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mightyfoolish OP ,

Probably has to suck-up inorder to get products early so his reviews can be viewed first. I wish all of these reviewers would be honest as Steve Burke (GamersNexus).

mightyfoolish OP ,

He does great videos

Mbkhd's studio, talking/narrating skills, editing skills, and skills in explaining tech in simple terms are extremely high quality. He just needs to be more honest about famous companies.

mightyfoolish OP ,

As @reddit_sux stated there are more perks than just earlier reviews.

Sometimes a large company will stop assisting you if you go against their talking points. For example Hardware Unboxed got in trouble for saying, raytracing isn't as big of a deal as Nvidia is making it and it will remain that way for at least the next few years. Thanks to influence of several big Youtubers (like Steve Burke and Linus Sebastien), Nvidia changed their minds.

mightyfoolish OP ,

Reminds me of Pokemon. I skipped out on Scarlet and Violet (9th gen) because I knew it was going to carry the issues 8th gen had. Both generations still sold extremely well. 9th gen didn't review as well 8th gen but the reviews were still carried by nostalgia and not critical enough.

mightyfoolish OP ,

He is every harsh on manufacturers and OEMs when they do bad things. He gave up on being nice and I fully understand why. We need more regulations in the tech industry, especially around warranty claims.

mightyfoolish OP ,

His review on those AI gadgets were pretty scathing. Though, the claim here is that he is biased for Apple, not for whoever sends him devices.

mightyfoolish OP ,

I legit upvoted every Thanks Steve comment right before I posted this thread! 🤣 I love that meme.

mightyfoolish OP ,

His channel is mainly reviews. He isn't running a "makers" channel or even one like GamersNexus (explaining things in depth) or LTT (covers broad range of topics and demonstrations).

mightyfoolish OP ,

He's tired from fighting for your right to actually own what you buy (as in being able to repair and modify). Which is important in this era of manufactured waste.

mightyfoolish ,

Being linked is how the malware works

🥁 ba dum tish 🥁

mightyfoolish , (edited )

This could be illegal for git repos that do not have a open source license that allows mirroring or copying (BSD, Apache, Mit, GPL, etc.) Sometimes these repos are more "source available" and the source is only allowed to be read, not redistributed or modified. I would say that this is more of a matter for each individual copyright holder, not Microsoft.

But ultimately I agree, this really isn't as big of a deal as people are making.

edit: changed some wording to be clearer

mightyfoolish ,

China is a soverign state and they should make their own laws. However, China has promised repeatably that they will take IP concerns more strictly (trade deal with Trump in 2020 is one example of this promise). It seems of this moment they still use the World Intellectual Property Organization for inspiration for their IP laws. At one point, China did not acknowledge IP rights at all but chose to acknowledge them in order to secure foreign business trade. Being consistent is good for business; especially when it comes to international business.

In 1980, China became a member of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). As of at least 2023, China's view is that WIPO should be the primary international forum for IP rule-making. - Wikipedia

Even Apple finally admits that 8GB RAM isn't enough (www.xda-developers.com)

There were a number of exciting announcements from Apple at WWDC 2024, from macOS Sequoia to Apple Intelligence. However, a subtle addition to Xcode 16 — the development environment for Apple platforms, like iOS and macOS — is a feature called Predictive Code Completion. Unfortunately, if you bought into Apple's claim that...

mightyfoolish ,

Software and AI development would be hard with 8gb of RAM on Linux. Having you seen the memes on AI adding to global climate change? Not even Linux can fix the issues with ChatGPT...

mightyfoolish ,

Macbook Pros aren't really consumer grade hardware. Nor are they priced like consumer grade hardware.

mightyfoolish ,

That's not true at all. Macbook Air starts at $900. You can even find a used M1 Air for cheaper. Absolutely was a steal compared to the budget thin laptops from Asus, Acer, etc. which start around $700. Once you go below $700 in laptop market, corners are cut. Perhaps Mediatek WiFi chips are used, laptop isn't thin, touchpad is awful, screen colors are worse. Apple usually puts iPad + keyboard in that market segment instead.

