Starmer has a long history of authoritarian tendencies, he’s always sided with the police or establishment powers, even when there was public outcry over the circumstances. He’s going to bend to whichever powerful spooks are pushing for this.
Most notable are the cases of Ian Tomlinson, Student Fees Protests and Jimmy Saville. Generally though, he’s been in favour or instructed his party not to oppose the introduction of greater police powers.
Apologies, I was not clear. Obviously in MacOS an app can be open without a window. My question is why?
What is the point of having for example Word or Safari running without a window? If they want to run a background task that requires some user interaction (eg outlook checking email and calendar), the menubar is the perfect place for it.
In the past the argument was that people want their apps warm started so that they open faster. But this is a moot point in 2025 with SSDs of pulling 5gb/s and tons of ram that allow for ample intelligent caching.
One reason is to be able to close the last window of an app without quitting it. Always bugged me how on windows, if I closed, say, the only word doc I had open, I had to relaunch word again (with all the loading time that that entailed) just to open a new doc. On a Mac you can close windows without worrying that you're also going to quit the app (except for apps that only support one window, although I do think it’s silly that every app doesn't just support multiple windows).
Why the app has to be scrubbed from memory immediately after you close the last window? We are not in the times with 512kb of RAM memory. This is not something that the user should have to worry about today.
This is the simplest caching scenario I can think of.
It’s not like it’s hard to quit an app. You push Apple-Q for the app, Apple-W for a window.
What’s the point in having a window if it doesn’t need it. Do I need to check if this is the last window so I don’t lose my download, stop my render, etc. These things bite me on Windows. There is not the one way.
Precisely. It’s not really about system performance anymore, which just leaves the workflow benefits once you get used to it. As you point out, when using keyboard shortcuts thoroughly, the WM behaviours just make sense.
Command-Tab, Tab to select the app for foreground, Command-N for a new window. Combined with Command-Space for Spotlight (or Alfred/Raycast) it’s all very quick and seamless.
That isn’t a counter point at all. Of course the NHS saves some people. That doesn’t mean it isn’t absolutely horrific. British people are infected with some kind of brain worms where they can’t accept that the NHS is in a dire state because of fear of offending NHS workers. Let me tell you, those on the front line are the biggest critics
It’s easy to stand on the outside, pissing inwards, isn’t it? So thanks for the sweeping generalisations and absolutes, very helpful.
Since you have made no point so far, only offering spiteful generalisations and offence, I feel my lived experience is a good a counter point for those who may scroll by and want to see an alternative view.
More and more I see articles and videos about programmable SFP modules which can be used to directly connect devices like UDM to GPON/XG(S)-PON networks, completely bypassing the ISP provided ONT.
You may well find something that fits your situation with a little searching.
I have looked into it but I'm a little nervous to touch the hackjob fibre install they did and they cut the cable WAY short. I even asked the tech to leave cables as long as possible but
FWIW their box isn't bad once you put it in bridge mode. I have 10gig on my lan and 3gig to the edge and the connection is impressively stable at 3gig. I get 1 ping sometimes when playing Fortnite -- I'm on Vancouver Island. Comical if not inaccurate.
My only real issue with having their box is it sucks maybe 30watts ... Removing it would give me an extra 20 or so minutes on my UPS.
People do this with all sorts of things, but ultimately want validation that they made the “right” choice. At least that’s the most charitable assumption I can make.
I have a number of quality, 3rd party USB PD rated cables which work without issue on iPhone 16, iPad Mini 6g, MacBook Pro. Both with and without 1st party chargers. Admittedly the options for consumers in the USB-C space are a confusing mess, but I’ve never had problems with stuff from brands like Ugreen or Anker where USB-PD support is specifically advertised.
Most notable are the cases of Ian Tomlinson, Student Fees Protests and Jimmy Saville. Generally though, he’s been in favour or instructed his party not to oppose the introduction of greater police powers.
Man is a snake.
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