Author: Munro Stewart

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Nickname Scottie Barnes "Lion"

🏀 Sport • 📁 Sport Takes

I think "Lion" or "The Lion" would be a great nickname for Scottie Barnes.

  • He attacks at close range but can surprise you from distance
  • He is fast and can glide across the court at high speeds
  • He has the size and skills to be a King Of The Jungle
  • He works together with a coalition and likes to Roarrrr
  • He protects the other players and people that are in his team
  • The nickname isn't too well-known or used by someone else

MacBook Air Smaller Sizes Guess

💻 Tech • 📁 Tech Plans

I wonder if Apple might release a redesigned MacBook Air in two new 12" and 14" sizes that are even thinner, lighter, and smaller, and which may not have a tandem OLED screen like the iPad Pro.

What

  • M4? - Redesigned - 12" and 14" - $1199/$1399?
  • M2? - Discounted - 13" and 15" - $799/$999?
  • M3? - Discontinued

Why

  • Make next MacBook Air thin, light, and small
  • Offer cheaper old MacBook Air for education
  • Keep MacBook Air somewhat lower priced
  • Leave tandem OLED for MacBook Pro first

Raptors Rebuilding Too Quickley?

🏀 Sport • 📁 Sport Takes

I wonder if Raptors may be too good to get high 2025 pick, especially with Poeltl/Brown/Boucher. Mitchell/Agbaji/Vezenkov/Olynyk are older. Mogbo/Shead/Carlson are older prospects who can play now. Dick/Walter are young but can shoot. Barnes/Quickley/Barrett are poised to breakout.

  • Jordan 3, Pippen 5, Grant 10, *Harper 8
  • Robinson 1, Elliott 3, Duncan 1
  • Tatum 3, Brown 3, Smart 6, *Irving 1
  • DeRozan 8, Valanciunas 5, Ross 8
  • Curry 7, Thompson 11, Barnes 7, *Bogut 1
  • Barnes 4, ???, ???, *Barrett 3

X Is Pronounced Ex

💻 Tech • 📁 Tech Plans
  • Tumblr is pronounced tumbler, X is pronounced ex, R is are
  • Apple is pronounced apple, Facebook is facebook, Twitter is twitter
  • Letters aren't spelled as pronounced, so there is ambiguity saying X
  • X is fine, but I think that's one big weakness of the brand "name"

Split macOS In Two

💻 Tech • 📁 Tech Plans

I wonder if Apple should split macOS into two separate operating systems, instead of simply making macOS touch capable. Make one OS for touch operated MacBook laptops with touchscreens, and one for mouse operated Mac desktops with monitors.

What

  • Split macOS in two, maybe renamed MacOS and MacBookOS
  • Like current iOS and iPadOS, MacOS and MacBookOS have similar apps
  • Make MacBookOS a touch first UI for laptop MacBooks, and later iPads too
  • Keep MacOS a mouse first UI for desktop Macs, and also iMacs and servers
  • Force allow all iPadOS and iOS apps to work only on MacBookOS, but not MacOS
  • Make any iPads that are 11" or larger and all MacBooks both use MacBookOS

Why

  • iPads become more powerful by having the full power of MacBookOS
  • MacBooks become more useful with touch iPad and iOS apps on MacBookOS
  • iPads and MacBooks come with powerful MacBookOS, giving people option
  • People have option of the all-in-one MacBook laptop or modular iPad tablet
  • The most popular segment of "portable computers" are merged into one OS
  • Apple Vision replaces the iPad as an entertainment device that can do work too

Reasons I Might Leave Mac

💻 Tech • 📁 Tech Plans

Here are some reasons why I might choose to leave Mac computers, which are also some major improvements that I think may be able to be changed on future Mac devices.

  1. 8 GB and 256 GB base instead of 16 GB and 512 GB
  2. Memory and storage upgrades are way too overpriced
  3. Promised all iPad and iOS apps would work on Mac
  4. Most iPad and iOS apps still not available on Mac
  5. The MacBook screen has an intruding notch cutout
  6. No USB-C port on both sides of all MacBook devices

Quandaries

  • Base M-Series is not optimized for fanless devices
  • High throttling misappropriates actual performance
  • No OLED/Mini-LED displays or 120Hz refresh for Air?
  • No touch MacBooks that support touchscreen apps?

Be Grateful And Hopeful

🙂 Hum • 📁 Hum Chats

Hi Lola. "Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due." - William Ralph Inge

  • I wonder if worry and anxiety about a possible negative future are best turned into a grateful and hopeful mindset for what is good about today, and how positive the future could be if we dream for it.
  • It may be that the things that truly affect us negatively often happen out of the blue, and we are more resilient and able to cope with those events than we realize. A grateful and hopeful mindset may help us enjoy what we have today, and make a future that is happier and better.

Brb experiencing crippling existential panic about the singularity and the impending irrelevance of humanity - Lola Blanc

April 20, 2024