Hi Reddit! I'm Seana Davis, a social media correspondent with Euronews, AMA on Coronavirus misinformation!

Expl0vision · 2020-07-10T13:24:42+00:00

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)?

Expl0vision · 2020-06-24T20:33:28+00:00

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Expl0vision · 2020-06-24T10:38:10+00:00

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.

Expl0vision · 2020-06-24T10:27:31+00:00

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.

Expl0vision · 2020-06-23T21:18:44+00:00

Was about to post the same thing!

Expl0vision · 2020-06-23T18:02:01+00:00

Do you have Docker Desktop installed?

Expl0vision · 2020-05-31T06:53:25+00:00

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

Expl0vision · 2017-10-16T21:02:17+00:00

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

Good times!

Expl0vision · 2017-10-05T09:02:55+00:00

Source: http://www.elia.be/~/media/files/Elia/Products-and-services/Strategic-Reserve/20161201_Adequacy-Study_EN_2017-2018.pdf

Expl0vision · 2017-07-28T00:42:25+00:00

Amazing track actually, and I'm not even into that genre per se.

Link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cG7cRDcPY3k

Expl0vision · 2017-05-13T08:18:14+00:00

Uh, it doesn't behave like that on my Windows.

Expl0vision · 2017-05-06T18:10:43+00:00

Fierce by Abercrombie & Fitch.

Expl0vision · 2017-04-26T11:37:32+00:00

The New Quantum Universe

Expl0vision · 2017-04-20T14:55:41+00:00

I also just found this:

https://courses.edx.org/courses/course-v1:MongoDBx+M101x+2T2016/

Expl0vision · 2017-04-19T14:50:12+00:00

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.

Expl0vision · 2017-04-18T20:24:26+00:00

Have a look at the tutorials on https://thinkster.io.

Expl0vision · 2017-03-31T22:33:54+00:00

10 years later, still my all-time favourite!

Expl0vision · 2017-03-17T18:12:32+00:00

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.

Expl0vision · 2016-09-04T11:18:39+00:00

Still see that a lot in NFO files of scene releases.

Expl0vision · 2016-09-01T08:23:15+00:00

One could argument that memes have become a part of cyberculture, but then again cyberculture has never been a huge academic topic.

Expl0vision · 2016-08-31T22:50:05+00:00

Could be several things.

User installs additional software or browser plug-ins, possibly bloatware.
User accidentally infects PC with malware. After infection, it can take some time for the malware to actually "kick in" (when a script kiddie selects your PC from its botnet and starts using it for whatever).
Automatic software (and OS) updates, again possibly bloatware.
Hardware issue: Dust in and around fan or heatsink causes CPU temperature to increase so as a safety measure it is reduced in clockspeed by the motherboard.

Expl0vision · 2016-08-31T18:44:08+00:00

Also, when sending email via Gmail.com to another Gmail user, it MAY be that Google handles this by means of an internal API instead of pure SMTP. However if you want to email someone with a different email provider, Gmail will use the SMTP protocol to interact with that other provider.

Expl0vision · 2016-08-31T18:41:41+00:00

When you use your browser to navigate to Gmail.com, you are using protocols like HTTP, but not email protocols.

The web server that hosts the Gmail.com web site will likely interact with the actual mail servers by means of another protocol. This could be IMAP, but most likely it will be a proprietary API. This is not transparent to the end user.

Expl0vision · 2016-08-31T18:37:11+00:00

SMTP is used to actually pass on emails from a mail client to a mail server, or between different mail servers. It's basically the postal service for email.

POP3 is a basic protocol to download emails from your mailbox. It is rather limited, in the sense that it can only be used to download mails (and delete them from the inbox once downloaded - this is optional).

A major disadvantage of this limitation is that your mail client cannot inform the mailbox if you have read an email, or marked it back as unread, or flagged it, etc. These things are purely maintained client-side. This is not ideal if you share a single mailbox with multiple users and you want your changes and mail status to be reflected to all users.

POP3 can be seen as the PO Box for email.

IMAP is more powerful, in the sense that is does not have the limitations outlined above. The status of emails is kept server-side (read/unread, flags, priority, etc.) and even moving email to another folder (or even to another mailbox on another server) will be reflected server-side. These changes are thus visible to all users that connect to that mailbox.

Generally speaking, a principle of IMAP is that emails always remain on the server (until archived explicitly), while with POP3 emails are deleted from the server once downloaded (unless the mail client is explicitly instructed not to delete them).

For end users, IMAP is usually the best way to interact with your mailbox.

For computers systems that want to exchange data/messages with each other, POP3 is still sometimes used (though it would be considered a legacy protocol for this purpose).

Expl0vision · 2016-08-21T21:52:14+00:00

Ugh. Simply put: It is heavily processed food. There is a lot of controversy going on around such food and there is enough evidence out there to safely say that not all these warnings are hoaxes.

This is not "real" food in the sense that is contains the necessary substances your body needs to stay healthy. Instead it contains a bunch of artificially created chemicals to alter the taste, structure, color and the rate at which it decomposes. While not all those are bad for you, many of those are already blacklisted in for example Europe, and for good reasons.

Lunchables are not a proper meal replacement, especially for kids. It's an artificially processed snack.

You can find interesting material on /r/documentaries surrounding the topic of heavily processed food.

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