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@xian@ak.kazuma.family Oh I know. How disposable they are is definitely a big part. But there's more schools than you'd think who have the budget for a better setup, just won't. Especially schools han
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@xian@ak.kazuma.family My colleague used to work for the local county, so he'd typically not make decisions, but would be in the room when setups where discussed because it'd be his job to plug their
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@xian@ak.kazuma.family (I personally don't consider the Macbook Neo a Chromebook killer though. I consider it more of a mid-range Windows laptop killer)
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@halva@mk.absturztau.be It's not like games have to be hyper realistic either. It's a different medium, even if it somehow was perfect, I don't want every game to look like a generic Hollywood movie.
Also yes, re:requiem does look hella beautiful.
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@xian@ak.kazuma.family Oh I know. How disposable they are is definitely a big part. But there's more schools than you'd think who have the budget for a better setup, just won't. Especially schools han
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@xian@ak.kazuma.family My colleague used to work for the local county, so he'd typically not make decisions, but would be in the room when setups where discussed because it'd be his job to plug their windows setup into AD, bridge their google setup with Intune or whatever.
And from what he's told me second-hand, at least around here, there's definitely at least 1 in 10 schools which would consider paying slightly more, if only they provided the same level of service that Google does.
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@xian@ak.kazuma.family Oh I know. How disposable they are is definitely a big part. But there's more schools than you'd think who have the budget for a better setup, just won't. Especially schools handling slightly older students like teens.
Not every country is like the US where teachers get paid in peanuts and students are running on nothing but corporate sponsored pizza.
All Apple needs to do is snag like 5-10% of the market and they'll have a solid foothold.
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@halva@mk.absturztau.be oh my god the game industry have reached the point where they are seriously just trying to polish turds into smoother turds before shipping them
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@xian@ak.kazuma.family And yes, for the education space, the starting price is $499, not $599. The $499 is not just for students, but for all education stuff.
And if the school buys them in bulk I'm sure they could get a price even lower than $499, or alternatively some extra benefits thrown in with their order
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@kura@hai.z0ne.social Probably good considering they're already backordered but still providing the price.
Means they're not just trying to empty their warehouse.
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@VD15@pl.valkyrie.world It's pretty obvious, because if you were to for example block the IP ranges used by Azure Blob Storage, half the government sites break. The ones that remain typically only do
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@VD15@pl.valkyrie.world Sometimes you don't even need to go that far. If you visit a site like https://www.helsenorge.no/ (our portal for public healthcare) you'll notice that every single web request contains a header named "X-Azure-Ref" so you can find the web request in Azure.
And yes, this means all of my healthcare info is probably stolen by Microsoft whether I like it or not, cool right?
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@VD15@pl.valkyrie.world It's pretty obvious, because if you were to for example block the IP ranges used by Azure Blob Storage, half the government sites break.
The ones that remain typically only do so because they're behind Cloudflare as well
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@VD15@pl.valkyrie.world You wouldn't believe how ingrained Microsoft is here in Norway. From what I've heard we're among the worst, to the point we don't even seem to have track of how much money we give Microsoft in total.
The best estimate I've found is here: https://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Sporsmal/Skriftlige-sporsmal-og-svar/Skriftlig-sporsmal/?qnid=105081
Which states it's around 21 billion NOK for IaaS/PaaS and SaaS. In USD that would be ~$2.1 billion. For a country with only 5.5 million inhabitants.
Or put another way, Norway gives $400/year to Microsoft per citizen. Simply by existing in this country, I am giving Microsoft $400/year outside of my control, thanks to the government.
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@sun@shitposter.world I didn't even know they used Swift tbh. Have they ever said why? Swift isn't necessarily a bad language, but it is a corporate-developed language biased mostly towards one platform. Seems like a dumb choice for a browser that one would expect to try and maintain portability and be cross-platform.
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It's even more annoying ever since I moved in 2024, because I now live 200m from a pickup point.
If I could just redirect the package to a pickup point in the first place there wouldn't be a problem.
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Damn it, my Macbook Neo finally made it to Norway, but of course it's the annoying America-brain delivery style where it's delivered to my door and only goes to a pickup point after two attempts
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@stefan@akko.lightnovel-dungeon.de @poni@ak.kawen.space I'll give it a watch tonight if I can remember, but GN isn't exactly the place I'd go for self-hosting info anyways.
