tempoponet

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by tempoponet 4y ago
Digital Foundry notes that price/transistor isn't really going down anymore, and die shrinks aren't enough to improve performance or price (at least for GPUs). The result is cards that are bigger, more expensive, hotter, and
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by tempoponet 4y ago
To clarify: Magsafe 2 was introduced in 2012. You missed the original Magsafe _and_ Magsafe 2. Old adapters (but not the oldest) will work with the latest Macbooks.
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by tempoponet 4y ago
It's designed by Teenage Engineering, they're top dogs in the niche world of boutique synths. As a collector's piece, whether its modern design or consoles, this is something you would want on your shelf.
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by tempoponet 5y ago
It could be as simple as pulling locally cached price data, saying this one is $10 more than the one below it, and then caching that. It would raise the price of itself if they used the wrong array index - something every programmer has don
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by tempoponet 5y ago
Epic is worth almost $30b. They make the largest 3d engine and own Fortnite, a franchise worth billions on its own. They have their own game marketplace. Their legal team is squaring against Apple. They've got more resources than a tin
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by tempoponet 5y ago
And unfortunately the window for this closes before a skeptic will get desperate. Once people go on a vent they appear to become open minded to other treatment options.
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by tempoponet 5y ago
Generally I agree, but projectors specifically have almost always required dongles w/ Macs and the solution was usually to keep one attached to the projector cable or tethered nearby. Mini-DVI, Mini-Displayport, and even HDMI wasn&#x27
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by tempoponet 5y ago
Steam sales aren't what they used to be. Once they added refunds the sales got watered down, because you could just refund and re-buy if the price got lower at a later date in the sale. There's also a ton of free/discounted g
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by tempoponet 5y ago
People have been saying this for 10 years, since before Microsoft actually tried it and failed. I simply don't see it.
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by tempoponet 5y ago
To illustrate a real-world example of a "pro" use-case: these devices are absolute monsters at processing video. How much memory do you need to edit 4k video? The answer is likely "how much have you got?"
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by tempoponet 5y ago
Not to split hairs but it's the same retail price as an Xbox _series_ S, which is a generation newer. Due to supply issues you are mostly correct, in practical terms.
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by tempoponet 5y ago
What do you mean? In 20 years they changed the laptop power adapter twice and the iPod/phone adapter once. iPad is the worst (2 in ~8 years) since it arrived late in the ipod connector life and adopted usb-c early. In iPad's case
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by tempoponet 5y ago
Their "remote first" policy is likely newer than those postings. I think they sent out a press-release about it this week.
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by tempoponet 6y ago
What if discrediting the media is the point? Certain politicians say abhorrent things all of the time and go out of their way to vilify the media. A well-planted deepfake that makes a news cycle before being discredited would give them a pe