I feel the same way. Also, the integration between Apple hardware is great. I have Macs, an iPhone and an iPad and everything works ridiculously well together.
I’ve contemplated switching to Linux for a while, and keep a laptop with Fedora installed, but every time I seriously consider it I picture losing those key applications and the tight integration with my other devices and I can’t justify it.
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> Your analogy is ridiculous. In what way is polluting a river like hosting a social network on your own servers?
It's an analogy for the "age old personal responsibility argument", but if you want to get metaphorical then maybe society is the river, Facebook the pollutant?
I mean come on man, it doesn't take a creative genius to connect the dots here, and it's certainly not ridiculous.
I have 2 blogs, both on WordPress. My web development blog is on a DO droplet and uses the Roots stack, Trellis, Bedrock and Sage. https://roots.io
I've done a lot of WordPress development, custom themes mostly. I can't always use Bedrock and Trellis due to hosting constraints, but I would never choose anything other than Sage for a theme development project.
The Roots projects have always been ahead of the curve as far as WordPress development goes. Whether it's things as simple as name spacing, or actually taking advantage of PHP 7 features, to using Composer to manage dependencies, gulp to automate build processes, Ansible for automated provisioning and deployment....
I could go on and on, but I'm loyal to these tools because they've consistently pushed me to learn new things. I also enjoy the workflow.
My personal blog is hosted by Automattic, on WordPress.com, strictly out of convenience.
I'm looking around at other options however. I've thinking it might be time for me to move on from WordPress. Partly from the Roots stuff constantly driving my curiosity, and partly from being unhappy with the direction the WordPress project as a whole is taking.
I've been looking specifically at Ghost, Craft, various flat file solutions, and have even been considering taking a crack at building my own blog with Python. (Python because I've been learning it and have really been enjoying it)
I think the intent is clear, it’s the word choice which some may find tasteless.
For example, a person who survived an actual genocide may find your analogy to be shallow because where you’ve lost some extensions due to a browser upgrade, they’ve lost everyone they love due to them having been hacked to death with machetes, or gassed, or worked to death in forced labor camps.
I don’t know, maybe they just need to get over it?
If you or someone else took offense to my word choice because of having personal connections with genocides, and that the horrible concept is brought to their mind after reading my post, I would have happily changed it during the editable time to prevent others from having similar negative thoughts. However, I do not give a bit of concern to people who get offended for others and have no actual personal connection with the word and thus have no real negative thoughts. They are as privileged as I am for being able to say the word and not be bothered by the connotations.
By the same token, there exist many people who seek reasons to be offended. They will find offense no matter what you say. They will clamor in groups to be more outraged than the last. I try to disengage from those types of people.
I'm reluctant to use the term, but it applies. It's 'virtue signaling' and I presume it gives people an ego boost or a rush of endorphins. I doubt they really care, or have any true investment, they just want you to know they are morally superior and their peers to see them standing up for a cause, no matter how absurd.
My conclusion is, if you seek umbrage, you will find it.
A capacity for empathy, and a greater capacity for putting words in people's mouths. The assumed offense is what needs to be proven, not the lack of it.
I personally didn't take 'offence'. That would be objection in the domain of social manners, which was considered important in the Victorian era schools, but has somewhat dropped in esteem since.
My objection is in the domain of ethics, as I think taking genocide lightly is an ethical problem for all of us (that is, for humanity, which I take to include you).
> I am ... able to say the word and not be bothered by the connotations.
> This whole article boils down to "new hires require training".
There were also the parts about needless bickering in the PHP community, the responsibility of senior developers to guide junior developers, and the importance of keeping an open mind.
I love the form factor and overall feel. I really like the keyboard, though I don’t care for the trackpad.
My real issue with this laptop is the screen. It’s hard on my eyes to the point that I don’t use it. I’ve had the laptop for around a year now and have had at least 5 different Linux distros on it, I’ve calibrated the display, and nothing has helped.
I’ve contemplated switching to Linux for a while, and keep a laptop with Fedora installed, but every time I seriously consider it I picture losing those key applications and the tight integration with my other devices and I can’t justify it.