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(MacWorld)   "For this year's Red Nose campaign we've completely revolutionized the design by engineering advanced materials and leveraging our unique technologies to deliver a truly incredible clown-nose-wearing experience unlike anything the world has yet seen"   (macworld.com) divider line
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    More: Silly, IPhone, Comic Relief, Jonathan Ive, United Kingdom, United States, Nose, year's Comic Relief charity event, Sir Jony Ive  
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EvilEgg [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-01 8:54:19 PM  
My mate Paul put one of those one his intimate skin.
 
labman [TotalFark]
2023-02-01 10:18:58 PM  
That's actually kind of funny.

That being said, Fark Jony Ive. His quest for thinner gave Mac users unusable keyboards and minimal ports for no other reason than the never ending quest for  "Thin"
 
alienated
2023-02-02 2:24:06 AM  
I dont know about anyone else , but we just donate a few bob and go our way.
 
DoctorCal
2023-02-02 2:33:53 AM  
I love me some Diane Morgan.
 
Gordon Bennett [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 4:47:23 AM  

DoctorCal: I love me some Diane Morgan.


Cunk on Britain: The 1980s
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realmolo
2023-02-02 5:06:24 AM  

labman: That's actually kind of funny.

That being said, Fark Jony Ive. His quest for thinner gave Mac users unusable keyboards and minimal ports for no other reason than the never ending quest for  "Thin"


Nearly everything about Apple products screams "form over function".

MacOS has about a zillion stupid design decisions that have been around since the beginning. Everyone knows about them, and works around them. There is an entire cottage industry of software that fixes long-standing issues with MacOS. The only reason those issues still exist is because Apple seems to think their way is more "elegant".

And their hardware just flat-out sucks. It's *good*, but quality control is terrible.

All that said, I appreciate Apple for what they do. I just wish they tried harder. They control *the whole damn platform* from top-to-bottom. Their products should be way more amazing than they actually are. Instead, you get really pretty hardware and applications that are kind-of annoying to use as soon as you don't follow Apple's "blessed path".
 
Fear the Clam
2023-02-02 7:13:56 AM  
Red noses in March, poppies in November. Brits love to accessorize.
 
drjekel_mrhyde
2023-02-02 7:38:57 AM  
Was the Walgreens one based off this?
 
Another Government Employee
2023-02-02 7:49:30 AM  
When better Fleshlights are made...
 
tom baker's scarf
2023-02-02 9:05:50 AM  

Gordon Bennett: DoctorCal: I love me some Diane Morgan.

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she was great in After Life.  i don't know how she played that part without breaking constantly
 
tom baker's scarf
2023-02-02 9:09:38 AM  
not a good design. you end up with a weird shadow in the nose regardless of your POV.

red foam was always fine.
and worked better
and cheaper
and less pollute-y
 
dennysgod
2023-02-02 9:37:12 AM  
Red Nose Day gave us the first female Doctor

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wiredroach
2023-02-02 9:38:45 AM  

realmolo: Nearly everything about Apple products screams "form over function".

MacOS has about a zillion stupid design decisions that have been around since the beginning. Everyone knows about them, and works around them. There is an entire cottage industry of software that fixes long-standing issues with MacOS. The only reason those issues still exist is because Apple seems to think their way is more "elegant".

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And their hardware just flat-out sucks. It's *good*, but quality control is terrible.



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fustanella
2023-02-02 9:55:27 AM  
CSB: I learned about Red Nose Day years ago on a visit to London. I was crossing the Millennium Bridge when a silly person in a clown wig and red nose ran past me the other way. (?!) Then another. Then dozens. On the other side of the bridge was a marathon booth with water and info, and the kind people there clued me in.
 
Tangenital
2023-02-02 2:07:10 PM  
The kids and I came up with a horror story idea called "The Honkus" about an alien that looks like a red clown nose and attaches itself to people who slowly morph into clowns.
 
Abe Vigoda's Ghost
2023-02-02 2:39:04 PM  

realmolo: MacOS has about a zillion stupid design decisions that have been around since the beginning. Everyone knows about them, and works around them. There is an entire cottage industry of software that fixes long-standing issues with MacOS. The only reason those issues still exist is because Apple seems to think their way is more "elegant".


I'm curious as to what aftermarket "fixes" are being made to correct issues in MacOS.

I use Windows and MacOS machines, and I don't find any annoyances in MacOS that I feel I need to find an aftermarket solution to resolve. Nor do I find anything that gets in my way where I have to "work around" an issue.


/Not a fanboy of any particular OS.
 
Philomena Cunk
2023-02-02 3:04:54 PM  

DoctorCal: I love me some Diane Morgan.


Thank you.
 
iron de havilland [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-02-02 3:17:40 PM  

Abe Vigoda's Ghost: realmolo: MacOS has about a zillion stupid design decisions that have been around since the beginning. Everyone knows about them, and works around them. There is an entire cottage industry of software that fixes long-standing issues with MacOS. The only reason those issues still exist is because Apple seems to think their way is more "elegant".

I'm curious as to what aftermarket "fixes" are being made to correct issues in MacOS.

I use Windows and MacOS machines, and I don't find any annoyances in MacOS that I feel I need to find an aftermarket solution to resolve. Nor do I find anything that gets in my way where I have to "work around" an issue.


Yeah, I'd be kind of interested to know some specific examples, too. There is (was, at least) a tool called Onyx that would let you tweak lots of under-the-hood stuff, but macOS is perfectly useable without it. As for the hardware, I bought my first MacBook in 2007, and only replaced it in 2014 because it wouldn't take the latest OS update. Which is actually something that Apple deserves to be criticised for. My brother went through several Windows laptops in that period.

/Not a fanboy of any particular OS.

Also, this. I do like macOS because it's actually genuine desktop Unix, so you can always drop to a shell to do Unixy stuff. But I currently don't own a Mac, my desktop PC is Windows, never owned an iPhone, always been on Android, got a Chromebook. Just use what works for you in whichever circumstances you need.

/Although, speaking of having to install aftermarket tweaks, it's always useful to use a debloat tool on Windows to turn off telemetry and strip out a lot of the shiat.
 
mekkab [TotalFark]
2023-02-02 7:11:38 PM  

Tangenital: The kids and I came up with a horror story idea called "The Honkus" about an alien that looks like a red clown nose and attaches itself to people who slowly morph into clowns.


Switch the nose to a wig, and that was a great* Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode!


/*for values of Great that include "Mekka B liked it a bunch, but... it's still ATHF"
 
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