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Wow, I guess I’ve been here ten years now!

"I hear rumors that the user share of iOS6 beta is larger than Android 4.0."

Aww - It's my Ask Different birthday! I should find some cake tonight.

spends half an hour signing blank pieces of paper to get a suitable-looking signature to save in Preview

Phases one and two were cool, and led me to cheer people on, encourage people, upvote, etc. Phase three stinks.

I honestly have no words...this is like your mechanic telling you he has no tools or your doctor telling you he has no medical supplies. What do you do when the OP of a question needs to go farther than the answer you provide?

a statement without a link is presumed false

Dear Adobe. Thanks for PostScript. Thanks for Photoshop 7. Thanks for PDF. Now please go away.

PSA: When submitting suggested edits, make your edit summary explain why you made the change. Simply stating what you did such as "removed incorrect sentence" doesn't explain why you did it. Reviewers are aware of the literal diff and can see what's been changed, but the edit summary should also include something like "…from author's comment" or such, explaining why you made the change. Cheers

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You disagreeing with the downvotes doesn't make the system corrupted. We judge answers on two factors here - 1. Are they correct - 2. are they well-explained and supported. An answer can be technically correct but unhelpful to others because it's unclear how it works and thus be downvoted.

Welcome to 2019, the year of the new Mac Pro! :)

apple.stackexchange.com new design is up

@bmike all the secrets have been revealed here - meta.stackexchange.com/questions/245170/…

@1110101001 The dictionary is probably copyright by Apple so sharing it is most likely illegal.

@jmlumpkin I know I struggled with that aspect when I first started hanging around the Stack Exchange network. Zen is achieved by coming to grips with the fact that you might have supplied the knowledge, but once that's done you release all claims on it. Of course, you still get some preferential shepherd treatment -- you're notified of changes and what not. But it ain't yours any more. The "thank you" for providing it is the rep, that's yours.

Kyle explodes with rage because Gruber left out a space

Dick removal; that most odious task of moderation ;)

@KittywhiskersVanGogh don’t despair - DU wants you to level up - that’s all

Apple Special Event October 2018 · watch on apple.com · direct stream URL · Today 10am EDT, 7am PDT, 2pm GMT, 12am AEST, ics

@JBis techdirt.com/articles/20210423/03192446662/…

Perhaps I shoudn't say, but this site and TexSE were the main attractors. And it was the latter that was shown to me. Not via any googling, those results came & went, but in an in-person chat with a friend working as a genius in a store. We were both baffled with a couple of LaTeX issue and then a colleague joined and opened TeXSE to reveal two fitting solutions for three problems present. That was 'a sell' ;)

don't ask to ask, just ask

How do I make the Stack Exchange code formatter work for Applescript?

I can't believe it, 357 days until Christmas and people already have decorations up

Just a friendly reminder that you are free to improve answers. If an answer is 99% of the way there, but missing a bit of detail, feel free to add the detail instead of commenting on the answer or flagging it.

Live coverage of the event is at apple.com/live

I don't really understand the demand for an M1 chip in an iPad Pro. Then again, I don't really understand the demand for the iPad Pro in the first place.

@bmike A good moment to point out that the concerns raised in dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/358198.358210 are still valid today.

I tend to prefer live sounds, so often pay musicians to stand behind me and follow me about.

Winners are Kyle Cronin, Philip Regan, and Nathan G..

I just wanted to thank those who are reviewing the site and keeping edits, flags and content in tip top shape. Moderating is really nice when we only need to do the moderating when two people have differing opinions and the site is taking care of closes, opens, edits. It's also very nice having several eyes on things since what is borderline to one can be easily fixed / edited into shape by others.

@JBis duck if I know!

Stack Exchange and Google partner with US government to battle bogus patents

github.com/ohoachuck/wwdc-downloader

You know, when the bulk of the top all time posters not only think it's OK, but actively participate in CW, then I think it's fine to say stfu, this is how we roll :)

I suggest making a general purpose question about iOS+1 and OS X+1 that just says "No".

@grgarside What's the first rule of fight club?

Be sure to upvote good content instead of good people, but if you happen to have votes to spare and wanted to look over some applescript questions (see link after this post) and voted some good posts that are Q and voted good answers - I'm sure this user will get some well deserved reputation and recognition (as will many others helping build automation knowledge)

@calum_b in case the comments get too long, we can work on a plan in chat.

@gentmatt Eurgh, the only thing that is remotely worthwhile about GIMP is the fact that it won me an iPad :)

10k. Oh yea.

WWDC Tickets are up.

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Shame you can't tag an answer crystalmethpopcorn

@DanielL I'm the only one who can probably claim they are truly offended. The fact that people are dumb enough to assume thats a remotely useful answer is not cool. </end-linux-neckbeard-rant>

No, it was delivered by a muggle in a brown uniform.

The calm after the storm…