Millions of people go to Vegas every year... so I think there are a lot of folks in that "not very good at math" grouping.

I still think they shouldn't have notified people by writing "we regret to inform you that you are a BIG LOSER".

One of these things is not like the others
One of these things just doesn't belong
Can you tell me which thing is not like the others
Before I finish this song?

Because Trump wanted to efficiently fleece the country in one fell swoop versus having to usher multiple bills through... all that time on the phone seriously cuts into his golf schedule.

I'm surprised, and you should be too, if your view is evidence-based, because this is a new effect that was not predicted by any of the previous models, which already consider the melting permafrost, methane emissions and fossil fuel use.

Back when jailbreaking iPhones was more of a thing, I would routinely do so. And once a person can ssh into their iPhone, its Unix underpinnings become much more obvious.

iPhone 16 Pro Max. For Professional Phonies, I guess.

Every couple of years, I go back and forth between building stuff myself and just using MacPorts. Typically I end up back with MacPorts after a stretch of multiple repeated updates and rebuilds driven by multiple sequential security patches in a bunch of base packages (libressl, libssl, libevent, libtool etc. etc.) - since every update to those then needs to be followed by tedious rebuilds of everything else.

Plus I have had trouble with a few things specifically on Apple Silicon... pkg-config comes to mind.

I'd argue more descriptive categories would be "good, better, boutique" - Apple has pretty much obliterated any connection between the word "Pro" and actual usage by professionals. It's more a price descriptor than anything else.

You don't even need MacPorts / Fink / HomeBrew - those just make it easier. Really, you just need Apple's developer tools.

I've installed plenty of software on my Macs (on Intel and on Apple Silicon) via the configure && make && sudo make install route.

In the past, there have been Intel MacBook Airs priced below $1K.

BTW anyone else remember, when the Apple Silicon transition was announced, how one of the fanboy talking points was how it would let Apple drop the prices on their computers? Hahaha that was a good one!

It appears Microsoft Authenticator allows people to export their data. Color me shocked!

https://support.microsoft.com/...

Bitwarden can be used for free, and it can import data (note that their paid plans are very reasonably priced - and they're definitely worth supporting).

https://bitwarden.com/

Obviously people need to be very careful with the process, since the exported data will be unencrypted and potentially right there for anyone to see / grab.

Follow-up, just in case anyone hits this thread.

I went ahead and made the switch - to the 2 gig plan. My existing (personally-owned) switch tops out at 1 gig, but speed test shows me 990 down, 290 up.

As with the older plans, even if you live in a "mid split" area... to get the faster uploads, you need to have one of a small number of approved modems. I've had the Hitron CODA 56 for about a year now, and so far am reasonably happy with it.

I somewhat disagree. While I've had my share of bad phone support calls, I mostly blame the companies for it. They're the ones who don't train their people adequately and who require these people follow poorly thought out scripts.

Pretty much every ride-share driver I've known is working for both Uber and Lyft simultaneously. You should be able to avoid Uber on principle without any impact to yourself, if (like me) you don't want to give business to Uber just because of their track record as a crap company.