saispas

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by saispas 28d ago
“ Look, I get it. It’s Q3 2026, and we should expect that everyone is utilizing AI at SOME point in their process (sourcing ideas, creating outlines, refining prose, etc.).” Well no, everybody is not idle or incompetent enough to outsource
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by saispas 4mo ago
It's a fully functional MacOS computer: you install the same software on it that you can any Mac laptop. That means it will run third-part software. (Obviously, it won't run some heavy duty software as quickly as a fully-specced
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by saispas 4mo ago
There's a 'Mac App Store' FAQ on the support page, but you're right, it's given undue prominence elsewhere ;-)
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by saispas 4mo ago
As a matter of interest, there is a setting `Allow tab key to indent text blocks` (in Settings > Keyboard) – doesn't that do what you're describing?
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by saispas 4mo ago
BBEdit is still in the App Store – you can download Version 16 today if you want. If you buy it that way, then there is a single setting which authorises access to the sandboxed directories.
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by saispas 8mo ago
Other way round, IMO of course … For me the books have depth that the TV series doesn't – and can't – have: some of the plots are dumbed down a bit to give more visual impact, and of course you don't get the same depth of cha
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by saispas 11mo ago
I don't think anybody seriously suggests that the medieval period was incapable of developing anything new or of building some stunning things – it's clearly nonsense. They had as many geniuses and craftsman as any generation and
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by saispas 11mo ago
I chose Roman Britain because I live in a city (Deva) which was once meant to be the capital of the whole province, where the evidence of lost glories would have been glaringly apparent to everybody for a long time, even though the settleme
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by saispas 11mo ago
Did they? For example, the Roman formula for waterproof concrete was lost and only rediscovered (in the 15th Century) when a manuscript came to light. I think it's more than just a lack of people or wealth (though that comes into it of
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by saispas 11mo ago
The subtitle is "The Art of the Ancient Mirror", so perhaps not so surprising…
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by saispas 11mo ago
I think that's true (particularly about the Dark ages not being uncultured), but in some places, the signs that what came before was vastly superior technologically (and culturally) would have been all around them. E.g. a century after
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by saispas 11mo ago
I'm not sure every era did think it was the apex of human progress, though, because sometimes they had physical or cultural evidence that previous generations could do things that they couldn't. E.g. if you were a petty kingdom em
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by saispas 11mo ago
Unless I've misunderstood what you're asking for (in which case, apologies…) then there's a setting in `Settings > Desktop & Dock > Mission Control` to govern this behaviour. Turn off `When switching to an applicati