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by nfriedly 3y ago
There's a rumor that AMD is going to do that next year for their high-end mobile chip: double the memory bus size to 256 bit, and bump the iGPU CUs from 12 to 40! See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekCMnmD_EzA
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by nfriedly 3y ago
To be fair, I think the complaint of wanting more GPU and less CPU is reasonable, even in the context of the Z1 Extreme. 2 less CPU cores in exchange for more GPU cores, cache, and/or memory bandwidth would make it a more gaming orient
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by nfriedly 3y ago
FWIW, I have a desktop with an RTX 2070 and a handheld (GPD Win Mini) with a 7840U, which is essentially the same chip as the Z1 Extreme. I do nearly all of my gaming on the handheld these days. The desktop is way more powerful, but the h
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by nfriedly 3y ago
> I think it is weird that the 7840u (Z1X laptop model #) exists in the first place. It has a wildly overpowered GPU for a mobile chip of it's type... I have a handheld with a 7840U (GPD Win Mini), and I love it. I do use it mostl
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by nfriedly 3y ago
I never really got the point of the Z1 non-extreme. If it enabled them to ship a device for $400 or less then it would make some sense as a Steam Deck competitor, but not when the Z1 ally was $600 and you could double the performance by goi
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by nfriedly 3y ago
I just sold an old C2D machine on Facebook marketplace for $80. This one had been given to my son to play games on, and then we did a few upgrades: a 256gb SSD I had laying around, a $15 half-height R5 340X GPU off ebay, and a $5 E8500 CPU
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by nfriedly 3y ago
The GPD Pocket 3 has a KVM module that lets you do exactly this: it has HDMI & USB-C inputs and then it acts as a display, keyboard, and mouse for whatever machine it's connected to: https://gpd.hk/gpdpocket3 There
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by nfriedly 3y ago
Fair point - although I'm guessing you originally paid more than $100 for those parts, so it'd still be over $600 total , just spread out over time :)
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Could you make an umbrella out of lasers? (Xkcd's What If?) [video](youtube.com)
1 points by nfriedly 3y ago|0 comments
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by nfriedly 3y ago
It's really closer to $600 after you add RAM, storage, and a Wi-Fi card, but still not a bad deal overall.
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First Framework Laptop 16 shipments and a $499 Framework Laptop(frame.work)
86 points by nfriedly 3y ago|28 comments
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by nfriedly 3y ago
It's really going to be closer to $600 after you add RAM, storage, and a WiFi card. Still not a bad deal overall.
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Now you can buy a Framework Laptop 13 for less than $500 (Factory Seconds)(liliputing.com)
2 points by nfriedly 3y ago|1 comments
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ESLint's 2023 Year in Review(eslint.org)
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by nfriedly 3y ago
> expensive to build A heat pump is basically just an air conditioner with a handful of extra parts to allow it to work in reverse. In the US they currently are significantly more expensive to install than AC, but I don't think it
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by nfriedly 3y ago
> That would just be... electric heating, but with more steps? I mean, at that point you just have a heat pump _and_ electric heating; a hybrid system. It's better, sure, but it's not really just a heat pump anymore. I have a
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by nfriedly 3y ago
> Anil also mentions migrating from Mastodon, which has a similar problem: migration is a form of redirect, so the platform you’re migrating from has to continue to exist and not block your migration. FWIW, when migrating from Mastodon
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by nfriedly 3y ago
The Podcast Addict app on Android has it's own directory[0], but it also gives you the option to search Apples, and a third one called The Podcast Index[1]. [0]: https://podcastaddict.com/ [1]: https://podca
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by nfriedly 3y ago
I remember building web apps in the days before jQuery, it was a mess. The DOM APIs were full of quirks, and all the libraries that predated jQuery had their own issues. These days, we have better options for building complex web apps, incl
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by nfriedly 3y ago
BATNA stands for Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement. In other words, it's your plan-b if you don't accept the current offer. It's a fairly common acronym when discussing negotiations, and is also spelled out in the ar
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by nfriedly 3y ago
Sadly, this is true. However, I get the impression that it's more common now than it used to be.
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by nfriedly 3y ago
There is potential for a extra battery module. It doesn't exist yet, but the connector supports power going from the expansion bay to the laptop[0], so someone could build a battery module or potentially even a hot-swappable adapter to
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by nfriedly 3y ago
It looks like someone is working on it: https://community.frame.work/t/diy-staggered-columnar-laptop... Edit: that's actually for the FW 13, but folks are also talking about it for the FW 16: https://co
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by nfriedly 3y ago
FWIW, the proprietary nvidia linux drivers for the 2070 in my desktop PC are absolute trash. Last year they failed so bad that I couldn't even get it to boot and ended up just reinstalling ubuntu to fix the problem. On the other hand,
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by nfriedly 3y ago
It's small, but I wouldn't call it inexistent. Ebay shows lots of parts available right now, e.g. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=framework+lap... And, if you switch to sold items, you can
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by nfriedly 3y ago
Huh, I copy-pasted the title when I submitted it, but it looks like the article has since been edited. (There was also an example in the article about updating an insecure baby monitor that made the title make a bit more sense.) Oh well, th
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by nfriedly 3y ago
I believe the point of this post is to introduce their "Use The source" mailing list[0] where they publicly track and encourage compliance with the GPL from vendors who release products containing GPL'd software. It's a
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Use the Source a Revolution in Grassroots Software Right to Repair(sfconservancy.org)
2 points by nfriedly 3y ago|0 comments
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Prioritizing software right to repair: engaging corporate response teams(sfconservancy.org)
93 points by nfriedly 3y ago|28 comments
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by nfriedly 3y ago
I miss the CyanogenMod days. I've been really disappointed with lineage OS's approach to things - specifically if you ask for help with any issue and mention the device is rooted, they refused to offer any support regardless of wh

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