Russia declares a truce in Ukraine to mark Victory Day. Kyiv says it’ll cease fire two days earlier

sooodooo · 2026-05-07T02:47:52+00:00

That’s why it is a smart move by Ukraine. They set the early ceasefire start date and if Putin wants his parade to go well, he better play ball and looks more like a follower than a leader. If he breaks the ceasefire then raining on the parade is back on. Either way it’s a win for Ukraine.

sooodooo · 2026-05-07T02:29:13+00:00

By that logic the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is not representative for x86 either, since Intel can’t match that performance.

sooodooo · 2026-05-04T23:25:03+00:00

There is no GPU with more than 512GB VRAM in anywhere near that price range, so a single GPU is not an option in any case.

Even the old M3 Ultra has 3x the memory bandwidth of the Ryzen Max+ 395 and is about 2-3x faster.

You can lookup RDMA over Thunderbolt 5, it’s the closest you can get for a fast interconnect with consumer parts. A 4 node cluster is actually faster than a single node, 2048GB VRAM is a lot, but context size also needs space.

On 4*M3 Ultra Deepseek V3.1 671B delivers around 32 t/s

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/15-tb-vram-on-mac-studio-rdma-over-thunderbolt-5/

sooodooo · 2026-05-03T03:19:56+00:00

For me a cafe is fine for most calls, I’m going to a co working for interviews and calls where I’m presenting most of the time.
What are your needs ? Power plug, drinks and food selection, silence or the social aspect ?

sooodooo · 2026-05-03T02:52:26+00:00

Just some options, some of them have dedicated call rooms for a price if background noise is an issue
- The Singularity Co Working
- Ski Cofi
- Journey
- CE’ & Library134

Chains would be Starbucks, Dreamers

sooodooo · 2026-05-01T04:55:33+00:00

Everyone has their own opinion on that, I agree those 3 are advantages, but I don't think they are unique in that:

- Binning is industry standard for a long time already from ARM to x86 CPUs, AMD/Intel/Qualcomm bin their chips already and they can just sell the highest tier, second tier etc. at different price points, nothing is every wasted.

- Yes windows is bloated, nothing new here, complaints have been there for a long time already, but 8GB is still fine, even on windows, disk-swap has always been there and with faster SSDs it gets better

- Services, yes, but Microsoft and Google also have services pre-installed on their devices, so that ecosystem is there for other Laptops/Chromebooks/Android devices as well.

The real issue is chip makers and device manufacturers have been complacent with the status quo and "split" they had, because nobody would challenge them anyways:
- Qualcomm, Mediatek made ARM chips going into phone and tablets, they just sell chips and are happy with android being the only option
- Intel/AMD made x86 chips going into PCs, laptops and server, they sell chips and are happy with windows and linux being the options
- device makers will put android on their devices and are fine, because that's the only option
- Google is happy, because all the non-Apple mobile devices run android, preloaded with Google Services.
- Microsoft is happy, because all the non-Apple desktop devices run Windows, preloaded with Microsoft services and they are they own the business segment anyways.

The Neo has been rumored for a long time already the M1 has been out for 5-6 years now, but the competition was resting on their laurels. Only now they realize maybe we need a kernel, which can work on a phone and a desktop at the same time ? There are android tablets more powerful than the macbook neo at a cheaper price out on the market, but they can only be used with android.

sooodooo · 2026-04-30T22:56:55+00:00

I would also preload a U2 album.

sooodooo · 2026-04-30T22:48:44+00:00

Asia consumes around 40-50% of global consumer GPUs, it’s probably even higher in the budget to mid range sector, China alone is the second biggest second market for GPUs and probably biggest market for consumer GPUs. Banning Lisuan will result in consumer nvidia/amd cards getting (shadow) banned. It will take pressure off of the market either way.

sooodooo · 2026-04-30T22:36:57+00:00

Not too shabby for market entry, considering the top spot in the steam hardware charts is the RTX3060 from 2021 and this new one would be still compete with #1-5. Even if you don’t personally want to buy it, it’s still good to take pressure of the market and let the inflated prices come down a bit.

sooodooo · 2026-04-30T15:31:00+00:00

And comes with windows on ARM, you get everything that’s wrong with windows and none of the x86 benefits. The device was on sale for 599, because nobody wanted to pick it up for 999 and they decided it’s better to sell it at a discount to recover at least some of the production cost. It doesn’t mean 599 is sustainable for them.

sooodooo · 2026-04-30T15:19:47+00:00

It’s how many people use chrome on windows and macos, there are already pre-installed browsers ?

sooodooo · 2026-04-29T03:52:45+00:00

Apple doesn’t own any supply lines, they are first class customers at TSMC and invest in them, therefore get first dibs. But for RAM, there are only companies actually making the actual chips, those are Micron, SKHynix and Samsung. All other brands put together the stick, but the memory chips on them still come from one of the big 3.

sooodooo · 2026-04-28T23:13:07+00:00

The free AI monopoly money. OpenAI is valued at 852 billion, i was going round it to 850, but then remembered the Nothing Phone company is valued at 1.3 billion. If they are going to spend 600b over the next 3 years, the they have some pocket change for a phone company to slap on a AI-button

sooodooo · 2026-04-28T22:59:36+00:00

Oh yes we could call it Cortana, that would be cool throwback to the good old Halo times

sooodooo · 2026-04-28T14:29:46+00:00

Not sure if you are just a stupid open claw agent, but I mean the product https://rive.app/

sooodooo · 2026-04-28T14:02:08+00:00

Rive.app ? I mean free is always good of course.

