You have 14 days to return it no questions asked. So no worries either way.
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I hope he can use this post as way to clear the air and let it go. I think the 20K was totally fair for the effort put in, but I do sympathize with being so close to a veritable fortune!! It must be so hard see it and not be jealous on some level. It's like having all but 1 of the winning lottery numbers (I realize that you would still get something nice in most lotteries for that). To be so close yet so far is a true test of letting go. Think Pete Best or Ronald Wayne. SO HARD.
The thing to realize, which, of course, sounds like sour grapes, is that having all that money is just picking a different set of problems and worries. No one gets to "have it all" in the sense of living in the world with no problems/fears/misery.
I love writing like this and laughed while reading. Nice way to start a "do nothing" Saturday. ;)
That said, the actual train ride was approx 75 minutes.
Even worse, I drove to Westchester for a number of years and that was 120 miles a day (60 one way) including a trip over the Tappan Zee! At least on the train ride I could read.
I no longer live in the NYC area and certainly don't miss those commutes.
I smile because I left commercial art back in the 80's to become a software developer!
More power to Laim and I hope it works out well for him, but I have my doubts. Working as a full-time (especially on-staff) artist answerable to an Art Director sucks!! Artists are not respected, paid terribly and just generally considered disposable. At least that's how it was in my day.
Again, Liam, go for it, but keep your eyes open going into it! Some things are better left as hobbies (which I do not consider a dirty word)!
Thankfully, I uninstalled and reinstalled and everything seems fine now.
I realize that these old drivers won't work forever and that it's kind of a miracle that they still work! I assume that the code is intel running in rosetta.
Or better yet, TMON[1]! What an amazing debugger. I spent many hours in there, trying to figure out why the 64K ROM was stepping all over registers that were supposed to be protected by particular ROM traps. (to be fair, there were not too many of these, and they were all eventually patched by system updates)
I do want to add one more thing to the list:
* Find a well-managed team of really nice people that know more than you do.
Every part of this requirement is important, especially for generalists like me!
If you find this, life becomes lemonade.
The only problem I've had was ear wax buildup (yeah, gross, I know) with the first/second AirPods generation (the ones with the long stem). I was able to use alcohol & hydrogen peroxide to clean them up a bit, but eventually the sound is muffled pretty bad.
I have recently switched to a pair of the latest version, AirPods 3 (with the shorter stems) and they seem to be made better in general. No sound problems and they seem to stay cleaner with minimal regular cleaning. I use a toothpick to gently remove any buildup as needed. The fit of the 3s is significantly different that the older version and did require some getting used to. They are a bit larger in the ear.
BBEdit is my "i want all of my text files in separate windows" editor. I have it set that way on purpose. I do this mainly for my own spatial organization reason and the fact that I don't like the way BBEdit handles multiple files in one window. I've just started using the new Notes window, and it is a nice implementation that I've been using at work to keep track of dev projects, one note for each project. Very nice and no manual saving needed.
VSCode is still open all the time for IDE purposes. I need the refactoring capabilities and I would find it really hard to live without GitLens, to be honest. I also really, really like file tabs across the top for development! I'm not really sure why BBEdit never implemented this.
To the question, VSCode is missing a bunch of the cool "text-edity" features that I love about BBEdit. All of the stuff in the "Text..." menu, that is. I'm sure you can get all these things with various VSCode plugins, but I don't want to have to go find all of these things. I just want them there. So for now, it's both open pretty much all day!
I also generally prefer one large monitor, so I will angle/connect 2nd DP to Mac, unangle/remove 2nd DP from Mac as needed for work. I am mainly a front-end web dev these days and occasionally really need that second screen! But I don't like moving my head around and inevitable go back to single monitor when possible.
Viva la flexibility!
Of course they do! If your parents were killed by Stalin you probably have an opinion one way or the other. That is exactly what this thread is talking about.
There are probably a bunch of other machine candidates that feel this way to someone out there!
