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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
Tape gets weaker, mechanical wedge would stay a bit longer.
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
This was a neat hack in many of the early Macs between the 'big switch' ones (like the Mac Plus and SE) and the 'pushbutton' ones (like the Performas and Quadras). You could even do it with your fingernail; just push in
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Apple didn't revolutionize power supplies; new transistors did (2012)(righto.com)
170 points by geerlingguy 4mo ago|33 comments
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
Consider that entire product lines for random widgets you see in every day life in the dozens or hundreds have Pis inside now. A lot of "smart" things are just the thing plus a Compute Module. There are smart parking garage lights
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
16GB was $120 at launch. Even at that price it was a stretch and really only useful in some niches. The 4 or 8 GB models were always the best value. Now those are a bit too much, for what you get. I still think there are good applications f
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
Yeah, for those with a Micro Center, the Pi pricing is in line with MSRPs. A lot of people buy from vendors on Amazon or eBay, which do not have to stick to MSRPs, and they use those prices as "gospel". Sadly, for some people, tho
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
Bingo. "We had to do extra work to make this safe because it's so advanced and dangerous..." how many times can they trot out that line before it loses its effect entirely?
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
I just found out newer desktop Macs now have a setting as of 26.5 that allows power on after power restore even without an unsafe shutdown. I'll have to test this.
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
Cutting a live transmission line is incredibly foolish, for many reasons, but I'm guessing the station has a modern(ish) solid state transmitter, which has great foldback protection. I've seen (and personally tested) AM transmitte
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
If you only have 1s to hit Del for BIOS it can be a problem, especially if you're powering the IP KVM off of the computer being controlled. But otherwise, I've tested BIOS access on every one of these and it works on the PCs I&#x2
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
There are tons of devices used that have no built-in BMC (like the Thinkpads in the original comment in this thread), yet still need reliable remote control in certain cases (e.g. a remote lab, or multiple-unit headless testing). It would b
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
Indeed, I will add a note in my blog post. They should've called it V2 or something.
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
Same here; trying to get OpenBMC flashed onto older motherboards can be a rabbit-hole. I generally throw an IP KVM on top if I really need remote control and can't settle on just SSH and a remote power cycle if that fails.
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
The annoying thing with Macs is they don't have the ability to 'Power on after clean shutdown and power cycle'. They can power on after a power fail, but that's not the same thing. I want to be able to have power toggle
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
There are a few, like this add-on for PiKVM[1], a fully integrated version from Geekworm[2], and an as-yet unreleased 4-port IP KVM switcher from GL-iNet[3]. [1] https://technotim.com/posts/pikvm-at-scale/ [2] ht
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
I think if you can afford it, the PiKVM is still the gold standard... and also one of the best engineered devices, with the most flexibility. It costs a lot because it's worth it. They also have a nice (if messy) solution for multiple
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
On some the latency is within 45-60ms (that's the best I've tested, under pretty strict LAN conditions), but average is more like 100-200ms. Not good enough for gaming, but fine for things like watching video, if you really want t
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
Always a fun adventure when you buy an old server motherboard to see what state of disarray the BMC is in. Or if you have to patch the license on older boards just to get into it. Usually I just ignore the BMC on any hardware more than 5 ye
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
You mean a standard TCXO, but not rubidium—those start in the low thousands new, or $300+ used.
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
They even made them a little bigger, and they still overheated... All because they had to have the top line specs for video, pushing the little SoC to the limit while recording. The heat makes battery life worse, too.
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Has Apple Lost the Plot with Final Cut Pro?(larryjordan.com)
2 points by geerlingguy 4mo ago|0 comments
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
If it's still based on the chip in the DGX Spark, idle power draw remains a problem to be solved. My Spark pulls down 40W when doing nothing under Ubuntu.
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
MacBook Air 11" form factor with 12" retina display (with thinner bezels) and M1 or A19 would be peak portability for me.
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
Shorter PCB traces because of insane timing requirements for DDR5, GDDR7, and beyond; GPUs put the memory chips as close as possible surrounding the CPU die to reduce the latency and prevent timing/signaling issues. But even there, the
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by geerlingguy 4mo ago
It seems like they had two issues (both hardware) related to display quality: one is they couldn't have a custom display made to their specs, so they had to pick something off the shelf to meet requirements. Two is they used a 30 pin d
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by geerlingguy 5mo ago
The individual creator can turn that off in settings — however, it was enabled automatically for everyone, and creators have to know to turn it off...
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by geerlingguy 5mo ago
Unfortunately this is true; and if you're not careful with your time, a lot can be wasted by people who realize "I can email so-and-so instead of putting in 5 minutes to finding the issue myself". They're usually pretty
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Mysteries of the Griffin iMate(projectgus.com)
31 points by geerlingguy 5mo ago|6 comments
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Stack Overflow’s forum is dead but the company’s still kicking(sherwood.news)
188 points by geerlingguy 5mo ago|258 comments
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by geerlingguy 5mo ago
The crypto craze was a microcosm of this. The difference is there are a few good and immediate applications for improved LLMs; with crypto it was a lot quicker to burn through the hype phase, since much less of substance was made. That, and

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