Most gamers are just going to flock to wherever their friends are anyways. It's sad but they'll probably just hop to a different corporate cloud chat platform that gets enshittified again in 7-8 years.
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@poni@ak.kawen.space Yeah that sounds like a rant rather than a structured video alright.
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@poni@ak.kawen.space So they just rant about discord alternatives for like half an hour?
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@poni@ak.kawen.space what did they do? i haven't seen it yet
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@cell@shitposter.world @grillchen@brot.eus @kaia@brot.eus man, you'd have to make a VM with 4GB of RAM tops and do nothing else on the computer.
I guess the Neo can run Windows, but the real question is whether or not Windows can run on the Neo
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Finding out there's an SMR drive in your ZFS pool is the NAS equivalent of finding asbestos in your walls
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>look at powerbanks >everyone lists capacity in mAh >half of them don't list the voltage very cool
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if i'm lucky the Wh is listed in the specs, but it's not uncommon that i have to google a power bank and find it on the manufacturer's website instead. sometimes it's not even on the manufacturer's si
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I guess it's just dumb consumer marketing, so they slap the biggest number available on the product.
If not they would've switched to using Ah instead of mAh as well for these 5+ digit numbers
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>look at powerbanks >everyone lists capacity in mAh >half of them don't list the voltage very cool
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if i'm lucky the Wh is listed in the specs, but it's not uncommon that i have to google a power bank and find it on the manufacturer's website instead. sometimes it's not even on the manufacturer's site and i have to scroll through the PDF manual or something
for example here's two power banks:
a white one that advertises 20 000 mAh (actually 37Wh)
and a black one that advertises 27 000 (actually 100Wh)
Shopping for power banks is such a pain in the bum, because the numbers I need to make an informed decision usually aren't available.
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>look at powerbanks
>everyone lists capacity in mAh
>half of them don't list the voltage
very cool
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@ignaloidas@not.acu.lt @lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me Doesn't surprise me, there''s a reason I haven't bought any of the magnetic USB-C plugs before.
The cheap stuff all seems to only do regular 5V. And even for the ones which do seem to have enough pins, I've got no idea how they avoid momentarily shorting pins that probably shouldn't be shorted, like sending 20V down a data line for a moment when you unplug it.
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me I actually haven't seen them in a while. I remember they were everywhere 5-10 years ago because Apple devices didn't have MagSafe. Haven't seen them in any local electronics stores lately.
I have seen USB-C cables which are magnetic along their length so they coil themselves up though (and I own one).
Maybe I should get one of those cables with a magnetic plug on it and stick it into the 2.0 port on the Neo, it's not useful for much besides charging anyways
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me Too bad they were too stingy to put it on the Macbook Neo I ordered. It's the only Macbook without it
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me Apple started doing the opposite instead. Some computers like the 2019 MacBook Pro can only charge via USB-PD at up to 100W, but pull more than 100W when actively in use, e
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me (These days they've reintroduced MagSafe though and the laptops can still charge via USB-C if you prefer, so that's nice)
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me Apple started doing the opposite instead.
Some computers like the 2019 MacBook Pro can only charge via USB-PD at up to 100W, but pull more than 100W when actively in use, even the base model. Meaning that even with a 100W charger connected the battery will drain.
So that's really cool, it can still run out of energy while plugged into the wall.
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me No, the EU forced them to implement USB-C, you remember? They were stubborn and held out long enough that a multi-national intergovernmental entity had to force them to sto
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me Also no, it's not like 5€ anymore. All the phones today advertise ridiculous fast charge capabilities, but you need to buy a charger that's like 40-50€ to use them. (Although personally I still stick to a regular 10€-ish 18W charger, to avoid murdering the longevity of the battery)
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@lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me No, the EU forced them to implement USB-C, you remember?
They were stubborn and held out long enough that a multi-national intergovernmental entity had to force them to stop using their own phone plugs though.
