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csdvrx
4y ago
> DDR5 speeds currently crash like a rock if there's more than one DIMM per channel, even moreso if those DIMMs have two ranks rather than one. How would you determine that with dmidecode?
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4y ago
> Even then the backups need to be tested. Isn't that the role of zfs scrub? Or do you mean testing if say a JPG file is still a valid JPG? I think there are scripts that can store a md5 of each file in a sqlite database for filesys
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4y ago
> We have alienated ourselves and our soul in the aimless pursuit of progress. Evidence required
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4y ago
> I was a severely bulimic binge eater on carbs The weirdest thing I've noticed is whenever I eat pizza, it makes me super hungry about 5h later. I don't like feeling hungry so I've banned pizzas.
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4y ago
Yes, as I like the extra time it gets me (time not wasted on eating adds up!) and the extra mental clarity during the day. I don't need to lose weight (I'm 110 lbs) so I eat before going to bed, which also helps me sleep like a ba
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4y ago
> What about a fully Free CoreBoot firmware and EC? You had me curious, now you have me interested. I will investigate the system76. I need something with ECC, ideally with a AMD Zen3 too.
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4y ago
It was removed from my start menu without me doing anything. Also Microsoft has started deploying a special KB to figure out who's still using 2010, and there have been rumors it would get blocked in the future through another KB, even
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4y ago
> I'm still trying to make the full time switch to Linux Just did that this year. After trying and failing every year I tried ubuntu + gnome + firefox, I succeeded by altering my choices: arch + hyperland + edge I get the familiar p
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4y ago
efibootmgr
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4y ago
> It's not just a tweaked fan curve. The firmwares are entirely different. Unless they are featuring coreboot, they just tweaked options in say the Insyde bios, so no, not entirely different. > I could, or I could keep buying har
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4y ago
> the cartel gets its pick of SWE talent, simply because it can offer substantially more than most other companies. Some people will refuse to work for a FAANG as a matter of principle, and they don't have a monopsony, so it's
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4y ago
> I don't get why Lenovos are supposedly so great. The one I had at work was _terrible_, hands down the worst Linux experience I've ever had. You only had one? How can you pretend to know a brand with 1 model? FYI, of the moder
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4y ago
Nevermind then! I thought given the large volume there could be a few.
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4y ago
By any chance, would you have some arch users? I'm preparing a custom archiso and I'd love some testers with easy access to different configurations
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4y ago
> The vendor cam work with the ODM to customize hardware and firmware, so "rebadge" is a really poor way of describing it It's the best way to describe it: they change maybe the wifi card, certainly the logo, tweak a few b
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4y ago
Plot twist: it's the same person (Top comment from reddit a few days ago)
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4y ago
I don't see that as a problem of iterations, but scale: Framework just doesn't have the same engineering capacity as Lenovo (at least, not yet). They are bound to make errors, or make suboptimal choices because the optimal ones a
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4y ago
The NVMe being kicked out of the PCI bus, which has been blamed on the firmware. It plays a role, but doesn't happen on other filesystems after simple tweaks, so now I believe there are 2 distinct issues at play with one of them specif
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4y ago
> Too many sub-variant models This is a strength: many parts you can swap (or install later: put that empty WWAN port to a good use!) > a simple BIOS update is enough to make or break that experience In my experience, not with Lenovo,
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4y ago
Very interesting - after having some zfs issues these last few days I've been living in the console to learn more things and it's an interesting experience! (though on arch not alpine) For some specific workflows I think it's
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4y ago
> Is there really a reason to use Alpine anymore? There are already many reasons. As cosmopolitan advances, there will be even more: think about what you could do with a set of binaries that would run anywhere. That'll happen way so
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4y ago
I have more experience with thinkpads, so yes ofc! First please read my windows guide on csdvrx.github.io: it's very generic and should get you a baseline in Windows Then get at least a week worth of measurements over long periods of s
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4y ago
Folks having spatial issues should consider learning touch typing and use the raised plastic helpers on top of the keys like f, j and down
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4y ago
> One of my favorite things for keyboards is the ThinkPad feature where the Page Up and Page Down is above the Left and Right key. I don't understand why others don't do this, its so practical. Same. After falling in love with
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4y ago
> Back when I worked on Thinkpad, I really hated these keys, whenever I accidentally pressed them. A key can be disabled. An empty space can't be filled with a key.
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4y ago
TBH that would be an instant buy from me
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4y ago
I think we talked about that before, but lmk if you need help with S0. It takes some work, but it's possible to get to less than 0.5%/battery/hour, a fair benchmark as a battery reduced by >=5% after 10h of sleep is genera
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4y ago
Sad but true. Google is the new altavista or yahoo.
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4y ago
Is It Possible to Learn This Power? Because google is 99% spam for me
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4y ago
I'm running Edge on Arch, it works beautifully with wayland
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