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by qayxc 5y ago
> In the long run, Apple will dominate the laptop market, because there's a substantial tech advantage That's a very short-sighted view. The fact of the matter is that there's no offer from Apple in the $800 segment. Ther
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> Just by raw numbers there are going to be more "technical users" running on other platforms Observation bias. The vast majority of desktop users in 2021 are found in a professional setting (offices, etc.). Those users don&#x2
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As I mentioned, QoL items can be had externally for substantially less money (e.g. displays, mice, keyboards). The improvement only materialises in a very niche use case (e.g. primarily mobile workplaces with virtually no additional weight&
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by qayxc 5y ago
That depends entirely on the circumstances (whether the performance increase of the local machine can get you that, that is). It's really a very specific niche that's targeted here: namely mobile(!) video editing and -production
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If the machine is used primarily with external monitors that point becomes much less important, though. Another question is whether the undoubtedly much better screen is worth the >2x price tag. You can get a nice portable monitor and
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by qayxc 5y ago
It also costs at least 2.6x as much¹ so the question becomes "do you get a 2.6x productivity gain as well?" 1. https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/14-inch-space... configured with 32GiB R
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by qayxc 5y ago
> Then why do all these bugs fall through the cracks on other platforms? Two main reasons: 1) Other platforms are primarily used by non-technical individuals who simply don't care about the OS and who more often than not are unable
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by qayxc 5y ago
That's not platform specific at all. If your program spits out proper crash logs (which most games do), it's a matter of locating and examining the log file. The "if you know what you're looking at"-part is pretty m
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by qayxc 5y ago
Or maybe it's much simpler than that: Linux attracts people who are more tech savvy and like to get involved. Windows users are often incapable of understanding even basic OS concepts. There's often no need to go any deeper than t
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For most AAA titles the reason is simply 3rd-party DRM and/or Anti-Cheat not working on Linux.
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> I kind of err on skepticism based on previous attempts There's a very powerful yet simple tool that helps with that: just ask yourself "what has changed?". In your electric vehicle example it was battery technology that
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< It takes relatively little money to bring in competent programmers to do things properly. But even then there's much time and risk saved by using readily available solutions instead. The problem isn't basing your work on OSS,
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> unless there's some software fix to get it up to 64 GB. I very much doubt that this would even be possible. The OS and other on-chip devices require dedicated memory as well and need to reserve address space. You simply cannot max
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These cards can run idle (e.g. desktop 2D mode) at about 15W, so it might run just fine. Actual power draw depends on monitor resolution, number of attached displays, and refresh rate, though.
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by qayxc 5y ago
Never, because it isn't. The problems with helicopters are the need for a pilot (cost, risk) and the significantly higher cost (both purchase and upkeep).
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I can confirm arxiv.org is down. edit: it's back up now.
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Projection much? I don't envy his success or wealth, I don't care about that part.
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I heard this a lot. The "whistle blower" did a great job convincing the public it seems. Interestingly enough, though, in 19 flights that space dildo didn't kill anyone unlike Branson's death bird that was grounded by th
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Ah, I see. Thanks for clearing that up.
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> We don't need super-cheap launch to make space kidneys worthwhile. It'd still be a giant gamble, because both progress in artificial kidneys and new methods for 3d-printing organs could make dialysis obsolete faster than spa
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by qayxc 5y ago
What kind of bullshit argument is that? I could just as well state that US McMansions are built for the poor because $100 million 25000ft² estates exist. Yes, the super rich had big houses. But I'm not talking about the top 1% here. Th
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by qayxc 5y ago
> I'm talking about upgrading Windows 10 to Windows 10 I assume you meant Windows 10 to Windows 11? Because that's exactly what I described. The setup on the Windows 10 ISO (once you replaced the "install.wim" with th
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I upgraded an 11 year old laptop (1st gen Intel Core, no UEFI, no TPM) no problem. It's unsupported but works just fine. The trick on how to do it is embarrassingly simple. Just download both the Windows 10 and Windows 11 ISOs, replace
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by qayxc 5y ago
> We literally he have proof written in stone. Survivor bias is calling. I can show you literally hundreds of old mansions and castles in my region that weren't destroyed but simply deteriorated over the centuries because their ow
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by qayxc 5y ago
> I think that Architecture is the most visible beacon of civilization, and I don't like what it tells us about ours. This is a very one-sided view. The same argument can be used with other items as well, say shoes for example. Sure
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It's not on purpose but a direct consequence of the computational requirements of the model. I say this often and I cannot stress this enough: this is not magic! High quality results require a lot of computation and with it a lot of ot
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> Didn't each shuttle cost several billion dollars to refurnish in between launches? No. The launch costs of the Space Shuttle include infrastructure and development cost. Original cost projections were based on up to 50 launches pe
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> They're already the world's cheapest launch provider by a significant margin, and currently the only human-rated private launch company. True. But the market is tiny. There have been 114 orbital rocket launches in 2020 [0], 2
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People are willing to pay $2.5 million for a vintage video game cartridge that isn't even unique. People invest millions in small digital pictures of apes. There are currently over $32 billion invested in a digital parody "currenc
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by qayxc 5y ago
A clbuttic [0] solution to the problem. [0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/clbuttic

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