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@kura@hai.z0ne.social I love the gamecube controller layout. Unfortunately it can be a pain to use with modern games designed for the same button grid
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@hellpie@raru.re don't worry, i'm a cheap bastards so all of my usb-c cables only do 2.0 speeds anyways
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fuck, i would've backed this if only i didn't just buy a nyxi warrior around christmas
RE: https://mastodon.social/@iFixit/116200874514943198
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Still really annoying how most USB-C devices from "premium" brands don't come with power adapters anymore.
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It's especially annoying for something like the Macbook Neo, because not only are the savings not passed on, it's the opposite.
It sells for $599 in the US. But here in Norway it costs 7790kr (~$805) it should be around 7290kr (~$750) including VAT if the base price was equivalent. All while the device ships WITH a 20W power adapter in the US, but WITHOUT it in Europe.
So not only am I not getting a power adapter included with the thing, I'm paying $50 extra for the privilege to not receive said power adapter. Amazing, Apple really has done it again (And I'm a smuck for giving them moolah)
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Still really annoying how most USB-C devices from "premium" brands don't come with power adapters anymore.
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@antsu@p.antsu.net Worth a shot I guess. Thanks.
I'm considering finally buying new cables and chargers. I'm still mostly using stuff from the beginnings of USB-C (bought in 2017-2019)
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@mischievoustomato@tsundere.love @antsu@p.antsu.net Well that's the point of swap. If you do happen to run out, or nearly run out it's better to get some of it compressed.
That said I usually only do half my ram as zram, plus some extra for /tmp
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Since Ugreen has gained popularity over the past 10 years and now just about as expensive as western brands, what's the new best chinese brand to get cables and chargers from?
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@antsu@p.antsu.net Well, same. I set up Zram anyways, but usually don't need it on my desktop
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@antsu@p.antsu.net doing this without swap configured is pretty brave of you
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@kkarhan@infosec.space I don't think the Neo's value is that bad considering the metal build and seemingly good screen (at least on paper),
There's definitely some apple tax on there, but not a whole lot. Especially considering the current market.
I've ordered one so I'll have to see it when I get it, but I assume it'd work very well for most people. The only issue being RAM, even a regular user is going to flow way over 8GB and constantly rely on swap/compression if they're not the type who cleans out their browser tabs regularly.
And yes, I know the 512GB Studio is gone. (Honestly don't mind because it seems to mostly have been built to make cheap alternatives to DGX clusters anyhow after they added RDMA). I don't spend much time worrying about the ultra-high end stuff like that.
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Since the Macbook Neo is limited to 8GB due to how the A18 Pro is designed (Memory stacked onto die on chip). I wonder if that means a second gen Macbook Neo based on the A19 Pro would have 12GB of RAM as that's what all current products with that SoC use.
If they manage to bump the memory to 12GB with the next generation without increasing the price, the Neo's value proposition would suddenly become a LOT better
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@bard@asphodel.rip It doesn't charge. If the "good" battery is at 100% and I connect a charger, the charging LED turns on for like 30 seconds, before it seemingly gives up on charging the bad battery. I think the T480 tries to charge its batteries sequentially.
Unfortunately I don't own a general battery charger, so I can't really take it out and try to trickle charge it manually either.
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@poni@ak.kawen.space probably yes, if it's mostly empty then it's likely just to help with unloading
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@poni@ak.kawen.space As a Norwegian I am not particularly familiar with Lidl. Norway is such shit that it's the only market Lidl has entered, but failed and had to leave after only 4 years.
So I didn't know if they drove across country borders or similar.
But yeah, if the supply center is a short distance away then I dunno why they have a tent set up, probably just for unloading.
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@poni@ak.kawen.space Maybe it's just rest requirements, distance from supply center to the particular store could be far enough that the driver is required to rest for an hour or two after unloading before they can drive back
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@poni@ak.kawen.space well yeah, but i still assume a truck wouldn't normally be parked overnight at the supply ramp?
when our canteen at work gets deliveries the driver just dumps out the stuff over an hour or two, and then either drives away or parks elsewhere.
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Well I guess that's also possible. It currently seems to be parked unattended though. Do they usually leave them long-term facing the supply ramp? That seems a bit unusual.
Having a roof over it isn't "important", otherwise it couldn't even drive. But at least here I mostly see them unload, then go park somewhere else (preferably with a roof). At least the ones with heat pumps ontop, the ones without one they just park wherever.
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