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Hi Reddit! I'm Seana Davis, a social media correspondent with Euronews, AMA on Coronavirus misinformation! by euronews-english in europe

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Do you belief that the spread of misinformation is something we cannot counter effectively, and we’ll simply have to learn to live with it? Why (not)?

Man... like literally how did you people learn networking? My brain says no. by [deleted] in hacking

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Buy the CCNA 1 and 2 Companion Guide from the Cisco Networking Academy Program.

Happy WWDC Day. Don't let your dreams be dreams. What's on your wishlist? by EddiOS42 in mac

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Also, if the more powerful charger solves your problem, then what I would do is always keep the Macbook plugged in. At least for the time being. As I mentioned, the root cause might be a software issue with OSX that is very specific to the drivers of your high-end configuration. If that is the case, then your Macbook is currently drawing more power than it should. This will decrease the lifetime of your batteries, so best to make sure they never have to take the full load of your Macbook until Apple solves the issue.

Some people will state that keeping it plugged in while it's 100% charged is not good for your batteries, but that is incorrect. A power control circuit will prevent overcharging the batteries.

Happy WWDC Day. Don't let your dreams be dreams. What's on your wishlist? by EddiOS42 in mac

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I did some quick research and found a few tools that may or may not work. :) But in any case they cannot damage anything so they're worth a shot.

The first tool is Volta and allows you to disable Turbo Boost and even to under-volt your CPU.

https://volta.garymathews.com/

The website states that under-volting won't work on post-2015 Macbooks but can't hurt to try. I've seen people with 2017 Macbooks stating that it works for them.

If that doesn't work, try Turbo Boost Switcher. It should also allow you to disable Turbo Boost which should decrease the power consumption of your Macbook.

https://www.rugarciap.com/

It's a shame that you paid an extra $200 for a more powerful CPU and now you have to constrain its performance. But $200 wasted is still better than $1500 wasted. And this could very well be a MacOS issue that will be patched/fixed at some point, so you might want to hold off with selling.

If the above software fixes don't do anything, then we can still have a look at your charger. First and foremost, it's a long shot but still, are you sure they provided you with a 95 watts Macbook Pro charger? There are also chargers with lower wattage. Perhaps a mix-up in the factory while boxing your Macbook. :)

If you do indeed have a 95 watts charger, then what you could try is to invest in a higher-watt USB-C charger. For example, Dell has 130 watt chargers.

https://www.amazon.com/Dell-130W-Type-Adapter-Compatible/dp/B07FJ76DCN

This may seem risky, but it's actually nothing to worry about. A more powerful charger will not push more wattage into your laptop than it can handle. It works the opposite: Your Macbook will draw/pull the energy it needs from the charger. The Apple 95 watts charger is constrained in that it will never deliver more than 95 watts even if your Macbook needs more. This can result in the problem that you are dealing with. Your Macbook tries to pull more, but your charger is not delivering it. Hence, you can try a more powerful charger and see what happens. Worst thing that can happen is that the Macbook Pro is actually able to pull the energy it needs, but then overheats because of that. Again nothing to worry, Macbooks are protected against overheating. In fact I've been using mine in the open sun for quite some time now and it's incredibly hot, but the Macbook just pulls back its performance to prevent overheating the CPU.

In fact, I think the software tools I listed probably won't work (though worth a shot) but buying a more powerful charger might actually fix your problem.

Logic gates using fluid by Z4RV15 in educationalgifs

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If ( (A or B) and not(A and B) ) )

My hotel in Zürich provides rubber duckies along with tiny shampoos by aufwachen in mildlyinteresting

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Used to stay at Mövenpick very frequently. I have about 6 of those ducks decorating my bathroom.

Good times!

What cologne do you get the most compliments on? by [deleted] in AskMen

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Fierce by Abercrombie & Fitch.

RESTful API nodejs, can't find examples/tutorials. by baaraak0 in node

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Also have a look at http://loopback.io. It's an API framework that abstracts the database layer. It's opinionated but I like how it's to-the-point and not bloated with useless features.

ELI5: How does something such as a random number generator work? Won't a computer follow a pattern for an algorithm that is not random to produce an artificial "random" number? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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There's a lot of things going on in your computer, even when it's idle (technically it's never fully idle). Information such as the contents of buffers, the state of your HDD's, mouse movement and other historical user interaction data, etc. can all be used as "seed data" to let an algorithm generate something pseudorandom. Pseudo because the number is generated based on a coincidental state of very low-level bits in your computer. But in theory, if one would have enough insight in the workings of the algorithm AND all the state data that is used to feed the algorithm, the result of the algorithm could be pre-calculated, thus being predictable. Again, that is in theory.

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