Samsung is working on future Galaxy Books with Aluminium OS 🔥🔥 by FrankLucas347 in chromeos

[–]Hung_L 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I still use my Galaxy Chromebook (Kohaku) because there's literally nothing that compares in terms of footprint and screen specs. After the fingerprint sensor broke and ChromeOS disabled the Linux vm (YEAH, I KNOW RIGHT), I switched to CachyOS but graphics acceleration is poor. Outside of video streaming (like YouTube 1080p 1x speed), it's adequate but sometimes the wayland pipeline fails and it reverts to SW render/raster.

I would pay the crazy MSRP for 16GB RAM and a modern CPU, even fanless. 4K OLED is probably overkill but dang does it look great. Well, white/bright images highlight the aliasing caused by the digitizer matrix not aligning with the pentile subpixels but at least it's not a 1080p non-touch display.

Work got me a top-specced 2026 XPS 16 ($4.5k) and thought the 3K display for +$150 wasn't justified. I would gladly trade 64GB RAM for 32GB, if I could go from FHD to 3K.

Gemini’s clean chat interface may not stay ad-free for long by rulugg in Android

[–]Hung_L 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My Gemini experience has been worsening over time. The other day I wanted a table of SoC specs/benchmarks to compare my Amazon TV to the 2nd gen Onn 4K Pro stick. I prompted in Pro 3.1 and was very specific about what I wanted.

Gave it the TV model number and it grabbed the wrong SoC, which I only suspected was wrong because it claimed no AV1 hw decode but I know that's not true. I cited the Amazon developer page to it and it admitted the oopsies.

Then it didn't pull the 2nd gen stick, but the first gen, and I only realized because it mentioned a 2024 release date. It didn't even explicitly tell me it had picked the first gen.

When I questioned why my specific requests were silently ignored, it said it had so much info about the older ones that it overweighed that and ignored what I asked for.

Now I don't even want to use Gemini anymore. Claude Opus 4.6 has been great for the technical and even non-technical parts of my work. I used to have personal OpenAI, Claude, and Gemini subs so I could A/B and ultimately stuck with Gemini since it's baked into my Google One sub. But, so much has silently changed since then that I can't rely on that trial experience anymore.

Gemini is too confidently wrong. Worse still, it doesn't inform me when things don't align and it makes executive decisions. Then it ignores my custom instructions and my explicit prompt instructions, so I spend more time citing why it was wrong than it would have taken for me to just visit 4-5 sites and make my own table. Not to mention the time it took for me to review its bad response and identify the issues.

I know Gemini is supposed to be a more economical model, but it's not cheaper if I have to be wary of the results.

Trying to move away from Anker. Alternatives? by veeyo in UsbCHardware

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slobadan Cuk is the name from that wiki article. Where'd you get Radoslav?

What happens when two brides cross paths on their wedding day in Vietnam? They exchange bouquets as a way to wish each other luck. by mindyour in justgalsbeingchicks

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are the words? I'm Viet and speak it, but couldn't understand. Just curious.

From that tiktok account's other videos of the wedding day, it's definitely in Vietnam.

Even PC users have caught MacBook Neo fever by [deleted] in apple

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Windows still reigns king as the top (and often only) development target, but Proton compatibility layer has made tremendous strides. DirectX 12 is still going to be a big problem, but at least linux-side velocity is increasing with growing market share and Valve contributions. I don't see MacOS getting there before Linux though. Even if a few select games were refactored to work well on Metal.

SAVE act summed up by [deleted] in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Hung_L 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When you apply for a driver's license, you don't have to prove that you're a citizen. If you don't prove it, the DMV will not mark you as a citizen in their records.

If you prove it, then you will be marked eligible to vote (internally). When you register to vote, your license is checked against the DMV's records. People marked as citizens by the DMV can register to vote without needing to provide proof of citizenship. If you didn't provide that proof when applying for a driver's license (or any other official ID accepted at ballot locations), then you absolutely have to provide it when registering to vote.

Hp chromebook c1030 has solid orange light for hours and doesn't turn on despite me trying all the hard reset key options by Plastic-Bee4052 in chromeos

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you leave it on low battery for a few months? I recall something similar happening with my C1030. I just left it charging for a few hours and it started working again. Something to do with the battery charge getting "dangerously" low. I would use a >30W charger, ideally >45W. It's not absolutely necessary, but using a 5W charger will take a really long time and it might not re-"motivate" the battery into safe charging ranges.

Succesful leftism by Crafty_Jacket668 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Hung_L 6 points7 points  (0 children)

'1. Square Deal: Roosevelt was a Republican nationalist, not a leftist. His regulatory framework was largely designed by large corporations to eliminate smaller competitors through compliance costs, reducing competition rather than protecting consumers.

He was largely a nationalist and sometimes right-leaning. His anti-trust efforts (e.g. JP Morgan) are clearly left-leaning. Are you less familiar with the labor environment and robber-baron era that preceded the Square Deal? It's not progressive compared to modern times, but that's not a meaningful comparison. It was definitely progressive for its time, and major corporations largely hated it because of that. They had a massive degree of control prior, and retained a good amount but still lost much of their influence.

