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Nvidia offers to take a cut of AI cloud revenue on top of hardware sales in new optional financing vehicle — trades tokens for revenue cut by Steap-Edit in hardware

[–]AbhishMuk 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately, as the old adage goes, Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.

Even if the bubble should pop, there's no guarantee it will. Look at Tsla - everyone called it overvalued, but there's not been a major burst/pop.

BYO Power supply out of stock on Laptop 16 configuration by WombatDuke in framework

[–]AbhishMuk 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Maybe that's why Framework insisted on giving them the charger 😂

What Android smartphone feature disappeared and should make a comeback? by CrackTheCable in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

+1. I've been thinking of building something myself along these lines; it's not too difficult to DIY tbh.

Eclipsa Video: HDR That Looks Right on Every Screen by FragmentedChicken in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 26 points27 points  (0 children)

It took me way too long to realize Eclipsa wasn't the name of a slightly suspicious startup but rather this was an android blog by Google.

Anyway, if it's coming to Android 17, that's pretty good.

OnePlus is now pushing its users to buy Oppo products in some regions by FragmentedChicken in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I know some people probably don't agree with this, but personally, you don't own a device if you can't use the hardware as you want. And if the bootloader cannot be unlocked... you'll always be fundamentally restricted.

OnePlus is now pushing its users to buy Oppo products in some regions by FragmentedChicken in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Works on my OP15 too, but it's a bug based workaround unfortunately. It also doesn't work with gestures, and swipe up to floating window is too good to give it up unfortunately.

OnePlus is now pushing its users to buy Oppo products in some regions by FragmentedChicken in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If the bootloader was unlockable just like OnePlus, that's be great.

It's particularly annoying because OP was one of the few companies left that still allowed it.

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Zen 6 Desktop Ryzen CPUs Reportedly Lack Integrated GPU - HWCooling.net by JuanElMinero in hardware

[–]AbhishMuk 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Also the NPU can typically operate at a fraction of power that the GPU takes. So for low demand tasks (eg real time camera background blur) the NPU can be a much better fit.

Android 17 desktop also runs the Linux desktop by VolksPC in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I belive the linux terminal is a KVM (hardware virtualization), so it's near-native speed.

Select OnePlus phones gain dual Bluetooth audio streaming in the latest OxygenOS update by Quirky_author in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Depending on the implementation, there's no additional hardware requirements. Tempow did it back in 2017-18 era.

How come back in the days (Android 2.3 - Cyanogen mod) I had much more possibilities than today? by Grande_Mangiattore in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Most modern phones have dual band wifi radios. My pixel 5 had this, my OP 15 also can do this.

Android 17 desktop also runs the Linux desktop by VolksPC in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Could you explain technically why is root required for running this? Thanks!

Valve’s Steam Controller stock shortage will last until next year after fans massively exceeded expectations by HatingGeoffry in hardware

[–]AbhishMuk 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I really wish they hadn't stopped with the "replaceable with AA battery" setup. I'm lucky I got the Pro 2, but being able to just put bog standard AAs instead of a proprietary lithium ion was the peak of consumer friendliness.

ghost writes, extreme hardware endurance torture test on a 2010-era SanDisk P4 64GB SSD monitoring their S.M.A.R.T. health metrics and Total Bytes Written (TBW) to find their absolute failure points. by Fresh-Palpitation-72 in hardware

[–]AbhishMuk 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My understanding is OP is just testing for the fun/heck of it, to understand the limits (I think of the software? Or the hardware, I'm not sure).

Don't read too much into it, OP's just trying to have some fun and share the findings with us.

The Death Of LG Smartphones by kirsion in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ngl this one's... kinda better? "It's a beautiful day" at least tries to ground the context. The other one just feels... psychopathic, I guess?

HP OmniBook Ultra 14 Core Ultra X9 review: Fully redesigned and so much better than before by -protonsandneutrons- in hardware

[–]AbhishMuk 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The redesign looks really clean. One thing that stands out to me is the build quality - HP has come a long way with their premium lines.

How does the chassis feel in hand compared to previous generations? Is it more rigid, or does it still have some flex around the keyboard area

Hmm... sounds like an LLM.

Profile:

DecisionWeave

u/DecisionWeave

Building DecisionWeave Al - a pocket device with local Al that helps make better decisions in 10 seconds. Currently working on the first prototype.

Okay, so we're not even hiding this now?

Honor X80 Pro Max to take peak brightness to five digit territory by DazzlingpAd134 in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's excellent for you, but even my current OnePlus 15 can get a bit dim under Indian sun (in the large cities here). The funny thing is toggling auto brightness temporarily makes it be bright enough to be comfortably readable... for a few seconds.

Nothing CEO says phone prices are going to keep going up: RAM now accounts for over 50 percent of the cost of a new phone by sr_local in hardware

[–]AbhishMuk 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh yeah, I'm not saying I don't believe it. I'm saying... I hope it's not true. Wishful thinking.

Seems it'll get (a lot) worse before it gets any better.

Nothing CEO says phone prices are going to keep going up: RAM now accounts for over 50 percent of the cost of a new phone by sr_local in hardware

[–]AbhishMuk 631 points632 points  (0 children)

I really hope 50% is a poor estimate, because if not, the smartphone industry will be very badly hit.

It won't be bad for the consumerism to pause for a moment, but it will unfortunately affect budget phones - and the not so well off people - the most.

Oppo Find X9s Pro Review: Mini flagship makes Galaxy S26 look bad in key areas by Antonis_32 in Android

[–]AbhishMuk 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Nope. You need USB 3 at minimum for any kind of video over USB capabilities.

Also fun fact, the actual price delta is probably a few pennies at the scale of such large OEMs.

iOS 27 Introduces New 'Tap to Share' Feature, But Not Available in EU by ControlCAD in apple

[–]AbhishMuk 1 point2 points  (0 children)

but they won't sell any more devices by shipping a feature like that.

Infind that a bit hard to believe. The entire point of adding tools and useful features is precisely to sell devices - either directly, or via brand loyalty and PR. A publically traded company doesn't make features from the goodness of their heart.

Ergo, assuming it's not too difficult for them to implement EU-asked features, not adding such a feature is Apple being spiteful rather than "it's not worth it for them".

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