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Tack och hej, Macintosh


Efter över 20 år som Mac-användare har jag nu gjort det jag svamlat om i många år i både poddar och bloggposter: jag har dumpat min Mac. Min ömma moder behövde en nyare Mac än hennes gamla iMac så jag bestämde mig helt sonika för att hon skulle få min 15-tums Macbook Pro från 2015. Vilken Mac ersätter jag då den med? Ingen. Istället blir min bärbara dator en Dell Latitude E7440 med Linuxdistributionen Fedora och min stationära dator ett hembygge baserat på en AMD Ryzen 5 3400G med fyra processorkärnor, åtta trådar och en topphastighet på 4,2GHz.…
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ARM-processorer i Mac nära förestående


Bloomberg: The company is holding WWDC the week of June 22. Unveiling the initiative, codenamed Kalamata, at the event would give outside developers time to adjust before new Macs roll out in 2021, the people said. Since the hardware transition is still months away, the timing of the announcement could change, they added, while asking not to be identified discussing private plans. The new processors will be based on the same technology used in Apple-designed iPhone and iPad chips.…
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Hemarbete inte längre en utopi


Forbes: For example, a US Census Bureau survey reveals that one-third of all American workers and half of all so-called “information workers” are able to work from home, and that 98% would like the option of working from home for the rest of their career. Nearly two-thirds of candidates say that whether a company offers alternative work locations (home or office) is a key consideration when choosing a job. On the other side of the equation, companies are managing to save about $11,000 annually for every employee who works from home approximately half the time.…
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Ett arkiv väl värt att ladda hem


Pikaso: A while ago we received a request from one of our users who was looking for a way to screenshot all Donald Trump tweets. We realized that’s a good opportunity to put Pikaso into test and see if it can perform such a task without any problems. It went smoothly and there was only an issue with one of his tweets which included a deleted image. Today, we are releasing the resulting files to the public.…
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Äntligen någon på Facebook som visar lite ryggrad


Timothy Aveni, utvecklare på Facebook, har fått nog. Han är sannolikt inte den ende:…
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