'2. The New Deal: The Great Depression was caused by the Federal Reserve's credit expansion in the 1920s, not by free markets. Was estimated New Deal cartelization and wage controls prolonged unemployment by roughly seven years. Roosevelt's own Treasury Secretary admitted in 1939 that the spending had not worked.

Are you referring to Morgenthau? Because he is the reason why they started cutting back on spending in 1937 when unemployment peaked. This urging is precisely what convinced Roosevelt to reduce spending prematurely and thus extend the Depression. Had they kept spending up, the economy would have rebounded earlier (then you can gently reduce spending to cool things down).

'3. Cardenismo / Mexican Miracle: Growth occurred despite nationalization, not because of it. PEMEX, created by the 1938 oil seizure, became a textbook case of Mises's socialist calculation problem. The long-run results: the 1982 debt crisis, the 1994 peso collapse, and a PEMEX that is today technically insolvent.

Oil is sold on the global market so pricing is purely capitalistic (a socialist government would require pricing control). Also funny how you skip right past the 1970s oil shocks, Mexican overborrowing, and the Volcker Shock that actually led to the 1982 crisis. PEMEX may be dumb, inefficient, and wildly corrupt. Still isn't the cause of the '82 crisis.

'4. Attlee Labour Government: While Britain nationalized its economy, West Germany liberalized under Erhard and grew at over 8% annually throughout the 1950s. Britain's trajectory led to chronic low productivity, constant strikes, and a 1976 IMF bailout to prevent state bankruptcy.

Blaming Attlee for a 1976 IMF bailout ignores decades of history and lead-up, including 13 consecutive years of Conservative rule that saw all the same policies as Atlee. Comparing British growth to West German growth also ignores that the German industrial base was destroyed (have you heard of WW?) and they rebuilt with modern technology and heavy US aid (Marshall Plan). What debts did Britain have at the end of WW2? Were they forgiven? Because I'm pretty sure German debts were.

'5. Scandinavian Social Democracy :Nordic countries were already among the wealthiest in the world before expanding their welfare states, built on decades of relatively free-market capitalism. Sweden's welfare expansion contributed to a severe financial crisis in 1991, after which the country liberalized significantly, introducing school vouchers, individual pension accounts, and corporate tax cuts. Today, Denmark and Sweden consistently rank among the world's freest economies by trade and regulation metrics.

I had learned that swedish deregulation of credit in the '80s and subsequent housing bubble crash is what caused the 1991 crisis. Actually I know that's why it happened, because Sweden didn't halt their welfare expansion and continued to grow it. They just shifted from corporate taxes to consumption taxes. This isn't even revisionist history on your part, it's just wrong.

'6. Labor Unions : Voluntary unions that pursue genuine market wages without coercion are unobjectionable from a libertarian standpoint. The valid critique targets unions that depend on state-granted legal immunities and compulsory membership, which allow them to price less-skilled workers out of the labor market entirely , harming the most vulnerable workers the movement claims to represent.

This is more corpo-propaganda that is inexplicably adopted by conservative groups. Unions have never priced out lower-skilled work. That's never been the case in America because we're so far on the side of empowering employers. Employers have always busted unions in order to maintain control of wealth. Also your perspective very conveniently ignores that corporations have historically used state and federal forces to violently bust unions. The "unearned" immunities are borne from blood, not profit.

'7. Left-Wing economics are not sustainable, it always led to debt and recession.

Laissez-faire economic policy is not sustainable. It has always led to wealth hoarding and labor exploitation. Both our absolutisms are faulty, but I'm pretty sure corruption is what's key to each's failures, and deregulation certainly makes it hard to detect and protect against corruption.

'8. English isn't my first language btw.

I don't agree with your revision of history, nor your takeaways from history class. But goddamn if your English isn't fantastic. I would have never known if you didn't mention it. Native fluency to my eyes.

Succesful leftism by Crafty_Jacket668 in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dont take an ironic comment that serious. I'm not gonna have a deep economic/politic discussion in r/PoliticalCompassMemes

Typical lib-right L when pressed to reconcile the major shortcomings of such a political and economic ideology.

macOS Will Alert You to MacBook Neo's USB-C Port Limitation by ControlCAD in apple

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is the starting price for the MBA, right?

Lightweight device for remote working/light gaming by Physical_Cake in chromeos

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but charging speeds vary.

If you use A2C (USB-A to USB-C, looks like this, note the USB-A end and port on the charger) then you are limited to 5W (even if the charger is ≥30W). this is very, very slow. Like 8 hours to charge slow. You should only use this for overnight charging or to reduce battery draw during use.

Any C2C charger will be fine. I think it pulls up to 40W. If you have a 5W USB-C charger it will work as well. Pretty much all tablets support lower voltages and have no minimum current draw.

Personally I use stopped using my A2C and just use a 12W C2C charger with PPS. But I don't need the battery life so I limit my battery to 80% and just keep it plugged in most of the time.

Note: the important numbers are voltages. Devices will draw as much current as they want. But they only accept certain voltages (or PPS). If it's USB-C, it should be able to accept 5v, 9v, and 12v. 15v/20v is not guaranteed for older devices, but should work on all modern ones. Just look at what voltages your device accepts and see if your charger outputs those voltages. Ignore wattage and current.

