But, one little complaint. After hearing for years about Windows
coming with program bloat I find that Mac OS does too.
On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:40:51 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:
But, one little complaint. After hearing for years about Windows
coming with program bloat I find that Mac OS does too.
Trying to escape from the progressive enshittification of one
proprietary system, only to let yourself be captured by another one
... is anybody surprised?
On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:40:51 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:
But, one little complaint. After hearing for years about Windows
coming with program bloat I find that Mac OS does too.
Trying to escape from the progressive enshittification of one
proprietary system, only to let yourself be captured by another one
... is anybody surprised?
On 3/20/26 4:59 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:40:51 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:
But, one little complaint. After hearing for years about Windows
coming with program bloat I find that Mac OS does too.
Trying to escape from the progressive enshittification of one
proprietary system, only to let yourself be captured by another one
... is anybody surprised?
Really? What is the alternative?
Spending time trying to make Linux work for us after 40 years of
pretty good Windows/Android and now MacOS/iOS experience. No way.
On 3/20/26 4:59 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:40:51 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:
But, one little complaint. After hearing for years about Windows
coming with program bloat I find that Mac OS does too.
Trying to escape from the progressive enshittification of one
proprietary system, only to let yourself be captured by another one
... is anybody surprised?
Really? What is the alternative?
Spending time trying to make Linux work for us after 40 years of pretty
good Windows/Android and now MacOS/iOS experience. No way.
On 3/20/26 4:59 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:40:51 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:
But, one little complaint. After hearing for years about Windows
coming with program bloat I find that Mac OS does too.
Trying to escape from the progressive enshittification of one
proprietary system, only to let yourself be captured by another one
... is anybody surprised?
Really? What is the alternative?
Spending time trying to make Linux work for us after 40 years of pretty
good Windows/Android and now MacOS/iOS experience. No way.
Tom Elam wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On 3/20/26 4:59 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 13:40:51 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:
But, one little complaint. After hearing for years about Windows
coming with program bloat I find that Mac OS does too.
Trying to escape from the progressive enshittification of one
proprietary system, only to let yourself be captured by another one
... is anybody surprised?
Really? What is the alternative?
Spending time trying to make Linux work for us after 40 years of
pretty good Windows/Android and now MacOS/iOS experience. No way.
Linux already works for "us". The big difference is that there is
not a singular powerful company controlling/supporting Linux.
This constraint (of the big companies) limits the choices that can
be made; for some, this is a good thing. [ By choice here, I mean
configuring how one's desktop works. ]
ht one of those cheapo under-the-desk
platforms for the mini PC and the ethernet switch, so I've got
more room up top.
Just before the RAM spike, I bought a System76 workstation
with 512GB of RAM, because I need 4GB per core, and it has 128 ht cores. (Threadripper CPU.) It's still boxed on its pallet, swapping it in
to replace this system will be quite an operation.
On 3/22/2026 11:52 AM, vallor wrote:
Just before the RAM spike, I bought a System76 workstation
with 512GB of RAM, because I need 4GB per core, and it has 128 ht cores. (Threadripper CPU.) It's still boxed on its pallet, swapping it in
to replace this system will be quite an operation.
pallet? Why?
At Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:19:24 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
On 3/22/2026 11:52 AM, vallor wrote:
Just before the RAM spike, I bought a System76 workstation
with 512GB of RAM, because I need 4GB per core, and it has 128 ht cores. >> > (Threadripper CPU.) It's still boxed on its pallet, swapping it in
to replace this system will be quite an operation.
pallet? Why?
It's a beefy tower system -- they ship them on a pallet.
At Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:19:24 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
On 3/22/2026 11:52 AM, vallor wrote:
Just before the RAM spike, I bought a System76 workstation
with 512GB of RAM, because I need 4GB per core, and it has 128 ht cores. >>> (Threadripper CPU.) It's still boxed on its pallet, swapping it in
to replace this system will be quite an operation.
pallet? Why?
It's a beefy tower system -- they ship them on a pallet.
On 3/22/2026 7:41 PM, vallor wrote:
At Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:19:24 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
On 3/22/2026 11:52 AM, vallor wrote:
Just before the RAM spike, I bought a System76 workstation
with 512GB of RAM, because I need 4GB per core, and it has 128 ht cores. >>> (Threadripper CPU.) It's still boxed on its pallet, swapping it in
to replace this system will be quite an operation.
pallet? Why?
