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Re: crApple products

From Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject Re: crApple products
Date 2018-09-08 09:39 -0700
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On 9/8/18 7:06 AM, SilverSlimer wrote:
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>>> Never has my productivity increase or my life improved from a better-
>>> looking piece of software. A lighter, less intrusive program yes; a
>>> heavier, prettier one no.
>>
>> If you were a graphic artist or someone who had to look at the screen
>> for 8-10 hours a day you would notice the difference.
> 
> In other words, ONE segment of the computer-using population _MIGHT_
> notice the difference.

One segment... those who look at their screens and do not have 
significant vision impairments.

That "segment" is quite large!

>>>> The scaling, dpi and fonts just look really, really, really good.
>>>
>>> Ugly fonts discouraged a few idiots from running Linux back in the old
>>> days. I'm not sure why improving this was a priority but to say the
>>> least, it's not something which increases the utility of an operating
>>> system.
>>
>>
>> You are missing the point.
>> See above.
>> A poor display is not only irritating it is actually ergonomically
>> unhealthy as is a poor chair.
> 
> In reality, there is no such thing as a healthy display. All of them emit
> radiation and all of them cause eventual damage to our vision. A higher
> resolution does not change that.

What damage do they cause to vision? Can you show support for this?

>>>> With Windows the user has to play around with dpi, desktop settings
>>>> and so forth and people with 4k monitors quickly realize text is so
>>>> small they can barely read it.
>>>
>>> While I think that a 4k monitor is nice, I don't really see how it has
>>> helped anyone to increase their productivity. Unless the monitor is
>>> humongous, you're working on images and the pixels are large enough for
>>> you to really see what changes you're making, it seems pointless. My
>>> wife's laptop has a high-resolution screen of the sort but it's like
>>> 13".
>>> All it does is make the text look smoother but the real estate is still
>>> no more than you would get if you had a 1366x768 screen. Meanwhile,
>>> your GPU needs to work extra hard to push all of those extra pixels and
>>> battery life suffers.
>>
>> Why do you keep focusing on productivity?
>> That's like saying comfortable seats in a BMW won't get you from point a
>> to point b any faster.
>> True.
>> But they will certainly improve your experience and comfort while
>> getting from point a to point b.
>>
>> Staring at a poor display is also unhealthy.
> 
> _Any_ display is unhealthy. I focus on productivity though because the
> resident Apple troll will focus on that as well. It's also what Apple
> focuses on when pushing these technologies. In reality, the companies and
> the marketers know very well how useless a 4k or even 8k display is. It's
> prettier, but it's truly pointless considering it adds no real benefit to
> the user other than being pretty.

By all means use a 72 dpi screen if you like. But as far as a focus on 
tasks and productivity, that is what ANY tool is for. Why get a tool 
that does not allow you to get the tasks done you got the tool for? This 
applies to table saws, computers, TVs, cars... anything.

>>>> That's why most people get Apple Care, which I will admit is
>>>> excellent. They really do take care of their customers. They should
>>>> considering how much all this stuff costs.
>>>
>>> Knowing how many ethical rules Apple consistently breaks, especially
>>> when it comes to slave labour, I'd stay away from them at all costs.
>>
>> They all do it.
>> That Asus motherboard you have was probably manufactured in the same
>> Foxxconn factory that the Apple board was made in.
>> That doesn't make it right, but just saying.
> 
> The way that I see it, computing should be ethical across the board. Thje
> software should be open, the hardware should have been built by people
> who were properly compensated and once it is obsolete, whatever parts can
> be reused to build new machinery should be. As it is, Apple is making a
> mockery of the computing world by offering closed software, slave-built
> hardware and charging a fortune for it. Anyone who buys their junk is a
> moron (see Snit) who is enabling more unethical behaviour.

Keep in mind when you saw how well some common tasks were done on the 
macOS environment you considered buying a Mac.

But use what you like. I will certainly not put you down for your 
choices in tools. You feel the need to put others down... you are 
anti-choice where I am pro-choice. Fair enough.


-- 
Personal attacks from those who troll show their own insecurity. They 
cannot use reason to show the message to be wrong so they try to feel 
somehow superior by attacking the messenger.

They cling to their attacks and ignore the message time and time again.

