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Just skimming through the comments, there is some negative sentiment about Booking.com. So I came to say, that over the years, I've used Booking.com numerous times, without any single problem. Yes, there are dark patterns (13 people are looking at this offer right now, etc.), but free cancellation was always free for me, reviews matched my experience, information matched the reality.

Sorry to hear about the layoffs, but customer experience has been great for me.

12" Macbook form factor would be perfect. That thing was always slow with Intel, with M1 it would be super-compact, powerful computer.

I believe you can force low QoS processes to run only on E cores, but you cannot force high QoS processes to run exclusively on P cores. Even with high QoS set, you can find your process on E cores.

Just came to say that Meta EU leaving might be actually a good thing.

I guess some people can train their muscle memory quicker than others, as I've found myself to accommodate to changes in keyboard layouts quite fast. I also like the island-style keyboards on newer Thinkpads nicer to write on, clickier and more precise compared to older keyboards. I have X220 and T470 to compare.

Recently I've made the switch to Macbook Air, and while initially I missed some keys and the keyboard felt shallow, now it feels quite good and nice to type on.

Also, I'd take the Macbook any moment over the above Thinkpads, just because it will last a day without charger, and is faster and lighter.

This is the coolest project/product I've seen lately. Great idea to program the module via the website (+works offline!).

For less ambitious hobbyist projects, there are USB type C decoy modules on Aliexpress for around $1 USD each, in 9V, 12V, 15V and 20V versions. Not programmable, but should do the work.

He (Malone) said it himself on the JRE show.

Trust but verify, as they used to say around here pre-1989.

Was thinking the same. How do they know that they really are communists? Did they teach them to shout "death to capitalist pigs"? :)

Jokes aside and looking at it from other perspective, perhaps they all really are communists? As in the ideal, written-in-books, case - sharing resources equally, being equal to each other?

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Oh Google Talk was sweet :)

Also about Duo - even though I agree that it's kinda half-assed, strange interface app, it consistently has lower latency and better video quality than WhatsApp or Signal. I use it wherever my contact has it.

Have to disagree here. Cloud apps (in a form of web apps) demand more CPU performance, not less! Apart from specialized apps that really do a lot of computing (rendering, modelling, model-training) that can easily be done in cloud, most apps are slower (or functionally constrained) if they're moved to cloud and used as web app. Think Office 365 suite - every app of the suite is either slower as web app, or functionally constrained.

For me personally, web apps only got fast when I got a computer with M1 processor.

Thank you for pointing out Tailscale. It seems like it's exactly what I was looking for, with free tier being completely sufficient. I set up smarthome network (zigbee2mqtt running on orangePi) and also endpoint in neighbouring country.

I meet in person people I care about, and talk to them. We exchange our recent life experiences, or not, depending on context. I don't care what people I don't care about do.

For documenting my experiences, I have photo album on my phone. Can show it to someone physically, or send pictures on Whatsapp for example.

Works for me, anyway.

I'd add there is a third category, "curious technology enthusiasts", that just like to read well-written article on some new topic.

I personally am not "retro renderer enthusiast" nor have similar project, but this article was joy to read.

Good read, brings fond memories, thank you for this post.

I believe it's LPDDR5, basically a memory chip for smartphones, not DDR5.

Did a manual unfollow few years ago. Has been great experience since then - no facebook addiction anymore, instantly!

For anyone wondering didn't I delete it altogether - I find facebook very useful once I can control how I use it. I can still organize event there, visit pages I want. Some restaurants only have facebook page, etc.

Once there is no addiction anymore, it's kinda like having a superpower. You control the tool, not the other way round.

This link is broken: https://dietpi.com/docs/dietpi_sbc/#make-your-own-distributi...

All that, but the dog ears. I can hear neighbor's loud TV very well already :-)

Good read. A bit like the No Mercy, No Malice blog of Scott Galloway, but without the "No Malice" part.

Having a family now I really seconded the part about relationships. It's easy and OK to spend a lot of time after work for personal projects/learning when you're living alone, not so much with kids (imho).

That made me read a bit about the US water problem. But - why not take water from the Great Lakes?

> generally speaking, is there no other way of profiting from surplus electricity (which essentially, this is)?

Making hydrogen, smelting aluminium, de-salinating water. But bitcoin can be transferred over internet, so the logistics is easier.

Some MFT's have plenty of physical controls (buttons/knobs). See Olympus OM-D line of cameras.

In Japan, people that are sick wear masks, voluntarily, not to spread the infection. Well, that was my observation travelling Japan, anyway. I was amazed by it, and as the pandemic started last year, I had hopes that this thoughtful behavior will become a norm in my area too (central Europe).

Unfortunately, it seems that will not be the case. Masks are universally hated.

Just a bit of context, Poland, a nation of 38M, sees death count of 500-1000 per day during the last wave.

It's likely the real number is higher than 1700 for such a huge nation as India.

Isn't HIV mostly a solved problem nowadays? Genuine question.

It can swap to ssd real fast.

I get why Signal's approach can be unpopular, but I don't understand the fascination with Telegram to be honest. Sure, the Android app is nice and fluid, but if I needed to use an app that is not e2e encrypted, I can use sms, or Facebook Messenger. Both have much wider adoption than Telegram.

Pity. I personally wish there were more phones like that. But then again, I'd also like 3,5mm jack in 12 mini or 2020 SE. And USB-C. One can dream I guess.

Not sure why you're being downvoted, it's completely true! If the SSD in my computer dies, I can just buy another one for cheap (500GB for what, 80 dollars?).

If the SSD in my Macbook/Mac Mini dies, either I can buy a new motherboard, or more likely, a new device. It is not economical nor ecological.

Also, paying 200 dollars for additional 256GB of storage? WTF.