It’s been a long time since I’ve cared one way or the other about any Microsoft hardware, but the Surface Studio desktop looks pretty damn cool.

Now that Microsoft is going to attempt to fix some of the issues with their high-DPI mess, maybe it’ll be an option again. (I know how to kill all the data-stealing now.)

But the biggest thing: it’s 3:2! Damn, I utterly despise 16:9.

It’d be great to have a display in a usable ratio again.

One thing I really like about the company I work for is that it feels like for the most part that I do not have one of Graeber’s “bullshit jobs.”

If you’ve eaten a banana or a pineapple this week, worn a work uniform, used a first aid kit, worn certain brands of shoes, gotten your car repaired, used a battery and many other things, chances are good that the company I work for (and thus me, a tiny bit) had something to do with that getting to you.

Of course it’s a very tiny bit indeed, but first company I’ve worked for where it feels like I am doing something pretty useful.

Also looks like I will never buy another MacBook from Apple, either. I already won’t buy any phone with no headphone jack.

To make room for that, Apple completely got rid of the function keys that’ve been at the top of Mac keyboards for years. Physical esc key? Gone.

No physical escape key means no sale. I use that about 40 times a day.

Apple, including with their latest OS release “Sierra,” seems to have just completely given up on pleasing anyone but their absolute stupidest users.

Don’t see this as a winning strategy for them with Chromebooks and other similar fare available at far cheaper prices.

Was hoping some company would step up and offer a real workstation-class OS for pro users. Looks like it’s not going to happen, though.

(And no, Linux isn’t this OS. Can’t even support high-DPI or mixed DPI correctly even now.)