#macs

[glimpseinto]

House of Macs (2007) by Andre Gaulin on Flickr.

[europa6502]

I got Fedora installed on my 2018 Mac Mini!!

It went mostly ok, but there were a few bumps along the way.

I used this guide in case anyone is interested. :)

[scotianostra]

On June 17th 1823 Charles Macintosh patented the waterproof cloth he was using to make raincoats.

Mackintosh rubberized coats were not immediately successful. Although they were waterproof, they had a strong smell which most wearers found unpleasant. It was not until a fellow chemist, Thomas Hancock, invented a process involving vulcanized rubber that the problem was solved. Hancock became a partner in Macintosh’s business in 1834. This marked the real start of the iconic Mackintosh brand.

In 1824 an Arctic exploration team trialled rubber coated waterproof canvas bags, air-beds and pillows made by the Macintosh patented process. In 1841 the British army ordered waterproof clothing for all its troops. The rubberized coats and capes were functional and hard wearing and they soon became standard army issue.

After the death of Charles Macintosh in 1843, the company had a period of decline. But in 1851 the Mackintosh coat was shown at The Grand Exhibition at Crystal Palace, London. And the rest is history.

Of course just because you patent something it does not mean you actually were the first to invent it, controversy has followed the invention of the telephone since Alexander Graham Bell patented it, other inventions were questioned, the tyre, the television and the bicycle, all connected to Scotland and all have earlier versions that were thought of, or made beforehand, the “Mac” is no different.

James Syme, a surgeon and chemist based in Edinburgh, had discovered a derivative of coal tar (naphtha) could dissolve rubber and published his findings in Thomson's Annals of Philosophy five years before Macintosh came up with his idea.

It was the same process used by Macintosh following his own chemistry experiments with waste from Glasgow’s coal-gas works, and it has been claimed that the inventor had read Syme’s work before developing it for his own uses.

While Syme, uninterested in commercial matters, failed to patent his valuable discovery and continued to build a noteworthy career in surgery, Macintosh stamped his name on the idea in 1823, had Syme done so you might be calling the coats Symes.....it doesn’t have the same ring does it? Syme’s paper had not detailed the crucial sandwich-type construction employed by Macintosh, although this too was not completely new.

Spanish scientists previously used the method to make leak-proof containers for mercury, and renowned British balloonist Charles Green made a balloon envelope that applied the same principle in 1821.

French scientists also made balloons gas-tight and impermeable by impregnating fabric with rubber dissolved in turpentine and the use of rubber to waterproof fabric dates back to the Aztecs, who used natural latex.

But what made Macintosh’s invention revolutionary was its ease of manufacture and wear, seeing him swiftly launching into the production of cloth to be converted into coats and other garments by tailors in Glasgow.

Some of you might have picked up on the different spelling of the names in the first two paragraphs? Others will now be scrolling back to see what I mean! Well when As news of his invention spread, the repeated misspelling of the inventor’s name is thought to have popularised the description of the resulting coat as a “Mackintosh” – a name that has stuck to the present day.

Macintosh was elected as a fellow of the Royal Society for his contributions to chemistry and enjoyed considerable success before his death in 1843, aged 76.

First sold in 1824, his coat remains on the market in numerous forms across the world, it is now primarily a luxury brand still bearing its inventor’s name, even though it is spelled wrong!

[netscapenavigator-official]

It’s honestly such a shame that Apple locks down their platforms the way they do. I’ve been playing Hitman: WOA all day by running it through CrossOver & GPTK2, and it practically runs like it’s native. My computer has a regular M1 CPU, too. It’s crazy to think what modern games would do on ARM64 Macs if only Apple would stop disincentivizing developers from touching their platforms.

[standtallsunflower]

[onetouchparadise]

E signori pure il prossimo anno SI GIOCA DI SCHIFOO🤍🖤🥹🥹

[jaybug-jabbers]

I remember that wallpaper aaa, I miss this computer

Computer Chronicles - MacWorld Expo 1994

[hwy95eh]

I was feeling deflated after going out to the parking lot to discover a flat tire (looks like I picked up some sort of staple on my last spin around town) — BUT — if it is true that bad luck comes in threes, I guess I should also feel elated, because, when added to the internal hard drives crashing on both my 2009 iMac and 2014 MacBook in the last little while, that’s now 3 bad luck things in the past month… which all suck, yes, but are all also manageable to deal with in time (and that’s not always the case when bad luck strikes) 🙏

ALSO… this should mean that some good luck is going to swing my way next (or at least no more bad luck should happen for a little while), right?

That’s how the universe works, right??

Right???

🤞🙃 🤞

[kkarmalade]

This came from taking a logo I created using a remixed Kojo program which I then used as the input for the lovely Hunyuan3D, "2D to 3D" Hugging Face space. I'd like to be able to do all of this using TouchDesigner but I'm not smart enough for that. I miss my old Window computer. Not to be, "that guy" but Macs really do suck ass.

[hershelchocolateart]

Just to make a point, every time I finished a panel of this I would export it as a PNG on the perceptual setting and use it as a color reference for the next panel

IT'S BAD

PLEASE CHECK YOUR COLOR SETTINGS

EDIT: If you're still having problems, it might help to switch from "Save/Save as" to "Export (as a) Single Layer". Just. Make SURE the box labeled "Expression Color" is set to RGB. I've been messing with this all day, and it looks like this combination of settings will allow exported PNGs to maintain their colors perfectly. To you. So far both Discord and Toyhouse still only display desaturated images and I cannot for the life of me figure out why

[everytechever]

Apple Teases Upcoming M4 Macs and MacBooks

Apple SVP of Marketing, Greg Joswiak, has announced that new Macs will be unveiled next week, starting October 28th in the U.S. Joswiak’s tweet said, “Mac (😉) your calendars! We have an exciting week of announcements ahead, starting on Monday morning. Stay tuned…” Unlike last year’s surprise “Scary Fast” reveal of the M3-powered MacBooks, Apple is planning a full week of announcements,…

[primepaginequotidiani]

PRIMA PAGINA Financial Times di Oggi giovedì, 17 ottobre 2024

[jamespoeartistry]

13" vs 15" M2 MacBook Air - which is BEST?

[whentvsfly]

Once the results are done, I'll multiply 255 to the decimal version of the percentage, and see what color we make!!

[netscapenavigator-official]

Apple really had the opportunity to make the most beautiful laptop, and then they stuck that ugly ass notch on the upper screen because they were trying to make it their "thing." That notch on MacBooks is so ugly, I'd genuinely be embarrassed to use that machine in public.