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VMs can't boot with Network Mode set to Bridged on Apple M5 Pro machines github.com

Aurornis3 hours ago

Classic GitHub issue thread: Someone shows up and tries to explain it’s not a bug and never could have worked. Everyone else points out that it does work on other Mac hardware. Person doubles down and tries to claim that the bug was that it ever worked, and not working is the correct behavior. New Mac OS beta release fixes the bug and makes it work. Nothing related to the repo was changed.

foucan hour ago

Also classic, someone finally jumping in with a full and insightful explanation. What a turnaround!

tosti12 minutes ago

> the bug was that it ever worked

https://xkcd.com/1172/

montjoy3 hours ago

This is actually what’s interesting

lloydatkinsonan hour ago

Like that probably still open huge github issue with hundreds of comments, the one about how docker will blow your firewall wide open.

doctorpangloss3 hours ago

remember how there used to be people whose lifestyle was answering Stack Overflow questions? 3 years from now we're going to be looking at charts showing engagement from GitHub Lifestyle people going straight down too.

billti2 hours ago

I couldn't get bridged networking to work with my M5 machine and VMs running on Parallels. This thread here would seem to indicate it's a known issue (with no updates or resolution :/ ) - https://forum.parallels.com/threads/m5-macbook-air-windows-1...

arjie2 hours ago

The OP has a thing that solves it for many: update to a beta version.

ArchOversight2 hours ago

The linked Github also states that updating to 26.6 works.

TheqO3 hours ago

The M5 Pro and M5 Max support Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6 via Apple's N1 wireless networking chip, while the base M5 supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth 5.3.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_M5

juancn2 hours ago

I love when things work out in the end!

(issue is fixed in the latest MacOS 26 and 27 betas)

mcfdoesdev4 hours ago

That's super weird.

kazinator4 hours ago

Remember, if shoes were like software, they would explode while you're trying to tie the laces, because the first of the month landed on a Tuesday.

pjmlp3 hours ago

Unfortunately most consumers put up with it, instead of handling it like shoes, returning them to the shop for a refund, or if surviving the explosion, a lawsuit.

kazinator3 hours ago

Shoes today are garbage that wears through within half a year; consumers are accepting it and coming back for more.

HPsquared2 hours ago

I wonder how much of the "shoes used to last longer" thing is down to individuals getting older and heavier over time. Also time perception changes with age. It's probably still true, though.

hnav2 hours ago

As much as it pains me to toss shoes every year, I much prefer the light, flexible construction of disposable shoes to the heavy rigidity of made-to-last ones.

pjmlp2 hours ago

Depends, not everyone buys on street bazaar, and usually most that put up with low quality is because they sadly cannot afford any better.

mindslight3 hours ago

Half of a year is getting awfully close to the timeline of a many return policies, and most people do like saving money. Just saying...

somat2 hours ago

The Samuel Vimes Boot theory of economic unfairness comes to mind.

Oh wow, it has it's own wikipedia page. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boots_theory

phoghed3 hours ago

Analogy kind of falls apart when you consumers are willing to put up with quite a lot to save a buck. They happily build their own furniture for example.

pjmlp2 hours ago

Only a subset of them.

amelius2 hours ago

Don't try to do professional work on consumer hardware ...

tecleandor2 hours ago

What kind of, ahem, "non consumer hardware" should I buy to run a virtual machine?

praman hour ago

A 15 year old Thinkpad is the HN approved machine for Serious Work.

sam_lowry_21 minutes ago

I only recently passed my good old T420s down the generation and switched to T14 Gen 2, the one that still has S3 ACPI Sleep Mode.

imp0cat14 minutes ago

RIP S3 sleep. You'll be missed.

lostlogin26 minutes ago

There was a good article here yesterday on Colossus.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49012309

r_lee2 hours ago

you say that while I'm pretty sure the macbooks are the most popular laptop platform for developing software?

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