timcederman

> It is hard to me to understand how much this revisionist tendency is just a recent invention and to what extent it has been present throughout the history.

Comment · 2 years ago

It's not new. Books have been getting revised for decades now for newer sensibilities. (e.g. even the Hardy Boys was revised more than 60 years ago to sanitise it - https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2019/01/re...)

There was recent controversy about Roald Dahl's books getting revised (and he said himself 'change one word [in my books] and deal with my crocodile'), yet he also made revisions in his own lifetime for the same reason (https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2023/02/21/woke-w...)

Comment · 2 years ago

Or boot it into Target Disk Mode using another machine.

Comment · 2 years ago

> Has Apple ever put out a "Pro" version of a product before the "normal" version?

HomePod is another one.

Comment · 2 years ago

I highly recommend following Ken Shirriff on Twitter, some great threads on the work he does to keep machines running at the Computer History Museum. https://twitter.com/kenshirriff

Comment · 2 years ago

Do you not feel Apple has been successful with the Watch and AirPods? Their wearables revenue dwarfs the revnue of most top tech companies.

Comment · 2 years ago

I contacted support about a missing TV show and they apologised and gave 5 free rentals.

Comment · 3 years ago

I was reading the comment, thinking "this sounds like someone I know", and then saw the username - hi Tom! :)