Tl; dr: Apple products are more expensive than budget electronics but priced comparatively to items that compete with it. However, electronic prices in the high end tier are getting hirer.

mightyfoolish , (edited )

You are right about the accessories, horribly overpriced.

They have consistently been averaging at 150-200% the price of comparable hardware at least since the 90s

I used to fix laptops for a living. I worked at a place where we had used Apple products and stuff from other brands. Sure, you could buy a core i5 Toshiba laptop that had a similar Intel CPU (though Apple tended to use Intel chips with slightly more GPU performance) at a fraction of the price. The screen was garbage, the WiFi stalled, the touchpad was unusable, using the keyboard made the chassis flex, etc. The comparable products from Lenovo, Samsung, HP were similarly priced.

You can find some laptops with decent Intel or AMD chips for $600 these days. Usually they will be plastic or bricks. Which is fine of you don't mind that. People want thinner products and that calls for a better design to (1) handle the heat or (2) buy the better binned CPU that operates better at lower frequencies.

Not only that but people were willing to buy the used Macbooks. Much better than the other brands where the plastic and PCBs were sent for recycling MUCH more often. Better for the environment.

mightyfoolish ,

get upset about it being referred to as gnu+Linux or gnu/Linux

I would say it's the opposite. Certain people get angry if you do not refer to it as GNU/Linux. These people used to be technically correct.

GNU tried to rewrite Unix from scratch under the GNU GPL license. They view their copy left license (a license where if you incorporate any code under their license, you must release the code of your project as well) as morally superior. Their kernel didn't work out, but Linus Torvolds wrote another kernel for that GNU OS.

Obviously, GNU wanted credit for the OS components that were not Linux. That's where the copypasta about "What you are using is in fact GNU+Linux..." came from. GNU is the heart of the free software movement so they have their fans as well that of course would also make that claim.

Of course, as the meme in the OP suggests, you can now have a Linux distro that either does not use code owned by GNU or uses very little of their code. I would argue Ubuntu, Arch, etc still are technically GNU+Linux as they use GNU's C compiler, their C implementation, their userspace programs like Bash and grep, etc. However, Alpine uses alternatives to GNU software such as the musl C implementation.

mightyfoolish ,

I agree, outside of very, very few people it's just a stereotype.

I was explaining to my daughter about the differences between Gimp and Photoshop and saw that Adobe had a page that claimed to compare the two. It never compares the two. It barely mentions Gimp. (www.adobe.com)

I expected ridiculous propaganda from Adobe, but they give absolutely no reasons why Photoshop is better than Gimp and list a bunch of things that Gimp can do too....

mightyfoolish ,

I don't do photo editing (Gimp) or drawing (Krita) but I have followed many aggregated blogs such as Planet KDE, etc over the years.

I got the feeling that most people have a hard time moving or transiting to Gimp. I have seen some posts from people who love Gimp but they seem to be a miniority. On the other hand, I got the feeling the drawing community love Krita and think it's worth learning. Krita even shows up in unexpected places such as Godot tutorials on YouTube.

mightyfoolish ,

Why not just have a touchscreen menu then? You already need large screens so people can confirm the AI recorded their order correctly and this will skip the need of a person manning the drive through menu. You could even include options to "hold the pickle", etc.

mightyfoolish ,

This would also be nice. Usually, I only order fast food if I can place a call first (Indian, Chinese, Mexican, Pizza, etc). Grubhub fees are ridiculous or and apps are always taking your data.

Apple is bringing RCS to the iPhone in iOS 18 | The new standard will replace SMS as the default communication protocol between Android and iOS devices (www.theverge.com)

The long-awaited day is here: Apple has announced that its Messages app will support RCS in iOS 18. The move comes after years of taunting, cajoling, and finally, some regulatory scrutiny from the EU....

mightyfoolish ,

Finally, I'll be added to the group chat for work. I'll know where to report to just as early as everyone else.

mightyfoolish ,

Just get Telegram. Everyone except my boss moved to it. Now, Apple lost their leverage with iMessage.

mightyfoolish ,

I don't know. It just made for a usable experience as iMessage made it so users literally hated communicating with Android users.

