoom where my Linux machines do not. I have the most experience using MacBooks and not iPhones, so the majority of this blog is going to be on the former, not the latter. +Due to some recent conversations I've had, I thought it best to clarify my thoughts on Apple products so I could have something to point to when people point out my apparent contradictions in reasoning. Anyone who knows me knows that it was only a few years ago that I was a stark, raving mad Stallmanite who refused to even consider using Apple products and viewed Apple users as haughty dilettantes that don't understand the value of a dollar. Many things have changed in recent years, including but not limited to: finishing puberty, going from a dedicated Stallmanite to more of a cheerleading role, having a job in tech (unless you don't consider being a PhD student a job), flagship and even non-flagship Android smartphones being similar if not greater in price to Apple's smartphones, and the fact that my wife's MacBook Air is over 5 years old and is still on the latest operating system. Previously, the only Apple devices I've used are: the iPod Touch 4th gen, the iPhone 4 (well after Apple quit supporting it), numerous virtual machine hackintoshes, and the latest Macbook Pro with all the bells and whistles (for work, I didn't have to pay for it). I have fond memories of the iPod Touch, it was the last device to max out at iOS 5, the excellent skeumorphic interface that unfortunately ceded to the soulless flat design dominating the industry nowadays. The iPhone 4 I was less fond of, as I used it as a fallback phone for a couple of years (my main phone was a Motorola Moto g5 which I accidentally dropped in the toilet after reading a particularly heated Reddit thread) well after Apple quit supporting it, so I was met with the frustrating "this app was not made for your device" whenever I tried to install anything. For reasons unknown to me at this moment, I never jailbroke it which would have enabled me to sideload apps, perhaps I was too lazy or maybe the phone was in a weird configuration that disabled jailbreaks. The hackintoshes went largely unused, for as any distrohopper soon discovers all operating systems nowadays are essentially the same, and there is nothing on MacOS that I would want to run that wouldn't run on Linux. This leads me to the current Apple device I use, the Macbook Pro M2 16'', the most overpriced computer I've ever used (but my workplace paid for it). In all honesty, I use this computer solely because it's a convenient portable device that contains all work-related stuff on it allowing me to maintain the delicate work-life balance every sane PhD student (or professional, for that matter) must have, the screen is excellent, and it interacts well with Zoom where my Linux machines do not. I have the most experience using MacBooks and not iPhones, so the majority of this blog is going to be on the former, not the latter. *TL;DR: I would never use an Apple device for personal use, but the hardware design is fascinating.* #### Construction diff --git a/md4tj b/md4tj index 2c766c1..0f26ff4 160000 --- a/md4tj +++ b/md4tj @@ -1 +1 @@ -Subproject commit 2c766c1f74bae282ca0302b6f37dcfd3d7789dce +Subproject commit 0f26ff4a91063de893f9d4a699f69e53ed759d4b