olympicyes
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- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 2 weeks ago:
I personally use a dock that has three Thunderbolt downstream ports with my MacBook and run USB-C to DisplayPort cables connect two screens. If you have one monitor then you can ignore 90% of what I’m griping about. I just think it’s interesting what people notice. The old high end Mac Mini had 4 Thunderbolt USB-C and 2 USB-A. All ports including headphones were on the back. I don’t mind a front audio jack but prefer it on the back since I use it for speakers. This machine is still a major upgrade no matter what. Thunderbolt 4 is bandwidth limited if you want 3 hi-dpi screens or two 4K 60, so Thunderbolt 5 is a big deal on the Mini Pro.
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 3 weeks ago:
The things that I would plug into a computer are generally peripherals, webcam, printers, scanner, etc. They generally come with USB A plugs. Also nearly every useful USB-C hub is designed for a laptop and has a built in short cord. The new Mac Mini has three Thunderbolt 4 ports which is more than adequate for high speed applications and video. TB4 allows for hubs like the CalDigit Element Hub which has 4 USB-A and 4 Thunderbolt 4 ports but costs $180.
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 3 weeks ago:
Yes but we are bitching about trivial things and the lack of USB-A is far worse than the location of the power button on a desktop. I don’t accept the mouse criticism because it’s not required to buy a Magic Mouse. I have a MacBook but I use a Thunderbolt dock so in my use case the usb-c port increases convenience.
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 3 weeks ago:
I actually do buy Apple products and I can accept your logic for a laptop because I use a docking station. The point of the Mac Mini is to be the cheap Mac and adding extra cords or dongles just increases the cost and creates a mess behind the machine.
- Comment on M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location 3 weeks ago:
I just think it’s weird that people are complaining about the power button and the mouse charging situation, but no one is complaining that this DESKTOP computer does not have any USB-A ports. If you want to use any wired keyboard or a Logitech mouse with the adapter you’ll need to attach a dongle. Crazy.
- Comment on Apple’s first Mac mini redesign in 14 years looks like a big aluminum Apple TV 3 weeks ago:
A prior model Mac Mini uses 7W at idle.
- Comment on Peter Todd in hiding after being “unmasked” as bitcoin creator 3 weeks ago:
You’re not wrong but in general prices are moved by market makers who are trading large quantities. I can imagine assuming that the guy who invented bitcoin and went to such lengths to conceal his identity would not have access to his coins.
- Comment on Peter Todd in hiding after being “unmasked” as bitcoin creator 3 weeks ago:
That’s not accurate. Any serious investor would assume the coins still exist and could be moved. Selling the coins would roil the markets but that’s no different than if someone with a majority stake in a stock (eg DJT) were to dump their shares.
- Comment on What websites still feel like the old internet? 4 weeks ago:
Craigslist is slightly cleaner looking that it used to be but the functionality and button placement is identical. I much prefer it to Facebook marketplace or OfferUp.
- Comment on Smart TVs take snapshots of what you watch multiple times per second 1 month ago:
I had an issue with my 2016 Samsung TV where the interface slowed to a crawl and as soon as I disconnected the Ethernet cord it became responsive. I called Samsung customer service and they were able to reset my TV to factory settings without what I considered to be an adequate amount of authorization. I disconnected the TV again and banned it from my network and went with Apple TV.
- Comment on Barcelona is turning subway trains into power stations 1 month ago:
So you want the trains to coast from station to station? Do you really believe that or is it very important for you to be right?
- Comment on TSMC's $65 billion Arizona facility can now match Taiwan production yields according to early trials | TechSpot 2 months ago:
And alfalfa for Saudi Arabia.
- Comment on Haiku OS is what Linux used to be. 2 months ago:
He’s saying that “pioneers take the arrows, and the settlers take the land”.
Haiku makes him feel like a pioneer again, and it sounds like the tinkering is fun.
Based on your comment, it is highly unlikely that you would have used Linux desktop in the late 90s for the same reason you wouldn’t use Haiku today. A lot of people feel out on computers, if it was just about doing work then the vintage computer hobbyists would all find something else to do.
