SchemaLoad

Born on April 17, 2025•2868 Karma

1 day ago

•on: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

I think we needed Apple to do that to throw a lot of weight behind the standard so it didn't get stuck in an eternal migration that never ends. Though removing the SD card slot was dumb since USB-C was never an alternative to SD cards.

Even today the desktop PC market is still stuck on USB-A since they have no Apple equivalent to just get things done.

vl•

1 day ago

I really don’t understand what SD card reader on MacBook Pro is for.

All small cameras and devices use micro SD. Professional cameras don’t use SD since forever now. Basically I always need an adapter now.

dutchCourage•

18 hours ago

I don't think that's right, professional cameras still use full sized SD cards.

mitchell209•

1 day ago

You can use an adapter for a micro SD but you can’t shrink the size of a normal SD card, is my only guess.

SchemaLoad•

1 day ago

•on: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

I'm a fairly proficient linux user and I just can not get streaming to work properly and I've dedicated multiple hours to trying to set it up. The built in Steam streaming gets the closest but often just lags out for no obvious reason. Sunshine/moonlight seem to be close to working but weird display issues are constant. I've got it to the point where the steam big picture video streams perfect but when you launch a game the screen size seems to change where I can only see part of the screen on my target device.

Feels like a technology that is theoretically entirely possible but the current implementations need a lot of polish.

SchemaLoad•

1 day ago

•on: Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads

As a steam deck user I've become very bothered how some games run like a dream while others are unplayable, seeing beautiful games running perfect on the hardware proves it's more than possible, but studios aren't allocating the resources to make things run efficiently.

If anything good comes out of these insane prices I think it will be more effort allocated to efficiency rather than relying on consumers buying x% faster hardware every year.

SchemaLoad•

4 days ago

•on: Steam Machine launches today

Instead they made the right choice and subsidise the software. Valve has been sending patches for Linux for over the last 10 years as well as giving SteamOS out for free for other hardware now.

SchemaLoad•

4 days ago

•on: Nearly half of LG smart TV apps contain residentia...

Having 2 remotes is so much easier than trying to flash custom firmware on the TV

microcode•

4 days ago

You don't necessarily have to flash a custom firmware. Rooting the TV and killing the ad processes is usually sufficient.

SchemaLoad•

12 days ago

•on: USB Power Delivery: Plugging into the Benefits

There's also the fact that devices would still need an internal PSU to convert the 28v USB-C to the multiple voltages that all the parts inside need. It would be smaller without the AC to DC conversion though.

crote•

12 days ago

This is already the case today. Those mini pcs often take 19V, so it can use cheap and abundant laptop PSUs, which use that voltage for battery chemistry reasons.

Literally nothing inside it uses that voltage, so it'll just get downconverted to the single-digit voltages the chips actually need.

SchemaLoad•

12 days ago

•on: USB Power Delivery: Plugging into the Benefits

You ideally want to get a USB-C brick that's over specced and from a reputable brand. Like if you get a macbook 140w usb-c brick it will work fine with everything.

Even for actual PSUs it's always been the advice that you want a decent amount of headroom to avoid issues.

SchemaLoad•

12 days ago

•on: USB Power Delivery: Plugging into the Benefits

I think what they mean is not PD related at all, but the fact some cheap junk has a broken USB-C setup where it's missing the resistor that signals a device has been plugged in and to turn on the 5v power. While USB-A just have 5v live at all times.

If you use a USB-A to C cable the device works because it results in a USB-C cable with an always active 5V.

seba_dos1•

12 days ago

That's why I said "non-PD USB-C consumers", as such junk isn't USB-C compliant - it's just USB-C shaped.

SchemaLoad•

15 days ago

•on: If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate...

It's the empty calories of literature. More would be more if there actually was more but AI writing is making it bigger without adding anything actually more. It inserts loads of fluff and repetition that takes longer to read but doesn't exchange more information or ideas.

_carbyau_•

15 days ago

Which is why so many people want to see the prompt that generated the text.

Because the prompt is the quintessence of intent regarding the information to be conveyed.

kombookcha•

14 days ago

I always have a strong hunch that it would be vastly more efficient if they just sent me whatever the prompt was, rather than the output. If you blow 2-3 sentences of intentional information up into a verbose e-mail, you're needlessly wasting both your and my time. Just send me the 2-3 sentences of actual stuff!

skydhash•

15 days ago

Lossy expansion of information.

SchemaLoad•

15 days ago

•on: If you are asking for human attention, demonstrate...

We just need bots to read all these facebook posts and then we can put the phone down and go back to doing something real.

abnercoimbre•

15 days ago

My last post [0] has proof-of-work: video evidence of my physical notes. How many people are willing to draft a complete essay on pen and paper first?

[0] https://abner.page/post/are-we-harold-bloom/

patcon•

15 days ago

Ah this is clever! Feels very cosyweb. I'd be delighted if not caught on