GeekMan

Heh yeah they’re getting better.

One day working in I.T. at a bank, I received an email that was formatted and written really convincingly that someone has referred me for a bigger role with a salary bump, with light/abstract details that could ‘be inferred as’ relevant to my country, sector & role. It just asked to click-through to see the opportunity-

-which popped-up a warning from the company’s I.T. security that this was a phishing testing/training email, and I’d failed.

I usually evade a phish, but this slightly-targeted one got me good.

After that I had to ritualistically double-check potentially legitimate emails from external domains, for sketchy domains/short URLs/links/tracking cookies etc, because they included vendors & 3rd party consultants or contractors we were working with.

At least (the) God(s) know scammers are bad people.

Heh.

Software/solutions consultant, and union actor.

I mean I was. I mean I am. I dunno. 20 years in I.T. starting from programming to a ‘senior tech consultant’. But was then made redundant. Didn’t get a job straight away. Started working at my girlfriend’s bar as a bartender & server.

That was over a year ago. 60+ applications for jobs in I.T.; zero interviews. WTF.

I’m trying to work out why & what to fix, but for now? I’m a server & actor.

I’m reading and tinkering with technologies but not nearly enough. And will have to explain the gap in employment.

It’s getting harder to resist the urge to panic and break down.

Up down left right Y B X A …

I’m not even sure that that’s right, and I’m not even sure what game it’s for.

SNES definitely. Maybe Street Fighter II Turbo? Done at the CAPCOM logo it’d make a sound, then- you could play as the bosses? Maybe?

Or it’s the movements for Zangief’s spinning piledriver, heh. (It’s not)

“I love you, sarge!”

M2 Air.

Use cases: planning to crush it with music/audio, video editing & voice-over, software development, and art (tablet, etc).

Peripherals: will be getting said tablet, good microphone, video camera/DSLR live feed link, and some sort of audio controller and/or looper.

Fave Mac apps: I feel like a complete n00b to say that the only app I’ve used long enough and was an actual joy to use, was iMovie. I’ll be grabbing a strong IDE for dev work. But I’ve only just begun.

Gripes: alleged limited support for just one external display. I’ve read there’s ways to add more, but it gives me a twitch after Windows laptops that always seemed to do it by default.

Also I’m unsure whether to use my cheap, Amazon USB hub I already have - for connecting monitor(s?), peripherals and power - because some sources say it could hurt the M2. Not sure if that’s warranted or FUD.

Long story:

I was raised on PCs, from Tandy 1000 to MS-DOS 6.22 to Windows 8, because of school/cost/marketing/parents’ limited knowledge.

Finally in my late 30’s I got to use a 'Pro for work (startup, software job), and even though I had to quickly learn ‘the Mac way’;

It took everything I threw at it.

I had to let go of the Pro after that job, but randomly later I was editing a video on a Windows laptop w/ Movie “Maker”, which took 4 days of slow-downs, glitches, restarts.

I then grabbed my girl’s older 'Air and recut the whole thing (in iMovie) in 1/8th of the time.

So CUT-TO last week; a friend said he wanted to sell his M2 'Air 15.x", 2 months old, because it was bigger than he thought and doesn’t have desk-space in his small condo. He bought it new for $1700, but only asked for $1k for it (!?) (Yes; there’s a receipt).

I couldn’t-not.

I’m not religious about Mac vs PC. They both have their pros & cons. I just haven’t given enough time to the other side. So the clock starts now.

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[Downloads CallOfDuty_Installer.exe]