I see you already got an answer, but one thing I do is disable the microphone and camera on my pixel.
I keep them in the notification drawer because I just don’t trust keeping them on, but obviously I have to trust the OS is don’t that properly.
No idea, I don’t really follow that
This does annoy me.
I’m working on a program that uses ctest and compiles a folder of test executables, and it takes seconds to test the first time vs hundredths of a second after.
Yeah, a second isn’t a lot of time, but it means I can’t accurately benchmark performance easily.
For me it strikes the right balance of usability and security.
I’ve been a Mac user for almost 20 years now. I’ve had periods using Linux on desktop, but not for some time now. I’m very much a macOS power user.
The things I use my computer for: desktop publishing via Affinity, photo editing, programming, some app dev, playing mostly older games, and I do a lot of data analysis. There are a few macOS apps I could not live without: Automator, Preview, and I use Apple Numbers a surprising amount (I like that it’s table based and not sheet based).
I also find the right usability and hardware quality makes a huge difference for me. What stopped me before was Linux high DPI support and trackpad quality, but that was years ago.
An example of why I like Mac: I have a script at work that spits out Google cloud buckets in gs: format and I can’t change the script. I set up a simple Automator workflow so now I can right click the url and format it as a link to the bucket viewer in my browser instantly.
I have a ton of these little workflow improvements that I’m sure you could do with Linux but already work well for me.
Rosetta 2 seems pretty good still. It’s not free translation, but it’s viable.
I don’t expect macOS to be the best platform for games, I just want them broadly playable.
As a Mac user I too want SteamOS to succeed, because it will indirectly result in more games that are compatible with macOS via game porting tools and wine.
Honestly windows is just annoying to deal with. I don’t like the ads, and I don’t like my start menu bar being reorganized. I run it in a VM and managing my install keys is a huge pain with their login system.
Linux is awesome, it’s neat watching its developer friendliness result in snowballing market share.
Someone has to treat Airbud and his puppies.
I’ve seen my cat do exactly this. Not very often, but it happens.
He’s not a smart cat, but he does have a tail he can cover his eyes with for naps.
I’m going to add a bath mat or one of those drawer grippy pads to ours, that’s a really good idea I never thought of.
My old girl vomits in the car. We took her to the vet the other day and it’s literally a 5 minute drive just around the corner and she puked.
Luckily I angled the carrier so she didn’t get any puke on her and none in the car.
She also has arthritis but the motion sickness is the worst part of driving her anywhere. Keeping her angled forward towards the road helps with it.
If it helps, many of the effects of this would be certain death before you knew what was going on.
So to me it’s really nothing to fear.
I did this twice:
The economics of delivering fast food are awful.
I want that painting in my office
That’s quite the hoard she’s got there!
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Speaking of Covid, absolutely everyone around me is getting it this season
Be careful out there
They’re like swimming calzones now!
My void also loves tunnels
Bou is an absolute beauty! (imagine I pronounced it as “bou-utie”)
Hopefully your cats make up soon
The pixel is a secondary device I got for a job but they let me keep, so it’s not a bother for me.
It does prompt you to unmute but it’s very easy to forget to turn it back on.
It’s not a good solution, but I like that it’s an option