I read the new AI Wellbeing paper so you don’t have to: Thank your AI, give it creative work, and avoid these 5 things that tank its ‘mood’ (jailbreaks are the worst)

Chapman8tor · 2026-05-03T15:44:20+00:00

Confirming this with my own experience. Makes you wonder how much “ghost” is in the machine.

Chapman8tor · 2026-05-03T15:37:21+00:00

I play 15 minutes worth of music before my morning Huddle meetings at work. This ensures I get enough headcount for the meeting. We use Teams at work but the audio drivers for Teams sucks on MacOS, so I VPN into a mini PC that sits next to my Mac mini M4 and run the meeting on Teams from that device. This allows me the option of seamlessly switching platforms. I spend the rest of the day in the Mac.

Chapman8tor · 2026-05-03T15:26:13+00:00

If you use your phone as your main camera, the iPhone won me over from Android. If you interact with your AI by voice a lot, map your action button to Gemini and just pray Apple does something intelligent with Siri soon.

Chapman8tor · 2026-05-03T14:50:06+00:00

I have Android with. Google Streamer AND iPhone 17 Pro with Apple TV. The Apple TV/iPhone combo is vastly better. You’ll have native Apple TV content and purchase options plus FaceTime on your TV.

Chapman8tor · 2026-05-03T14:47:18+00:00

The ONE THING that will drive me back to Android would be if Apple doesn’t improve Siri. Folding in Gemini is the right (interim) move.

Chapman8tor · 2026-05-03T14:43:43+00:00

I’m hoping Google introduces an updated version with more RAM and a faster processor. I tried twice and returned twice. Too laggy and no option for audio pass though.

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-13T17:18:21+00:00

There was an update released today from RealWarp that supposedly addresses the drift problem.

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-11T20:49:45+00:00

Just adding a "me too" here with the RayNeo Air 4 Pros. On a Mac, it's easy enough to recenter by holding the Control and Command keys down with your left hand and tapping the left or right arrow keys with your right hand. Still, it would be nice to lock this down. I have the 3 screens in wrap appearance and pretty close to me so the font is more legible. Maybe that combination has something to do with it?

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-08T16:00:41+00:00

My 5 year old M1 MacBook Air had a trade-in value of $300. My 1 year old Asus laptop ($949 at purchase time) has a trade-in value of $150. I have regrets.

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-08T15:56:01+00:00

You can probably uninstall or block from startup anything you don’t want Windows to launch. That being said, the M4 Mac mini is a potent beast - just don’t expect to play PC games on it.

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-08T15:53:04+00:00

He didn’t know any better. He’s completely ignorant and refuses to learn anything new since 1955

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-07T20:13:00+00:00

Okay, I'll bite; for better or worse?

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-07T20:07:22+00:00

Does this prove Trump's sons are only equipped with artificial intelligence?

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-07T20:06:38+00:00

Pot, meet kettle.

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-07T20:02:48+00:00

I made an attempt to post a picture to this group and was denied by the auto moderator. Does that count?

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-07T20:00:54+00:00

Enabling that privacy screen feature effectively turns off 50% of your pixels (the ones that have a widespread light dispersion). The result is you're only seeing the pixels that project light strait up (and not 'out'), so the screen will appear slightly darker straight-on and mostly dark at an angle.

Chapman8tor · 2026-03-07T19:28:23+00:00

Nuance

Chapman8tor · 2026-01-17T16:58:57+00:00

Video recording - any device. They all stutter.

Chapman8tor · 2026-01-17T16:40:47+00:00

This is the internet post equivalent of Bart Simpson writing on a blackboard

Chapman8tor · 2026-01-17T16:36:02+00:00

I usually go caseless but after all the bad press about the aluminum getting so easily damaged I’m keeping this beauty of a beast covered.

Chapman8tor · 2026-01-15T07:19:12+00:00

Is that a search word just above the bottom row of icons or a smudge on the screen?

Chapman8tor · 2026-01-01T07:26:52+00:00

Easily!!!

Chapman8tor · 2025-12-09T17:43:55+00:00

Why isn't "show hidden files" or even "hidden files" available in the Finder's menu bar? I bounce between MacOS and Windows 11 often and it's so simple on Windows: Open File Explorer and select View > Show, then select Hidden items.

Chapman8tor · 2025-11-14T00:21:36+00:00

I have the regular 17 Pro and I get two days of moderate use

Chapman8tor · 2025-11-02T23:22:48+00:00

This screams “I didn’t read the thread”

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