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I use it with macOS Ventura and a Windows 11 desktop. It works nicely in conjunction with a Dell Thunderbolt 3 dock to power an LG OLED and support additional accessories. And it has EDID emulation, which is crucial for maintaining consistent display arrangement.
I've tried other DisplayPort KVM switches with mixed success. This is the first one that's worked out of the box.
I was surprised when a colleague from Minnesota who moved to the south mentioned never having air conditioning. I'd expect that in many parts of Europe. And I've sweated it out while living there, but it's extremely rare in my experience in the United States.
I've always had central air, along with a gas fireplace for emergency heat which, thankfully, I've never had to use.
I've only used Apple Music briefly since it just came out, but it seems similar to Spotify.
I love that the music controls are now in a dedicated mini-panel on the bottom left of the screen within immediate reach. This is far better than having to reach over to the center of the screen to skip forwards/backward (e.g. during a podcast).
You can also swipe on that same mini-panel to quickly see tire pressure and real-time energy metrics. This is an improvement over the original "swipe cards", which were clunky and undiscoverable.
For rear heated seats, that's a bit tricky from a UI standpoint. Not many vehicles have 3 heated seats in the rear, much less with 3 heating levels.
I imagine Tesla could add physical buttons for rear passengers to adjust the heated seats, e.g. next to the existing USB-C ports. I happened to come across this aftermarket upgrade [1].
At least the front heated seats are a single tap. Or they can be set to auto-mode, which works extremely well in my experience [2].
The coverage of transformers is particularly well-done, including their novel approach to language translation and their generality.
Quanta Magazine has covered transformers as well [1,2].
[1] Will Transformers Take Over Artificial Intelligence? - https://www.quantamagazine.org/will-transformers-take-over-a...
[2] How Transformers Seem to Mimic Parts of the Brain - https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-ai-transformers-mimic-par...
That said, when reading code, I often have to pause and mentally translate "unless" to "if not". This is especially true for more complex logic.
Elegant, yes. Additional mental overhead at times, certainly.
They work beautifully with Hue bulbs and HomeKit, as well as offline without WiFi. It also avoids the situation of people disabling smart bulbs by using the physical switch.
That’s not to mention the performance and heating issues that plague every high-end Windows laptop (i.e. the Dell offers 4k screens and above, such as the XPS 17”, but they suffer from thermal issues, suspend issues, and atrocious sound—not to mention being heavy and cumbersome).
Speaking from experience, having used Linux on a laptop as a primary development machine on-and-off for years, you’ll spend many hours of your life trying to fix trackpad issues, suspend and hibernate problems, fan issues, graphic driver hell, boot issues after kernel upgrades, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi “quirks”, etc. And that’s on Dell’s XPS line, not some oddball laptop.
Let me know when there’s a manufacturer that produces laptops with Apple’s XDR screen quality, similar performance, thermals, sound, build quality, reliability, etc., and with the ability to run Linux natively. Competition would be fantastic. Realistically, I don’t see it happening anytime soon.
I do, however, miss the keyboard and “nub”.
Take a trip outside of well-lit areas if possible. See https://www.darksky.org/ to find a truly "dark" location.
Signal, WhatsApp, etc. don't come close to what iMessage offers seamlessly. For iPhone/macOS/iPadOS users, SMS is garbage. Yes, it's a closed system; but it works without a cell signal or roaming charges anywhere in the world over WiFi for free.
RCS seems like a half-baked attempt at catching up with features that've existed since 2011 on one platform. Even third-party messaging apps fail miserably compared to iMessage.
When used with inputs such as cable box, Apple TV, or native apps like Netflix, Amazon, etc., everything works as expected.
I'm genuinely confused as to what people are referring to. The last ads I saw were in the Peacock app to watch Parks and Recreation (and they were surprisingly non-obtrusive mainly Apple and EV ads). But I didn't have a subscription--the ads weren't coming from the TV.
I purchased a high-end Samsung TV in 2011. That was my last Samsung purchase ever. I also had a Sony X900F, and suffice it to say, I'll never purchase another Android-based TV (the UI was slow unresponsive garbage, unintuitive, and user-hostile). The actual TV itself was of decent quality but hamstrung by its operating system.
In general, unless something has changed, stick with LG.
Hotter air has more energy and thus will naturally "flow" towards cooler areas with less energy until equilibrium is reached.
In this example, the higher temperature air holds more moisture. That moisture will be carried along and dispersed towards the cooler wall, where it could condensate.
At least the "run-flat" design is worth it for long road trips, the ability to re-inflate, and increased storage space.
[0] https://tsportline.com/products/continental-procontact-rx-25...
Source: I live in her district. And work for an outstanding software company that's headquartered there.
With FSD beta, turning off a major highway onto my neighborhood street (very narrow and no lane markings), it defaults to 25 MPH. About 100 feet later, the car sees the 35 MPH sign and speeds up accordingly. In this case, 35 MPH is too fast given the curves, slight hills, and limited visibility. I slow down manually in these cases using the roller wheels.
Tesla has gradually improved its speed planning to account for different scenarios. But it's still a work in progress and often requires manual tweaking.
On the 120Hz MacBook Pros, there's an advanced iTerm2 setting that lets you change the maximum frame rate to 120 or above (adaptive frame rate also needs to be disabled).
