I always thought it was because those thick vape clouds look like big cotton balls

These look like they use the inferior Luer slip needles

Did a double take and had to check which community I was in.

73, a fellow ham

And shepherds we shall be…

That’s the guy from Google

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You know how every old person you know has to hold things further and further away to read them the older they get? This is presbyopia, or “age-related farsightedness.” It eventually happens to everyone, it’s just part of getting older. Basically the lens in your eye stiffens over time because of a protein deficiency, and that causes the light to refract at the wrong point in your eye. Folks with otherwise acceptable vision typically correct it with reading glasses

Ah! Shoulda done more research, my bad. My first MacBook came with Leopard on it and I eventually upgraded it to Snow Leopard. I think that computer eventually died before I could upgrade it any further than that

That’s because Apple hasn’t charged for OSX/MacOS updates since 2013 with OSX 10.9

Edit: I also don’t think they were ever $99. I upgraded from 10.5 to 10.6 back in 2009 and I think it was only like $30, and they had to ship me a disc with the update so it’s not like they didn’t have any overhead they had to pay for

I actually don’t mind the way durian tastes, but I find the smell to be off-putting enough that the whole experience is ruined for me

Well shit. I checked to see if it showed my name and it didn’t seem to on my side 😮‍💨

We sprung for the “premium seating.” It was only maybe $10 more per person, but you get seated along the diving cliff so you can see the show better. And because we were one of the last tables of the night, we got lucky and ended up with the best table in the place, right next to/above the cliff divers. I’m not really sure how best to describe it, so it’s a good thing I have video evidence 😅

We made it in last October. Very well worth the visit, if you can get a reservation

Maybe the inside of one of those “recycle your old devices here” bins?

Stephen Miller and Tom Homan. Two guys that have been pretty much entirely responsible for the immigration policies the Trump administration has adopted as of late

This is also a great suggestion. Last year I got the then-new iPad Air with the M1 chip in it (Gen 5 I believe), and after getting a Logitech keyboard case it has completely replaced my laptop for work. I’m in sales so I don’t need it to do anything intensive, all I ask of it is to simultaneously run QuickBooks and Slack and a couple other apps I use to do my job, as well as hotspot to my work phone, and it does all of that really well. Recent updates to the iPad OS have made that transition way easier, and I can even set it up a base station if I need to by connecting my Bluetooth mouse and keyboard and a second monitor and that also works pretty well in a pinch.

All this to say, if your relative doesn’t need the computing power of a full computer and they already have an iPad, that could be an ideal direction to go in.

I agree with the other poster. Not only is Intel Mac on the way out, the the Apple silicon chips are SO much more efficient in Macs, leading to longer battery life and less ram usage while doing stuff.

Best Buy has the base M3 MacBook Air on sale for about $750 right now. If you’re dead set on used, they have a handful of refurbished M1 Air and Pro models starting around $500.

Dang, beat me to it by two minutes!

HamStudy is the best one. The app cost a couple bucks but the mobile site is free

Also, I don’t agree with the OP and think it’s fucking dumb, but let’s not forget that “retard” used to be a medical term as well

I mean, sure. As someone who recently went back to school and is around a bunch of PhD and PhD students, they’re really, really smart… about their specific area of study. But more than some of them are fucking stupid when it comes to other, normal things