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acc348on Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation

AI generated art is Microsoft Office WordArt of this decade.

acc348on What the Hell Was Going on with Cigarette Ads in the 70s? (2024)

I was recently watching some TV show and there was this one scene in maternity hospital. The doctor(!) was smoking while talking to the main character. Insane for today's standards.

acc348on Baldur's Gate 3 Steam Deck – Native Version

They have native macOS version too.

acc348on I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework

Well they switched to AMD and had pretty much the same issue, known as "Radeongate" ...

acc348on I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework

> Macbooks tend to last a very long time.

MacBooks had historically tons of design issues with keyboards and GPUs. Which I guess can happen, but the problem with Apple is that they never admin anything until someone drags them to court and the out of warranty repair is always extremely expensive, usually not worth it.

The battery replacement can also be extremely expensive, especially if you live in a country without any Apple Store. Battery replacement for M4 Air is like $340 in my country, which is insane for a $800 machine.

acc348on I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework

32" 6K monitor from ASUS costs $1400, 27" 5K Dahua monitor is $500, it's not $250, but we are slowly getting there ...