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541.
by dannyw 1y ago
I’m not defending Intel here, but those Intel MacBooks never had appropriate thermal design or headroom for the processor’s operating specs.
542.
by dannyw 1y ago
Well, they’re already funding so much ARM custom design, it’s not that incremental to tweak and scale for their laptops.
543.
by dannyw 1y ago
Yup. Let’s see how they do with Arc. It takes multiple years and architecture revisions to catch up, and honestly they’ve been making very respectful improvements from Alchemist to Battlemage, and driver support and updates have been progre
544.
by dannyw 1y ago
Why do you say that’s most likely? This is a common pattern for connecting to smart cards / hardware security devices. Probably a service or hardware that’s run on official CBP machines that should be disabled for prod, but forgot.
545.
by dannyw 1y ago
There are certainly use cases, but whether they’re warranted is a good question. One popular router maker offers a ‘magic URL’ (domain name) that scans your network for the gateway management page, and redirects. It’s not necessary, but it
546.
by dannyw 1y ago
Can you truly trust them though?
547.
by dannyw 1y ago
I agree it’s a bit concerning but please keep in mind F-Droid is a volunteer-run community project. Especially with some EU countries moving to open source software, it would be nice to see some public funding for projects like F-Droid.
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by dannyw 1y ago
Yes, but we have widely deployed efforts like certificate transparency, and cert pinning. The first makes such attacks widely known events, browsers report by default, and it s provable. It’s very rare. The second allows apps to only trust
549.
by dannyw 1y ago
Yes, and we know at least Samsung TVs sell your details and what you watch to marketers and everyone. Samsung’s privacy policy is the same for phones and TVs.
550.
by dannyw 1y ago
That is pre-Apple Silicon, before together integration of software and wakeups. I can see a continuously renewed DHCP lease — with nothing else - useful for reducing the time to reconnected to your network, esp maybe on old/slow networ
551.
by dannyw 1y ago
It’s Apple and I trust that they have thought of this, and designed to support this.
552.
by dannyw 1y ago
And after Apple dropped NVIDIA, they stopped caring about openCL performance on their GPUs.
553.
by dannyw 1y ago
You will eventually be forced to give a phone number, which in many countries including Australia, require an ID to open.
554.
by dannyw 1y ago
I took Google to a tribunal (think Australian equivalent of small claims) a few years ago, over a defective Pixel they refused to repair 2 years and 1 month after purchase. Under Australian Consumer Law, I wanted to make the case that a pre
555.
by dannyw 1y ago
This is a poor take. All the major LLM scrapers already run and execute JavaScript, Googlebot has been doing it for probably a decade. Simple limits on runtime atop crypto mining from being too big of a problem.
556.
by dannyw 2y ago
They do, they just don’t offer it.
557.
by dannyw 2y ago
Privacy is another big reason. I like to store my files locally with a backup, not on Dropbox or whatever.
558.
by dannyw 2y ago
USB-C is objectively better than USB-A in every way, and quite massively so. Technology makes progress. Do you want a COM port?
559.
by dannyw 2y ago
Say you're at an airport, waiting for your flight, and wanted to charge your iPhone and Airpods at the same time.
560.
by dannyw 2y ago
You're very welcome to not use it. I am glad Apple stopped being so gung-ho, and started offering some options.
561.
by dannyw 2y ago
Get a high-quality (well-reviewed; not cheap) matte glass. Mine has no noticeable degradation of the image quality, and it's the best portable screen in my house (my OLED TV is a little better, but of course). I know, I know, it doesn&
562.
by dannyw 2y ago
Lunar Lake is pretty good, yeah. But generally, even premium Windows laptops feel less complete. Speakers sound worse, trackpad isn't as nice, usually worse thermal design / fan noise, it's the little things.
563.
by dannyw 2y ago
Glad to be in Australia. M1 Air motherboard failed after close to 3 years. Went to the store, muttered the words "Australian Consumer Law" and "not of acceptable quality", repaired for free with no question. The M4 Air i
564.
by dannyw 2y ago
Apple has gotten exceptions from tariffs last time.
565.
by dannyw 2y ago
Since the M-series, they are also honestly best value for money for laptops, really.
566.
by dannyw 2y ago
Yes, it is.
567.
by dannyw 2y ago
I don’t know when that time was. Hardware and software requirements have been moving fast for just about forever, until actually maybe the past 5 years. There was never a time when laptops were expected to last 10+ years.
568.
by dannyw 2y ago
A new SKU (supply management, warehousing, logistics, employee training, etc) is pretty expensive at Apple scale. The demand has to be there. And MacBook Pros are not that bulky.
569.
by dannyw 2y ago
Apologies, I was unclear. I was referring to a journo signing up for say the training program in the article, and then divulging something that’s legally confidential in a story. That would be killed. I just used “off the record” as an exam
570.
by dannyw 2y ago
A journalist that wilfully breaks a legally binding confidentiality agreement, is actually a terrible sign for them. Media conglomerates will deeply worry about a journo leaking their dirty internal secrets if they morally disagree. Disney,

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