We sold this hole in the doughnut fifteen times at Goldman Sachs and got rich because we got paid a fee on the collateralisation of the hole in the doughnut.
--Max Keiser's impersonation of an investment banker
@peemee I get it now. I misunderstood that sentence: 'It’s comparatively simple in Network Preferences to turn the wi-fi on but not to automatically lock into any network.'
@peemee 'Automatically join this network' doesn't work for you, with the iMac's wi-fi?
@jws From experience, turning wi-fi off seems to make device batteries charge more quickly and drain more slowly. I'm thinking about more than just power anyway. I just like the principle of defaulting to off. Of course, modern desktops are starting to seem almost like phones with people able to call you when they want…
@jws I like how on the phone you can specify that an app that uses location services can only use it when running. In theory, I'd like something like that for wi-fi. I might try using Airtoggle. I'm already using Bluetoggle to flick bluetooth on and off with a quick key combo.
Right, let's move 10C from the phone to the desktop for change. Lets see how this goes…
On computers, why can't wi-fi operate on an on-demand basis? Why is it always on….draining the battery?
Having a microwave fried egg sandwich again. I don’t know why I bother making these because they don’t taste as good as conventional ones. And by the time you’ve oiled the bowl, cooked the egg and cleaned the bowl (takes a bit of scrubbing) it’s hardly any less effort