- Comment on Microsoft’s controversial Windows Recall feature is coming back in October 2 months ago:
Honestly this might be useful to the home user but everyone is right to be skeptical. The bigger value for the software is corporate surveillance. They will be able to see exactly how much time WFH workers are actually working and will probably want it for exfiltration prevention. The target user might not be able to avoid using it no matter what.
- Comment on Shopping app Temu is “dangerous malware,” spying on your texts, lawsuit claims 4 months ago:
I’m using Voyager and it’s great. I don’t even use the app, I prefer the PWA.
- Comment on Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete 4 months ago:
Maybe the vid angel people can get on that.
- Comment on Netflix mulls introducing free ad-supported tier. The circle is complete 4 months ago:
Always does but some implementations are better than others and bills still need to get paid. Network TV can’t force you to watch ads before beginning your program, but streaming can. I’m irritated that Prime has ads even though I pay for it but at least the way they handle them (only before the program starts) is acceptable to me. Interrupting a program to show ads the way YouTube does is horrible customer experience. What’s crazy to me is the way network tv shows have gone from 22 minutes in a 30 minute block to 17-19 minutes.
- Comment on Reddit brings back its old award system — ‘we messed up’ 5 months ago:
I gave away something on Reddit recently and found out that DMs aren’t the same between new and old Reddit. I got a reply on old Reddit and thought was the only interested person and latter logging in on a different browser found more messages that I didn’t see on old. The messages from old didn’t show up on the new site as well. What a mess.
- Comment on Reddit brings back its old award system — ‘we messed up’ 5 months ago:
I’d generalize it as Reddit was for people who read the article, and Digg was for people who didn’t. There were other sites for different communities at the time as well like the Chive and their Bill Murray worship.
- Comment on OpenAI strikes Reddit deal to train its AI on your posts 5 months ago:
I’m not mad about the scraping. The linkedin scraping case pretty much cemented that there was nothing that could be done to stop it. I’m just mad that I can no longer use the app of my choice. No such problem with Lemmy.
- Comment on Microsoft offers to relocate nearly 10% of China-based staffers to the US or allied nations — AI and cloud engineering exodus from China begins 5 months ago:
If you want to be mad about something relevant, be mad that Windows 10/11 use deflate64 for zipping very large file. By default, deflate64 is not compatible with Python ZipFile nor Gnome’s built in unarchiver app.
- Comment on iPad Pro with M4 chip boasts impressive performance jump compared to just-released M3 MacBook Air 6 months ago:
I’ve got a high end Intel MacBook Pro and a low end M1 Mac Mini. The Mac Mini runs x86 apps live Civ 6 faster and smoother than the Intel MacBook can.
- Comment on Has Generative AI Already Peaked? - Computerphile 6 months ago:
Sam Altman gives a pretty good indication that your point is correct when he began asking for $7 trillion for new AI chip development.
- Comment on Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT 6 months ago:
Great idea. Then I’ll turn to ChatGPT for higher quality answers.
- Comment on Stack Overflow bans users en masse for rebelling against OpenAI partnership — users banned for deleting answers to prevent them being used to train ChatGPT 6 months ago:
If the Stack Overflow site remains available then it still serves the same purpose it did before. I personally use ad blockers and don’t pay to use the site, which must not be cheap to operate. The bigger problem is if talented people refuse to share their expertise with people like me because they aren’t being compensated for their efforts.
- Comment on How to opt out of the privacy nightmare that comes with new Hondas 6 months ago:
Not to mention that even if everyone were to switch to public transportation, you’ve still got the issue of RFID cards that track every trip you take on the system. Far cry from subway tokens for privacy concerns.
- Comment on Apple introduces M4 chip 6 months ago:
I wouldn’t use asahi Linux on a Mac but it would be amazing on a iPad.
- Comment on Apple introduces M4 chip 6 months ago:
Sounds like they are using it to reduce the size of the battery.
- Comment on Neuralink Co-Founder Suggests He Left Elon Musk's Company Over Safety Concerns 6 months ago:
The train from LA to Vegas is under construction. The problem in Vegas is that the casinos don’t want you leaving their property unless you’re headed to another property they also own. Musk’s tunnel just goes to the convention center and is obviously not a serious solution.
- Comment on Here’s How That Disney 360° Treadmill Works 6 months ago:
The inventor is balding, so you might be right!