I don't know about you all, but ever since I learned #SteveJobs once told his people to get rid of the F(unction) keys on Apple keyboards "because only nerds know what they do", I've been like, "Challenge ACCEPTED" and slowly been learning how to use them. So handy! 
The ones I have memorized and use often:
F2 - rename that dang file
F11 - full screen on ye olde browser
F12 - activate full nerd mode (developer console in the browser)
What y'all got for favorite keyboard shortcuts? #NerdLife
Thinking of NEXTSTEP this morning...I'd guess many aren't aware of the unusual color display arrangement.
The NeXTstation, which was the first "affordable" color solution for NEXTSTEP, has a 16-bit framebuffer, but instead of rendering the desktop in 65,536 colors (as per Windows or Mac hardware, say), it rendered in 12-bit color with 4-bits of alpha channel (transparency).
That means it had a palette of 4096 colors, with all colors available at once on the display (not like, say, the Amiga or Apple IIgs with a 4096 color palette, but video modes with a small subset of those colors available (yes, yes, HAM mode excluded). Additionally, anything on the screen had 16 levels of opacity available.
It's interesting to see in person, on the actual hardware (especially on a good LCD display). With dithering, it looks very close to 24-bit truecolor.
(The NeXT Dimension color board for the Cube allowed 24-bit color with 8-bits alpha, but that was not so frequently used -- less so than most NeXT hardware even...)
But that's not nearly the weirdest that NEXTSTEP-capable hardware got, when it came to color video display...
People throw the word #genius around because they do not know what the qualifications are.
Geniuses are few and rare as rocks in horse manure. Off the top of my head I can only think of von Neuman and Curie. But some #siliconvalley executive?
The amount of narcissism, sycophancy, spiritual co-opting, grifting and golden calf worshipping that goes on in those circles is so far from genius that it makes the intellect curdle.
#SteveJobs was no genius
and #ElonMusk is a moron.
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Komplexer gedacht: Spieleklassiker Breakout in neuer Variante
Den Atari-Klassiker Breakout mag ich seit meiner Kindheit. Das Spiel erfordert Geschick und Durchhaltewillen. Dennoch ist es zeitlos und auch gut in einer kurzen Pause spielbar. Ursprünglich wurde es von Steve Wozniak und Steve Jobs für Atari …
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“Swisher’s memoir, #BurnBook, (yes, it’s a reference to the classic teen film, Mean Girls) was released early last year in the US, but in light of what’s going on in America now, it’s more pertinent than ever.
While it’s a memoir of Swisher’s career as a #journalist who was practically embedded in Silicon Valley from the industry’s earliest days (with a contact book that featured everyone from #SteveJobs to #Musk), Burn Book also offers insights into the entrepreneurs and investors, and the backstories behind companies including #Amazon, #Yahoo and #Google, notably detailing the dysfunctional tech bros behind the scenes. She’s regarded as Silicon Valley’s “most feared” but also “most liked” journalist.
Burn Book is also, Swisher says, “a warning, in many ways” of what’s happening in the US now.
And just what the hell is going on? “It’s a constitutional crisis – that’s what we’re calling it here,” Swisher says.
She is shocked by Musk’s new role.”
Bugger I missed Kara talking at my Alma Mater, guess this article and the book will do.
#KaraSwisher / #startup / #SiliconValley <https://smh.com.au/culture/books/kara-swisher-on-tech-s-sad-little-victimised-arrested-development-men-20250224-p5leny.html> #PayWall
Commemorating the 70th birthday: Jony Ive on Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs would have been celebrating his 70th birthday these days. Apple's former chief designer Jony Ive, who was a close friend of Jobs, remembers.
Gedenken zum 70. Geburtstag: Jony Ive über Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs hätte in diesen Tagen seinen 70. Geburtstag gefeiert. Apples früherer Chefdesigner Jony Ive, der ein enger Freund von Jobs war, erinnert sich.
Happy Birthday, Steve Jobs.
I miss the “fun” Apple.
iPhone designer still asks: ‘I wonder what Steve Jobs would do?’ – despite being told not to https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2025/feb/23/iphone-designer-still-asks-i-wonder-what-steve-jobs-would-do-despite-being-told-not-to #DesertIslandDiscs #Television&radio #Mobilephones #Artanddesign #Smartphones #AppleWatch #Technology #SteveJobs #Computing #Culture #Design #iPhone #Radio4 #Apple #Radio #Media #BBC
California Nominates Steve Jobs for $1 American Innovation Coin. #Apple #SteveJobs https://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/02/19/california-nominates-steve-jobs-for-its-american-innovation-coin-1-coin-to-be-produced-by-u-s-mint/
So so, Tim, es war also ein „Großartiges Treffen“. Ob Steve Jobs gerade im Grab rotiert? 
Oder war das vielleicht auch so einer? Jedenfalls scheint es nötiger denn je sich so langsam um Alternativen zu iPhone, iPad und Mac zu kümmern. #Apple #TimCook #WhiteHouse #EpicFail #SteveJobs #UnplugTrump
I admired #ElonMusk before certain political circles thought it was cool (and when others decided it wasn’t). Why? His entrepreneurial genius at #Tesla, #SpaceX, #boringcompany, etc. Same with #SteveJobs — they are Edisons or Galileos of our time. I don’t have to agree with someone 
to appreciate gifts. I wish Jobs had been a Christian, I pray Musk would become one — but I can see someone I don’t think is the epitome of morality and still appreciate creative genius.
Some people think Steve Jobs day is bad. And I agree, it’s silly, the guy was a dick.
But at least you had to have talent those days to qualify as an idol.
I’d take Steve’s annoying ass over Elon Musk’s sub-prime ”genius” any day.
Funny how you don’t think it can get any worse, ain’t it?
#stevejobs #stevejpbsday
Today I stood in front of an Apple Computer 1 (aka Apple I), Apple's first product, at the National Museum of American History in DC.
Here's my photo.
PG: Apple lets first porn app on iPhones in the EU
If you want porn apps, switch to Android, Steve Jobs once said. Now iPhone users in the EU can find the first such app in the AltStore.
Nicht jugendfrei: Apple lässt erste Porno-App auf iPhones in der EU
Wer Porno-Apps möchte, soll zu Android wechseln, polterte Steve Jobs einst. Nun finden iPhone-Nutzer in der EU eine erste solche App im AltStore.
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