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https://www.techpowerup.com/248827/asus-z390-motherboards-au...

All current Macs include a T2 chip, which is a variant of the A10 chip that handles various tasks like controlling the SSD NAND, TouchID, Webcam DSP, various security tasks and more.

The scenario you mention — a upgraded "T3" chip based on a newer architecture that would act as a coprocessor used to execute ARM code natively on x86 machines — seems possible, but I don't know how likely it is.

I do not use Linux on my desktop or notebook but I would like to do so in the near future. This means I should strive to keep all my user created data within the home directory at all times? How about program preferences and configs that get saved elsewhere by default?

I imagine having ZFS snapshots of / would be useful for updates going forward.

Most consumer drives are still sold rated as <10^14 bits read per error. That's 12.5 terabytes, so in the worst case you could end up in situations where — on average — you are unable read a full 16TB drive without an error. Needless to say this is less than optimal for rebuilding a failed RAID array.

Anecdotal evidence (i.e. very low error rates during ZFS scrubs) suggests that manufacturers underrate their drives and they are much more reliable than that, but it is something to keep in mind.

Fortunately drive capacity completely outpaced my needs for personal data storage in the recent years, so I am happy with JBOD or RAID1, with backups of course.

[1]http://www.raidtips.com/raid5-ure.aspx [2]https://magj.github.io/raid-failure/

As a layman I have to wonder, should we expect similar attacks on Apple's Secure Enclave in the future?

Running better/more aggressive last mile QoS in the affected regions would make more sense to me, though I can see the advantage of netflix throttling "voluntarily" because this approach may avoid net neutrality violations.

https://www.golem.de/news/internet-traffic-de-cix-sieht-kein...

With my (relatively small) Cable ISP in an affected country it obvious to me that any Netflix content gets served from very close to the edge, with higher bandwidth and lower latency than almost any other content from the internet.

The last mile does not appear to be close to oversubscribed either, as indicated by my firewall which tracks RTT to the first hop (which is interestingly trending down compared to the past weeks) and the occasional speedtest that never drops below nominal bandwidth (200 Mbit).

If anything it is low latency livestreaming content (i.e. Youtube, Twitch, Mixer) that should be throttled, particularly over cellular networks. I assume it's a matter of scale.

I read that italy banned bicycling in affected locations to avoid accidents that would further strain their already stressed health care system. sorry, no source.

I don't recall my 17" Powerbook G4 ever having thermal issues but how many people would buy a ~$5000 base spec MBP today? See Mac Pro.

Airpod Pros had worse noise cancelling but slightly better sound quality (clearer mids/highs, less bass). I think this is very subjective and depends on the situation and type of noise you're looking to block out.

If I could only own one pair of headphones I have to admit that the Airpod Pros would be hard to beat, as ridiculous as the pricetag seems.

(I still use night mode and calibrate my screens for low temperatures because even if it is just a placebo, it works for my comfort)

Selfhosted, no additional ads except for those on the sites, no algorithm trying to keep me "in" with noisy influencer clickbait. I rarely add sites but I'm quick to remove them if they become too sensationalist/inaccurate.

That being said I'm planning on passing them on to somebody without Airpods (after buying new eartips!) because I already own regular Airpods and Bose QC35s. I prefer the on-ear Boses for ANC and the Airpods for comfort (not completely in-ear, easy to take in/out for casual listening, less isolation than Pro's transparency mode, they fall out and pause playback when I fall asleep).

The Airpod Pros aren't bad, they would be a good compromise between the two for somebody who likes in-ear buds. I just don't have a use for them and find them overpriced.

Unlike with the iPad this device can be upgraded, repaired at home, it'll run software purchased outside the app store, the battery won't degrade and users may even get a whole decade of use out of it. One could argue that's all lost potential revenue to Apple and thus priced into the machines.

Perhaps I'm wrong. The main thing that makes me doubt this theory is that the Mac mini exists at its current price point. Come to think about it, one could build quite the renderfarm out of these for $60k.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfJ3QxJYsw8

to clarify, these are vetted parts lists by a leading german computer magazine, complete with optional upgrades, videos to aid with the build process and even detailed BIOS settings.

It seems obvious to me that TM was intended to run on a snapshotting filesystem such as ZFS* and when this didn't materialize the engineers tried their best to make it work using the tools available to them. Unfortunately thsoe were sparsebundles and hardlinks. I would hope that TM will get updated to use APFS snapshots sooner rather than later, assuming the feature is proven and stable. iOS makes use of APFS snapshots for rolling back failed updates, so one would assume it is.

* http://dtrace.org/blogs/ahl/2016/06/15/apple_and_zfs/ and https://arstechnica.com/staff/2006/08/4995/

case in point: https://www.computerbase.de/2019-11/amd-ryzen-3950x-test/3/#...

you can press the button on the top right of the graph to show/hide other, less relevant entries. click an entry to lock it in for relative comparison. the top dropdown menu lets you choose between multicore, singlecore and application specific results.

~6,4W average in Safari 13.0.3

~8,6W average in Firefox 70