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1. Doug Webb (douginamug@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 06-Feb-2022 11:47:01 UTC Doug Webb

   talked to someone the other day, who after years of using linux, bought a macbook

   without judgement, i sympathized that it must be nice to have a machine that 'always works'

   they told me that they actually face roughly as many issues as they did using linux! however, now when they face an issue, they know there is *nothing they can do*, so they just move on

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   • Maltimore (maltimore@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Sunday, 06-Feb-2022 11:48:01 UTC Maltimore

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     @douginamug honestly, knowing that there's nothing I can do and therefore moving on would boost my productivity by factor 10 at least 😅

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   • Doug Webb (douginamug@mastodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 06-Feb-2022 11:49:34 UTC Doug Webb

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     • CMDR Yojimbosan [UTC+13]

     @yojimbo interesting!

   • Dave Lane (lightweight@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Sunday, 06-Feb-2022 11:49:34 UTC Dave Lane

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     • CMDR Yojimbosan [UTC+13]

     @douginamug @yojimbo of course, Mac hardware reputedly runs Linux quite well, even the M1-based lappies 😎

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   • CMDR Yojimbosan [UTC+13] (yojimbo@hackers.town)'s status on Sunday, 06-Feb-2022 11:49:35 UTC CMDR Yojimbosan [UTC+13]

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     @douginamug This is part of the specific reason $dayjob likes macs for the technical staff - it means they don't spend all day fiddling with their desktop and/or window manager, and I know I've been guilty of that myself ...

   • Arthur Detoo (tedric@dads.cool)'s status on Sunday, 06-Feb-2022 11:50:03 UTC Arthur Detoo

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     @douginamug ah, the zen enlightenment of the benevolently imprisoned

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