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   by smcleod 7mo ago

   I believe it will, it won't be until you push up to an 8k display that you'll get the old level of scaling back (could be wrong though as I don't have a way to test this).
2. 122.▲
   by smcleod 7mo ago

   In my case it's a standard LG UltraFine 4K monitor plugged into a standard 16" M5 MacBook Pro via standard Thunderbolt (via USB-C) - not sure what's not normal about this? I've confirmed it with other monitors and M5 Mac
3. 123.▲
   by smcleod 7mo ago

   Thanks, it was a good portion of my weekend bashing my head against the keyboard trying to figure out what was going on and if there was a workaround I could use (there isn't that I've found).
4. 124.▲
   by smcleod 7mo ago

   For me it would be 16-27" 4k is fine, but and as you go up to 32" I'd be wanting 5 or 6k ideally as it's quite noticable for text (even when high DPI scaling is working and across operating systems).
5. 125.▲
   by smcleod 7mo ago

   Replacement post (links to my investigation write up) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47569502
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   New Apple Silicon M4 and M5 HiDPI Limitation on 4K External Displays(smcleod.net)

   313 points by smcleod 7mo ago|170 comments
7. 127.▲
   by smcleod 7mo ago

   Whoops - was a bit trigger-happy now I don't have to delete option!
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   M4 and M5 Macs cannot run 4k screens in HiDPI mode – limited to 3.3k(github.com)

   8 points by smcleod 7mo ago|3 comments
9. 129.▲
   by smcleod 7mo ago

   I spent the better part of the weekend trying to figure out why text was blurry on when using external displays on our new M5 Macbook Pros. Turns out unless you run macOS at a very low UI scale (making everyting look huge on a 4k display) i
10. 130.▲
    by smcleod 7mo ago

    Yeah I'm aware it sort of is (technically it's Latvian and there's a Russian holding company that owns that I think?) but at least it is open source and can be run locally and offline without any network connection (I have th
11. 131.▲
    by smcleod 7mo ago

    Most of these modern devices share a common very low quality head setup, I can't speak this exact model but in most cases you're far better off buying an older Sony or Panasonic device.
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    by smcleod 7mo ago

    Not related to donations but product wise Libreoffice just feels so clunky and Java-ish to use. I switched to OnlyOffice a year ago and other than its almost complete lack of settings it's been so much nicer to use.
13. 133.▲
    by smcleod 7mo ago

    They feel like they're scrambling for any form of relevance when in reality that ship has long since sailed.
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    by smcleod 7mo ago

    Ah yes, came to say something similar, Python dependencies are an absolute nightmare, even with uv it feels like there's always a battle to make other peoples Python apps install. Update: It looks like it doesn't work with the cur
15. 135.▲
    by smcleod 7mo ago

    Interesting, that seems very short sighted on GitHub's behalf - I wonder what their reasoning is?
16. 136.▲
    by smcleod 7mo ago

    Why does it require write access to change my Github profile and act on my behalf before I've decided if I want it to make any changes?
17. 137.▲
    by smcleod 7mo ago

    That is an insane amount of money for just 32GB of RAM! That's what we were paying back when it was hard to use more than 32-64GB in a desktop setting. These days with all the electron and node bloatware, containers everywhere and AI -
18. 138.▲
    by smcleod 7mo ago

    Handy with parakeet v2 is excellent
19. 139.▲
    by smcleod 8mo ago

    That's my PR
20. 140.▲
    by smcleod 8mo ago

    Managed to get 6.4tk/s with some modifications: https://github.com/PureBee/purebee/pull/1
21. 141.▲
    by smcleod 8mo ago

    Interesting idea, FYI M2 Max gets around 4TK/s with only around 14% CPU utilisation
22. 142.▲
    by smcleod 8mo ago

    Patents
23. 143.▲
    by smcleod 8mo ago

    I don't really get what is different about this from how almost everyone else uses Claude Code? This is an incredibly common, if not the most common way of using it (and many other tools).
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    by smcleod 8mo ago

    Looks like the blog is down, but I'm going to assume it's someone complaining about the number of AI related projects in Show HN, personally I often look at Show HN for interesting AI related projects.
25. 145.▲
    by smcleod 8mo ago

    Handy is nothing short of fantastic, really brilliant when combined with Parakeet v2!
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    by smcleod 8mo ago

    There is almost no point in telling an agent to build a skill without augmenting it's knowledge on the thing it's writing about as you're just piping output to input without expanding the information in the system. If you get
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    by smcleod 8mo ago

    I suspect it's a mix of trying to keep the arts (including music) alive, especially with all the big streaming services taking what would have been some of their profits in the past and - the likes of sales people don't directly d
28. 148.▲
    by smcleod 8mo ago

    > That’s it. “Read 3 files.” Which files? Doesn’t matter. It doesn't say "Read 3 files." though - it says "Read 3 files (ctrl+o to expand)" and you press ctrl+o and it expands the output to give you the detail. I
29. 149.▲
    by smcleod 8mo ago

    To be fair it hasn't made LinkedIn any worse than it already was.
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    by smcleod 8mo ago

    I truly do hope this sinks Discord. It's a dreadful platform and an information black hole.