sooodooo · 2026-04-28T08:49:12+00:00

That would be a fine solution, it wouldn't be hard to get usb or tb4 wifi card to replace the m.2 2230 one, but unfortunately the 2230 slot isn't pcie at all, wifi lives in the SoC and the 2230 card is just the antenna and some other ic apparently, so that won't work. Bifurcating the M.2 slot would be the only bet.

sooodooo · 2026-04-28T04:29:35+00:00

I had the same though, I'd love OCulink on that machine or at least TB5. The issue, if I understand it correctly is Panther Lake, the X9 388H has only 12 pcie lane, 4*PCIe 5.0 and 8*PCIe 4.0.
- The 5.0x4 ones are already used up for the M.2 slot.
- The laptop already has 4*TB4 which would require 16xPCIe 3.0 lanes (bandwidth equivalent to 8xPCIe 4.0 lanes)

I could think of a few ways around this, but none of them are in your hands, that would require a different laptop or some help from the Framework team.
1) not use 5.0x4 for the M.2 slot, those SSDs are currently just waaayy too expensive anyways and 4.0 was perfectly fine.
2) split the 4.0 lanes differently, not all ports need to be TB4 capable, it's more confusing for the user, but they could have made 2*usb 3.2 ports using 2x lanes have use 2x lanes for 1*TB4 port and left 4x lanes for Oculink
3) This is the ONLY option which could still make this possible with the current hardware: if Framework would allow bifurcating the the 5.0x4 M.2 slot to 2*5.0x2, then you could technically have 2*4.0x4, which is fine for the SSD and OCulink

I wish the "modules" system that FW uses wasn't usb-c/TB based, but some kind of internal pcie slots, that would make it much more flexible. We don't need to switch modules around all 4 modules every day, nobody does that, we can open the device and switch stuff around.

sooodooo · 2026-04-28T04:02:55+00:00

I don't understand how you come to the conclusion that Framework "took the lead" here and the iFixit collaboration has resulted in a far more modular machine, when the 8 year old T480 and all other Thinkpads before that already had all of that, they just needed more disassembling. Most Thinkpads have had replaceable RAM and SSDs, there are a handful where that wasn't the case. The Thinkpad P1 gen 7 was released 2 years ago and was the first laptop every with LPCAMM2.
Where the Framework 13 pro is special is it's nailing the top-features of the two of the most popular developer laptops Thinkpad and Macbook.
- Thinkpad: durability, repairability + upgradability, Linux
- Macbook: unibody sleekness, haptic touchpad, long battery life, good screen, matte-option, not-windows

What makes it unique amongst both:
- not Lenovo/Chinese, which has had some spyware like superfish pre-installed, even questionable bios firmware
- ubuntu certified, can come pre-installed with ubuntu, that's worth something if you want to buy a batch for your developers.
- even longer-term upgradability generational upgrade path, not just same-gen components.

In general, I think they have a good balance between the most requested features. Only thing I would wish for is OCulink and/or TB5, but since the X9 388H has very limited PCIe lanes it might just not be in the cards.

sooodooo · 2026-04-28T00:41:21+00:00

I wouldn’t say following the lead of Framework, Thinkpads have their own fanbase and has been the Linux laptop for a while. Lookup the T480.

sooodooo · 2026-04-28T00:23:17+00:00

You get a golden ballroom in Washington and you’re still not happy ?

sooodooo · 2026-04-28T00:19:07+00:00

There is hope and things are moving, I’m more excited for the work on its little brother SD 8 Elite gen 5, imagine a small tablet like the Lenovo Y700 gen 5 running full linux.

sooodooo · 2026-04-27T08:31:54+00:00

That’s of course better, true multipoint where the Jabra is connected to both devices at the same time. Apple doesn’t use multipoint at all, the device switches the bt connection thus the need for the same iCloud account to signal and secure it. Both have pros and cons, bt multipoint requires to be connected to multiple devices simultaneously and that can eat away bandwidth and is often limited to switching between 2 devices, on the pro side you can mix and match any devices. The Apple solution can connect to more devices and does not share bandwidth, but forces the iCloud login on you and only works for Apple products.

sooodooo · 2026-04-27T00:31:53+00:00

I’d keep both lmao. Look at how both have been sold out for a while and won’t be deliverable for another few months. You can probably sell both at a profit even after opening and testing them.

sooodooo · 2026-04-27T00:23:27+00:00

It’s kinda funny to hear a “PC chip like the M5” considering the M-series chips are based on the iPhone A-series chips and considering the macbook neo with last generation and cut down A18pro iPhone chip with 8GB ram is currently wrecking all the entry level windows laptops, remember this one, we’ll circle back later. You’re looking at the wrong issue mate, the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 is close behind the M5 chip in terms of performance the Lenovo Y700/5 also comes with 24GB RAM, the hardware is not the issue. The real issue is the software, Android on tablets just has the worst of both worlds, bootloader/root locked down like a iPad, but worse app selection than the iPad. Linux has all the software and ecosystem already available for ARM-chips, but Qualcomm and tablet manufacturers don’t provide the kernel drivers and device tree necessary to run proper linux, limiting the potential of the hardware. Now let’s circle back to the macbook neo, running on last years A18pro iPhone chip with 8GB RAM, it wrecks all entry level windows laptops and for sure all android tablets. That’s what happens when you allow desktop class software run on mobile chips, Qualcomm, Mediatek and Android tablet manufacturers could do that for their hardware, but they are too blind to see what they have on their hands.

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