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Re:macOS Sonoma is available today by gnicholas on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @11:32PM (#37669667)
It's not a bug, it's a feature. People have done crazier things — and didn't Jobs once say that part of the reason he named the company Apple was because it would be before Atari in the phone book? [1]

1: https://www.macworld.com/article/673923/why-is-apple-called-...).

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Re:macOS Sonoma is available today by nipponese on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @05:51AM (#37672461)
Not just in the phone books. Ever wonder why the stock ticker has two A’s?
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Re:macOS Sonoma is available today by jen729w on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @06:58AM (#37672913)
If you’re picking stocks by order of the alphabet you deserve what you get.

Which, incidentally, was a tremendous return.

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Re:macOS Sonoma is available today by nipponese on Wednesday September 27, 2023 @11:49PM (#37685018)
Once upon a time, stocks were listed alphabetically in something called newspapers.
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