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- Comment on Would it be unnecessary or annoying if I put "boycott israel" post it note on a sodastream at Lidl? 2 weeks ago:
Idk, violence is pretty annoying.
- Comment on As EV batteries improve, ChargePoint debuts 600 kW fast charger 2 weeks ago:
Google says about 10 gallons a minute, and each gallon is about 33KWh. 330KWh in a minute is about 20,000 KW or 20 MW assuming I can do math correctly.
- Comment on Previewing the Framework Wireless Touchpad Keyboard 2 weeks ago:
Yeah, this keyboard has it too. But not all devices remember. And that’s the problem. Sometimes it’s software on the PC that controls it, other times it lives in the keyboaed. But some devices are stupid and will forget when you disconnect/change devices.
- Comment on Previewing the Framework Wireless Touchpad Keyboard 2 weeks ago:
If they can make it so if you press F1 it actually does F1 without any BS software then I’m sold. I love my Logitech K400 but if I press F2 and not FN + F2 and miss getting into the bios one more time I’m going to commit a crime.
Bluetooth + dongle + wired? Hell yes. This is perfect for tinkering with computers, and actually using it.
- Comment on Introducing Framework Laptop 13 Pro 2 weeks ago:
I’m curious how good the trackpad will actually be. I wasn’t the biggest fan of the force touch pad in the OG 2015 MBP, but later models made it better. But I still prefer the actual clicky pad on the 2014 and older machines. But on PCs?
- Comment on Microsoft's Silent Lockout: Why WireGuard, VeraCrypt & Windscribe Can No Longer Update Windows Users 3 weeks ago:
The type of person running WireGuard on Windows probably either can’t, or won’t use Linux.
- Comment on AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20 3 weeks ago:
Shouldn’t the sims 4 be considered free to play? The base game is free, only the dlc is paid.
- Comment on AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20 3 weeks ago:
This is revenue. How many people are buying those games now? Older games are also usually heavily discounted so that’s even less money. And if the game was bought second hand then it’s entirely irrelevant.
- Comment on Why do I almost never see people flying drones? 3 weeks ago:
They’re not that expensive, but they’re not cheap. The DJI mini goes on sale for like $200 fairly often and that’s an insane value for what it is. But yeah, unless you live in an area with a lot of great views you’ll probably use it a handful of times then leave it in its box.
Unfortunately the US government is trying to outlaw them so we might not get newer models.
- Comment on What are some good, solid cables for charging and data transfer? 4 weeks ago:
I’ve never had issues with Anker cables, but I’ve also never had to deal with their support.
For a DisplayPort cable the best I’ve found is the “Club3D CAC-1060” my GPU/monitor has signal integrity issues that leads to getting black screens as gsync turns on and off. This cable has gotten me the least black screens.
But outside of edge cases like mine a DP and an HDMI cable is a DP/HDMI cable. They’re not doing crazy things like USB C does. They either work or they don’t.
- Comment on Distro for upgrading a 15 year old Mac? 4 weeks ago:
Pretty much only the very first year of Intel Macs had 32 bit EFIs. Coincidentally the only 2007 machine with a 32 bit EFI was the Mac Pro. But the 07 Mac Pro was basically identical to the OG 06.
- Comment on Which wired earbuds do you recommend? 4 weeks ago:
What’s your budget?
- Comment on Is a video streaming co-op a useful idea? 5 weeks ago:
So sharing your plex library, but you’re paying for access? That’s probably more illegal than just letting your friend access it.
- Comment on When you send old camcorder cassettes to a digitising service, do they watch the contents? 5 weeks ago:
Depends on the service. There’s a lot of really bad ones that just seem to dump the video to a file and call it a day. Any good service will be monitoring the tape, but not sitting there watching the whole thing.
- Comment on Why is stack overflow so horrible? 5 weeks ago:
Anyone who unironically says just google it, and doesn’t google it themselves and provides a link to a concise answer should be shot on sight.
Same for the RTFM crowd. So many manuals are filled with so much fluff that just gets in the way of actually being useful.
