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I just got two very suspicious emails (to my school account). The first was addressed, "Dear User," and said that if I don't change my information within 48 hours I will lose access to my email. The second one had no body or signature and included a plain text file attachment with a scam job posting. This is so strange. I'm currently going through the process to change my password, and I've just emailed the IT Helpdesk with screenshots.
 
decafjava said:
I just wish to add that in Switzerland there is a system of direct democracy where citizens vote on many issues including laws on any level. Any citizen or group of citizens can propose an item on the condition of a minimum amount of signatures are received before the deadline when the item has been registered.

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Ireland also uses referenda quite frequently, usually on matters relating to amending the constitution.
 
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Enjoy. Been at my firm 17 years and they’ve paid for next to nothing in terms of training.
Typical of the firm tbh.
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Thanks, and that sucks. I work for the Canadian gov so we're not swimming in surplus but my manager always supports my learning. Hopefully you were able to seek education through other means.
 
goldmac2006 said:
Got it. What is referenda btw? Another word for primary elections?
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Aren't you either going to school in California or living in the state? Or both? We have what we call "propositions", which are basically the same as referenda. They a regular feature on our ballots.
 
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Aren't you either going to school in California or living in the state? Or both? We have what we call "propositions", which are basically the same as referenda. They a regular feature on our ballots.
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Got it I never heard of that word discussed in any of my politics classes though. Sorry about that.
 
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VE Day is on my mind. Wondering what the fly past in London didn’t include the Battle of Britain flight. Would have been more fitting than the Reds.
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They (Merlin engines) were grounded weren't they following the crash but thought they were cleared again? Perhaps they haven't got them going again yet? Mind, a two seater spitfire which looks to me to be one of the ones from Biggin(?) pancaked into a field a couple of days ago...

WW2 Spitfire makes emergency landing in Kent field

One person was treated by paramedics at the scene in Kent on Saturday evening.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
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They (Merlin engines) were grounded weren't they following the crash but thought they were cleared again? Perhaps they haven't got them going again yet? Mind, a two seater spitfire which looks to me to be one of the ones from Biggin(?) pancaked into a field a couple of days ago...

WW2 Spitfire makes emergency landing in Kent field

One person was treated by paramedics at the scene in Kent on Saturday evening.
www.bbc.co.uk
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The 2 seater is privately owned. It was due to wind conditions at Conisgby apparently.
 
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(Posting this outside the music thread, hope that's okay) I'm learning this piece for tomorrow when I accompany the bass studio. Very quick turnaround, but this piece is pretty easy so shouldn't be much trouble. Should be fun playing it with all the bassists tomorrow.

 
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The macOS desktop version of Facebook Messenger is unbelievably buggy now after this update. Sometimes, the reply, edit, etc. buttons just don't even show up. And worst of all, the profile icons of people who have read the message literally have black streaks going through them. Wow. Ideally I'd never have to use Messenger, but unfortunately I do for chamber ensemble group chats.
 
rm5 said:
The macOS desktop version of Facebook Messenger is unbelievably buggy now after this update. Sometimes, the reply, edit, etc. buttons just don't even show up. And worst of all, the profile icons of people who have read the message literally have black streaks going through them. Wow. Ideally I'd never have to use Messenger, but unfortunately I do for chamber ensemble group chats.
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Command Q should fix that for you.
 
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Coworker is still completely delusional in saying that Mac's are expensive and that they can get a PC that performs 2 times better for less. I can't with these people.
 
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The Clark said:
Coworker is still completely delusional in saying that Mac's are expensive and that they can get a PC that performs 2 times better for less. I can't with these people.
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Well, okay, I think this is more complicated than that. For example, my Lenovo Legion laptop cost $1500 (I bought it for less, but that's the actual price of it). That is the same price as a base model M4 MacBook Pro. Comparing the specs, the MacBook has the base M4 (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU), 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of storage. The Lenovo has the Ryzen 7 which performs roughly equal to the M4, 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage, but it ALSO has the RTX 4060 graphics card, which outperforms the M4 GPU by about 3 times (using Cinebench 2024 for these metrics).

Of course, on the Lenovo, you are losing the nice XDR display, nice speakers (which I don't care about since I use headphones/studio speakers), and a nice trackpad. But it comes with a much faster GPU, and upgradable RAM/storage. And, not to mention, completely user-serviceable parts.

