On this day 30 years ago, I unboxed my first Apple Macintosh - a Performa 5200! In an era dominated by Windows PCs, I was a ‘Mac Rebel’ and proceeded to play Star Wars: Dark Forces… #Apple #Macintosh
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John Hood
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Gaming since the Atari age, Doctor Who Star Wars fan forever!
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Peter Cohen
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Former tech journalist of 20+ years - still dealing with that trauma in therapy, here now for the shitposts and wry observations on life, mostly NSFW. Definitely not for minors, of interest to miners, or relevant to mynahs either.
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Peter Cohen
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Former tech journalist of 20+ years - still dealing with that trauma in therapy, here now for the shitposts and wry observations on life, mostly NSFW. Definitely not for minors, of interest to miners, or relevant to mynahs either.
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Dec 13, 2025
This is some hideously dystopian shit from a company that we absolutely should expect better from. This isn't the first time I've heard of this happening, either.
Peter Cohen
@flargh@mastodon.social
Former tech journalist of 20+ years - still dealing with that trauma in therapy, here now for the shitposts and wry observations on life, mostly NSFW. Definitely not for minors, of interest to miners, or relevant to mynahs either.
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Peter Cohen
@flargh@mastodon.social
Former tech journalist of 20+ years - still dealing with that trauma in therapy, here now for the shitposts and wry observations on life, mostly NSFW. Definitely not for minors, of interest to miners, or relevant to mynahs either.
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@flargh@mastodon.social
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Nov 18, 2025
I like the Mac Pro as a concept,. but as an execution I think it's been horribly defunct for many years. Not disappointed to read @markgurman@mastodon.social latest that it's fallow. Apple's made it clear that there's no business for the expansion crowd - buy a PC and hook it up with the OS of your choice, but it *ain't* gonna be a Mac.
Cody Boone Ferguson
@xexyl@fosstodon.org
I have the honour that I have written several tools (txzchk, others) for the International Obfuscated C Code Contest [IOCCC] judges and co-developing several other tools (e.g. jparse, a JSON parser in C) with Landon Curt Noll, a founder and judge of the IOCCC . I'm also a five time winner of the IOCCC. I love dinosaurs, volcanoes (and all other natural disasters fascinate me as well) and space. I'm an avid reader, Tolkienist and a Second World War buff. I've loved bears since I was a baby.
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Cody Boone Ferguson
@xexyl@fosstodon.org
I have the honour that I have written several tools (txzchk, others) for the International Obfuscated C Code Contest [IOCCC] judges and co-developing several other tools (e.g. jparse, a JSON parser in C) with Landon Curt Noll, a founder and judge of the IOCCC . I'm also a five time winner of the IOCCC. I love dinosaurs, volcanoes (and all other natural disasters fascinate me as well) and space. I'm an avid reader, Tolkienist and a Second World War buff. I've loved bears since I was a baby.
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Nov 17, 2025
@9to5Mac@mastodon.online ‘Last week, Apple introduced a new Edge Light effect on macOS Tahoe 26.2 beta 2, which adds a virtual light around the edges of the display during video calls.’
Good to know #Apple doesn’t give a toss about bricking devices. Clearly visual effects are more important.
AJ Sadauskas
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Friendly local eccentric posting photos of #buildings, #architecture, #cats, #animals, #food, #urbanism, #cities, #landscapes, and other miscellany I find interesting.
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AJ Sadauskas
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Friendly local eccentric posting photos of #buildings, #architecture, #cats, #animals, #food, #urbanism, #cities, #landscapes, and other miscellany I find interesting.
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Nov 13, 2025
It's not an Apple 2, it's a Wombat!
Apple's lawsuit against the company that sold this machine ended up going all the way to the High Court.
And Apple lost!
Turns out software was not covered by Australian copyright law at the time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_Edge_v_Apple
On display at https://acms.org.au/
Peter Cohen
@flargh@mastodon.social
Former tech journalist of 20+ years - still dealing with that trauma in therapy, here now for the shitposts and wry observations on life, mostly NSFW. Definitely not for minors, of interest to miners, or relevant to mynahs either.
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Peter Cohen
@flargh@mastodon.social
Former tech journalist of 20+ years - still dealing with that trauma in therapy, here now for the shitposts and wry observations on life, mostly NSFW. Definitely not for minors, of interest to miners, or relevant to mynahs either.
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@flargh@mastodon.social
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Nov 12, 2025
Interesting roundup comparing the benchmark performance of Apple's M-series chips since their introduction.
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/11/10/apple-silicon-m1-to-m5-comparison/
Peter Cohen
@flargh@mastodon.social
Former tech journalist of 20+ years - still dealing with that trauma in therapy, here now for the shitposts and wry observations on life, mostly NSFW. Definitely not for minors, of interest to miners, or relevant to mynahs either.
mastodon.social
Peter Cohen
@flargh@mastodon.social
Former tech journalist of 20+ years - still dealing with that trauma in therapy, here now for the shitposts and wry observations on life, mostly NSFW. Definitely not for minors, of interest to miners, or relevant to mynahs either.
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Nov 11, 2025
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