[-] xep@kbin.social 14 points 6 months ago

Don't be silly, for these types of people you can never make enough money.

[-] xep@kbin.social 15 points 6 months ago

Now my friends know I bought an Alienware device. I'm never going to live this down.

[-] xep@kbin.social 12 points 6 months ago

There's been studies about the negative effects it has on thyroid function for people with hypothyroidism : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5805681/

[-] xep@kbin.social 17 points 10 months ago

It is quite literally Taiwan’s constitutional vow and the opinion of every government theyve ever elected that they want to be part of China

I have to admit that I'm uninformed about this point of the RoC constitution. Could you point it out? For your convenience: https://law.moj.gov.tw/ENG/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?pcode=A0000001

[-] xep@kbin.social 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Probably because "installing unsigned code from an unknown source" is a mouthful. Installing implicitly means "from within the walled garden" on these devices.

[-] xep@kbin.social 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The piracy bugbear has been raised as the reason why corporations aren't selling enough since mp3 was invented back in the day. It isn't always the case. OnlyFans is pirated but the piracy doesn't affect their bottom line enough to drive them out of business. If you think about it, lots of pornography on the internet is free, and they're still okay. It's a much more nuanced discussion than "piracy is stealing" than the corporations want you to think it is.

Edit: if I had to guess, the niche they serve or the value they add on top of "just porn" is something their customers are willing to pay for.

[-] xep@kbin.social 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Understandable but this is not a fuse in common usage of the word, which is used to break a circuit to protect against over-current. Rather it's an part that changes state irreversibly (much like a fuse would) when something happens. There is no implication that it would cut off the power to the CPU in this sense.

[-] xep@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago

You're having a bit of a lark, aren't you?

[-] xep@kbin.social 15 points 11 months ago

Weird I downloaded it in Firefox and all it shows is
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[-] xep@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

The cunning thing is that the preview doesn't really change the random boxes. You still don't know what's in the next one.

[-] xep@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even Apple has to abide by the laws of physics. 3nm is fast, but a small, tightly packed, passively cooled device containing a large, heat generating element powered by a another large, heat generating element is unlikely to outperform a well ventilated, actively cooled device that is able to draw power from an outlet.

This is of couse ignoring the Apple reality distortion field, which in recent memory has succesfully perpetuated the idea that a tiny photo sensor can outperform a large one.

[-] xep@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

You might also be able to turn on Battery Idle Mode, although it's not supported on every device.

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