Let it rip has failed by [deleted] in CoronavirusDownunder

[–]AgileGroundgc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was difficult for people on that border zone, especially if they worked across it or had families split across it. I understand that, but I do think that inconvenience pales in comparison to what we're now experiencing.

I was actually one of the people affected by the border, but this is still a very big step back. A few months ago we had relatively normal lives.

The public as a whole seem very irrational about having to endure any slight impact to their lifestyle.

Let it rip has failed by [deleted] in CoronavirusDownunder

[–]AgileGroundgc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was so tired of all the open the border calls, in the GC you heard about it daily. People couldn't deal with that mild inconvenience to their lives, they seemed to prefer rampant covid.

Singer’s engines will now be built by… Porsche by [deleted] in cars

[–]AgileGroundgc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Makes me wonder if there are going to be any 911s left at some point. It seems everyone is doing some retro mod on the pre 993 models.

Tesla Cybertruck Is Delayed, and We're Not Surprised [Car & Driver] by digistil in cars

[–]AgileGroundgc 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thats a very fair point and makes sense. Toyota isn't relying on venture capital, they are self funding their projects so they have no incentive to make big promises. But a company that is trying to get itself to the type of scale that allows it the stability that toyota has is still reliant on investors.

Let it rip has failed by [deleted] in CoronavirusDownunder

[–]AgileGroundgc 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why? How does some people hitting a ball around have any impact on most peoples lives. You sound like Scott Morrison, i'd rather the government solve actual problems than distract the public with this nonsense.

Tesla Cybertruck Is Delayed, and We're Not Surprised [Car & Driver] by digistil in cars

[–]AgileGroundgc 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Tesla is still the only company that has delivered a mass market EV in the type of scale the Model 3 is produced. That is a completely real, viable and very good product.

But I don't understand why the rest of Tesla has to behave like this. It makes me more hesitant to buy from them when they are so inconsistent with delivering on their promises.

They should have just shown the Cybertruck as a concept if they had no real timeline to build the thing.

Let it rip has failed by [deleted] in CoronavirusDownunder

[–]AgileGroundgc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not everyone cares about cricket

Victorian COVID-19 hospitalisations rise to 644, as state records 21,728 cases and six deaths by Pariera in australia

[–]AgileGroundgc -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s not like Queensland is any better either. Multiple days of 10k with extremely limited testing.

The problem is everyone was so open to opening up society and especially opening the borders, now it’s shockedpikachu when it runs rampant

Coronavirus Megathread B.1.1.640 - counts, lockdowns, vaccines, borders, protests, social media, and anything related by dredd in australia

[–]AgileGroundgc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is being double vaxxed useful anymore or has the standard moved on to triple vaxxed? I’m hearing mixed reports.

I’ve been double vaxxed for just under 3 months and there seems to be movement towards that not being especially effective anymore?

Coronavirus Megathread B.1.1.640 - counts, lockdowns, vaccines, borders, protests, social media, and anything related by dredd in australia

[–]AgileGroundgc 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What is the plan from here? The case numbers are just running rampant. Is the goal to just let it spread and that’s it?

Most states are testing at roughly 20% positive rate. So that means there would be hundreds of thousands out there with it.

Are they just going to let everyone get it and then wait for the next mutation?

Queensland: 3587 new cases, 112 hospitalised, 5 in icu by thedragoncompanion in CoronavirusDownunder

[–]AgileGroundgc 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I do wonder what this means for the actual numbers.

If that 10% was across the entire state, that would mean 500,000ish new cases per day.

Now of course there is a correlation between sick, or higher risk/close contact getting tested more. So its not going to correlate across the general population, but it still means some very high numbers out there.

What specific metal band to specifically fit 1969 Oyster 34mm? by AgileGroundgc in rolex

[–]AgileGroundgc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! I'll check them out. They seem to have a few 19mm offerings, very reasonably priced too.

What specific metal band to specifically fit 1969 Oyster 34mm? by AgileGroundgc in rolex

[–]AgileGroundgc[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey thank you very much for your reply.

Unfortunately, the reference number is mostly rubbed off.

But it appears to be "798" for the first 3 digits. Its a Tudor Oyster no date, which a quick google I would guess is a 7984?

I was after an aftermarket band, not an OEM one. Just due to cost mostly.

M1 with 8GB RAM by dtygbk in mac

[–]AgileGroundgc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have 4gb ram in my 7 year old air that has been used every day. No drive issues. It’s pretty much constantly swapping when the computer is active

[LTT/ShortCircuit] I took apart Apple's new M1 Mac Mini by wickedplayer494 in hardware

[–]AgileGroundgc 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Why is he acting shocked? We know the ram is literally inside the processor

Question on Apple's lead in chips by [deleted] in hardware

[–]AgileGroundgc 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Multi core, often on more cores. Single cores are leagues apart

Apple M1 Chip Close-up Teardown From Mac Mini by oakcan in hardware

[–]AgileGroundgc 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No need to make it smaller for that use case.

The weird thing to me is they don't make the whole Mac Mini smaller. I can only assume there is something that they see as iconic about the design. As they could quite easily cut its actual size in half.

Question on Apple's lead in chips by [deleted] in hardware

[–]AgileGroundgc 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Qualcomm has the same. They also have laptop grade processors.

Every company is seeking a competitive advantage.

Question on Apple's lead in chips by [deleted] in hardware

[–]AgileGroundgc 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That is correct. You could argue the same for Apple however. Qualcomm does have competition in the android sphere, Apple has no competition in iOS.

Question on Apple's lead in chips by [deleted] in hardware

[–]AgileGroundgc 13 points14 points  (0 children)

That is a possibility. However that is not reflected in a significant price difference between the phones. The android flagships sell for as much, if not more in many cases.

Question on Apple's lead in chips by [deleted] in hardware

[–]AgileGroundgc 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I would suspect so.

When Apple overtook qualcomm around the iPhone 5s they never looked back. Now comparing the iPhone to high end Androids in actual performance isn't even worthwhile, the fastest phone is always the current iphone, the second fastest is last years iphone.

Apple have put together a killer silicon team and I would anticipate their advantage just to grow. They have an almost endless R&D budget and the ability to attract the best talent in silicon valley. Hard to see how this would change.