Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: Nightfox to All on Sat Aug 09 2025 18:33:15

Sometimes I don't know where some people on Reddit get their information.

Or lack, there of. Reddit is hardly exclusive to this. I sse a lot of it on both Facebook and BBSes.
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I saw a comment on Reddit where someone said "The last time Apple sold a computer under the Macintosh name was a quarter of a century ago." Ehh, Apple's computers are still called Mac, which is short for Macintosh.. Sometimes I don't know where some people on Reddit get their information.

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Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: Nightfox to All on Sat Aug 09 2025 06:33 pm

There was also a time on Reddit where I posted an old photo of mine that I had taken in 1998 with a film camera. I had scanned it on my PC from the negative (I still have the negatives from that & other rolls of film I had developed), and someone on Reddit commented on it that it looked too good to be an old film photo, so he thought it was from a digital camera. Also, he tried to argue that all film cameras stamped the date/time onto the photo - which isn't even true; that feature didn't come around until later, and usually you could toggle it on/off too. He didn't see the timestamp in my photo, which he thought was further "proof" that it was from a digital camera. My photo actually did have a timestamp on it, which someone else pointed out to him, and he accepted he had been corrected.

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Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: Nightfox to All on Sat Aug 09 2025 18:46:16

There was also a time on Reddit where I posted an old photo

Reddit is weird sometimes. There was a post on there months ago from someone light heartedly seeking advice because they had to do a bowel prep (i.e. enema) the day before some surgery.

I replied saying I'd had the same thing, agreed with others saying it doesn't feel like it's working until it *definitely* does and saying the one thing that caught me by surprise is how long I was stuck in the bathroom, until about 4am actually, and I got very cold so maybe take a blanket or an old towel in with you.

Got downvoted. I still have no idea why.

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Nightfox wrote to All <=-

Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: Nightfox to All on Sat Aug 09 2025 06:33 pm

further "proof" that it was from a digital camera. My photo actually
did have a timestamp on it, which someone else pointed out to him, and
he accepted he had been corrected.

I'm surprised an overzealous moderator didn't flag your post for not
having the correct Flair, or otherwise not following some obscure rule.



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Bob Worm wrote to Nightfox <=-

I replied saying I'd had the same thing, agreed with others saying it doesn't feel like it's working until it *definitely* does and saying
the one thing that caught me by surprise is how long I was stuck in the bathroom, until about 4am actually, and I got very cold so maybe take a blanket or an old towel in with you.

Got downvoted. I still have no idea why.

Good advice - and bring a kindle.

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Re: Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Sun Aug 10 2025 08:10 am

further "proof" that it was from a digital camera. My photo actually did
have a timestamp on it, which someone else pointed out to him, and he
accepted he had been corrected.

I'm surprised an overzealous moderator didn't flag your post for not having the correct Flair, or otherwise not following some obscure rule.

I've had that happen in some subreddits.. And sometimes they use auto-moderator bots that will immediately flag and remove your post.

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Many of us are of an age when it's time for a colonoscopy. Get it done. Your family will thank you.

I've done a ColoGuard twice now. I don't know if it's as good, but I'm low risk and this was pretty easy. Actually, I've done it 3 times, once the test was expired for some reason so that year I had to send in 2 samples...

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Re: Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: Shurato to poindexter FORTRAN on Tue Aug 12 2025 05:37 pm

I've done a ColoGuard twice now. I don't know if it's as good, but I'm low risk and this was pretty easy.

Doctors are recommending it, so why not.

I've done it once, and yes, it's simple.

Hey, while we're on the topic, you know what a fun slogan would be for ColoGuard?

"Just mail that shit in."

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Re: Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: Codefenix to Shurato on Wed Aug 13 2025 13:45:19

Hey, while we're on the topic, you know what a fun slogan would be for ColoGuard? "Just mail that shit in."

I'm proctoring a room full of testers. It's very quiet. Then I read this. Suddenly, there's this big <SNORT>. The kind you make when your trying to stifle a laugh. I think I hurt myself.
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Re: Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: Codefenix to Shurato on Wed Aug 13 2025 01:45 pm

I've done a ColoGuard twice now. I don't know if it's as good, but I'm
low risk and this was pretty easy.

Doctors are recommending it, so why not.

I did that a while ago, but I read that it still might not be as good as a colonoscopy. I read someone say he used Cologuard but it wasn't until he had a colonoscopy when they found something, which ended up being serious enough to remove.

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Re: Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Bob Worm on Sun Aug 10 2025 08:10 am

Many of us are of an age when it's time for a colonoscopy. Get it done.
Your family will thank you.

Too real. :-(
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Got downvoted. I still have no idea why.

I've noticed something about this. Either people are associating the thumbs down with just a general reaction to the situation/story, or they just /have/ to "react" somehow and they don't feel like a "thumbs up" is appropriate. My that's just my take on inexplicable downvotes.



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Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: Nightfox to All on Sat Aug 09 2025 06:33 pm

I saw a comment on Reddit where someone said "The last time Apple sold a computer under the Macintosh name was a quarter of a century ago." Ehh, Apple's computers are still called Mac, which is short for Macintosh.. Sometimes I don't know where some people on Reddit get their information.

I feel like they moreso meant under the exact name of "Macintosh", which is true I guess but as you said there is still Macs, so I don't really get it either.


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Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: Vintholdt to Nightfox on Sun Aug 24 2025 02:08 pm

I saw a comment on Reddit where someone said "The last time Apple sold a
computer under the Macintosh name was a quarter of a century ago." Ehh,
Apple's computers are still called Mac, which is short for Macintosh..
Sometimes I don't know where some people on Reddit get their information.

I feel like they moreso meant under the exact name of "Macintosh", which is true I guess but as you said there is still Macs, so I don't really get it either.

Yeah, I wondered if that may be what they meant. I don't know if that was Apple's actual intent or if he was just interpreting the shortened name "Mac" too literally.

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Re: Redditors (and Apple Macs)
By: Nightfox to Vintholdt on Sun Aug 24 2025 03:35 pm

Yeah, I wondered if that may be what they meant. I don't know if that was Apple's actual intent or if he was just interpreting the shortened name "Mac" too literally.

I believe so. As is commonly known, Redditors love to take literally anything way too literally.


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