For monitors with a high refresh rate, it's worth checking out. You can see the difference by running:
$ cat /dev/random | hexdumpAs someone who grew up in the south, I'd just like to mention that "Bless Your Heart" could be used in a derogatory manner.
But, most often, it's used to express genuine concern for someone going through a tough time.
So, don't automatically assume it's an insult :-).
I took the SAT several times. Each time my score went up significantly. My high school ended up creating a new award category for "greatest score increase", or something to that effect. I believe it was ~200 points.
I'd taken a prep course being offered by a local instructor. However, the biggest benefit was from dedicated self-study (Kaplan books, as I recall).
The results are nicely formatted and color-coded. Give it a try in your terminal:
curl https://cheat.sh/rsync
Either option enables Enhanced Autopilot with summon mode, automatic lane changes (configurable), navigation on autopilot (i.e. autopilot on interstates that can handle entrance and exit ramps).
If you've paid upfront, or have a subscription, you can now request access to the FSD Beta by tapping a button on the car's display.
Once agreeing to the conditions, your driving will be monitored and measured based on various characteristics. After each trip, a detailed safety score is shown on the mobile app, with a breakdown for that particular trip and a cumulative score. This includes detailed charts and metrics for each category. The process is transparent and well-documented, along with the math involved [0]. It even includes a simulator to see how changes to your driving would affect the score. It's honestly pretty impressive and highly polished; even the graphs are interactive. Like any metric, it's not flawless, but it serves its purpose.
Only after driving for an extended period while maintaining a safety score of 99 or 100, you'll eventually have an option to activate the FSD Beta.
The driver monitoring is quite sophisticated now. It's made abundantly clear that after 3 violations (or maybe 5 now), FSD Beta access will be revoked. Even picking up your phone with one hand to use it briefly will be detected by the in-cabin camera, and an alert will appear to pay attention.
As someone who participates in the FSD Beta, the barrier to entry is high. And the people testing it are likely to be the safest and most attentive drivers on the road. I keep both hands on the wheel, and I'm ready to take over at any moment.
Based on my anecdotal observations of how people behave on the road, I'd wager 95% of people would struggle with the safety rating :-). You'll find humorous YouTube videos of people being shocked by how low their score is--only after having watched them drive like an NYC cab driver!
Not to mention the built-in safety features make other cars seem primitive by comparison. For example, just recently, there was a cyclist far ahead who was behaving erratically, driving on and off the median, grass, and road. The car identifies a person on a bicycle (shown on the screen), analyzes the trajectory, and presents a series of audible beeps _well_ in advance to alert the driver. That's just one example of many.
The FSD Beta is updated approximately every two weeks, with extremely detailed release notes with lots of machine learning goodness [1]. Examples:
- Upgraded modeling of lane geometry from dense rasters ("bag of points") to an autoregressive decoder that directly predicts and connects "vector space" lanes point by point using a transformer neural network. This enables us to predict crossing lanes, allows computationally cheaper and less error prone post-processing, and paves the way for predicting many other signals and their relationships jointly and end-to-end.
- Improved the precision of VRU detections by 44.9%, dramatically reducing spurious false positive pedestrians and bicycles (especially around tar seams, skid marks, and rain drops). This was accomplished by increasing the data size of the next-gen autolabeler, training network parameters that were previously frozen, and modifying the network loss functions. We find that this decreases the incidence of VRU-related false slowdowns.
- Reduced the predicted velocity error of very close-by motorcycles, scooters, wheelchairs, and pedestrians by 63.6%. To do this, we introduced a new dataset of simulated adversarial high speed VRU interactions. This update improves autopilot control around fast-moving and cutting-in VRUs.
[0] https://www.tesla.com/support/safety-score
[1] https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/721/fsd-beta-10-11-now-goi...
Humans create languages. And they constantly change and evolve, including new words, letters, grammar, etc. Consider Old English versus Modern English [0]. Or even software companies that have become nouns or verbs in common parlance (e.g. "to google").
All I'm saying is that it feels psychologically rewarding (for me anyway!) to wake up and start the day before the sun is blazing. When the time changes in the winter, that perk is gone. Moreover, driving without sunlight in the morning doesn't seem like a big issue; it's presumably preferable to driving at night when ambient light will only decrease.
Excluding shift workers, I don't think I've ever heard someone complain about too much daylight during evening hours--aka the hours during which people are usually living and enjoying life.
On the contrary, when the sun is already blaring, it feels like you're already running late & behind. Not to mention interfering with already precious sleep.
The world is already hyper-optimized for early risers. For once, let those of us who don't naturally fall asleep until well into morning hours enjoy a perk! :-)
You can go into the Settings, poke around a bit, and turn off all the personalization/ad options. When I turn on the TV, it shows the last used input source. No ads or junk.
At least in my experience, and that of friends, WebOS is minimalist, fast, and easy to use. The settings are easy to adjust, with plenty of advanced options you can drill into--and all presented in an intuitive manner. Not to mention being orders of magnitude superior to the slower-than-molasses Android abomination on my previous Sony X900F.
If you're just using for Netflix, Amazon, etc. (or with an Apple TV--also built in now as an app), I'm not sure where you'd see ads.