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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The US bans all new foreign-made network routers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
YUP. I’ve deployed hundreds of these. They make good hardware, their developers and hardware engineers are quick to respond to customers, and they just make a good product. They even share their board designs, because why not?

Sucks they’re going to be caught in the crossfire here.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The US bans all new foreign-made network routers⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This is a good time to remind everyone to avoid any of the major manufacturers. Get pre-built OPEN boxes and install OpenWRT. You performance and capabilities will beat the shit out of any of the other stuff anyway.

Sadly, there were a few great foreign-made manufacturers who had great hardware for this. Technically they aren’t “network routers” and just blank hardware, so probably don’t fall into the idiotic language put forth here.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Jensen Huang says Nvidia engineers should use AI tokens worth half their annual salary every year to be fully productive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This man went from high to low REAL fast.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes - but no apologies⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Well…yeah. That’s their bread and butter.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do Superheroes or villians get their suits on is there like a magical zipper or something? Or how do they do it?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
They don’t.

They aren’t real.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify playing ads for paid subscribers⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Worst mobile app on the planet with SO many bugs, but dammit if they aren’t a clean platform otherwise.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have heard time and time again Hollywood and the Media are liberal assests. I disagree with that statement. But has it always been so called liberal? When did it start?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Rupert Murdoch to get Fox News viewers in the US in the late 90’s. He started that dumb shit the way you understand it today.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Major investor is 'shocked and sad' that the games industry is 'demonizing' generative AI⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Boo hoo
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a US bank only insures your money up to 250k does that mean I have to visit four different back to have a million dollars insured?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Sorry, I should have been more. ABOVE the 250k level is what they aren’t LEGALLY required to cover. Banks that do that and are FDIC insured are doing that on their own.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If a US bank only insures your money up to 250k does that mean I have to visit four different back to have a million dollars insured?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Not legally guaranteed though, and it has to be a HUGE bank. Regional banks or Credit Unions will not do this.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is there any good laptop cleaners so I can set it to max settings and get rid of bloware that are free?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This one seems pretty active: github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I messed up being in my 30ish believe in Superheroes actually exsist? And we just don't hear about them? I just like to think that their is a person or persons out there.....q⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Don’t you think they would have done something obvious by now?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would it be possible to have a successful career as a lawyer and never lie?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Nope
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a 'Shock' to the PC Industry⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Resolution alone isn’t the only factor. It’s a larger display, requiring more power, which is either a PC/PD issue, or a battery issue. The point is that the power draw has to come from somewhere, and nothing this is the same platform as an iPhone (essentially), there’s going to be a trade-off somewhere.

As you noted they’ve reduced the refresh rate, which makes a big impact, but I don’t think it stops there.

The original platform has apps that are optimized for that platform, and now you’re throwing a different OS at it which has more expansive use of resources: CPU, memory, GPU, and power.

We’ll have to see how they have made paths through MacOS to account the platform specifically, but I’m betting there are several drawbacks. This was the main complaint of how they dealt with those insanely expensive Mac Pro with M-class chips when they first came out, but in the inverse. High power draw, heat issues…etc.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a 'Shock' to the PC Industry⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Mobile chip power is insane AT THAT SCALE though. That’s the key differentiation here. So if you’re running a larger format display with a higher resolution, cut that by quite a bit. Also cut it if you’re running desktop apps that aren’t optimized for mobile, and if this is intended to run MacOS instead of iOS, the mobile optimistic memory scheduling is out the window. I’ll have to see it to say for sure, but I’m guessing the performance for average desktop apps is going to be pretty, but that’s kind of the price point.

This is Apple’s scoop up of the ChromeOS segment.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a 'Shock' to the PC Industry⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Repair friendly means CHEAP components repair, which Apple just does not do.

As an example, in a machine like this if your WiFi module tanks…that’s a full logic board replacement. Might as well buy a new one.

According to this, Apple is basically making an insurance vertical as part of their business, and they are pricing repairs to be exactly 1/3 the retail cost of the machine for pretty much everything except screens.

This is pretty scam my when you consider their past of quoting customers for repairs that are above and beyond the scope of the actual hardware failures, and what maximizes profits for their AppleCare and RMA process. There are dozens of breakdowns in this, so I won’t write a novel, but it’s very obvious they’ve baked in the costs to make it more cost-effective to just keep buying new units as a replacement in the face of simple hardware failures.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Asus Co-CEO: MacBook Neo Is a 'Shock' to the PC Industry⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
The failure rates of these will be the determining factor. The components inside are cheap, all soldered on, and will not be repairable at all (waiting on the iFixIt score).

Its pretty much just their phone platform with a big screen and keyboard, so maybe it’ll be okay. It’s not built like a phone though, so I’m expecting some interesting testing outcomes. It’s either going to be cheap enough that they have a new planned obsolescence hit on their hands, or people are going to be pissed at it sucking so hard.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Did your account get hacked, buddy?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Meta never acquired my VR Mansion. It was super cool.

Dafuq
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Rooting means you’re disabling or bypassing the hardware encryption signing for modules that are built for the device you’re on. If things aren’t signed, and something checks to ensure that they ARE signed, you’ll run into problems.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Seagate just unleashed 44TB hard drives⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Literally nobody in the consumer market will care, and the DC crowd won’t buy this until they can prove failure rates.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Consider a system with no DRAM' replaced by a 'recycling fiber loop': John Carmack envisages bold future to avoid AI-driven RAM crisis⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s not that we don’t know what it is, it, again, is just INCREDIBLY FUCKING STUPID.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Consider a system with no DRAM' replaced by a 'recycling fiber loop': John Carmack envisages bold future to avoid AI-driven RAM crisis⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
This is… incredibly stupid. This man has done so many drugs he no longer realizes how computers or electricity works.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If I was a college athlete instead of accepting money out right. If I created a charity where they could "donate", and keep all the money? Is this illegal or illegal how so?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Do your initials happen to be NCAA?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft patents system for AI helpers to finish games for you⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Why don’t you just fucking kill me, and replace me with an AI copy of myself. What a dumb fucking world these companies are pushing for.

Jackasses.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard - Joel Hawksley⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Yeah, I just think this is an insane spend for most people.

I much more affordable option, though smaller, are these TRMNL displays: trmnl.com
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Claude Code deletes developers' production setup, including its database and snapshots — 2.5 years of records were nuked in an instant⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Whoever did this was incredibly lazy. What you using an agent to run your Terraform commands for you in the first place if it’s not part of some automation? You’re saving yourself, what, 15 seconds tops? You deserve this kind of thing for being like this.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How I built Timeframe, our family e-paper dashboard - Joel Hawksley⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
It’s something like $2k. Pretty insane for a project like this. You can just get the actual e-ink panels pretty cheap, but then you need to build a driver for it. Not simple.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would I improve Wifi consistency within my house?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Edited to a bit more. See my other comment.

We can’t see your house, to it’s hard to give you very many options except the simplest.

You will more than likely need more hardware though.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would I improve Wifi consistency within my house?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
Repeaters don’t work, especially on newer Wifi clients. You need a proper Mesh system to cover a larger area. Probably going to run you $300-$500USD for a 3 AP kit.

You’ll need to put that junky AP they sent you from the ISP into Passthrough Mode, hook up the new AP from the Mesh system as your new router, then just place the other new APs in mesh mode as you want them.