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For what it's worth, the M1 Macs are instant-on. Paired with an Apple Watch to unlock, I frequently open my MacBook and just stare at my background (I hide icons/menu/dock) waiting for the prompt, not realizing it's already logged in and ready to go.

Totally agree! I really hope Apple does another modern Snow Leopard type of update with no new features -- just optimizations. Although, going from Big Sur on an Intel Mac to an M1 Mac _felt_ similar -- everything is just snappy.

Correct. These places aren’t getting fiber or strong 4G/5G connections. Have you visited rural towns?

I come to HN for the incredibly out-of-touch takes like this.

I recommend the book "Dark Matter" by Blake Crouch for a fun techno-thriller take on the idea of "alternative lives". Great read!

Probably https://jsonresume.org

I have my resume defined using this schema, which is handy because it's supported enough that every few years when I actually need to update it, I can find a website (such as https://resumake.io) where I can just copy in the JSON and get a nicely formatted PDF out of it.

You can do that with ZFS too, at least for mirrored sets (i.e. RAID10). It's possible to remove a vdev, and the pool will migrate the data to the remaining vdevs.

Yes. And it has worked perfectly for me so far, as if I was still using brew on an Intel mac. People complaining that they can't do development on an M1 mac because of the lack of homebrew support either don't realize you can simply run it under Rosetta, or are just complaining for the sake of it.

Subreddits seem to somewhat solve this by spinning off once they hit that level of dilution (low effort content, memes, repeated questions). The 'serious' members will create a new subreddit (i.e. /r/movies > /r/TrueFilm) in order to shake off the casual members and return the discussion to its roots.

It's not perfect, but the subreddit design has definitely given Reddit more longevity since you can rotate your memberships and only join subreddits with higher effort content. Yes, the default subreddits are filled with the same memes every post, but just unsubscribe from those and curate your feed.

Not a solution for HN, however.

It is actually now possible to remove a vdev. It's a new feature, not sure if it works for all RAID types, but I just removed a mirror from my pool without any issue. It migrated data off that vdev and into the rest of the pool just like a resilver.

Running iTerm/Terminal in Rosetta allows it to work without issue, it's the best solution until more packages work natively under ARM.

Duplicate iTerm.app, right click & "Get Info", check "Open in Rosetta". Now install homebrew how you would on an Intel Mac and everything will work.

The M1 Macs are impressively capable at video editing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxH3RabNWfE

Same here, I have over a dozen WD Red drives with over 70,000 power on hours and all pass their SMART tests.

100%. I've been using Lutron Caseta switches & hub for over 5 years and have never once had a single issue -- no matter how minor. The dimmers work like normal even if the wifi is down, and they don't need internet in order to work with HomeKit. I've never once had a switch not work or fail to respond with HomeKit. I have friends with Z-Wave/Zigby/Phillips/etc and they are always talking about how they are finicking with Home Assistant or Smart Things, or how the lights all returned to full brightness after a power outage in the middle of the night.

I want to install my switches and have them work, always. If my wife even once complains, that's a total failure. If a guest can even tell that they are anything but normal dimmers, that's a failure. With my Caseta system, my wife has never complained -- only asked me to install more of them.

And h/t to HomeKit and Home.app. I've tried Google's version (Home) and it's absolute garbage in comparison.

It's definitely more expensive than simply buying a DIMM, but keep in mind that is "unified" memory and is part of the SoC, and is likely much faster than any old stick of RAM you'd normally put in a laptop. That, plus the Apple Premium.

If you compare the M1 Air and Pro, the only difference seems to be the addition of the Touchbar, 10% better battery life, and a "studio" speaker/mic on the Pro.

https://www.apple.com/mac/compare/

I assume the addition of a fan on the Pro gives it better performance under load, but there doesn't seem to be a hugely compelling reason to not just get the Air.

Presumably, both.

For the past 7 years I run Ubuntu + ZFS with a Xeon E3 + ECC RAM + SuperMicro MoBo inside a NORCO 20-bay 4U chassis. This was a great setup for years since I needed 40TB+ and at the time of build 2TB drives were the best price per gb. Now, I’m moving back from a house to an apartment, so I need something much more compact and quiet and went with a TrueNAS Mini XL, since it’s one of the few tower-like form factors with enough hot-swap bays for me. It runs nice and quiet, and comes with 10GigE. TrueNAS (the OS) has been a pleasure to use too, but it’s obviously a bit more limited than a full Linux install. I now have it loaded with 10TB drives.

