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Re: No one else will be, so *I* am proud of my work today. Mini from14.3 through 14.7 to 15.3.1

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On 16/03/2025 02:50, John wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Mar 2025 11:38:59 +0000, "David B." <david_b.is@home.today>
> wrote:
> 
>> On 11/03/2025 01:21, John wrote:
>>>      
>>>      So, I've been putting it off for ages because I wasn't sure I could
>>> restart the G.I.M.PS. (https://mersenne.org) program MPRIME inside the
>>> Terminal once I had stopped it but today (actually, yesterday, Monday)
>>> I upgraded my free Mini from 14.5-ish to 14.7 then to 15.3.1 which I'm
>>> told (by the Software Update Wizard) is the latest OS.
>>>
>>>     It took a while. The 14.3 to 14.7 step went wonderfully. Not a
>>> single issue but the 15.3.1 step was a bugger. The download took
>>> *hours* as the thing slowed my router down to a grinding halt. It was
>>> like a 300-Baud modem at times.
>>>
>>>     Still, even the longest download eventually ends and this one was no
>>> exception. The actual updating took about 30 minutes and some blank
>>> screens but there was absolutely no problems. Not one.
>>>
>>>     Okay, maybe a littly one: "Apple Intelligence" wanted to run itself.
>>> But even that was a simple "kill-it-with-fire" to make it go away. The
>>> switch is *Click on the half-eaten-apple" at the top left edge of the
>>> screen, then look inside the "System Settings", then under "Apple
>>> Intelligence And SIRI" and it's a simple toggle. I'm happy with that.
>>> I don't think Aplle could have made it easier.
>>>
>>>     And MPRIME? Well, it died with "segmentation fault" errors a couple
>>> of times but I did manage to get it running inside a new Terminal
>>> shell. I'm not going to investigate the errors, though I would have
>>> when I was doing this for a living. I don't care enough. It's running,
>>> I'm not about to fiddle with it. Truthfully, I know very little about
>>> how MPRIME works so my fiddling about would be idiotic at best. :)
>>>
>>>    Conclusion? Apple have made some bloody *solid* software! I am very
>>> positively impressed with how *easy* the process was.
>>>
>>>    And as the "Subject" line says, I'm rather proud of how well I
>>> accomplished it.
>>>
>>>    I did good. Apple did gooder. My little Mini did very, very good.
>>>
>>>    She's an M1, so 15.3.1 might be the peak of upgrades for her. I'll be
>>> more confident next time if it isn't.
>>>
>>>    Oh, and *no* I am not going to switch "Intelligence" on, ever. I just
>>> hate the very notion of it.
>>>
>>>    But everything else seems to work, even BOINC.
>>>
>>>    My thanks to everyone on these Maccy Usenet groups who helped me over
>>> the years. I would never have been brave enough to try this without
>>> that. :)
>>>
>>>    Hold on ... Yerp, BOINC and MPRIME are still happily whirring away.
>>> I'm pleased. :)
>>
>>
>> Please read here, John:-
>>
>> https://chatgpt.com/share/67d3f9a7-8fec-8013-a89f-b50bfb16a197
> 
> 
>   Can you *PLEASE* stop 'nymshifting?
> 
>   Please?
> 
>   Please?
> 
>   Just to be nice, decent, kind and humane?
> 
>   Please?
> 
>   Oh, and NO I won't go see some drive-by malware-laden crap "written"
> by a sorting algorithm with a broken weighting process running over a
> copyright-violating look-up table. Why would I? Why would *anyone*
> when the original, non-smooshed data are available on the Internet
> without "A.I." "input" or corruption?

There's NOTHING "Drive-by" about ChatGPT

>   I've asked you politely to stop 'nymshifting. Are you ever going to
> do it? Are you ever going to be a decent human being?
> 
>   Yes or no?
> 
>   Let me guess, that would be a "no"?

<shrug> That rather depends on you and whether or not you will have a 
civil conversation.

FYI .....

On 16/03/2025 00:12, Tyrone wrote:
 > the poster child for Asperger's Synrome

Absolutely! 🙂

Here's what I read about that:-

2. Strengths:

     Strong Focus and Attention to Detail: Many people with Asperger's 
are excellent at focusing on specific tasks or problems and paying 
attention to detail.

     Logical Thinking: They often excel in areas that require logical 
analysis or problem-solving, such as math, engineering, or computer science.

     Honesty and Directness: People with Asperger's tend to be very 
straightforward and honest, sometimes to a point of being blunt.

=

*That describes me perfectly*!

The fellow known as John Daniel *LIED* on LinkedIn

https://i.ibb.co/SDVrsdWh/John-Daniel.png

He also posted childishly here as "etresoft":-

https://i.ibb.co/spmGDdrF/Screenshot-2024-11-05-at-22-12-01.png

HTH

-- 
David
Straight and true - always!

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