I've been using BBEdit since the first release and I would never trade it for VSCode. They are totally different beasts to me. VSCode has been ridiculously stable for me and, as far as I can recall, has never crashed or lost a single line of source code. VSCode's speed has never been an issue, as it is ALWAYS open all the time, lol. I restart to update it and that is that.
On the other hand, BBEdit is always open as well, performing totally different tasks. These days, I use it mainly as a persistent note taker and text munger. I will definitely be looking to test the new "Notes Window" functionality!
Both great tools, open 24x7 on my dev mac.
For me, drawing is truly the 'handwriting' of an artist. So individual, so quirky. The pen doesn't lie.
It is amazing that this work has been preserved!
They truly are. One thing I might also mention is that in my experience, the wireless connectivity is less than great for Wacom tablets. Way too much lag. I recommend using a wired tablet if at all possible. It may be that this is old advice, but I couldn't deal with any lag whatsoever when using one for hours at a time and disabled the wireless mode of my Intuos 4 (yes, it's quite old, but still works fine)
IMO, yes & no. For certain types of work, an iPad Pro is amazing. For direct sketching, drawing, for sure. It's easily my favorite drawing table for these.
For certain other types of work, for example: colorists work of filling large areas precisely within black lines (like comicbook coloring) or maneuvering around a huge document, a commercial grade Intuos tablet (or the like) is a better match.
One of the biggest reasons is that the Intuos has physical, raised "quick action" buttons which can be programmed to switch between tools, so you can zoom, rotate, brush, erase without ever looking at a keyboard or even looking away from the screen. This is crucial in certain workflows. Edit: also, the fact that your hand is never in the way on an Intuos is really key.
Admittedly, this is a very specific use case, but I figured I'd mention it for completeness sake.
Al Jaffee is a national treasure and an excellent smart ass! He and the Mad gang taught me to question authority and make fun of the mighty. Also, while Al is a very gifted illustrator, his style always seemed approachable and very much inspired me to get into drawing. Guys like Mort Drucker were freakishly good and I knew instinctively that no one (or very few) could ever be that good, but Al's talent (and Don Martin probably as well) always seemed human and well-rounded to me. I totally loved the guy.
I still have a stack of the old Mad paperbacks and "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" is still a favorite.
Live long & prosper, Al!
edit: removed silly possessive
The MacBook has been perma-attached to the monitor due to the pandemic, so plugging power in via a different port on the MB was fine.
This monitor has some things that make it a nice thing to share. It has 2 DisplayPorts and 2 HDMI connections for lots of connectivity.
I am currently using the 2 DP connections, one for MacBook, one for PC. The PC runs it a 4K 120Hz just fine and the MacBook is running it at 4K 60Hz. I haven't been able to get the MB to run at higher than 60Hz, unfortunately. I am using a usb-C to DP dongle from BENFEI. Maybe a different cable would help?
I have the Mac set to scale the desktop rez to 5K screen space, which works fine. It is clearly not as hi-rez as a natvie 5K display, but it looks pretty darn good to me. Much better than a 1440p monitor.
I have had not problems at all with this setup and highly recommend it
On the one hand you have Apple and their half-hearted (for now) entry, and at the low end you have Alexa/"Talk to it" speakers. These alternatives seem destined to encroach on the Sonos turf come hell or high water.
I will say that for their intended purpose--streaming music to a network connected speaker, Sonos speakers just work great! Their app interface, while not a great experience, functions. When I click "Play," stuff immediately comes out of my speakers. NOW. There is never a delay, never a spinning pizza, never, never NEVER! (anecdata, of course)
So I (me, not you) can't blame them for wildly thrashing a bit on the data collection side. I get it. They are terrified they are going to get squeezed eventually.
Do I wish they would reconsider advertising and related marketing shenanigans as business models? Yes, I do. For now they meet my needs and they just work. It's a trade off I'm (me, not you) are willing to make for now.
In my experience, this is impossible. Light is defined by darkness. Enlightenment must contain both. Trying to extinguish darkness is doomed to fail