Great read. I have fond memories of all the tricks we used to amaze visitors and fellow developers.
Like using fonts that weren't installed on the visitors' computer using sIFR.
https://mikeindustries.com/blog/sifr
"I won’t pretend like I haven’t stuck an iPad in front of my son and let him watch Cocomelon or Blippi so I could get some work done. Guilty as charged.„
Mansfield's dual-drill also had a go at this non-issue.
I had the opportunity to use it years ago. A bit cluncky and not really an improvement.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XLdAhQ-Hyac
> When buying things: consider buying second hand. It saves a lot of money and we as a people have already fabricated far too many things which will last for centuries to come.
I'm, more and more, convinced that it's a kind of new marketing strategy from apple. Something like negative marketing for the masses (because it's more viral maybe?).
For example, we never talked so much about their phones, expect when they bent in the pockets...