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by tpowell 4y ago
Interesting 18min CNBC tour of ASML and their unique technology: https://youtu.be/iSVHp6CAyQ8
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by tpowell 4y ago
Here’s an article from one of the namesakes (the origin story is somewhere on the site): https://www.texairfilters.com/testing-the-efficiency-of-merv...
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Turning off 5G adds hours of battery life to iPhones, iPads(daringfireball.net)
50 points by tpowell 5y ago|21 comments
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by tpowell 5y ago
"The new SE lasted nearly an hour longer on 4G than on 5G, while the new iPad Air and iPhone 13 Mini went for about 1.5 additional hours. And while the iPhone 13 Pro ran a remarkable 12 hours and 50 minutes on 5G, it still lasted about
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by tpowell 5y ago
That’s the one, thank you for linking.
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by tpowell 5y ago
Just about everything he ate changed, but he didn’t eliminate carbs. He ate homemade pizza with no cheese, crackers, pretzels… The mix absolutely included fewer processed foods, but pretzels out of a bag are processed, no? He looks forward
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by tpowell 5y ago
My dad (62) just had big heart attack in January. 100% blockage in a vein covering 60%+ of his heart. The surgeon who put his stent in called his EKG “impressive”. He’s never eaten very well or exercised much, and the Mediterranean diet was
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by tpowell 5y ago
I thoroughly enjoyed his Revisionist History podcast on this and the book it bore that received the same audio treatment: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-bomber-mafia-a-drea...
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by tpowell 5y ago
They turned this podcast into an excellent book, and the audiobook gets all of the same treatments as the podcast: https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/the-bomber-mafia-a-drea...
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by tpowell 5y ago
I've (M1/16GB MBA) got my usual 40+ tabs open and Brave is only using 536MB of memory. It's rock solid. I use G-Suite/Workplace and everything has been buttery smooth since I turned off Brave's crypto/BAT notif
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by tpowell 5y ago
I can’t remember where I found it, but there’s an ad-supported iOS app called Flush that does this: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/flush-toilet-finder-map/id9552...
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by tpowell 5y ago
My lid-closed panic issue would magically disappear when I turned off Bluetooth (I used Apple’s own Magic Trackpad and keyboard as part of my desktop setup).
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by tpowell 5y ago
Eventually my 1TB/16GB Air gave me a kernal panic almost every time I closed the lid ~overnight. It took a clean restore from scratch to fix (restoring MacOS then restoring from a backup didn’t solve it!). It was a pain but it’s so fas
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by tpowell 5y ago
I clung to my AirPort Extreme for years, and then an Eero Pro 5 almost 10x’d my peak bandwidth. I felt like an idiot for not changing sooner. A set of three is like ~$250 on eBay now. I don’t think the 6’s are necessary unless you have&#x2F
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by tpowell 5y ago
The City of Austin actually sent me a check (~$100 I think?) YEARS ago for opting into this when I first installed my Nest thermostat. It’s very transparent/obvious and easy to override when a rush hour activates (usually between 4 and
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by tpowell 5y ago
I bought a 16GB M1 Air to try it out and I’ve barely touched my 32GB MacBook Pro since. It’s usually at 11-12GB, even with plenty of multitasking (including 3 browsers and Adobe PS/ID/AI). You get spoiled fast by the responsivenes
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by tpowell 5y ago
I got to meet their small core team in 2008 at SXSW (I was already a fan of earlier versions). They were young, with one 40ish exec in tow, and had just got their expen$ive new letter-pressed, laser-cut square business cards. I remember fee
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by tpowell 6y ago
Little Bobby Tables. I came here to post this.
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by tpowell 6y ago
I've been on this site 12+ years, and I don't ever remember it being down. I assumed we were under nuclear attack.
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by tpowell 6y ago
16GB/1TB about a month old: SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02) Critical Warning: 0x00 Temperature: 32 Celsius Available Spare: 100% Available Spare Thre
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by tpowell 6y ago
As an FYI I’ve really enjoyed (Austin-based) Matt Risinger’s home building channel on YouTube [1] recently. He often discusses efficient building trends and materials. You think about your R-value much harder when it’s 9°F outside... [1] h
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by tpowell 6y ago
I thought I was Chicken Little buying my first masks (P100 respirators) in January 2020. I bought a couple more fancy ones in Feb. Days later, decent masks disappeared—those had to last me the rest of 2020. Around November(?), Powecom masks
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by tpowell 6y ago
I’m sure it wouldn’t suffice for extroverts, but I’m jelly of this guy’s new shed/office in his backyard: https://twitter.com/LukesBeard/status/1352826247403986951?s=...
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by tpowell 6y ago
I was curious just how many chips per wafer they net. From this 2018 article[1], it appears to be ~530 at 5nm, which would be $32ea if that yield is accurate. The same article estimated 7nm chips came out to $18ea. Apparently, R&D spend
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by tpowell 6y ago
“Buy to the sound of cannons, sell to the sound of bugles” (I was unfamiliar. I like it.)
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by tpowell 6y ago
Just playing with it for 2min I can already tell it’s easily worth $3.99 for me. I love the UI—well done.
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by tpowell 7y ago
+1 for Unsplash. They've got a nice little Mac app [1] that updates your desktop with random shots, too. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/unsplash-wallpapers/id12848638...
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by tpowell 7y ago
I still like reading the essay [1] from former Vice Chairman and Head of Product Development of General Motors Bob Lutz from time to time: “Everyone will have 5 years to get their car off the road or sell it for scrap.” I personally have bo
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by tpowell 7y ago
Great video.
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by tpowell 7y ago
I’ve had the slim 45W RavPower one since June and it’s great. It’s almost startling how small it is. I much prefer it in the bag for coffee shop trips, etc. I use it with my 15” MBP and I haven’t seen any power issues with plenty of Chrome

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