ZFS is the hero here. I tried many solutions in the past (mdadm on ext, btrfs, XFS, hardware RAID) and got burned by rotten bits and confusing UX leading to user error data loss. But in the past 7 years running ZFS I haven’t lost a single bit, and been continuously impressed with the incredibly easy to use CLI and “intelligence” of the file system itself. Snapshots, send/receive, datasets, everything is just so well refined. It felt ahead of its time a decade ago, and still does today. Moving the file system from Linux to the FreeBSB based TrueNAS was effortless.

Totally agree that this is impressive, but overkill. I've been running a linux NAS with a few services (transmission, sab, nzbget, the other usual suspects) for over a decade now, starting with on-host services and later migrating to docker+compose (which greatly simplified the bootstrapping process). Recently migrated to TrueNAS to get an even more appliance-like setup, and was very impressed in how quickly I was up and running from scratch. I can have NextCloud deployed in about 10 seconds if I want. Maybe I'm just at the point where I don't want to have to tinker/micromanage my server, but the idea of running kubernetes for a home server gives me anxiety.

https://twitter.com/shit_hn_says the best humor is the kind that lacks self awareness

How does a huge corporation like GM end up partnering with such an obvious scam, especially post-Theranos? Where is the due-diligence? I saw NKLA stock skyrocketing, and spent 5 minutes researching the company to find out why, and all I found were massive red flags... how did GM miss them?

Reddit, HN, etc. are inaccessible to me over my Spectrum fiber connection, but working on AT&T 4G. It’s not DNS, so a tier 1 ISP routing issue seems to be the most likely cause.

> One of the odd things about Bogleheads, however, is that, once you're up to speed, have your accounts set up, no unusual events, and you take the "index on autopilot" to heart... frequenting the forum then seems counterproductive, like it becomes temptation to tinker with financial arrangements, or just a distraction from better things to be doing.

That's what I've recently discovered. Dumping everything into VTSAX is the best thing you can do to your investments, but then... where's the excitement? So I've allowed myself a "fun money" brokerage account that I initially deposited $5k into, and just play with options trading. I've already paid myself back the initial investment, so any profit/loss from now on is irrelevant. This way I can still geek out over investing, but not gamble my life savings.

When I thru hiked the Appalachian Trail I nearly went mad trying to identify that “drumming” sound. It was so deep that it felt like it was coming from inside my body, and I was concerned that it was some strange condition.

Finally, at one point I asked a group of other thru hikers if they had experienced it, and they all excitedly nodded, but none of us knew the source. Finally, some local day hiker said “oh, it’s probably just a grouse”. And the mystery was solved. Many of us were very confused for months!

iCloud seems to do a fine job backing up photos and videos. When I get a new iPhone, I don't even take a manual backup -- I just login to iCloud and wait for everything to sync. iCloud restore populates all my apps, settings, photos, videos, etc. Apart from having to setup FaceID and re-enter passwords, it's like nothing changed.

Over $50k when maxed out with a 28 core processor and 1.5TB of RAM.

combine it with terraform to tear up/down the environment (i.e. create buckets, tables, etc).

Happy ZoL user on my home NAS for over 6 years now. 60TB+, not a single byte lost. Very, very happy to see the continued support.

Steelcase Leap. Similar to the HM Aeron, but has cushion instead of mesh, and offers a bit more adjustment. It comes down to a matter of personal preference, but many prefer the comfort of the cushion. Personally, I sometimes sit with a leg crossed under me, or sideways in the chair, just because I like moving around, and the Leap is comfortable in all positions. Before I purchased it, I was having horrible wrist and shoulder pain, but it vanished once I swapped to the Leap. I've owned mine for a few years and it still looks pristine.

I also bought it on Craigslist for $200 brand new, which was quite a steal.

The Leap and Aeron are among the best in class, and it's hard to go wrong with either. Go to an office store and try both for yourself.

I wondered what happened to Superhuman earlier today, did they ever ship? Same sign up page and inactive twitter for years.