Welp…time for me to order that bowl of claim chowder. (Although I somewhat protest, because they didn’t call it the M1X either. I heard zilch about M1 Pro/Max rumors until the day before the event. Still, we’re not in the M2 era just yet…)
Going on the record saying I believe they'll call it the M2. M1X just seems silly to me at this point. We'll see if I have to eat claim chowder on Monday!
New post: fluffy rambles: The unfortunate reality of Apple's product focus beesbuzz.biz/blog/13197-The… #Apple #Hardware
New post: fluffy rambles: Authl update → login reset beesbuzz.biz/blog/12417-Aut… #Meta

The unfortunate reality of Apple’s product focus

Authl update → login reset

Christmas in October! Thanks, Apple!
Steve Troughton-Smith https://twitter.com/stroughtonsmith
As per the new macOS 12 page on Apple.com, the Safari redesign is toast on macOS and iPadOS! Compact tab bar mode is still an option, but regular tabs are back!
Continuation of its social media monopoly? What are we going to do about that? forbes.com/sites/siladity…
NEW: The trans ERG at Netflix has released a list of demands ahead of Wednesday's walkout. Taking down the Dave Chappelle special isn't one of them.
Netflix trans employees and allies release a list of demands ahead of the walkout theverge.com/2021/10/18/227…
New 14” M1 Max MacBook Pro with 32-core GPU, 64GB memory, and 8TB SSD !!! $5,899 !!!
So about that notch… #AppleEvent The devil’s in the details, but my initial impression from the livestream is that there *isn’t* one — aka when you’re playing a fullscreen game or using an app or watching a video, you don’t see the notch at all. The notch is menubar-only. 1/2
Well, shit…
I relaunched Comic Rocket's blog, wrote up what I've been doing, and asked people for support via Patreon. I've gotten a flood of nice messages in response! 😊 news.comic-rocket.com/2021/10/15/com…
Here comes Johny !! #AppleEvent
🎉💃🕺 Congrats to @Dance_Church , @katewallich , and @Clara_Siegel on their $4.7M raise! Dance on. techcrunch.com/2021/10/18/dan…
Growing up, I watched every episode of Batman: The Animated Series (BTAS), and I still love it today. Very excited to re-live my teenage afternoons with Batman: The Caped Crusader! “My elevator pitch of this show is that it’s more BTAS than BTAS.” 😍 polygon.com/2021/10/16/227…
A few technical difficulties, quickly resolved! Thanks #AllThingsOpen and everyone that attended Blasting Browser Security!
Every Monday, I sit down with a cup of coffee and learn something interesting about history through old manuscripts. Join our friends Dot Porter (@leoba) and the Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (@sims_mss) at Coffee with a Codex. boffosocko.com/2021/10/18/v/
Netflix investigated (but didn't fire) one of its top execs in Spain for behavior that was not inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community:
One of Netflix’s top executives in Spain was investigated for comments offensive to the LGBTQ community. The company found his behavior deeply concerning, but kept him ...
hey discord please stop prompting me to join a “student hub” every single time I open the app, I graduated college over 20 years ago now
Some Ruby talk while waiting for the Apple event: I finally tried out Capybara + Cuprite working with a Roda (and Bridgetown) app. Used my installed MS Edge as headless driver. This is powerful stuff folks. The speed…!! Don't think I'll ever need to reach for Cypress again. 🙌