mastercheif

OLED screens often exhibit poor text rendering.

I'm curious to see this in person. Looks like the "PROLED" is not using an RGB stripe layout.

Pixel density can reduce text fringing, but I have not seen a laptop OLED panel that renders text as well as an LCD yet.

HDMI Ethernet was included in the spec 15 years ago and not a single consumer device (that I am aware of) ever implemented it.

Idk why this is so often citied in Smart TV boogeyman arguments.

My internal dialog was impacted, not just external.

To get retrospectively nerdy, it felt like switching from a raw text based lookup system to a knowledge graph / vector search.

Instead of accessing memories / concepts at a raw text level, I was pulling up lots of metadata and making links to these fusiform concepts that it was invoking. I would then try to find the words to describe what the links were conveying.

I have not, but I really should consider it, so thanks for the suggestion. Even if just for my own processing.

The phenomena you’re describing sounds similar to how I experience ADHD in conversation.

No, it was not. My ability to process information aurally, textually, and visually was unaffected.

This maps with experience taking the anti-seizure medication Topamax in college.

I trialed for a month it as an off-label migraine preventative on recommendation from my neurologist.

Topamax can dampen neuronal activity in the language area of the brain for some people.

It was a terrifying experience, but it was also a valuable one as it changed the way I view intelligence.

About 10 days in, my writing and speech skills had devolved to that of a primary school aged child. I tried to type a text message and struggled to come up with simple words like “and”. My speech slowed down considerably.

The terrifying thing was that my internal world was still as complex and meaningful as it was before. All of the emotions I felt were real and legitimate. My cognition outside of language was intact, I could do math just fine and conceptualize and abstract problems.

In spite of this, I was unable to convey what I was feeling and thinking to the outside world. It felt like I was trapped inside my own body.

After recovering, my intuitive understanding of the link between language and intelligence was changed forever.

See the following for more info on Topamax/Topiramate language impairment: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10072-008-0906-5

The naming schema actually tripped me up for a week or so.

My brain's initial conception of the concepts was earth-relative, so I mapped it as:

Sol = big, it's the sun Luna = medium, in-between sun and earth, space Terra = small, terrestrial

It's because they take PCBs spec'ed for micro-usb and just replace the port with USB-C.

I work in the industry.

It's kind of hard to prove a negative, so I'll reverse the question:

Show me a source / proof that says that a single retail device ever implemented HDMI HEC.

HDMI Ethernet was never adopted or implemented on consumer devices.

Not true. Opus and Sonnet 4.6 support 1m context on Bedrock.

I was keeping mine alive on life support until about two years ago when I updated to the Samsung 5K display.

Loved the extra screen real estate of the 30" ACD and it's a beautifully designed product that I enjoyed having on my desk.

In its last year or two the backlight wear started to result in colors to become uneven. Blues were less vibrant and reds had tint issues.

Was also difficult to justify the power draw, it had a 150w power supply.

Okay Gemini

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Hi Felix, this looks like an incredible tool. I've been helping non-tech people at my org make agent flows for things like data analysis—this is exactly what they need.

However, I don't see an option for AWS Bedrock API in the sign up form, is it planned to make this available to those using Bedrock API to access Claude models?

I agree. I think it comes down OpenAI's superior post-training.

ChatGPT is better at:

A) Interpreting what I'm asking it for me needing to provide additional explicit context.

B) Formatting answers in a way that are easily digestible.

Vulnicura VR is incredible. It’s a truly moving experience that wouldn’t work in any other medium.

I was worried I was the only one who did this. Glad to know I'm not alone out there.

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Fwiw Samsung is now 7 years OS/Security on flagships and 6 years OS/Security on the entry/mid-level Galaxy A Series.

Oh so that's why they're terrible and often break with no error messaging or recourse

I kept search off for a long time due to it tanking the quality of the responses from ChatGPT.

I recently added the following to my custom instructions to get the best of both worlds:

# Modes

When the user enters the following strings you should follow the following mode instructions:

1. "xz": Use the web tool as needed when developing your answer.

2. "xx": Exclusively use your own knowledge instead of searching the internet.

By default use mode "xz". The user can switch between modes during a chat session. Stay with the current mode until the user explicitly switches modes.

Samsung microLED required professional installation until a year or two ago. It’s essentially a mini-JumboTron made of individual panels. They’ve managed to reduce down to four panels on brackets.

If you want to install your $200,000 143” TV yourself here’s a video: https://youtu.be/oSpX2aZDPng

GPT-5 Pro is only available on ChatGPT with a ChatGPT Pro subscription.

Supposedly it fires off multiple parallel thinking chains and then essentially debates with itself to net a final answer.

Not crazy. 4o was a hallucination machine. 4o had better “vibes” and was really good at synthesizing information in useful ways, but GPT-4 Turbo was a bigger model with better world knowledge.

In my experience, web search often tanks the quality of the output.

I don't know if it's because of context clogging or that the model can't tell what's a high quality source from garbage.

I've defaulted to web search off and turn it on via the tools menu as needed.

FYI only one of your videos is displaying in HDR on your homepage, making the others seem dim in comparison.

It’s the Built for simple campus navigation video.

I’d recommend converting it to SDR.

You don’t need to pre-wash dishes before they go in the sink, beyond a basic scrapping of the plate into the garbage.

Pre-washing dishes degrades the performance of the dishwasher. This is due to the use of enzymes in modern detergent formulations.

I’ve sent dozens of people the Technology Connections video on this topic to rave reviews: https://youtu.be/jHP942Livy0

I should have clarified: Samsung remotes always use IR for power commands.

They use RF/BT for all other commands, as long as the remote is paired to a TV.

Note: When the remote is not paired with a TV it will also send the basic commands over IR.

This is because the remotes use IR for the power commands. There’s really no getting around it. A small piece of electrical tape over the IR window on the monitor will fix it.