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I don't really know where to write this, so I'll try it here. My used M1 MacBook Pro that I bought at the beginning of the year started acting up. The trackpad wouldn't send a left click to dialog box confirm buttons and the camera quit working. I took it to a friend of mine who is an authorized Apple repairman and he ran diagnostics and said somebody had replaced the screen at one time: Apple demands to 1) use their diagnostics, 2) see the old screen and then 3) authorize the new screen; 4) ONLY then do they serialize the new screen to the motherboard. If you don't have the original screen at the time of repair, then the new screen won't work right. Ever.
Luckily, I still had a 2017 MacBook Air lying around that was in better shape. Transferred everything with a very recent Time Machine backup and it's running well.
There are some aspects of Monterey I like better than Sequoia. I’m not as worried about memory usage as I was before. I’m intentionally getting used to the slightly slower speed of the 2017. I actually like the feel of the older keyboard and wedge shape better than the new style. I do miss the M1 TouchID; I’m going to manage my passwords with the iPhone; better Passwords app. I don’t miss the more locked down M1 architecture.
As I'm getting older, I've been training myself to accept what is, and not yearn for something better. I'm already blessed beyond belief.
Luckily, I still had a 2017 MacBook Air lying around that was in better shape. Transferred everything with a very recent Time Machine backup and it's running well.
There are some aspects of Monterey I like better than Sequoia. I’m not as worried about memory usage as I was before. I’m intentionally getting used to the slightly slower speed of the 2017. I actually like the feel of the older keyboard and wedge shape better than the new style. I do miss the M1 TouchID; I’m going to manage my passwords with the iPhone; better Passwords app. I don’t miss the more locked down M1 architecture.
As I'm getting older, I've been training myself to accept what is, and not yearn for something better. I'm already blessed beyond belief.
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I know, it's been the same here. First time I've gone to choir rehearsal completely in the dark yesterday.
Not really, I personally think it looks fine.
What I DO find annoying is this:
You can't read the clock when Do Not Disturb is on!
Awful.
Personally, I do not believe that Christmas should be publicly - that is, publicly - acknowledged (now, on the other hand, private and personal preparations, and proper planning, for those who have children, extended family, such as preparation of Christmas cakes, plum puddings, or purchasing presents, etc, are another matter entirely) - until around the eighth of December.
Until then, I will tune out of any discussion that relates to Christmas.
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Phoned another one of my former university lecturers - a great guy with whom I have had many good chats over the years, and who was exceptionally supportive to me, both as a student and later, as a colleague.
Last week, I had met - on two successive days - two of my former professors, for coffee and a chat.
Anyway, the chap with whom I chatted this evening suggested meeting next week, or the following week, rather than this week-end, with a view to discussing what may unfold over the coming days when we do manage to get together.
Last week, I had met - on two successive days - two of my former professors, for coffee and a chat.
Anyway, the chap with whom I chatted this evening suggested meeting next week, or the following week, rather than this week-end, with a view to discussing what may unfold over the coming days when we do manage to get together.
Gosh that sounds serious. Health care providers can usually effectively treat seasonal affective disorder through light therapy, psychotherapy, and medications. I’ve read of people self treating with light therapy but that’s dangerous because if they are actually bipolar it can trigger a manic episode.
Light therapy works to some extent, in my experience.
Certainly, the quality of light this far north in winter is deeply depressing, and I am one of those people who loves light, heat, warmth, and sunny climates.
For what it is worth, my mother was similarly afflicted with SAD, and we found good quality and recommended lighting (from a health store - no surprise, there) that mimicked natural light, which we put in the kitchen, a room that everyone seemed to drift towards, or gravitate towards, subsequently.
Now, I also know that anytime I have been abroad for an extended period during the winter months - and I have worked in southern Europe, (the Balkans), the Caucasus, central Asia, east Africa - notwithstanding the fact that many (if not most) of the countries I worked in were - or had been - conflict zones - I was inexplicably cheerful, and not at all depressed or gloomy during winter.
Well, summer is rapidly approaching in my part of the world.
Along with an annoying propensity of the Sun to get up before I do.
Along with an annoying propensity of the Sun to get up before I do.
Envy.
Enjoy.
When the sun gets up before you do, it is - to my mind, at least - a lot easier to greet the dawning morning with a smile.
More to the point, the only time of year when I can leap - well, these days, it is more "leave" rather than "leap", let alone, leap balletically - my place of sleep and soporific slumbers, is that time of the year when the sun streams into my room before I have even cracked an eyelid open.
Attended a friend's absolutely amazing recital tonight! He played beautifully!
I think it's actually a bug! I think they may have fixed it in Sonoma though--that machine is running Ventura.
Sounds as though it was a terrific evening and I'm glad you enjoyed it.
A few of my friends at college were also excellent musicians, (usually piano and guitar, although one chap, now no longer with us, alas, was also quite good on the sax) and I loved to hear them play - sometimes, when in the mood, they would play a few pieces privately having first offered me wine or coffee.
Burying myself under 10 blankets seems a little extreme, but I would much rather go somewhere far, far, south of here. Preferably somewhere that isn't the desert. Even my hometown still gets pretty cold being in the middle of the desert.
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There are quite a few students here who aren't in the Conservatory, but still are amazing musicians. That's one thing I absolutely love about this place, is the fact that anyone, even people in the college, can participate in ensembles and take music classes. Also coupled with the fact that you can study in BOTH areas, as I do. Don't need to be in one area exclusively, as is the case at some other colleges.
Tried to file a claim with the postal service this morning for my missing package (3 months at this point), and I can't because "the package was not purchased with insurance." Guess I'm at a loss...
You shipped it or somebody else? If they shipped it the liability is on them no?
It went like this:
- Ordered a (non-required) textbook from TextbookX, my university's textbook company.
- It never came
- United States Postal Service said the package was lost, and that I should contact TextbookX
- Contacted TextbookX, who said I need a claim number from USPS
- USPS won't let me file a claim because "the package wasn't purchased with insurance."
- Now I can't even contact TextbookX because their customer support chat is broken. I'll try calling on Monday.
I suppose “publicly acknowledged” implies acknowledgment by a government entity. However, beyond that, such a belief appears rather unsettling.
So in the UK at least if you order something online the seller has to deliver the product to the buyer to fulfil the contract.
Even if they left it with a neighbour (unless you asked them to), it’s their problem if your neighbour denies it etc.
No, it doesn't.
Actually, I mean anything in the public sphere, such as this utter saturation - endlessly promoted, at an insanely and inescapably loud volume - of flagrant promotions, and blatant advertising demanding that one attend to Christmas.
We are only in the second day of November - to my mind, it is far, far too early for us to be immersed in the commercial imperative that deluges and smothers Christmas.
Personally, I'd prefer not to hear Christmas mentioned - anywhere, anytime - until around the beginning of December.
Now, from the eighth of December until the sixth of January - the classic, traditional, Christmas, or Yuletide, season, it is not just fine, but entirely appropriate for Christmas and its traditions to be celebrated, acknowledged and recognised.
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