- Comment on How come if my dog is sick and I take him to get put out of his misery its ok? On a human its not? How come human laws don't apply to animals? I think of our dog as family and he's one of us? 5 weeks ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
Depends on how long you plan on ignoring them.
Gonna use it once a month? Yeah 40-60%s a good range to keep it in. More than a few months? Depending on the idle discharge, but probably want to charge it higher so it doesn’t go flat. 0% charge is a lot worse than 100%, especially for LiPo batteries.
- Comment on Is 71° F (21° C) the ideal weather to wear shorts? 1 month ago:
As long as it’s above 0F I’ll wear shorts. My legs don’t get cold unless it’s really windy.
- Comment on not so free thinking now are we? 1 month ago:
Jokes on you, I don’t have that reaction.
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 1 month ago:
I mean in terms of disk space sure it takes up a good bit. From what I can tell winsxs takes about 10 gigs of space. But the actual wow64 subsytem only takes a 1-2 hundred MBs of RAM which is nothing for giving you that much backwards compatibility.
Rosetta 2 is going away in the next Mac OS, but that’s not going to have a massive impact on anything. The biggest impact will be the installer will be half the size since it doesn’t need twice the executables. You can download an Intel or Arm specific installer of Mac OS and it’s already half the size.
why doesn’t Microsoft treat Windows in a similar vein?
Because then nobody would use Windows. People use windows because it runs all of the programs they love. If it didn’t people wouldn’t put up with their bullshit.
- Comment on In the age of electronics, when is go to vote can I request a paper ballot instead of a machine? 1 month ago:
When I vote on the machine it fills out a paper ballot for me, then I just check it and turn it in.
It all depends on your state, city, and county and how they have it set up.
- Comment on Why is Windows still bloated 1 month ago:
Windows’ bloat isn’t because they have to maintain backwards compatibility. It’s because they keep adding more shit, and the shit they add isn’t exactly hyper optimized.
If something like Windows 11 requires specific hardware in order to install it, why does it need to accommodate compatibility for archaic devices/software?
Because my computer from 2024 doesn’t run software made in 2024 or newer. I use a mixture of the latest and greatest™️, and old stuff.
Apples transition to arm was not a rewrite, nor is the software any better. It’s the hardware that’s better and makes using Mac OS on an M1 MBP so much better than an Intel one.
- Comment on Nvidia Announces DLSS 5, and it adds... An AI slop filter over your game 1 month ago:
Back to the ol pysx GPU days. Except physx made the game cooler.
- Comment on Is there a software method to "rotate" music around my head? 1 month ago:
On iOS with AirPods there’s spatial audio which does this.
- Comment on I was wondering why the €40k printer at work was choking with "simple" Canva PDFs 1 month ago:
Our printer at work is fancy and has a haswell based pentium and a whole 4 gigs of ram. It’s only a little over 10 years old hardware.
The printer also supports vnc for some reason. I haven’t figured out why.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 month ago:
What post is on your profile that’s deleted?
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Pretty much every modern laptop runs on 20v internally so USB Cs 100w was super easy to switch to. To get 240w you need to intake 48v and then convert that down to the 20v ish that laptops crave.
The framework 16 is the only laptop I know of that runs on the new spec. MacBooks will do 140w via MagSafe, and the new ThinkPad P1 does it over actual USB C. But almost nothing uses the new spec yet. Given more time I’m sure it will be more popular.
- Comment on Avocado. Is it really so untasty or I am doing something wrong? 2 months ago:
Try a touch of salt.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
A keep difference is arm machines will get a full days worth of battery life and perform well. X86 machines only can get a day’s battery life.
X86 CPUs must race to idle to get decent battery life. If they don’t idle they’re guzzling power. Arm CPUs seem to handle the light but constantly active loads much better. My m1 MacBook gets me 10-15 hours of battery life no problem. My ThinkPad gets idk like 4 at best. Even factoring in the battery capacity difference they’re nowhere close.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
To be fair the firmware situation ain’t great on arm. The second thing your computer does after it turns on is hands off from firmware to the OS and that process ain’t exactly great or super standardized on any ARM system.