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Then hook up some other sort of computer or streaming box or whatever. I have no further recommendations because I went with an Apple TV and have never looked back. It just works.

They don’t. My Hisense doesn’t nag me at all. I just use my Apple TV and 4k player and PS5 without issue. It’s not nearly as hard as all the comments here have made it out to be.

Buy an Apple TV.

I bought a Hisense TV three years ago. I do not connect it to the Internet. I use an Apple TV for streaming. I went with Hisense because it was well reviewed. I think you'll be fine with whatever TV you buy as long as you follow this strategy.

I thought it was well known that Canada’s cellular service is far more expensive than in most other wealthy countries?

He said if the device required a stylus, they failed. The pencil is useful for certain applications, but not required.

I fail to see how Terminal.app benefits from a touchscreen, so what's the point? /s

No, it was when the displays went to Retina. There was no way to drive them at 5K externally. Thunderbolt didn't have the bandwidth to do so.

You could just say nothing and move on.

I bought the AirPods 4 with ANC in large part due to the Wireless Charging Case.

> If Ted had actually made it into Hollywood

Well, he had to have at least some passing knowledge of the film industry. From Wikipedia: "Nelson is the son of Emmy Award–winning director Ralph Nelson and Academy Award – winning actress Celeste Holm."

Cool, let me know when I can order your ring.

> people are beginning to feel emoji fatigue

Are they? News to me. I like them. Do they show up in Lynx or whatever terminal-based browser the hip kids are using these day are using?

> Discourse has one major technical challenge currently, that I know about. It doesn't work (for being logged in and interacting) on iOS 15 and older as of the past year. It's view-only for those devices.

The phones that can't upgrade past iOS 15 are over ten years old. What is the current iOS 15 user base? It's probably more cost-effective for Discourse to gift affected users a compatible device than to keep old code in place.

I hope most Intel Mac users avoided macOS 26. I kept my remaining Intel Mac on macOS 15, even though it supports macOS 26. It's not as bad as those poor folks who got stuck on OS X Lion many years ago, but it just felt wrong to move to a new (and somewhat broken) OS knowing the machine would likely never get the eventual fixes.

They have on occasion, when it makes sense to unveil OS changes and hardware simultaneously. Apple Vision Pro, move to new architecture, 2019 Mac Pro tower – that sort of thing. Most years they don't announce new hardware, though.

This is a reductive and frankly insulting response. People want to be able to communicate with other people they will use the tools that allow them to do it. Sometimes the person I want is on Instagram, that’s how I can reach out to them. I believe privacy ought to be a human right. I don’t just limit myself to tools used by a very narrow swath of arrogant nerds. Instead, we fight for privacy.

I do not understand why a numpad is considered a necessity by some. I never used it when I had them. Do you work in data entry?

I've been a Mac user for 30+ years, but I love Raymond Chen's historical posts.

I'm aware of folklore.org, but I wish there were something equivalent within Apple itself. Sadly, it's not part of Apple's culture.

Active General license holder here, although mostly on 2m as of late. I hope to get my HF station set up this spring.