Folk often ask “how long will my Mac last & still be relevant?” Well, I bought my 2017 4k iMac (quad-core 3.0 GHz i5) with a dedicated graphics card & 16 GB RAM just six weeks after that model update was released, July 2017. That’s 5 months shy of five years. It’s still going strong, meeting most of my computing needs & has the newest available OS variant installed. One major change made was exchanging the 1.03 TB Fusion drive with a 1 TB SSD.
If I need more capability or speed, I also have an M1 MacBook Air.
@matigo I was getting that way about the middle of 2018, almost collapsed while interstate at my aunt’s funeral. I was diagnosed as anaemic & needed an iron transfusion 3 weeks later.
It's been a bit of a strange day!
First I found a hat full of money.
Then I was chased by an angry man with a guitar…
Texting for seniors.
BFF: BEST FRIEND FELL.
BTW: BRING THE WHEELCHAIR.
TTYL: TALK TO YOU LOUDER.
BYOT: BRING YOUR OWN TEETH.
LMDO: LAUGHING MY DENTURES OUT.
FWIW: FORGOT WHERE I WAS.
IMHAO: IS MY HEARING AID ON?
OMMR: ON MY MASSAGE RECLINER.
ROFLACGU: ROLLING ON THE FLOOR LAUGHING AND CAN'T GET UP.
@matigo Edward Carrington Mack (20 December 1933 – 6 November 2018) was an architect and Australian politician. He is the only person ever to have been elected and re-elected as an independent to local, state, and federal government in Australia, and is often referred to as the "father of the independents.” He chose to serve for only two terms in both the New South Wales state seat of North Shore and the federal seat of North Sydney to avoid receiving a parliamentary pension.
// @sumudu @whoisashygirl
@matigo Fun in Australia at the moment is wondering what the federal government is going to fuck up next and vehemently deny they ever said some relevant thing that’s in the public record.
// @whoisashygirl
@whoisashygirl Good to hear from you! I’ve had my third vax shot although technically it wasn’t a booster shot. My GP described it as a supplemental one instead, intended to bring my immune-compromised system up to the level most folk achieve with two shots.
Eight days ago a significant rain event shorted out the mains-powered igniter for my externally mounted instantaneous tankless gas hot water system. Rainwater got into a join between a previously-covered extension cord & the unit’s power cord that was too short to reach the external power outlet.
I replaced the cable & fitted a weatherproof junction cover & after resetting the circuit breaker observed an audible wooof sound as the gas standby section ignited.
Today I inexplicably had no hot water. I checked the new connections & it seems either there’s something wonky with the power outlet or the new extension lead. I deduced this by temporarily connecting a very heavy-duty 30 metre long extension lead coming from a power outlet in the bathroom. This worked fine & hot water was restored.
The weekend project will be to see if the heavy-duty cable works in the external outlet. If not, I’ll buy a heavy-duty 5 metre cable and run it out through the bathroom window.