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by slantyyz 8y ago
Well, with the SDK, you can build your own gimbal and control the camera's shutter... which I guess is the point of releasing the SDK in the first place - let users make neat stuff that Pentax won't/can't make itself. I&
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by slantyyz 8y ago
This is anecdotal - on my 2008 Macbook (not Pro) and on my 2011 MBP, Windows 8+ always felt snappier than the latest version of OSX (ymmv based on what you do). I have seen other people on HN report similar.
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by slantyyz 8y ago
>> Macbook Pro sales down to 2010 levels. Worrying for the HN crowd, no? If you've got a Core i series CPU, your laptop will age fairly well and potentially delay your upgrade. Maybe that's the cause of the decline?
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by slantyyz 8y ago
But modern pickup trucks are also very popular for personal use. You can get them with really nice interiors these days (compared to when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s). They're damned luxurious in comparison to the old days.
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by slantyyz 8y ago
>> The fact that I got 5 years out of my last MBP was totally amazing. No, it's not. A 15" _2011_ Macbook Pro with a quad core i7 is still more than usable today. If you bought a Macbook Pro with a powerful CPU (i.e., CPU mo
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by slantyyz 8y ago
>> I miss the old Apple. Depends on what you mean by "old". I was an Apple user from the mid 80s starting with the Apple //c. Moved from a IIgs to a Mac SE and a bunch of Macs in-between before switching to Windows
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by slantyyz 8y ago
How about it not breaking in the first place? When people talk about their Macs with pride, the first thing you'll probably hear is "Apple has the best build quality". A 2017 13" Macbook Pro should not require 5 service
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by slantyyz 8y ago
My AppleCare had lapsed the time it died. The logic board was already replaced once while it was under Applecare, and maybe 3 months after the first logic board replacement, the GPU flickering issues started recurring. At that point, I didn
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by slantyyz 8y ago
I had one of those problematic 2011 MBPs, and reballing/reflowing/baking was only a band-aid. For many users, the issue was known to recur after implementing the fix. Even for the eventual repair order, Apple stuck in the same log
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by slantyyz 8y ago
> I don't see how you _can't_ blame Apple engineering for this? Which is why I said "not blameless"
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by slantyyz 8y ago
While Apple's not blameless in the matter, this seems to be more of an Intel issue no? It appears the i9 isn't a good fit for thin and light laptops (Apple's also not the only one using the i9 in this form factor). Of course,
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Also worth watching: Louis Rossman posted his thoughts on this Reddit post as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjor24HO2HA
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by slantyyz 8y ago
FWIW, last night, Louis Rossman posted his thoughts on this Reddit post as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xjor24HO2HA
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Misleading too. When I saw the headline I thought it was related to some critical security issues. It ended up being "8 reasons why I dislike Wkhtmltopdf"
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by slantyyz 8y ago
>> benchmarks often have long-running tasks Yes, but depending on who you're talking to, "long-running" could mean a few minutes or several hours. Throttling doesn't usually have a major impact on tasks that take a
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by slantyyz 8y ago
The correct answer is "it depends on which paste you use". If you're using a "liquid metal" compound, you probably want to be very careful, as it is conductive.[1] [1] https://www.ekwb.com/blog/
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Here's the catch -- those with a financial interest in Apple (i.e., shareholders, directors, etc) would likely consider the sales performance of [insert Apple product here] a success when those of us who care deeply about the products
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by slantyyz 8y ago
In general, I would agree that Macbook Pros are very reliable. Having said that, it's not like Apple hasn't had their share of lemons. I was unfortunate enough to have an early 2011 15" Macbook Pro. Without getting into too m
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Dave Lee's tests usually come from a gamer and media creator's perspective. In most, if not all, of his reviews he makes a point to check thermals and throttling related to heat, because that matters to the gaming segment of his a
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by slantyyz 8y ago
In fairness, Lee criticized the Dell XPS 15's thermals in a video a couple of days ago. Of course, he also posted a video last week about how he was starting to hate Apple products. If you watch a lot of his videos, you'll notice
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by slantyyz 8y ago
There are multiple factors, but slimness is probably not the only culprit. I don't think Apple (or most other PC vendors) use the best thermal compound on their CPUs. When my early 2011 MBP was having heat problems, I replaced the comp
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Depends on the workload and amount of time spent processing the workloads. Dave Lee ran some tests that took a half hour to complete with the CPU pretty much maxed out. I would imagine the CPU was running hot for most of that time.
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by slantyyz 8y ago
Hard to say. Some people got temporary fixes by baking their logic boards and/or reballing the GPU. IIRC the "recall" involved replacing the logic boards with refurbs having the same GPUs. The CPUs on the boards seemed to be
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by slantyyz 8y ago
The heat off that MBP reminds me of how hot my early 2011 15" MBP got. I suspect that the heat was the culprit for the GPU failures that gave the 2011 model its notoriety.
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by slantyyz 8y ago
IIRC, while the 360 required hardware modifications, the later generations of mods were not that hard or that risky (of course, your definition of risky is dependent on confidence and skill level for those mods). Addendum - the original XBo
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by slantyyz 8y ago
>> To get a top of the line model now it's $4100AUD. Is that right? The Verge article I saw said a maxed out 2018 MBP was $6700 USD, which should be significantly more than $4100 AUD. Source: https://www.theverge.com&#
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by slantyyz 8y ago
I usually have a half dozen windows of Sublime Text open, but I still occasionally launch Notepad to hold some temporary throwaway text, even though there's no need to. For some reason I just like having something different open for th
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by slantyyz 8y ago
>> it's just your opinion about its suitability for your purpose. Reasonable people can disagree over the importance of a keyboard. I find that people who take themselves very seriously tend to project their preferences on others
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by slantyyz 8y ago
>> That's ridiculous. The keyboard is probably the most important feature for someone who codes. This is true, but not everyone is picky about keyboards. I started using mechanicals in the 80s, and I know a lot of people think it
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by slantyyz 8y ago
When I was still on OSX, I loved Moom: https://manytricks.com/moom/

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