jwells89

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by jwells89 3y ago
Yeah, you can get pretty close to TextEdit by just dropping an NSTextView into the document window XIB of a document-based Mac app, hooking up the data methods in your Document class to it, and doing a little bit of wiring of menu items to
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by jwells89 3y ago
One thing that might make a difference is that for a long time now, Apple trackpads are actually touchscreens sans screen. They use the same multitouch hardware as iPhones and iPads, which of course are precise and responsive. I would guess
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by jwells89 3y ago
It sounds to me like you’re feeling difference in pointer acceleration curves, which is something that some people are very sensitive to.
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by jwells89 3y ago
I wish I could just give mine a low-power Ryzen or ARM brain transplant, which might reduce power usage enough to squeeze more life out of its battery.
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by jwells89 3y ago
Macbook Pros have full range VRR (1-120hz) though, which not only reduces power usage compared to 120hz at all times but can bring it below that of 60hz at all times, depending on what you’re doing — for example if you’re just reading or ty
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by jwells89 3y ago
I use this feature a lot when using my X1 Nano while lounging on my bed. Opening the screen to its near-maximum extent and holding the laptop vertically puts the screen at eye level in that position, making it more comfortable to use for an
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by jwells89 3y ago
X1 Nano Gen 1: Near perfect form factor, super light and thin without compromising on keyboard too much. Great screen and Linux compatibility. Disappointing CPU (Tiger Lake), thermals, and battery life.
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by jwells89 3y ago
Haven’t messed with either personally, but maybe Waydroid can be coaxed into running through WSL?
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by jwells89 3y ago
It depends entirely on what you’re used to. My earliest exposure to computers was a Mac (though Windows, Linux, and BeOS also came into the picture fairly early on) and I don’t find the Mac model the least bit problematic. On the contrary,
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by jwells89 3y ago
The downside of a Pi is dramatically reduced muscle that’s well below that of even many smartphones and tablets these days, which can be prohibitive depending on usage. Undervolting is a good option I agree, but there’s evidently value in m
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by jwells89 3y ago
That’s cool that Asrock went with Noctua, not surprised it was quiet.
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by jwells89 3y ago
> …until I have to process a photo in Lightroom or play a game. That’s pretty much what I was expecting. Would prefer a slightly larger machine (e.g. Mac Studio) that’s inaudible even at load.
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by jwells89 3y ago
I’ve seen some argue on the point of energy efficiency, which might make some sense. Mobile CPUs have lower power consumption caps and tend to consume less at idle and laptop PSUs tend to be more efficient at low power draw than desktop-sty
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by jwells89 3y ago
The AMD-based mini PCs like this that’ve been showing up recently are cool, but I’m guessing that they all get pretty hot and noisy when under load (similar to a compact laptop). I think it’d make for a compelling product if one of these ex
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by jwells89 3y ago
Where would you set that? The only PC I’ve seen that lets you explicitly set a target TDP is the Steam Deck, the most I’ve seen elsewhere is the ability to turn off turboboost and limit clock speed. Regardless, a default TDP above that of a
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by jwells89 3y ago
I have the first gen and it’s about the perfect size for an ultraportable in my opinion, and its screen, build, and general feel are great but its battery and CPU are underwhelming at best. The newer gens are even more confusing because the
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by jwells89 3y ago
Yep, I have a Deck and think it’s a cool feature, though not one that I’ve personally gotten a lot of use out of yet. It’s mainly been nice for getting a keyboard and mouse to do more involved emulator setup with. A Linux tablet with hardwa
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by jwells89 3y ago
I’ve encountered this several times in the past few years too, usually in the form of sites acting bizarrely or functions not working in Safari and/or Firefox. There’s been some active useragent sniffing too, though ironically enough i
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by jwells89 3y ago
As someone who likes to keep at least one machine dedicated to each major OS around at any given time, the thing that’s frustrating about non-Apple laptops is that just about all of them, including machines costing well in excess of base Ma
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by jwells89 3y ago
One of my college classmates toted one of the lower end versions made from a white polycarbonate Macbook around. Worked surprisingly well for what it was but its stylus was a must, it would’ve been disastrous if it had tried to take a finge
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by jwells89 3y ago
Samsung phones have a feature like this (DeX I think it’s called?) but it’s a bit kneecapped by the selection of apps available for Android. It’d be more useful if when plugged into dock, a Linux desktop with GNOME or KDE or something is wh
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by jwells89 3y ago
I’m not sold on the idea of touch on laptops either, particularly since it often comes with compromises that make the display worse at its traditional job — large touch-sensitive screens are typically glossy and have some of the worst antig
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by jwells89 3y ago
My fear is that no matter how good Safari is or gets, it won’t be enough to withstand the crushing force that Chromium has become. Devs would much prefer to test against only one engine if they had the choice, which I believe will ultimatel
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by jwells89 3y ago
It’s really kinda crazy how normalized it’s become to pull in hundreds of dependencies (aggregate of dependencies and subdendencies) from unvetted sources on the regular. Combined with the popular insistence of developers to run with all pr
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by jwells89 3y ago
Platform restrictions aside, maybe I’m missing something but requiring a permanent open socket seems like an awfully brittle design. There’s a lot of network conditions which phones are highly prone to that’d make apps with that requirement
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by jwells89 3y ago
IE and Safari are vastly different situations. IE started off with near-total dominance and was truly left to rot, with the teams responsible for it having been scattered across the company because Microsoft was no longer concerned with cor
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by jwells89 3y ago
The middle is in an awkward position of higher quality everything for their children being within reach, yet not accessible without taking on significant financial risk – e.g. the kids might have excellent food, housing, schooling, etc but
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by jwells89 3y ago
In my experience GNOME with fractional scaling works mostly ok if you can stick to Wayland-native GTK apps and terminal but XWayland and Qt stuff can be wonky. Point in case, Anki needing an ugly custom drawn titlebar in GNOME under Wayland
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by jwells89 3y ago
I almost bought a system76 Lemur instead of my X1 Nano, but decided against it after reading a bunch of reports of bad QC by their ODM Clevo. The ThinkPad having a 16:10 screen over the Lemur’s 16:9 screen was also a factor (which appears t
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by jwells89 3y ago
It’s not my daily driver but the ThinkPad X1 Nano Gen 1 I use for studying runs Fedora pretty well. Only complaint is that its screen, while otherwise being excellent, requires 150% UI scaling and the only DE I’ve found that handles fractio

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