> Frankly, I can't think of a company more worthy of this fate than Intel.

Uh, Comcast! I hope to see Comcast flail. I stopped being their customer in 2018 and I still despise them!

My (13 year old) Windows 10 PC can't be upgraded to Windows 11. I switched to the new M4 Mac mini a couple of weeks ago. It's great!

I've been a Microsoft user since my father brought home the original IBM PC in 1983.

It's nice to try something new- was always a "gadget person". With smart phones taking over most gadgets, tech has been boring for the last many years. So I get a nice cool little computer and get to try something new- helps to keep my 50 something brain a bit "plastic".

Certainly not interested in a cloud/streaming computer.

5+ years ago, someone took a 1990s Radio Shack flyer and circled in red all the gadgets the smart phone replaced. It was at least 75% of the items in the ad.

This is why it's so hard to find small gifts to give anymore- one just needs their phone. No more gadgets, books, CDs for music, moves on VHS or DVD etc. It's all be subsumed!

An old peeve of mine is that I wish Iomega had allowed others to make Zip disks and drives and collected royalties. The 3.5 inch floppy was around for WAAAAYYY too long before CD-R took over for a while. Zip disks would have fit neatly in there had they just been able to become "a standard".

Oh well. Showing my age.

It's time to upgrade to a Zip disk. Maybe in 20 years go to a CD-R.

Wonder what people 20 years from now will think of USB flash drives.

We can't always be connected to the internet/cloud all the time.

https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/the-taste-of-space-tang-sucks-the-truth-about-so-called-astronaut-ice-cream-and-vegans-for-the-win/

https://www.foodandwine.com/lifestyle/how-nasa-made-tang-cool

It was said that Tang was invented for use on the Space Shuttle. That's the last important invention!

(yes, sarcasm... and yes, I know it wasn't invented for the Space Shuttle)

Hey olds, the game has changed. For those who are 25, itâ(TM)s 90% TokToc and Youtube and maybe 10% Netflix. Itâ(TM)s not going to change back. The revenue shrinking isnâ(TM)t close to being finished for the traditional media companies.

Looks like still no AC-4 audio support needed for ATSC 3. Ugh.

https://trac.ffmpeg.org/ticket/8349

Ugh yeah, Iâ(TM)m spending more than I did last year, but NOT on anything frivolous. My âoedisposable incomeâ has gone way down due to increased prices for food, electricity, home heating, transportation and above all, my property taxes. Havenâ(TM)t flown on a plane since 2020. The amount of money we have to do things during weekends has dropped big time. The Amazon delivery person probably visits 1/5 as frequently as before 2020. Iâ(TM)ve become âoeMr. Noâ at my house!

I said from the very beginning- 5G is all about "FWA" - home fixed wireless access. My Netflix video starts in .6 seconds in 4G and .6 seconds in 5G on my iPhone, so I could care less about it with my phone.

I recently saw a report that FWA now has 5% of home broadband customers. It is finally bringing competition to neighborhoods and towns that only had their cable company as an option for "broadband".

https://www.nexttv.com/news/verizon-and-t-mobile-fwa-now-control-over-5-of-the-us-broadband-market-chart

This is a big deal!

I'm aware of that possibility. It strikes me as basically a "command line" calculator. Not exactly the "Apple Way" in my book- at least in my understanding of the Apple Way.

A sonnet from chatgpt:

Oh Apple, how I love your sleek design
Your iPad is a marvel of the age
But there is one thing missing from your line
A calculator app that can engage

Why must I use a third-party tool
Or switch to my iPhone every time
I need to do some math or find a rule
Or convert some units or a dime

A calculator app is not too much
To ask from such a giant of the tech
You have the power and the skill and such
To make it happen with a simple check

Oh Apple, please consider this request
And add a calculator app and rest

Can iPadOS finally achieve built-in app parity with iOS- we need a Calculator app!

We started out missing Stocks, Weather and a few others.

Give us iPad users a Calculator app in 2023! Come on, Apple- don't leave us hanging!

In a "normal" year, I could see agreeing to something like a 5% pay cut.

(for non managers): However, inflation has been 10%, so simply not getting a raise this year leads to a 10% reduction in "purchasing power". Add a pay cut to that- and a great many people will have trouble paying bils for housing, car, food, energy etc.

I worked for Intel for a very short time years ago after my company was purchased. The culture of the company is very weird- almost cult or military like. I can see why their very inward looking mindset has led them to where they are today.

Whatever replaces them, I hope it has a strong American presence- we need some of the world's semiconductor prowess. Apple may be it!