So, to actually respond to your comment... I think this used to be a lot more true than it is now. With how good the M4 supposedly is, the "PC is better for less" argument is starting to lose its strength. BUT, on the GPU side, you still cannot get an RTX 4060-level MacBook for the same price.
 
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Coworker is still completely delusional in saying that Mac's are expensive and that they can get a PC that performs 2 times better for less. I can't with these people.
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I have a 3-year-old Samsung laptop that came with 16gb of Ram and 512gb of SSD storage for less than $800 (when I bought it). Looking at today's pricing for a mac with the same specs would be $1600 plus tax. So I get where they are coming from. I do have a mac as well though so....
 
The big difference I notice at work between the people using Mac’s and PC’s is the battery and trackpad.
PC users come down for a meeting with their power brick and mouse in tow.
Mac users know their battery lasts and the trackpad is fine to use.

But any computer with 16GB of RAM is going to be no fun in 2025.
 
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rm5 said:
Well, okay, I think this is more complicated than that. For example, my Lenovo Legion laptop cost $1500 (I bought it for less, but that's the actual price of it). That is the same price as a base model M4 MacBook Pro. Comparing the specs, the MacBook has the base M4 (10-core CPU, 10-core GPU), 16 GB of RAM, and 512 GB of storage. The Lenovo has the Ryzen 7 which performs roughly equal to the M4, 16 GB of RAM, 512 GB of storage, but it ALSO has the RTX 4060 graphics card, which outperforms the M4 GPU by about 3 times (using Cinebench 2024 for these metrics).

Of course, on the Lenovo, you are losing the nice XDR display, nice speakers (which I don't care about since I use headphones/studio speakers), and a nice trackpad. But it comes with a much faster GPU, and upgradable RAM/storage. And, not to mention, completely user-serviceable parts.

So, to actually respond to your comment... I think this used to be a lot more true than it is now. With how good the M4 supposedly is, the "PC is better for less" argument is starting to lose its strength. BUT, on the GPU side, you still cannot get an RTX 4060-level MacBook for the same price.
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The issue with looking at just the “specs” is that it doesn’t tell the whole story.

Yeah, if you’re smart about it, you can absolutely get a ridiculously powerful PC for less money on paper. But what you’re not getting is everything else that makes a Mac a Mac. You’re losing macOS - which, for a lot of people, is non-negotiable, especially developers or folks in cybersecurity who rely on Unix-based tools. You’re also giving up the best trackpad on the market (and that’s not an exaggeration - nothing else even comes close), a display that looks phenomenal and has this super clean scaling system that makes everything just feel better to use, and the overall cohesiveness of the experience.

And then there’s Apple Silicon, which isn’t just about raw power, but about how efficient and cool it runs. The thermal performance is insane, the battery life crushes anything in the Windows world (ATM), and it all just works together in a way that spec sheets don’t reflect. So yeah, specs are great, but they’re only part of the equation.

Many people that I've met that are anti-mac struggle to get over the fact that you can't game on them (becoming less true) & that there are "cheaper" options that are "just as good" (CRINGE).
 
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I have 32 GB in my iMac. I find that it's a perfect amount. 16 GB seems to run out pretty quickly on both Mac and Windows.

The other thing is, I think it's perfectly fine to have something that's slightly inconvenient. From owning both a Mac and a PC, I really don't think there's a "perfect" option, and it depends on your uses of the computer. But I just think that so many people - including myself at times - try to chase after the convenience of something. But really, it's fine to have something that's not best-in-class, that has a horrible trackpad, etc. In fact, the majority of people I know use old iPhones, have only a PC laptop with a bad trackpad, drive old cars, and all of that. It's fine.
 
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I am a firm believer in the more RAM, the better. I've followed that philosophy for many years, since my earliest computers. Currently I have 64 GB RAM in my M1 MBP and that works well for me, since I do a lot of photography and post-processing of digital images. With today's software being so much more demanding, too, I think that even if someone doesn't do anything extensive that they should have at least 16 GB RAM, but preferably 32 GB RAM.

Also since Apple puts everything together in a "unified" setup on their logic boards, that means that one really does need to be sure they have enough RAM and storage space so that the machine can function smoothly.
 
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