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by Dunedan 8y ago
> You can’t currently access the SSD, but that’s more the result of a driver not existing than it being inherently disallowed. That's not clear yet. There is a NVMe driver available in Linux which works fine with pre-T2 Macs. On T2
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by Dunedan 8y ago
> why has it taken Amazon so long? I imagine at the scale of Amazon replacing some of the core data stores with all their existing data is a quite complex task. Just think about the amount of data you need to migrate and keep in sync dur
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by Dunedan 8y ago
AMD had enough time to learn that lesson. Let's hope they did.
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by Dunedan 8y ago
What I really like about the Mac mini is the internal power supply. I'd wish all the PC vendors would offer their mini PCs with internal power supplies too.
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by Dunedan 8y ago
Are you sure Apple didn't invent USB-C? There are sources suggesting they did, like https://9to5mac.com/2015/03/14/apple-invent-usb-type-c/
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by Dunedan 8y ago
The current generation of MacBook Pro doesn't have such a recovery port for the SSD anymore. The MacBook Pro 2016 and MacBook Pro 2017 had such a port, but the MacBook Pro 2018, which features the T2 chip, doesn't. As the encrypti
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by Dunedan 8y ago
The T2 chip is just an ARM CPU running a customized version of watchOS. So in theory malware could take over control of the T2 chip. I also wonder what implications on features like the mentioned microphone disconnect that'd have. My g
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by Dunedan 8y ago
The eDRAM is mainly for the integrated GPU and an addition to the L3 cache. It's also only available for a few selected Intel CPUs, which usually have higher graphics performance. As Wikipedia puts it [1]: > The 128 MB of eDRAM in t
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by Dunedan 8y ago
The 12" MacBook is still better in terms of portability.
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by Dunedan 8y ago
Have you checked its form factor? It has the same width and depth as the 13" MacBook Pro and is even higher.
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by Dunedan 8y ago
Anandtech is suspecting that Apple is using an unannounced 5W TDP Amber-Lake CPU in the new MacBook Air [1]. That'd be an interesting choice as it'd bring the CPU performance closer to the 12" MacBook, than to the 13" Ma
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by Dunedan 8y ago
> Also I would like to know if the SSD can be upgraded later During the presentation they showed the inside as well, highlighting the locations of RAM and SSD and both seemed to be soldered. As they're nowadays soldered in every oth
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by Dunedan 8y ago
In theory you should be able to install alternative operating systems by disabling "secure boot", but at least with Linux that isn't working properly yet. Trying to use the NVMe controller results in reboots, caused by the T2
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by Dunedan 8y ago
A result of the T2 chip is, that you can't access the SSD under Linux yet, which makes running Linux on it pretty pointless.
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by Dunedan 8y ago
Nope, at least not yet, as the NVMe controller in the T2 chip doesn't work with Linux yet. See https://github.com/Dunedan/mbp-2016-linux/issues/71 for details.
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by Dunedan 8y ago
Well, we don't know for sure that Linux will boot on the new MacBook Air as well, as nobody has tried it yet, but I think it's safe to assume we'll have the same situation as for the MacBook Pro 2018. In addition to the menti
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by Dunedan 8y ago
The MacBook Pro 2016 and 2017 have a T1 chip, the MacBook Pro 2018 has a T2 chip, the same which debuted in the iMac Pro last year and is now in included in the new MacBook Air as well. The linked repository covers Linux support for more al
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by Dunedan 8y ago
I'm pretty sure there would enough power budget, as the new Macbook Air has a similar volume than the 13" MacBook Pro and the MacBook Pro is already offered with quad-core CPUs. My guess is that they want to have a clear different
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by Dunedan 8y ago
Note that they don't state that they still intend to use their 10nm process for volume production.
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by Dunedan 8y ago
I thought I'd miss MagSafe. After nearly two years without it, it turns out: I don't, because USB-C cables will disconnect in a lot of situations where MagSafe would've disconnected as well and USB-C has the advantage of allo
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by Dunedan 8y ago
I watched the game play demo they presented at the recent Citizencon ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-fkMHOyswU ). As I don't follow Star Citizens development closely, it was a fascinating view into that universe and
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by Dunedan 8y ago
Now we just need to iron out bugs which prevent CPU's to reach certain low-power states. Turns out in modern CPU's that's surprisingly difficult to achieve, as not only the CPU is considered for such power states, but attache
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by Dunedan 8y ago
> And I get it: it's not up to me to tell people what to work on during their free time. So it's up to me now to tell you: If you want to run Linux on Apple hardware, help getting it to work! Otherwise please just use hardware
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by Dunedan 8y ago
I'd be really interested in an in-depth tour through one of AWS data centers, including a detailed look at the server and network architecture they're using nowadays. Maybe AWS would benefit from being a bit more open, because tha
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by Dunedan 8y ago
Last week I attend a Meetup where the author of these benchmarks gave a talk about his experiments. While the goal is noble, the benchmark suffers from some serious problems: - it's just a snapshot of the performance at one point in ti
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by Dunedan 8y ago
> When you visit every website hosted on AWS, Amazon tracks you Is that just an unsubstantial accusation or do you have a source for that?
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by Dunedan 8y ago
The title sounds like it killed the work ethic of his employees, but a quote from the interview makes it rather sound like it killed his work ethic: > It created this lack of work ethic in me that was fundamentally detrimental to the bus
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by Dunedan 8y ago
There might be unofficial builds, but it's not included in their official list of supported devices: https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
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by Dunedan 8y ago
Thanks for the information. Apparently my knowledge about state handling in Terraform did predate the introduction of remote state. I should've checked that first.
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by Dunedan 8y ago
Of course you can implement/set up syncing of state on your own, but that's something you don't have to worry about when using CloudFormation. I'm not sure how the options for Terraform handle race conditions when trying

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