There's nothing fundamental that most of us are doing on a computer in the year 2024 that requires 16GB of RAM or a brand new processor. Why has it become the new default? Why does your computer that runs fine today require a replacement to run Windows 11? There's not one answer but several.
This isn't either of the blogs I had planned for this week. I have a 90% written piece about why perfectly good computers aren't compatible with Windows 11. I also have about half of the background done on what I plan to be my first movie review here.
When I got my most recent Mac, I created an account for everyday use but I also created a “local only” account. The everyday account has services and apps I log into. The “local only” account doesn't. The point of it is that I don't log into anything with it. I don't give it admin privileges either so any time I want to do anything like install software, I have to log into my regular account or my admin account.
I'm not sure whether folks will find this useful. Twitter didn't have bookmarks when I was using it. It's possible I'm late to the game and everyone except me already knows how to make good use of bookmarks. That said, here's how I'm using bookmarks on Mastodon. It's not “the right way” but you could find it useful.