For the curious, yes they provide a garbage-collected heap [1] as well as reference counting.

[1] https://sinusoid.es/immer/memory.html#classimmer_1_1gc__heap

A PDA... Portable Distraction Accessory. Or maybe that should be Plywood...

This reminds me of the Hipster PDA craze from decades ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipster_PDA

And nobody else is doing better software wise because Apple is secretive about how to program the hardware. Asahi is not sufficient.

From what I have been seeing about ADHD lately, using the adrenaline of last-minute time pressure to get things done is a common ADHD coping mechanism.

And up until about ten years ago, the psychiatric profession considered ASD and ADHD to be mutually exclusive conditions.

Pastor of Muppets

An elderly friend of mine has been receiving Coinbase security alerts. Needless to say, she has never used the site and has no crypto.

Trying to get through every day on 3-5 hours sleep is not a minor inconvenience.

If my memory serves, the stated justification for not going open source was copyright and trademark protection. Apparently, that is no longer a concern, if it ever really was.

Now I'm bracing for them to drop support for Java Edition entirely and go strictly Bedrock in a couple of years.

Perhaps Minecraft 2.0 is finally nearing release.

Actually, there was technically a Minecraft 2.0 release, but it was an april fools prank in 2013.

Relevant wiki link: https://minecraft.wiki/w/Java_Edition_2.0

I don't see that happening any time soon. Too many people at Mojang care about the Minecraft Java Edition community too much.

Apple could have my money in exchange for their hardware. I won't even ask for support. They just need to provide the hardware specifications to Linux developers.

That would immediately induce my first ever significant Apple purchase.

Woo they'll have 2 extra customers!

It totally sucks but you can see why they wouldn't ever bother with this.

> but you can see

I don't see that at all. I'm not unique. There are many Linux users, and we also tend to be technically competent power users with a significant influence in organizations. There is a usable port of Linux to Apple hardware now, created without support from Apple. What other cadre of people are both capable of and inspired to do such a thing? None, as far as I know.

If there were even tacit support, Apple could sell millions of MacBooks to us.

> There is a usable port of Linux to Apple hardware now

This has never been true since inception, depending on your definition of usable. Worse yet, the entire project was staffed by people with poor mental health seeking attention for using Rust and validation as "hacker" engineers. Once failure was more than apparent and the fame never materialized, these people will move on to the next attention-seeking and high profile project that they can latch onto with Rust.

Only the M1 and M2 were bootable and even then, not the entirety of hardware. No support for anything after M3 and we're already at M5. And then there's Apple actively antagonizing any and all attempts with hardware changes designed specifically to mitigate these hacks. Apple's latest business model is to weaponize vendor lock-in as a means of extracting the remaining cash left on their platform, assuming they aren't able to sell more devices.

> If there were even tacit support, Apple could sell millions of MacBooks to us.

No power users of Linux want anything to do with Apple. Any that want anything to do with Apple's hardware only want the performance gains and efficiency. Tacit support from a quality manufacturer that would embrace Linux without hostility will capture sales. Most of the Linux enthusiasts want a classic ThinkPad with the performance and battery life of the M5 Max. A nice display and keyboard would be the enterprise offering that could carry that company for the next generation. Apple had their chance.

> There are many Linux users

Not really. Even if there were more Apple wants it's customers to use Macos. They don't want people using Linux.

Steve Jobs is controlling us from beyond the grave

Exactly. I might even pay them for the opportunity cost of not harvesting my data