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        Re: Kernel 4.19 Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-09-02 21:13 +0000
          Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 14:33 -0700
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            Re: Kernel 4.19 Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-09-02 21:58 +0000
              Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 15:33 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-09-02 22:41 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-09-02 19:07 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 19:29 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-04 07:33 -0500
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-04 06:37 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 06:40 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-04 10:05 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-04 09:14 -0500
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-04 15:58 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-04 11:48 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-04 18:59 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 16:21 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 23:49 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 17:08 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-04 17:24 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 17:54 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-04 22:26 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-04 21:39 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 22:03 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-05 07:03 -0500
                Re: Kernel 4.19 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-05 07:09 -0500
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-05 07:36 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-05 07:55 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-05 16:47 +0000
                crApple products chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-05 12:15 -0500
                Re: crApple products SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-06 01:03 +0000
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-05 18:20 -0700
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 07:17 -0700
                Re: crApple products chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-06 09:47 -0500
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 08:06 -0700
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 14:36 -0700
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 14:51 -0700
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-05 21:30 -0700
                Re: crApple products DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-09-06 12:44 -0400
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 11:28 -0700
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 14:35 -0700
                Re: crApple products RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 23:57 +0000
                Re: crApple products SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-07 00:17 +0000
                Re: crApple products William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-06 21:25 -0400
                Re: crApple products RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-07 03:51 +0000
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 22:00 -0700
                Re: crApple products SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-07 20:44 +0000
                Re: crApple products RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-07 23:15 +0000
                Re: crApple products SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-07 23:34 +0000
                Re: crApple products William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-07 19:42 -0400
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-08 09:11 -0700
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-07 18:43 -0700
                Re: crApple products SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-07 20:40 +0000
                Re: crApple products William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-07 17:53 -0400
                Re: crApple products RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-07 23:12 +0000
                Re: crApple products William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-07 19:20 -0400
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-08 09:22 -0700
                Re: crApple products RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-08 21:21 +0000
                Re: crApple products SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-08 21:39 +0000
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-08 14:56 -0700
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-08 23:55 -0700
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-09-09 09:12 -0700
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-09 09:32 -0700
                Re: crApple products "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-09-09 21:37 +0000
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-09-09 14:47 -0700
                Re: crApple products "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-09-09 22:12 +0000
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-09-09 15:29 -0700
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-09 15:47 -0700
                Re: crApple products "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-09-09 22:48 +0000
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-09-09 15:57 -0700
                Re: crApple products "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-09-09 23:26 +0000
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-09 16:00 -0700
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-09 16:50 -0700
                Re: crApple products Lenny Dignman <dingmansferryboat3@dingman.org> - 2018-09-09 19:43 -0400
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-09 17:05 -0700
                "Gain" is the _ input volume. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-09-09 18:57 -0700
                Re: "Gain" is the _ input volume. Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-09 19:26 -0700
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-08 14:53 -0700
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-08 15:04 -0700
                Re: crApple products Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-08 15:19 -0700
                Re: crApple products SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-07 23:28 +0000
                Re: crApple products William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-07 19:39 -0400
                Re: crApple products SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-08 14:06 +0000
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-08 09:39 -0700
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-08 09:29 -0700
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-08 09:10 -0700
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-07 18:42 -0700
                Re: crApple products Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 21:52 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-05 10:15 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-05 21:29 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 21:47 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-05 16:44 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-05 09:59 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-05 13:34 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-05 21:31 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-06 08:13 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-06 12:42 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 06:00 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-06 09:06 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 06:33 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 07:30 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Poaster <noemail@lutenorg.com> - 2018-09-06 23:23 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-06 23:48 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 21:51 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 21:50 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 07:26 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 07:51 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2018-09-06 22:39 +0200
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 13:54 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 14:05 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-06 18:26 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 15:53 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-06 23:26 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 21:50 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Poaster <noemail@lutenorg.com> - 2018-09-06 23:29 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-06 19:39 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Poaster <noemail@lutenorg.com> - 2018-09-06 23:47 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Lenny Dignman <dingmansferryboat3@dingman.org> - 2018-09-06 19:50 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 21:52 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 17:26 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-06 23:48 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Lenny Dignman <dingmansferryboat3@dingman.org> - 2018-09-06 19:53 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-06 17:10 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 21:51 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 21:51 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-06 07:22 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-05 21:29 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-04 16:54 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-04 11:25 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 11:54 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 23:46 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 DFS <nospam@nospam.com> - 2018-09-07 10:58 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 fr314159@gmail.com - 2018-09-07 09:16 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-07 20:50 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 RonB <ronb02NOSPAM@gmail.com> - 2018-09-07 23:16 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-07 23:35 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 William Barnes <idonthvanemaildou@mail.com> - 2018-09-07 19:44 -0400
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-08 14:07 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-09-08 14:14 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-08 10:06 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-08 09:39 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-10 07:25 -0500
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-10 05:53 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-10 06:37 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-10 15:45 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2018-09-10 11:05 -0500
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-10 12:46 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 SilverSlimer <silver@slim.er> - 2018-09-10 23:25 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-10 12:23 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2018-09-08 09:32 -0700
                Re: Kernel 4.19 "F. Russell" <fr@random.info> - 2018-09-02 22:48 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Melzzzzz <Melzzzzz@zzzzz.com> - 2018-09-02 22:57 +0000
                Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 16:27 -0700
            Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 15:20 -0700
          Re: Kernel 4.19 Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-09-02 19:06 -0400
            Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 17:56 -0700
        Re: Kernel 4.19 Steve Carroll <frelwizzen@gmail.com> - 2018-09-02 14:17 -0700
      Re: Kernel 4.19 Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2018-09-02 19:05 -0400
      Frankly, I don't notice [any] difference [in the Kernel] Simon bar Sinister <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2018-09-04 07:21 -0700

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