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timothyduong··on Apple Watch Ultra 4
There is the non ultra series and SE series.

What are you talking about?

timothyduong··on I Have Thoughts on the iPhone Air
Because it’d be even thicker with a thicker device?
timothyduong··on The US is charging an American citizen for wiping his phone at the border
Can be set to less attempts via MDM profiles.

Same for Android.

timothyduong··on Kimi Work
Give them time, they'll work out their (Chinese UI/UX) groove just like they're working out EVs in the Chinese market. Copy first, improve and adjust later.
timothyduong··on Show HN: A canvas-based note taking and organizer app
1. Square Note template 2. Clipboard 3. dotted line boundary

Select them, then click + drag on the canvas.

Took me a minute to figure it out.

timothyduong··on How I made a 60fps eInk Monitor, the Modos Flow
Support link here: https://www.crowdsupply.com/modos-tech/modos-flow
timothyduong··on Was my $48K GPU server worth it?
That's the case with Self-hosting anything. It is the privacy that matters.
timothyduong··on Raspberry Pi profit surges as AI boom lifts demand
American. It’s pronounced Ameri-can.
timothyduong··on AirPods Max 2
Balanced on interconnects. JDS Labs ATOM/DAC.

Sound is subjective.

Loving my focal clears and DCA Aeon Noire 2s

timothyduong··on AirPods Max 2
HD6XX was too harsh in the highs for me. I think HD600s are tuned ever so slightly better.

Also base DACs from a MBP M1 (max) were fine to drive it for me. Both HD600/XX

timothyduong··on AirPods Max 2
Wireless:

- Top tier general: sennheiser Hbd 630

- good enough: sennheiser momentum 4 (affordable)

- good ANC and “bassy”: Sony xm5/xm6 (‘muddy’ for some)

- I like the Bose ANC profile: Bose QC2

All of them have bad microphones (worse than wired ear pods)

All of them have good to great ANC

All of them are wireless

If you need a good mic then get dedicated headset for calls. Otherwise settle for “ok”

I didn’t include bathys/marklevin cause the new senn 630 outplay them on all fronts.

timothyduong··on AirPods Max 2
4 clicks from control centre on stock settings. Two if you add the Bluetooth widget into control centre. Swipe down control centre > Bluetooth > hey presto

As for ATV, yeah that thing is deep

timothyduong··on MacBook Air with M5
Tell that to your mum /. Family member who’s remote. Let me know how that goes
timothyduong··on The MacBook Neo
Nagging for OneDrive? Nagging for sign in? Nagging for edge-as-default? Nagging for copilot with edge? Nagging for sync your bookmarks and let copilot handle it?

I’m a local account user. I don’t use any of the above.

timothyduong··on The MacBook Neo
'Plenty' vs an atrocious amount that constantly nags.

MacOS's ads whilst I still detest, is a one-off prompt. Window's ads can sometimes only be removed with registry key configs OR deployment of management policies...

timothyduong··on MacBook Air with M5
Just wait til she jumps on a windows 11 device!

But I do agree with you. Thankfully it is minimal relative to windows.

timothyduong··on MacBook Air with M5
Base m4 Mac mini. Only beach balling is when I saturate 16GB with compiles and builds. That thing of yours is a lemon.
timothyduong··on I'm helping my dog vibe code games
Selfh.st writer said this guy was the dev for Huntarr repo crash out.

/s

timothyduong··on How I use Obsidian (2023)
Obsidian is amazing on my desktop environments but I shared the same sentiment with you, on mobile I use Apple Notes and transpose to Obsidian if its worth doing so...
timothyduong··on Ask HN: Anyone Using a Mac Studio for Local AI/LLM?
Would matmul acceleration in m5 do much to improve token Generation? I’m planning to upgrade when the new studio updates to m5 but if it’s not much of a shift I’ll probably look at a second hand 256+ ram m3 studio.

Edit: of course the software would need to leverage the neural accelerators which is another variable if the software supports it in the first place

timothyduong··on Ask HN: Has anyone else been struggling with search lately?
Have you tried Kagi?
timothyduong··on Google confirms Android attacks; no fix for most Samsung users
Considering there was a whole hubbub starting from late Aug 2025 RE: Certification of ALL Android apps/.apks: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/08/elevating-...

Followed by a partial walk-back from Google in mid Nov 2025: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/11/android-de...

I would say there is a substantial amount of users willing to install off-play Store .APKs. Substantial enough they're also willing to take a 'jump' and accept the risks/errors displayed

timothyduong··on Time's up for Rolex? British watchmakers challenge Swiss dominance
Paywall removed: https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.thetimes.com/world/mi...

British Watchmaker Vendor: Roger W Smith (https://rwsmithwatches.com/)

timothyduong··on My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4
I have the M1 Max. It’s still going hard. Not planning to replace it anytime soon.
timothyduong··on Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones
I think one can still build a product that has a level of guard rails without impacting usability.

I also think iOS is more of an opinionated 'set of shears'. E.g. 'Right Hand only Scissors made from proprietary parts, made to only cut objects that 80% of scissor users need to cut' if we were to go down the road of analogies.

Funnily enough Google Android is removing the ability for unsigned non-adb APKs. I would suggest your 'regular' scissors will be slightly bluntened in the upcoming Android 16 OS release.

timothyduong··on Microsoft PowerToys
I wish they removed a lot from Windows... for a consumer user. Installing Prof/Enterprise editions and there is still bloatware installed, it is so unappealing!
timothyduong··on iPhone Air
They put the new battery into the other iphones. +6-7 hours battery life over prev. generation.
timothyduong··on A GPU Calculator That Helps Calculate What GPU to Use
Where's 3090? Or should that fall in the 4090 (24GB VRAM) category?
timothyduong··on How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia?
“ I would argue that a great deal of selling today is direct, no stores involved at all.”

That assumption burnt the previous Nike CEO post COVID.

timothyduong··on M4 MacBook Pro
Can return it if you bought it recently.
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