Apple is not the easiest kid on the block to work with. Most of AutoDesk's software is not ported to anything other that Windows. It is pretty much a forgone conclusion if you are going to run their products you will run it on "Wintel" with most likely Nvidia in the mix for good measure. I am not really an apple fan and really know nothing about their platform. It does seem though their fanboi base is more rabid than any other O/S fanboi group I have ever encountered. I started with ACAD around 89 and use Adesk's software everyday. I just happened to have ACAD up atm but its only being used a small tool in a workflow for getting parts out to our laser and milling table. Not that long ago I was a huge fan of the ADT/MEP tool chain that was ACAD based then all of a sudden Revit came to the forefront. I have no use for Revit. (as in I really don't like the program) so I went back into manufacturing. I suppose it is important for some kind of also-ran or me-tooism Its wonderful a Mac or whatever I-thingy Apple is calling its bling these days runs ACAD and or Maya. Really though who cares? I am not going to run out and buy one because it now runs Autocad. It has never even dawned on me that whether or not their software runs on some other platform matters. It is for the most part top of segment overall for a combination of reasons. In my mind the whole exercise of porting anything AutoDesk sells to anything other than their primary development platform is a waste time, resources, and energy. I am surprised they did it at all frankly.

I remember years ago trying to figure out 3-Phase power. I drove an electrical engineer crazy with questions. Ultimately he said something that stuck with me ever since. "Math can only describe something not explain it". Once I understood that it revealed just full of crap many authoritative experts are.

A scam artist? He produced the sacred electric car and has sent people to the iss. Those are some real accomplishments for a grifter. You have an odd definition of what a scam is. He is successful and smart so your lizard brain must hateses him because he has the precious...

Posting to /. has long been pointless. Does not mean users that actually remember cowboy neil don't still read it. Most of it these days is trifling virtue signaling with a group think backer. Occasionally though it is a place to find out about things not covered elsewhere.

Private monopolies, with near governmental power, and with government blessing, have the "RIGHT" to completely disregard the laws and constitution of the country it operates in when a corrupt power structure and they themselves benefit greatly from it.
First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out— because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Careful what you advocate or worse ignore...

The point is the MMI UX or whatever you want to call it this week was too star trek an not warcraft enough. They transferred control for only part of the ship to another console with all that gee wiz do it because you can technology and the throttle was on the wrong "screen". The Navy has already ordered a system with actual honest controls instead of touch screens. You can make it about politics if you want but its really about tech's arrogance and failure to think things through.

RMS is a hero and a national treasure warts and all. The very attributes people are maligning him with are the strengths that made his contribution to the philosophy and codebase we all benefit from. He is a true believer and has relentlessly backed it all up with deeds. To see him destroyed by people who only deal in semantics and feelings is disgraceful. Then again I came up in a time when people may not have agreed with you but, would have fought to the death to defend your RIGHT to say it. Now a days it would seem jealousy and hatred are so mainstream once the though police catch you expressing something they feel is inappropriate all the little quislings stumble all over themselves to line up and agree. After all they want to stay in the good graces of whoever it is driving this "movement" lest they come for them next as Martin Niemöller wrote in his poem. What a weak minded and groveling bunch the woke, enlightened, intellectuals, sensitive, open minded, elitists etc. group has degenerated to.

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AMAZON shills made the feed over a crappy keyboard just how stupid do you think the users here are ??

No wonder you have had to turn off anonymous cowards you have whored the site out to the corporate advertising jerk wads and expect the users to be civil?

Yeah he government should fund journalism through taxes on the computer geeks. What could go wrong with that plan? Unbelievable y'all would actually take something this absurd with any credence whatsoever. Everyone is entitled to the lifestyle the "feel" they are owed right? Why not just pass a law we all have to buy their ideology driven propaganda at whatever price they set? Require we read it even? Why not have government regulators (more parasites to fund) test us to make sure we are slurping up their agenda and "correct" thinking? Good googly mooglie where does this mindset come from that some should be unaccountable to all but, all should be accountable to them? So much dysfunctional thinking is processed as intelligent, its beyond thinking peoples' comprehension.

Down the politics rabbit hole on a tech site. OMG we are a 3rd world nation because we have a few less weather guessers and no money for free interweb. Everyone should hate the president, blah, blah, blah. He gave money to the rich guys like google, apple, and amazon blah, blah, blah, What this really comes down to is hating America. Obama came up with and implemented some pretty choice things during his eight year reign with his cell phone and his pen. Lots of people , your fellow Americans to be clear, didn't much care for that brand of stink either. So they voted in a boisterous, opinionated, driven, successful, tough, and sometimes even belligerent business man to follow up the last act. So instead of maybe becoming introspective and wondering how such a thing could happen and realizing its just possible some of the left's ideas are too extreme the public square becomes a fling fest where the babies in the culture fling their diaper contents constantly. This kind of nonsense should be beneath the tech community. Hating America has become the national pastime of the malcontents. At some point this translates to hating your community, your family, and yourself. Get help its just a few weather guessers in a country that has a multi-billion dollar 24/7 television network dedicated to just weather. Not to mention the billions spent on satellites, data collection stations, computers, all just to be wrong as often as right. Just how much money and how many morons does it take to achieve this ridiculous task? Oh, I forgot its just an excuse to foment hatred and divisiveness all in the name of love and diversity. IDIOTIC

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Someone who has read Heinlein. Starship Troopers was one of his shortest works he should have a look at Job or Methuselah's children. Heinlein was at best humanist at most bordering on anarchy. I went through a spell when I read just about everything he wrote. Hist story telling and situational ethics scenarios were pretty mind blowing. Figures some idiot picks up some obscure expanded shorty story of his and decides they know the author. His stuff is advanced reading for people with open minds it certainly isn't a conservative diatribe.

Anyone who knows apples' history and isn't a sycophant is aware of just how abusive they are toward their users.Never owned any of their product because its always been over priced over hyped under performing junk assembled out of a bastard mix of proprietary parts and driven by software mangled up, closed and constricted by draconian EULAs. So for them to actually concede something to their corralled peasants and throw them a bone was a rather fine concession considering their approach to marketing and their attitude toward customers (more like suckers). Maybe later I'll tell you how I really feel about Apple, but hey folks line up for this stuff so, it must be good right?

Really? Who and how much is apple paying in bribes to keep this story in the news? Does anyone but the most devout apple fan boi think any of this nonsense is true? The more it is harped on the more absurd it becomes. Apple fan bois don't need convincing and anyone who has a fundamental knowledge hardware just rolls their eyes. Physical access is Root access.

Well I'm not as old a codger as some of these folks who replied. I really hate it when people are on my lawn though. I do squeak in with a 5 digit ID. I got a full house too. Irritatingly I have bad Karma whatever that means. I guess I'm not a loved /.er because I don't slather crap all over this "social media site" YAWN, Oh well I'm going back to sleep I'll post again in another 10 years or so...

Back in the 80' they would pull this crap every other year. go look it up. I thought it was bullshit then and I call bullshit now.