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Hrm, maybe over USB it's different because of the performance limitations, but my understanding was that SATA was lower power draw.

Though maybe I'm wrong and/or potentially this differs on a per-drive/per-controller basis.

The USB is limiting this so much there is no need to go with NVME over SATA, IMHO.

I see the USB3 result for the "M.2 SSD" (I assume the author means SATA?) being ~30/MB but almost surely something is going wrong there. That is not a normal result for any mid-to-high level SATA SSD. Plenty of SATA M.2 SSDs can easily hit the same speeds the NVME drive is hitting (specifically when on USB3). NVME might give you some additional random r/w performance, however.

It seems like overkill to use NVME on USB 3.0 when SATA can saturate that bus just as easily. SATA M.2 drives will also run cooler. Some NVME USB controllers are notoriously hot-running

I don't know why I love the idea of this thing, but I do

Maybe because it reminds me of my very first computer, a Tandy 1000HX, which also had a keyboard as its case.

My 1-2x weekly migraines are now ~1x a month, ever since switching to a lower-stress job.

There's very little information here and not much of it scientific... I suppose someone giving their personal anecdote is fine, but I feel like this post severely lacks substance

So far- have you found any particular methods to be the most effective? (Return postage envelopes with a form letter, online tools, other options)

My grandma, who passed a bit less than two years ago is still receiving all sorts of junk mail. I have tried unsubscribing normal ways from some of it (online forms, etc) and none of that seems to work at all.

I do use the "do not mail" junk mail opt-outs which has reduced the volume that comes in both her name and mine, but there's still loads of "previously accepted/subscribed-to mail" that I can't seem to put a stop to- even if I use the publisher/sender's preferred opt-out method.

Look, I believe people can change, but how they've behaved previously, especially as recently as in the case (2 years ago) is relevant to now.

Especially when the very arguments they are making- they were recently, actively working against

Unless there's proof she's changed from then until now, I think it's a rather relevant proof of hypocrisy and that one should rightly doubt whether what she's saying now is just more of the same

Yeah hard to take seriously someone who was "masquerading as an opponent of viewpoint intolerance" while simultaneously being intolerant of any viewpoints that aren't pro-Israel

Couldn't YouTube TV at least do what other providers and cable companies do- have different packages with different sets of channels? That + the DVR functionality/etc just might be enough to make it worth it to enough users instead of only having this noncompetitive high price-point.

I can't stand any normal cable TV other than sports, so both YTTV and cable are not for me at all, but my local cable company offers enough channels at less than $65 that even if I did decide to pay for cable TV, YT TV is a tough sell.

Apparently I should not have used the word forced because some people went full-boar pedantic about it unfortunately. It's forced in terms of "if I want to run Big Sur, I have no choice" (thought that was obvious).

Not forced, but unnecessarily required to purchase new hardware to run the latest OS version which should not have any reason for not working on the older hardware. I still think that's a problem.

If there was a feature of Big Sur that required particular hardware to run, then I would be more understanding. Yes, I can stay on Catalina on my iMac, but it will continue to get more out of date when Apple could have easily kept supporting it. I'm understanding enough to know Apple has business reasons for doing it, and maybe even technical ones (that no one has yet explained) but it doesn't mean I agree with it.

I already use Windows on another PC, and while I don't love telemetry, the only reboots I get are during my scheduled "okay to install updates" hours which is at like 5am when I don't notice it.

I'm not MS's biggest fan, and I have my own peeves with Windows, but the way you worded this seems unnecessarily hostile.

I use Windows, Linux, and macOS for various purposes and I understand the benefits and drawbacks of using them. You don't need to talk down to me about telemetry and updates.

Spinning having to buy unnecessary new hardware to continue running an up-to-date OS as a benefit seems ridiculous to me.

I don't think it's irrelevant to speak to the fact that the latest Firefox runs well on my 2013 iMac. Anecdotal, sure, but I'm tired of seeing the generic "Firefox is bad on macOS" complaints because I just don't think it's true across-the-board anymore. 10-15 versions ago? That was a different story. It has come a long way. I abandoned Firefox back in those days, but lately I returned to it as my browser of choice on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

However, in terms of iOS, I am not certain how either of our experiences (both on macOS) would really be relevant at all to how Firefox would perform on iOS. As much as Apple has tried to make them similar lately, they are still different worlds.

If I want to run Big Sur, it's my only legitimate option.

So yes, if I want to continue to use macOS and want to stay on the latest release, then "having to upgrade hardware" is the only route. If you take issue with me calling that "forcing" then fine, but it's obvious how I'm using that term.

