The MacBook Neo uses an A18 Chip that is in my iPhone Pro Max, and it runs full macOS competently in eight gigs of RAM
I want to plug my iPhone into my thunderbolt dock and run macOS X.
It doesn’t seem like it’s a technical problem anymore, now it’s organizational willpower
Just discovered my Aura “Ultimate – Individual” plan quietly crept to $199/yr. The pricing page has “save 50%” at $144/yr, but it doesn't clearly warn that renewals jump. When a security company leans on dark‑pattern subscriptions instead of transparent pricing, that’s enshittification.
Without warning, Apple has stopped selling the Mac Studio with its previous maximum configuration of 512GB RAM, perhaps because of worldwide shortages.
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My upcoming Apple purchases are now officially on hold, and I will encourage all others do the same. De-escalate something created by Tyrant Trump? Timid Tim is on the wrong side of history with this one.
Watch our full press conference here: www.youtube.com/watch?si=kc9...
Perplexity on AI’s friction vs time savings (answered macOS app question using other platforms): AI can be both high-friction and net-valuable, but only in certain task types and with the right expectations, and current systems absolutely can mislead people about how reliably time-saving they are.
I am so proud of the people showing their support together against this injustice. I am sending positive vibes to all of you there!
Once again showing his narcissism, Trump is once again the King Agitator.
Just one of the routine frustrations of using AI tools is asking for results and getting nothing. This morning's was the first (follow-up) prompt in an existing chat.
A resurfacing iPhone bug is leaving alarms technically "on" but functionally silent, catching users off guard at the worst possible time. Here's how you can (usually) avoid the same fate.
This has happened to me multiple times, including when used with Apple Watch. Dumb thing is that using Sleep Alarm transfers to watch only. Vibrate sometimes doesn’t work (and if it does for some, not strong enough). No option to ring sound on phone and take watch out of equation. Painful.
AI is more like Augmented Interaction. Or Aggregation Instrument. No intelligence. Definitely artificial at times. Strong with historical review. Strong context required. Can turn into productivity loss. Strong data lookup capabilities. Complex, but no learning, despite appearances.
Unbelievable that iOS 26 still limits the sleep alarm when Apple Watch is used. The message: When you wear Apple Watch to bed, the alarm will go off on your watch. And only your watch! No option to include phone or just do to phone. Even worse, watch doesn’t always go off! Apple fail. 👎
Example of AI frustration at times. Claude was asked to update a table with research information. It provided a response that wasn't a table. I indicated it was to be in a table. Its response: You're absolutely right—let me rebuild this into a single comprehensive table. Painful at times.
New to Joplin. Nice to see such improvements. It is my Markdown notebook of choice. However, there are still significant usability gaps for mainstream users, such as poor footnote support and challenges with moving rows up/down or columns left/right. Thankfully, it lets me use Typora too.
So true. Ironic since he is, well, always whining. Pot calling the kettle...!
Visual Studio Logo text reads: Visual Studio 2026 - Profiler Agent – Delegate the analysis, not the performance
Visual Studio 2026 introduces Copilot Profiler Agent—AI-powered performance tuning without the headache.
- Analyze CPU/memory
- Suggest actionable fixes
- Validate improvements
Delegate the analysis, keep the speed!
Learn more: msft.it/63328tjUp0
#VisualStudio
That is indeed a challenge, although thankful that .NET Framework is still supported. WinForms are at least supported with .NET Core (unlike WebForms, which makes sense not to carry forward). Visual Studio will still be in my playbook for older or corporate projects as needed.
.NET Conf 2025 Title Slide. Text reads: .NET Conf 2025 Build better web apps with Blazor in .NET 10
#dotNETConf session replay: Build better web apps with Blazor in .NET 10
Learn how Blazor makes it easier to build secure web apps with built-in WebAuthN and passkeys support and scaffolding for adding Entra ID authentication. 🎥 msft.it/63321tX30S
After decades on Visual Studio, including Visual Studio 2026 (and liking it!), the transition to Visual Studio Code (insiders) is almost complete for modern app development (including .NET Core). Multi-platform and Microsoft Ignite Conference 2025 helped push.
After attending Microsoft Ignite last week, it seems VSCode is cool, and Visual Studio, even the new 2026 version released two weeks ago, isn't at least with AI. 🤭
Many interesting new AI capabilities were demonstrated at MS Ignite today. Impressive concurrency with coding agents in GitHub. Sadly, not in Azure DevOps. Perhaps even sadder, adding Markdown to OneNote is still absent. 🤣🤔 #msignite #microsoftignite #ignite2026
Microsoft Ignite 2025 is well underway. This free virtual event shows Microsoft's technical and business trajectory with Artificial Intelligence (😱). Many nice announcements, but the echo of being in a conference hall is less than ideal. #msignite #microsoftignite #ignite2025
OneDrive for Business can be frustrating. Just today: File uploaded and synchronized to the cloud. The Windows 11 link to the file pasted in OneNote is wrong. Insult to injury, OneDrive Web doesn't show it as a recent file, even 10 minutes after uploading.
Biggest surprise with .NET Conf Day 2: File-based apps. A potential replacement or supplement for other scripting across platforms (Windows, macOS, Linux).
This morning's IT Leadership Group at grey-search.com was a valuable discussion on AI with other professional networking leaders, talking about today's limitations and alignment with human values.
.NET Conf day 2 is about to start. Yesterday was informative and head is full of thoughts and learnings. The live chat was both valuable and entertaining. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpHA... #dotnetconf
I am not surprised. Pay more to get less (beyond weight 😉). It is also a "fib". While most of it is thinner, there is a bump. Thick in the head by Apple to believe otherwise, IMO. I am sure there will be future info on how they missed.
What a great conference! So much information load! #dotnetconf