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by ja27 3y ago
12.9" iPad Air, especially if the iPad Pro moves to OLED and even higher prices. Rebrand the current iPad Mini as a Mini Air and introduce a low-cost Mini again even if that means previous-gen chipsets. Move everything to USB-C and USB
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by ja27 3y ago
Mine (Tampa Hackerspace) is alive and reasonably well. COVID was a big drag but we clamped down on expenses and had built up a nest egg in case of emergencies so the financial hit didn't do us in. It really wiped out a lot of the socia
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by ja27 3y ago
A big lesson from running a hackerspace is that you can't apply logic like that to commercial real estate. They'll let it sit empty for ten years rather than reduce the price.
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by ja27 3y ago
Mine still has an iOS 5 book on those two shelves. 11 years old.
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by ja27 3y ago
Yeah but those are the crappy years at the end. But seriously, if you're fairly sedentary and not watching your diet especially saturated fat and carbs, you should definitely get an annual blood glucose and/or A1c check. Type 2 di
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by ja27 3y ago
I just stalk eBay's Buy It Now. Got an i7-7700T w/32GB RAM and a 256GB NVMe for $163 shipped+tax. Previously got an i7-6700T with 1 stick of 16GB RAM so it was cheaper to match that for 32GB total. If you can get friendly with loc
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by ja27 3y ago
Yeah, an X270 is my newest Thinkpad. I got it as kind of a beater for a vacation that COVID cancelled. That or an X280 feel like kind of the sweet spot for usable almost modern small Thinkpads that can still be upgraded. USB-C port for char
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by ja27 3y ago
Coworkers were always amazed when we'd be at lunch and I'd pull out my phone and make a code change or fix an issue right there. It's not that hard. Much easier with an external keyboard though.
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by ja27 3y ago
I used to grab my iPad Pro (a 2018 12.9") a lot more. Battery life used to be a factor but these days my M1 MBP probably gets better life. Since I got the Magic Keyboard for the iPad (which is awesome), it's not much lighter than
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by ja27 3y ago
They’re out of date now but John Siracusa’s toaster reviews on the ATP podcast were amazing content.
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by ja27 3y ago
I have one (i7-6700T, 32GB RAM) that cost me about $250. Runs proxmox. A few VMs for trying new BSD/linux releases, Plan 9, etc. A Windows VM. A minecraft server. A couple dev/test servers. I have another small PC next to it runni
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by ja27 3y ago
Trivia: Those recordings of her are mostly from the dress rehearsal the night before. They had power issues during her live performance and she refused to come back onstage after the show to record another take. So the concert-goers didn&#x
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by ja27 3y ago
I have the 2018 12.9" iPad Pro. Honestly it was mostly a media consumption device until I got the Magic Keyboard (the one that's a case w/ keyboard + trackpad). Now it's like a somewhat crippled 13" Macbook Air but
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by ja27 3y ago
I don't run it as a daily driver but sometimes I'll fire it up on my MBP or Chromebook for a few hours of work. I dial back a lot of the effects somewhat. I like the low-fi focus I get from using it it.
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by ja27 3y ago
I do the same but use the VT323 Google Font: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/VT323
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by ja27 3y ago
Absolutely not. Any computer connected to the internet, even behind a firewall / NAT / etc. is considered to be involved in interstate or foreign commerce and thus a "protected computer" subject to 18 USC 1030. It's
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by ja27 3y ago
I have two in use: Newest is a HP EliteDesk 800 G2 Mini, i7-6700T, 32GB RAM, 1TB M.2 SSD. I had the SSD, the machine was ~$100US on eBay, and came with 1 stick of 16GB RAM so a matching second was only ~$24. I think right now I could pick u
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by ja27 3y ago
Batter and deep-fry it and we'll talk.
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by ja27 3y ago
I co-founded and run a non-profit makerspace. 70% of our membership is in the IT field in some way. Getting to make something physical especially something small enough to show people is a big win for a lot of them. Some love CAD designing
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by ja27 3y ago
Or hit . to start a browser-based VSCode for that repo.
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by ja27 3y ago
The Inspect Browser app mostly makes up for not having dev tools in Safari. The background app issue is my biggest problem. I kind of work around it by using my phone to avoid app switching on the iPad. No, actually, the lack of a damn esca
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by ja27 3y ago
Or Blink Code which runs VSCode in it's own browser control and has a filesystem extension. https://docs.blink.sh/advanced/code
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by ja27 3y ago
I had some coworkers that did this. They (husband and wife) lived on a farm with iffy power and internet so they eventually bought a house in some nearby suburbs mostly to work from.
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by ja27 4y ago
It took me a good hour and left me pretty sticky. If you have a little money it's worth having someone else do it.
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by ja27 4y ago
That's me. I definitely feel like I focus better with a single display and not having things like Slack, Spotify, etc. visible. The 16" MBP is about the minimum screen space I like.
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by ja27 4y ago
Nice. The iPad and Mac have Sidecar which lets you use the iPad wired/wirelessly as an additional display for the Mac but it's so damn flaky that I gave up and got the portable monitor. I do carry a cheap HDMI->USB adapter (Elg
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by ja27 4y ago
Viewsonic too. Lenovo has some nice looking ones.
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by ja27 4y ago
The one I use now is branded YGG. I'd link it but someone already swapped out the Amazon listing to a different model. I think this is very close to what I have: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099DKQS8C/ It clai
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by ja27 4y ago
I wouldn't have thought they were lesser-known, but I've been surprised how many people don't know about today's cheap portable external monitors. They're essentially laptop panels with a USB-C+HDMI board. $100-$150
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by ja27 4y ago
"This one API user has more calls than all the others combined." "Disable them and see what happens."

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