It's a beefy tower system -- they ship them on a pallet.
I'm picturing a full-size pallet hauled by a forklift, but I assume it's smaller than that? What keeps the box secured to the pallet? How did
they get it to your door?
A Thelio Mega with those specs (cheapest video card) is around $42K!
On 3/22/2026 7:41 PM, vallor wrote:
At Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:19:24 -0400, DFS <nospam@dfs.com> wrote:
On 3/22/2026 11:52 AM, vallor wrote:
Just before the RAM spike, I bought a System76 workstation with
512GB of RAM, because I need 4GB per core, and it has 128 ht
cores. (Threadripper CPU.) It's still boxed on its pallet,
swapping it in to replace this system will be quite an operation.
pallet? Why?
It's a beefy tower system -- they ship them on a pallet.
I'm picturing a full-size pallet hauled by a forklift, but I assume
it's smaller than that? What keeps the box secured to the pallet?
How did they get it to your door?
I thought they would forklift it, but the delivery guy was strong,
threw it on his shoulder and walked it to the door. I think it
weighs something like 50lbs.
On 3/22/2026 8:08 PM, vallor wrote:
I thought they would forklift it, but the delivery guy was strong,
threw it on his shoulder and walked it to the door. I think it
weighs something like 50lbs.
You can't beat Feeb: his CRT monitor weighs nearly 200lbs (so he says).
On 3/22/2026 8:08 PM, vallor wrote:
I thought they would forklift it, but the delivery guy was strong,
threw it on his shoulder and walked it to the door. I think it
weighs something like 50lbs.
You can't beat Feeb: his CRT monitor weighs nearly 200lbs (so he says).
On 3/23/2026 10:48 AM, DFS wrote:
On 3/22/2026 8:08 PM, vallor wrote:
I thought they would forklift it, but the delivery guy was strong,
threw it on his shoulder and walked it to the door. I think it
weighs something like 50lbs.
You can't beat Feeb: his CRT monitor weighs nearly 200lbs (so he says).
So he's not just anti-SSD, he's anti-flatscreen. What a joker. Just unbelievably lame.
On 2026-03-23 10:48 a.m., DFS wrote:
On 3/22/2026 8:08 PM, vallor wrote:
I thought they would forklift it, but the delivery guy was strong,
threw it on his shoulder and walked it to the door. I think it
weighs something like 50lbs.
You can't beat Feeb: his CRT monitor weighs nearly 200lbs (so he says).
It weighs as much as the "women" he dates.
On 3/23/2026 11:07 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-03-23 10:48 a.m., DFS wrote:
On 3/22/2026 8:08 PM, vallor wrote:It weighs as much as the "women" he dates.
I thought they would forklift it, but the delivery guy was strong,
threw it on his shoulder and walked it to the door. I think it
weighs something like 50lbs.
You can't beat Feeb: his CRT monitor weighs nearly 200lbs (so he says). >>
ha!
His women are delivered to him on pallets too.
On 3/23/2026 10:50 AM, Joel W. Crump wrote:
On 3/23/2026 10:48 AM, DFS wrote:
On 3/22/2026 8:08 PM, vallor wrote:So he's not just anti-SSD, he's anti-flatscreen. What a joker. Just
I thought they would forklift it, but the delivery guy was strong,
threw it on his shoulder and walked it to the door. I think it
weighs something like 50lbs.
You can't beat Feeb: his CRT monitor weighs nearly 200lbs (so he says). >>
unbelievably lame.
He's anti-everything.
It's simple psychology: beneath his warped worldview and lying-bragging-insulting behavior is insecurity, hurt, loneliness and frustration.
He's been acting like this on cola for ~10 straight years; I'm not sure
a wounded person like Feeb can ever be healed.
But I would think an SSRI drug, the love of a good woman, and a
lucrative MS Windows career would greatly improve his deranged attitude.
DFS wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:
On 3/23/2026 11:07 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-03-23 10:48 a.m., DFS wrote:
On 3/22/2026 8:08 PM, vallor wrote:It weighs as much as the "women" he dates.
I thought they would forklift it, but the delivery guy was strong,
threw it on his shoulder and walked it to the door. I think it
weighs something like 50lbs.
You can't beat Feeb: his CRT monitor weighs nearly 200lbs (so he says). >>>
ha!
His women are delivered to him on pallets too.
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