xxp so let me put on my Sherlock hat: by linking this image, you are signalling that, for a pittance, I could have my mac mini, my back-up battery for my mac mini, and and my aforementioned back-up battery for my Uverse gateway all in a row, triplets---yes?Thanks for revelation re pro vs. air---what don't you like about the improved keyboards though---?
― dow, Thursday, 18 February 2021 02:44 (three years ago) link
Come to think of it, the power cable of the gateway plugs into the back-up battery---if the mac mini follows suit, I would only need two of those outlets in the wall tap adapter you linked--or if it uses a back-up of a different design, I'd still have the third outlet, apparently.
― dow, Thursday, 18 February 2021 04:06 (three years ago) link
(One for the mini, one for its back-up, one for the gateway->backup)
― dow, Thursday, 18 February 2021 04:08 (three years ago) link
i dunno. it sounds like you need more outlets. there are many products that will give you more outlets.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 18 February 2021 05:25 (three years ago) link
So tired of what a pain lightning is for audio. For a while I had a dragonfly DAC into a USB to lightning adapter into my iphone so I could use proper good quality headphones, an extremely awkward setup. The apple-branded usb-to-lightning adapter crapped out after a year and I gave up on that. I now finally have a set of airpods (partly also for use as a work-from-home headset), in the "fuck you Apple, take more of my money!" department.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Saturday, 27 February 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
Big Sur janky af on my old intel beast. Wish I had never upgraded. Restart seems to take at least twice as long as before and there’s a 5 second hang when the desktop appears. Spotlight takes a few moments on startup too before it provides results
― calstars, Saturday, 27 February 2021 19:57 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/9CUCD3B.jpgGo fucjk yourself Steve cook
― calstars, Monday, 1 March 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
Our older MacBook Air, I think a 2011, is more or less in modest shape, for its age, except the local shop has told me the SMC chip has inexplicably failed. That means I can literally never turn it off or let its batteries run out, otherwise it will not turn on, and I have to open it up, manually disconnect the battery and force it to restart. And it will apparently restart, if needed. I just can't ever shut it down or let it drain. As far as my local shop knows, there is no repair, either.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 March 2021 23:23 (three years ago) link
Airpods are also ugly, I realized. They look stupid on me.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 1 March 2021 23:42 (three years ago) link
Ha, I got the Turn It Down notification too, but that was after running for several hours to a Bluetooth speaker. It seemed to think that was a headphone connection, and assessed the exposure accordingly (the volume on the phone was likely close to max, but just background level on the speaker).
― Michael Jones, Monday, 1 March 2021 23:51 (three years ago) link
― calstars, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 02:28 (three years ago) link
I took a zoom deposition wearing them. I needed some sort of headset setup to block out kid noise.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 03:23 (three years ago) link
I'm almost the opposite. I prefer my big headphones, but I feel like I'm cos-playing Roger Waters during these meetings with them on.
― pplains, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 04:16 (three years ago) link
I think any kind of headset looks regrettably dumb on a video call, tbh. Airpods just happen to look like some kind of futuristic earrings that would be worn by a digeridoo guy.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 06:09 (three years ago) link
Maybe I need to readjust my attitude about this.
https://i.imgur.com/pIMw2TL.jpg
― pplains, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 13:22 (three years ago) link
What?Rosetta May Be Removed From M1 Macs in Some Regions on macOS 11.3
― Alba, Wednesday, 3 March 2021 03:33 (three years ago) link
Does Google Drive work well on Mac Pro/Mii M1? On iPad Pro? (I know that's not M1)(yet?)
― dow, Friday, 12 March 2021 21:28 (three years ago) link
Opps, meant Mac Pro and "Mini* w M1. Esp. concerned w Docs, gmail, Blogger apps.
― dow, Friday, 12 March 2021 21:32 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/EdTTxwH.jpg
― calstars, Sunday, 14 March 2021 21:03 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/wBScpfC.png
― calstars, Sunday, 14 March 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
Hows the ipod, Jay?
― JimCarrey, Tuesday, 16 March 2021 04:00 (three years ago) link
Verifying "Microsoft Excel"
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Thursday, 18 March 2021 16:35 (three years ago) link
^otm this sucks
― badg, Thursday, 18 March 2021 16:41 (three years ago) link
Love the scare quotes. "Microsoft Excel" is it? We'll see about that.
