Sure. But it's far from being the failure predicted by the specialists and media in general right after Apple announced them.

I dont believe anyone called it a failure. It was just not impressive at all, I think that is what the hub bub is about. Apple used to be an amazing innovator and they are not anymore. But most tech company's are cyclical in nature, Apple is on a down round and probably will be for the next 5 years. MS had the same thing happen, and now they are coming back. I bet when Tim Cook departs Apple will see the same resurgence.

What frustrates me the most is that Apple no longer is making a product that I like but no one else is. Every single laptop model in the market lacks at least one feature that's essential to me.

Well, ask yourself what could be the reason.

When you hear about post-PC and how the computer market is changing, THIS is exactly what it means. Traditional computers and laptops are going to become more expensive, sell in less quantities and be very, very focused on some specific needs.

For companies like Apple, Microsoft, Dell, etc... this will translate into much simpler product lines that will update less frequently.

> Just like the classic iPod.

I don't think the classic iPod is a good example here, the iPod line still exists. I think something similar might happen with the Mac line, we might see the end of the Mac Pro, Mac mini and even the iMac (less likely). But I don't see the Macbook and Macbook Pro going anywhere soon.

It's easier when you control the OS and the hardware.

But it's much harder to write your own OS in 2016, there's a reason nobody else does it.

Think about the "enhancing" crapware most vendors deploy on their Windows machines, then scale it up to the entire OS. Yeah, it would be that bad. We have to give it to Apple for still crafting their OS themselves like it was 1985, and doing a very good job at it.

Agreed. I was not criticising Apple, by the way.

It only looks easier because all the hard work went into creating a desirable combination of os-hardware that they could control.

But it's harder to control the OS and the hardware.

Yep. I buy one box of Coffiest (12 bottles) per month. I usually drink them before I go swim early in the morning (2-3 times a week). Then, when I come back I get a regular breakfast. And I really enjoy the taste, so... none of the arguments apply.

I haven't tasted Coffiest before. Does Coffiest taste like coffee + soymilk?

I think it tastes like a Mocha flavoured protein shake.

I'll second that. I get a lot more mocha than coffee. Though the alertness effect seems to be consistent with having a small cup of coffee in the morning.

> People like driving themselves

I love to drive on a highway, but I hate to drive in the city. I'd easily give up on the former to get rid of the latter.

Paleo diet is not necessarily Keto, though.

Interesting how Ruby has almost no code indented with tabs, while Go has almost no code indented with spaces (I believe this is due to gofmt, but I might be wrong).

Yep, it's due to gofmt, which enforces tabs for all semantic indentation and spaces for all alignment indentation (which means lines never start with a space).

"Hey guys, how can we make the whole tabs vs. spaces thing even worse?

"How about we promote mixing the two?"

Actually, I think that mixing the two (alignment is for spaces, indentation is for tabs) fixes all of the problems faced by both camps. It makes the tab width configurable, without ruining any visual alignment you've done.

That is what I use, tab for indentation (left-most chars of the line), space for alignment.

This what, regardless the editor, the indentation is always correct and the alignment all the same, the code simply slides left or right depending on the tab-size of the editor.

You are correct. Node is just an optional dependency.

Or capture-bonding.