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faefox··on How is the SSD installed – M4 Mac Mini (2024)
The modules are proprietary to Apple because of course they are. So no, no easy upgrades unless and until someone clones the design and is able to produce them in enough quantity to be competitive on price - but even then it'll be more expensive than a commodity SSD of the same size.
faefox··on Humane Recalls Charge Case for AI Pin Due to Lithium Battery Fire Hazard
"The approved replacement Charge Case Accessory will be available in approximately 3 to 6 months."

Will Humane still exist in 3 to 6 months?

faefox··on Tesla Robotaxi
So are we taking bets on what the real price and launch date will be?
faefox··on "Begin disabling installed extensions still using Manifest V2 in Chrome stable"
Switch to a different browser! The Chrome monopoly only exists because we collectively allow it to exist.
faefox··on X will pay its Premium users to engage with each other
With what money? Nobody's buying ads and the dollars from "Premium" subscriptions are needed to keep the lights on.
faefox··on Sony announces PS5 Pro, a $700 graphics workhorse available Nov. 7
Consoles are pricing themselves out of relevance when you can buy a Steam Deck and have access to a vast library of (frequently heavily-discounted!) content for $399.
faefox··on Web scraping with GPT-4o: powerful but expensive
+1
faefox··on Windows NT for Power Macintosh
For sure, it was pretty clearly the right call at the time and objectively so with the benefit of hindsight. But BeOS was just too good to be allowed (forced, really) to die on the vine the way that it did.
faefox··on Windows NT for Power Macintosh
What I'd give for a glimpse of the timeline where Apple bought Be instead of NeXT.
faefox··on The Pumpkin Eclipse
Deep Freeze, maybe? :)
faefox··on The drinking fountain button
Not at all true in my experience though I have seen a jump in the number of fountains with integrated hands-free bottle fillers (which is a win in my book).
faefox··on Tesla cuts price of Full Self-Driving software by a third to $8k
Tesla is flailing.
faefox··on Tesla recalls all cybertrucks for faulty accelerator pedals
Affirming that I have even less in common with the likes of Kim Kardashian and Steve Aoki than previously understood is perhaps the nicest compliment you could have given me. Thank you!
faefox··on Tesla recalls all cybertrucks for faulty accelerator pedals
They should've gotten some second opinions on what makes something "cool" because the Cybertruck is not it.
faefox··on Humane AI Pin
2024's Magic Leap.
faefox··on Devin: AI Software Engineer
> "if we can redistribute the AI-generated surplus"

I'm curious to know why you think there is even the slightest chance of this happening.

faefox··on One of world’s smallest fish found to make sound as loud as a gunshot
If you look at that user's history you can see that this is just what they do. It's unclear to me why they haven't been banned.
faefox··on X becoming a 'ghost town' of bots as AI-generated spam content floods internet
I'd be curious to know exactly who you're following. I maintain a very small Twitter presence and literally any tweet from any modestly-visible public account will have at least a handful of bot replies. These tend to be one of the following:

* Artificial (LLM-generated) engagement

* Crypto scams (usually one bot asking for a link to the latest money-making trick and another bot replying)

* The now-infamous "M Y _ _ _ _ _ I N B I O")

Additionally I've noticed that almost without exception every ad Twitter has served me for the past few months has been for an AI-generated drop shipping site hawking the same handful of AliExpress products. I can't remember the last time I got an ad for anything resembling a major brand.

faefox··on The Disappointing Tea.xyz
With BTC and ETH pumping again expect to see another tidal wave of scammy "web3" garbage.
faefox··on Future of 32-bit platform support in FreeBSD
This makes me feel old.
faefox··on Apple Vision Nope: Why I returned mine
This product will go the way of the Touch Bar in a couple of years. The original iPhone launched at roughly $742 adjusted for inflation. Apple Vision Pro starts at nearly five times that amount and from what I understand that's not factoring in much if any margin. If that is indeed the case Apple has a long, long road ahead before they can price this thing anywhere near a level where it makes sense for the average consumer or even the above-average enthusiast.
faefox··on [dead]
How much did he make being Trump's stooge? It isn't like the guy's known for paying his bills.
faefox··on Trucking startup Convoy closes operations with no buyer
"As I just shared on our call, I think the world of you."

Just not enough to offer any severance or healthcare. #TruckYeah!

faefox··on OpenWrt 23.05
By default, yes. But if you read the next paragraph:

"While mbedtls is now the default, users who have specific needs or preferences can still manually switch back to wolfssl or choose openssl."

faefox··on Zimaboard: The closest thing to my dream home server setup
> "I suspect that a similarily configured Raspberry Pi 4/5 with all the accessories added on top would result in a price that’s quite similar to the cost of a top-of-the-line Zimaboard."

With respect to the author, why would you not take 10 seconds to verify this claim? A cursory Google search shows that an 8 GB Pi 4 with passive case and PSU is ~$100 all-in. If you can wait a couple of weeks the Pi 5 offers a nice performance bump (and PCIe!) for about the same price factoring in the official active cooler and case.

faefox··on Pixel 8 to have seven years of Android updates
The two aren't mutually exclusive; for example the Samsung Galaxy XCover has a removable battery and an IP68 rating.
faefox··on Essence: A desktop OS built from scratch, for control and simplicity
Lord, what I would give to see Haiku gain real traction. BeOS was something truly special and I often wonder what the tech landscape would look like today had Apple chosen to acquire them instead of NeXT.
faefox··on Unity Can Get Fucked
These changes really are a shot across the bow of every single developer who bet on Unity. Even if this particular change doesn't negatively impact you, why would you continue to invest your time and energy in a product which has shown that it's willing to retroactively alter licensing terms?
faefox··on Unity plan pricing and packaging updates
The ongoing enshittification of Unity is great news for Godot.
faefox··on Bored Apes investors sue Sotheby's, Paris Hilton, etc. as NFT prices collapse
Oh no, their digital tulips!

Though on second thought that's hardly a fair comparison. At least if you planted a tulip bulb you might get a beautiful flower for your efforts. An NFT of a mutated ape is good for precisely bupkis.

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