― Ignore the neighsayers: grow a lemon tree (ledge), Thursday, 18 March 2021 17:08 (three years ago) link
Verify deez nuts
― calstars, Thursday, 18 March 2021 21:12 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/GnZG6PO.jpg
― calstars, Saturday, 20 March 2021 22:06 (three years ago) link
Adobe have added an AI-driven super-resolution feature to Camera Raw (Photoshop only atm), where you can up-scale a RAW/DNG image and it's supposedly as good as shooting at that resolution in the first place. Benefits over standard interpolation seem marginal, but anyway... Trying this on a 51MP image (->204MP) on my 2014 MBP took best part of 13min. It's super-GPU intensive and the fans were screaming. Tried the same operation on the same image on my daughter's 2020 M1 MBA. 15 seconds.
And then she spent all day playing Roblox.
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 20 March 2021 22:51 (three years ago) link
Keep your fscking phone in your pocket and just shoot in medium format if you’re so concerned about photo quality ffs
― calstars, Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
Are you talking to me?
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:13 (three years ago) link
Yes you, “Michael Jones,” and billions of others too
― calstars, Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:19 (three years ago) link
Easel and full oil painting rig or gtfo
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:26 (three years ago) link
Ok.
My point, if I had one, was just to anecdotally confirm how ridiculously quick the M1 is with Apple Silicon software vs older gen machines (or maybe just how sluggish my old MBP now is). Not really about super-res at all (which might be handy for older pics, I guess).
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:30 (three years ago) link
Yeah. Bug sir seems to be built around the m1s. My intel beast takes forever to restart
― calstars, Saturday, 20 March 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
oof. the funny thing here is that Mike is probably the first person who'd warn you about upscaling given his job and all, and those weddings he shoots, and his resident photographer gig.
― koogs, Sunday, 21 March 2021 02:25 (three years ago) link
What the fsck is calstars on about? Where do phones come into this?
― Alba, Sunday, 21 March 2021 02:41 (three years ago) link
if you're planning to upgrade to Big Sur, upgrade your device drivers first. could only boot in safe mode until I upgraded the software for my audio interface. it was exciting, what with needing to get work done.
― lukas, Friday, 26 March 2021 22:05 (three years ago) link
Someone explain how the 12 pro has better battery life than the 12 if they have the same battery
― ncxkd, Sunday, 28 March 2021 19:05 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/6k9OQvv.png
― ncxkd, Sunday, 28 March 2021 19:07 (three years ago) link
Just reminded me that there were five different iPhone models in 2020 (four 12 + the SE). Which is a lot!
― Nhex, Sunday, 28 March 2021 19:32 (three years ago) link
New SE is treating me fairy well so far; thanks for the advice ilx!
― G.A.G.S. (Gophers Against Getting Stuffed) (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 28 March 2021 19:34 (three years ago) link
i just love how MacOS nags me daily to "install updates," by which it means upgrades (to Bug Sur), which i absolutely do not want. and i love how there's no simple way to stop the notifications.
― davey, Sunday, 28 March 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
Trying a fresh install of BSFresh installed Catalina yesterday but it wouldn’t recognize safari keychain ffs
― ncxkd, Sunday, 28 March 2021 20:10 (three years ago) link
this, to me, is classic I HATE APPLE
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 28 March 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link
one of these days, they'll catch me off guard, i'll mistakenly click the wrong rectangle and the upgrade will ruin my ability to work! i can't wait!
― davey, Sunday, 28 March 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
please...please apple....remind me tomorrow.....gasp
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Sunday, 28 March 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
Big sir is fine in my experience fwiw
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Sunday, 28 March 2021 22:10 (three years ago) link
old-school nerds impressed upon me ages ago to wait 6 months after release before i upgrade an OS and the advice stuck
― davey, Monday, 29 March 2021 08:05 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/uRVoSCl.png
― calstars, Monday, 29 March 2021 11:21 (three years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/t9IKEeN.pngNO SHIT?
― calstars, Tuesday, 30 March 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
Um, why can’t I get it to stop autojoining WiFi networks even when I forget them?
― It Is Dangerous to Meme Inside (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 April 2021 22:03 (three years ago) link