Plenty of hardware from 2013 runs current operating systems- basically only in the Apple ecosystem is this a problem. I doubt there's any _technical_ reason older hardware cannot run newer versions of macOS. Apple just draws a line whereever they want.

I understand this is a "known concern" of being a part of the Apple ecosystem- but it's one of the first times I've encountered it personally, so yes, it's frustrating.

Just realized this is the first time my iMac will not support the next update (iMac 14,3)- if this list is exhaustive and not subject to change, that is.

Due to other crashes and issues I had already been considering the switch to Windows or Linux (I already use those operating systems for other PCs I have in the house).

I've enjoyed using MacOS as my daily driver until Catalina, and even then, there are things I still really like about it compared to other operating systems, but especially now that Apple wants to force me to upgrade hardware to run a newer OS, I'm not sure I want to stay in Apple land.

Maybe it's time.

Runs absolutely fine in situations where battery isn't a concern (iMac)

Yes but Zoom was saying that E2E is something they want to offer for their paid users, but that they will not offer it for free users. I think it's relevant to the parent comment in that they were asking for more information about what Zoom said concerning encryption on free vs paid users.

I think most people mean E2E when they say encryption, because server-client encryption is almost a given now, and does nothing to stop companies from helping law enforcement.

It never helped me. Was very glad to get rid of my account.

The Verge: https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/3/21279355/zoom-end-encrypti...

In my personal experience, I would say it's the buggiest and least snappy version of macOS I've used in quite a long time

I think there is no good answer for many people. I don't want ads (and will continue to block them) and I don't want to pay directly for news either.

I have paid for news in the past and found that it wasn't worth it. Part of the issue is that to get the news I would want I would have to have a subscription at like 10 different companies. Not to mention the fact that many of them still have ads EVEN if you pay.

I already have enough subscription fatigue with streaming services, apps that have gone subscription model, etc. that it just isn't going to happen.

There is no business model I've found worth supporting yet for news. I'm still waiting to find a news product good enough to pay for. It doesn't exist for me.

So my current process is to just mostly avoid articles and news sites in general and let the news that gets to me through various means (free email digests/newsletters that aggregate and summarize, other people, social media, etc) be enough. The only exception being the occasional link on an aggregator-type site like HN where someone has linked to it.

I get 'watchdog timeout' kernel panics. For a while it was daily, since reinstalling OS now it's random.

The issue is I use a far different system than most reporting the issue. I see mentions of macbooks, sleep, etc, but I'm running an iMac 2013, a program that keeps it awake 24/7, etc.

No idea yet what the underlying cause is, but the panics started with 10.15.1 and got worse with 10.15.4, they were not an issue prior to 10.15.1

Agree. I was listening to something else which had reasonable volume and this absolutely blasted my ears at an uncomfortable level.

10.15.1 and then 10.15.4 both introduced random kernel panics on my iMac. Only way to solve was to reinstall MacOS on top of itself (via Recovery, kept files/apps intact).

Still no idea what or why the panics would happen, or why the reinstall solved it.

Catalina has been a very bumpy road for me so far.

Another classic inevitable bait-and-switch situation where they offered too much for free to begin with and backtracking on that just seems to make things worse. No one wins.

I prefer native apps ALWAYS when possible as a user. I get that it isn't the direction the world is moving, and that's unfortunate.

With all the computer resources in the world (tons of RAM, NVME drives, etc) it's still easy to tell the difference between native and anything else. It's amazing with these resources that apps can just be ridiculously slow-feeling. It's just painfully obvious.

Just another hell we have to accept living in. Overly dramatic? Sure, but I wanted to express how much disgust I feel for non-native apps.

Maybe sometimes they do?

I have a lot of issues with Amazon in terms of worker treatment, etc - but admittedly, out of all the online shopping I've done, I still go back to Amazon because I get items delivered quickly, the prices in most categories (as a Prime member with free shipping) are still competitive with only the occasional exception, and every return I've done so far has been super easy.

Despite its problems, it's still for sure the best shopping experience online overall for me, as much as I hate that to be true

Very true, especially when it comes to scroll bars and similar elements. While I do enjoy some "modern" aesthetics from time to time, the Win98 style UI just feels far more "productive", for lack of a better term.

And as much as I like that Linux in many ways often keeps that type of UI around, I still feel like Win98 did it better (almost can't believe I'm saying that).

It is rather amusing how this doesn't work in IE11. I'd almost be inclined to fork and make a version that does, just for the heck of it... for you know, corporate environments that need Win98-styled intranets :)