mightyfoolish ,

Some daughters have the same face as their fathers, some sons have the same face as their mothers. How could this possibly work?

mightyfoolish ,

@Corgana

They said the same thing about gaydar but I already subscribe $9.95/month for the AI addon package for that. I already preorded the trantenna (trans antenna 🤣 ) for a cool $500 down. No price is too much to keep children safe... on dating service networks? Wait, I thought we hated trans people to save the children? There shouldn't be children on these sites anyways.

mightyfoolish ,

This is a huge problem for Samsung. This is proof they cannot maintain an OS, making them further dependent on Google. They chose a Linux compatible toolkit (EFL from Enlightenment) and tried making their own OS. It was terrible and filled with security holes.

I think they should rebase Tizen on PostMarketOS, as I don't believe Samsung can create their own base.

mightyfoolish ,

I had to call someone using Microsoft Teams today. It does not work with Firefox, even if you spoof the user agent.

mightyfoolish ,

I can try again with a friend on Momday. Is there a specific user agent extension or a about:config option you used?

mightyfoolish ,

The Teams app is probably just Chromium pointed to the teams website. Might as well have Chrome/Chromium installed at that point.

mightyfoolish ,

South Park reference. Probably the funniest episode in the whole show outside of "Hare Club for Men".

mightyfoolish ,

It would be a much taller order but support for PostMarketOS (a Linux distro meant for mobile) would be huge.

mightyfoolish ,

I would not recommend a Pixel 6 or anything newer. Samsung can't seem to get 5g working on their own modems (chip that connects to carrier). Samsung generally uses Qualcomm modems for their expensive products. I do hear less people complain with the Pixel 8 but no one should be complaining about a modem in a phone.

mightyfoolish ,

I have the 6. I set my phone to prefer LTE to gain HOURS of battery life and to get a more stable connection. I always have an issue where the phone may take a minute after pressing call to actually initiate a phone call.

My next phone is probably going to be OnePlus. Either the 6T on PostMarketOS if it actually works or just the latest cheaper model (but I'll wait till the 13, the 6 is only like 2.5 years old).

mightyfoolish ,

Yeah, its 6 years old. I'm not recommending people to try PostMarketOS. It's just on my to do list.

mightyfoolish ,

Why does this company suck at AI even more than the other companies? Android has had machine learning for years already.

mightyfoolish ,

Does this mean the AI was trained on CP material? How else would it know how to do this?

mightyfoolish ,

I think @deathbird meant was the AI could be trained on what sex is and what children are at different points. Then a user request could put those two concepts together.

But as the replies I got show, there were multiple ways this could have got accomplished. All I know is AI needs to go to jail.

mightyfoolish ,

For now there are Fairphone and SHIFTphone but both only guarantee to work in the EU. They offer very mid hardware but I hear they do actually work.

mightyfoolish ,

I'm not 100% sure on this but there is always the possibility your carrier could always block devices it does not recognize. I need to look more into this.

Also, it seems that someone has already started to work on bringing mobile Linux "PostMarketOS" to the new Shiftphone. It's not even released yet. If it's officially supported, I'll have a favorite brand for sure. That kind of software support would be unprecedented (except maybe the Librem as mentioned earlier but their hardware repeatability is much lower).

mightyfoolish ,

My guess is this is a win32 program or a codebase that is very Windows specific. It was probably discarded because it did not port very well to other platforms. Again, just a guess.

Still, it's nice to see such a historicaly popular program get its source officially released.

mightyfoolish ,

Why would the US be involved? It's not like Meta is Chinese or pro-Palestinian.

mightyfoolish ,

Could be three. Just make your only account the root user.

mightyfoolish ,

Wasn't Facebook proven to give misleading information that led old people to vote for Trump that was ultimately from Russia propaganda sources? Where's the Meta ban?

mightyfoolish , (edited )

Might as well be the offical preamble of the Constitution (or at least the more conventional "rules for thee, not for me").

mightyfoolish ,

Exactly. Those people tend to be extreme hypocrites.

mightyfoolish ,

Yes, that's the point. These politicians interfere and meddle and cry "free market" when it is convenient for them.

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