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On 04 Apr 2026 06:30:34 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

Your logic is faulty and agenda driven.

Having trouble with basic arithmetic?
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On Apr 6, 2026 at 12:18:30 AM MST, "Lawrence D´Oliveiro" wrote <10qvmo5$1uf62$7@dont-email.me>:

On 04 Apr 2026 06:30:34 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

Your logic is faulty and agenda driven.

Having trouble with basic arithmetic?

No. Not at all. Merely noting your logic is faulty. And it is.

You have a clear agenda to try to make Apple look bad... but it backfires. If the worst you can find is dependent on your faulty logic, that suggests even Apple's biggest detractors can't really find really bad stuff.
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Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote at 02:51 this Friday (GMT):

On Thu, 2 Apr 2026 19:27:21 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:

On 4/2/26 4:39 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On 02 Apr 2026 19:11:20 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

Macs are generally not gaming systems ...

Are they not used for the same sort of mix of applications as other
desktop platforms?

No, Macs are targeted for work, not play.

So, more for corporate use than a general home/family PC?

I thought MacOS famously had terrible game support for common games.
Plus, its nearly impossible to install a Mac system on non-Mac
hardware, whereas Linux is (relatively) easy to install.
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On 4/5/26 1:38 PM, chrisv wrote:

chrisv wrote:

"Throw a bunch of crap one a wall" is even less fair with Linux. With freedom comes variety, in pursuit of optimizing the experience for
different use cases and skill levels.

Which is spending hours and hours throwing crap on the wall and seeing
what sticks.
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On 4/3/26 1:31 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On 03 Apr 2026 03:59:52 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

Each system is used differently. In general.

But surely fun is a near-universal aspect of the computing experience.
Are games not a big part of that fun? Aren’t Mac users fun to be with?
Or are they less so than users of other platforms?

You really missed the point badly. Mac users don't spend hours playing computer games. We socialize with other people instead of sitting at a computer trying to rack up game points.
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On 2026-04-08 8:55 a.m., Tom Elam wrote:

On 4/3/26 1:31 AM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On 03 Apr 2026 03:59:52 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

Each system is used differently. In general.

But surely fun is a near-universal aspect of the computing experience.
Are games not a big part of that fun? Aren’t Mac users fun to be with?
Or are they less so than users of other platforms?

You really missed the point badly. Mac users don't spend hours playing computer games. We socialize with other people instead of sitting at a computer trying to rack up game points.

Admittedly, Mac users seem to be using their computers as creative tools rather than a drunk friend they constantly have to try to reason with.
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Tom Elam wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS:

On 4/5/26 1:38 PM, chrisv wrote:

chrisv wrote:

"Throw a bunch of crap one a wall" is even less fair with Linux. With
freedom comes variety, in pursuit of optimizing the experience for
different use cases and skill levels.

Which is spending hours and hours throwing crap on the wall and seeing
what sticks.

Not at all.
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2026 08:53:36 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:

On 4/5/26 1:38 PM, chrisv wrote:

chrisv wrote:

"Throw a bunch of crap one a wall" is even less fair with Linux.
With freedom comes variety, in pursuit of optimizing the experience
for different use cases and skill levels.

Which is spending hours and hours throwing crap on the wall and
seeing what sticks.

Obviously, a lot of it has stuck. Even Apple is now embracing that
very same “crap”.

How do you like them ... apples?
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On 4/3/26 9:48 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 12:53:48 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:

On 4/2/26 4:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On 02 Apr 2026 16:52:07 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

Lawrence D´Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Because otherwise, macOS users must be somehow less fun-loving
that Linux users ... which seems hard to accept.

Again: how did you get to that conclusion?

You find it easy to accept the “conclusion” that macOS users must
be less fun-loving than Linux users?

This all ignores that what is considered "fun" is a deeply personal
definition.

We are specifically talking about the fun to be had with using a
computer. Games are not exclusively what that is about, but it is a
big part of it. And Steam has established itself as the sine qua non
of PC gaming.

Even then, gaming is only one use, and it takes up time that could be
used for other activities. The fact that computer gaming is such a big
thing says nothing good about where society is headed.
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On 4/3/26 4:55 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2026-04-03 09:53, Tom Elam wrote:

On 4/2/26 4:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On 02 Apr 2026 16:52:07 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

Lawrence D´Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Because otherwise, macOS users must be somehow less fun-loving that
Linux users ... which seems hard to accept.

Again: how did you get to that conclusion?

You find it easy to accept the “conclusion” that macOS users must be >>> less fun-loving than Linux users?

This all ignores that what is considered "fun" is a deeply personal
definition.

The irony...

Gaming to run up a score is a waste of time. Just my opinion.
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On 2026-04-15 8:38 a.m., Tom Elam wrote:

On 4/3/26 9:48 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 12:53:48 -0400, Tom Elam wrote:

On 4/2/26 4:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On 02 Apr 2026 16:52:07 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

Lawrence D´Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Because otherwise, macOS users must be somehow less fun-loving
that Linux users ... which seems hard to accept.

Again: how did you get to that conclusion?

You find it easy to accept the “conclusion” that macOS users must
be less fun-loving than Linux users?

This all ignores that what is considered "fun" is a deeply personal
definition.

We are specifically talking about the fun to be had with using a
computer. Games are not exclusively what that is about, but it is a
big part of it. And Steam has established itself as the sine qua non
of PC gaming.

Even then, gaming is only one use, and it takes up time that could be
used for other activities. The fact that computer gaming is such a big
thing says nothing good about where society is headed.

I actually agree with you with the last part. While gaming has spared me
from the extremes of any depression I might have faced in my youth by distracting me, there is no doubt that it distracted me from putting as
much effort into my studies as I could have. The fact that it has become
so expected of men to game is troubling.
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At Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:39:42 -0400, Tom Elam <thomas.e.elam@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 4/3/26 4:55 PM, Alan wrote:

On 2026-04-03 09:53, Tom Elam wrote:

On 4/2/26 4:38 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

On 02 Apr 2026 16:52:07 GMT, Brock McNuggets wrote:

Lawrence D´Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Because otherwise, macOS users must be somehow less fun-loving
that Linux users ... which seems hard to accept.

Again: how did you get to that conclusion?

You find it easy to accept the “conclusion” that macOS users must
be less fun-loving than Linux users?

This all ignores that what is considered "fun" is a deeply personal
definition.

The irony...

Gaming to run up a score is a waste of time. Just my opinion.

I guess so is watching a fiction movie, or reading a fiction
novel.

"Interactive fiction -- wave of the future, Jack!"
-That crazy guy from _Speed_

I was surprised to see I hadn't played any _Elite Dangerous
Odyssey_ since April 4th. So I started a new colony in
the North American Nebula today.
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On Thu, 16 Apr 2026 05:17:43 +0000, vallor wrote:

I guess so is watching a fiction movie, or reading a fiction novel.

"Interactive fiction -- wave of the future, Jack!"
-That crazy guy from _Speed_

I was surprised to see I hadn't played any _Elite Dangerous Odyssey_
since April 4th. So I started a new colony in the North American Nebula today.

And then there is litRPG... I couldn't get into that genre. Anna Mocikat
has a cyberpunk series, 'Behind Blue Eyes' that I enjoyed. 'Cybersquad' is sort of a spin off where game testers are troubleshooting a 'Behind Blue
Eyes' game that gets into game mechanics but that's a little different.
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