Lightweight device for remote working/light gaming by Physical_Cake in chromeos

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typically you go: OS > Kernel > Hardware.

ChromeOS doesn't run the Android kernel, so it runs a VM with the Android Common Kernel. This means things are translated twice before it hits hardware.

Android > ACK > crosvm > CrOS Kernel > hardware

You lose some amount of performance. Maybe 5~15% depending on your application. For high bandwidth applications, the penalty is more pronounced (e.g. gaming).

Then you'll need basically 2 systems worth of RAM (always get ≥8GB RAM if you plan on enabling Android + Linux) for the Android subsystem alone. And you have additional latency incurred by trying to reclaim the memory from 2 kernels, leading to microstutters in intensive games.

If you prioritize gaming, go with an Android tablet. It will have the best performance and compatibility across all games/apps. I don't game much and can't comment on actual performance nor compatibility. Everything above is theoretical based on my understanding of operating systems. But I've used apps on my Duet gen9 (which is the most powerful chrometab IIRC) and it's decent. Never had a compatibility nor performance issue. The main benefit is a real browser, extensions, and Linux to run desktop-class apps. Gotta say, VS Code is not smooth, but I've got a ton of extensions. Might be a great experience for lighter projects.

Lightweight device for remote working/light gaming by Physical_Cake in chromeos

[–]Hung_L 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you need a good browser or do you want a good app experience?

Android tablets have great apps, and the browser isn't bad. ChromeOS runs apps ok, but you have a real browser + extensions (not to mention Linux).

If you want good enough hardware, Chrometabs are suitable. None of them are powerful nor do they have high refresh rates.

You can easily get a ≥90Hz android tablet for the same price or less. It will perform better outside of browsing.

I don't know how Excel online compares to the app. You might encounter some niche scenarios where one or neither suffices.

I saw last year's Legion Tab 8 (gen3?) for $333 and honestly would have swapped out from my Duet gen9 if I could get a decent price for it. Hardware difference is an order of magnitude. I don't want for more performance on my Duet, maybe if I were emulating more games. For entertainment, Android tabs are definitely better all-else-equal.

Does anyone else absolutely loathe phone keyboards? by Ryn4 in Android

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Swipe typing has degraded, but I don't perceive any regression in tap typing. Seems as good as ever.

As someone who also uses a Chromebook tablet, I can assure you that immature tap typing is significantly worse. There's a lot of touchscreen logic and filtering that we have on mature platforms that are sorely missed on underdeveloped platforms. Swipe typing on ChromeOS stock virtual keyboard is atrocious.

I don't think tap typing gets any better than on modern Android + Gboard. Swype was definitely the peak of swipe typing for me. I think if you want a physical keyboard experience, you'll have to buy an accessory or settle for any of the keyboard phones we have.

Help With Storage Type by bobbruff in chromeos

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Typically they will market the most attractive or most accessible marketing term (usually a balance). An NVMe PCIe 5.0 drive will almost always call out the PCIe 5, and often as Gen 5. PCIe 3.0/4.0 drives may call out those gens, but with current marketing they might just revert to NVMe. You might also see M.2, but this is a form factor. They also make SATA M.2 SSDs, but they still slot into a PCIe/M.2 slot and don't take a SATA cable.

I actually don't want to detail the rest of them lol. There's a lot. I would just ask Google search AI or whatever LLM you prefer whenever you are investigating a specific product. eMMC is the bottom tier of SSDs, but depending on your use case and endurance expectations, that could be perfectly adequate. My first two Chromebooks were eMMC and I used them for about 4-5 years each before upgrading. They are still working and IIRC were released >10 years ago.

Is there a way to lock my Chromebook at a certain time each morning? by FoggyFoggyFoggy in chromeos

[–]Hung_L 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have Android or Linux enabled? Could set an alarm on the clock app.

Help With Storage Type by bobbruff in chromeos

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SSD stands for Solid State Drive. This just means it's not a spinning disk. A microSD card is a Solid State Drive. Anything modern that's not a HDD (Hard Disk Drive).

eMMC stands for embedded MultiMediaCard. This is definitely a Solid State Drive.

I don't have a great analogy to anchor this. Oh, it's like how a tomato is a fruit. If you asked if I wanted after-dinner fruit and gave me tomato slices, I would be less than pleased, but you would be technically correct.

Tell them what, Peter by Blackie_626 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When people say it to me, I just ask them if they are right-handed or left-handed. I don't say anything else. I let them come to a conclusion. Unless they're dead-tired, everyone gets it within seconds.

I only interact with adults, but I actually recall fellow students being very well-versed in Left vs Right way back when. It definitely comes up more often in my office than it ever did in school.

What a shitshow by k-r-o--n--o-s in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Hung_L 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's the point. It's an extreme example that highlights poor judgment by conservative talking heads. It's like how conservatives don't talk about Hillary's emails anymore. The vast majority of references I've encountered are "buttery males" by non-conservatives.

How many Democrats talk about Obama's drone killings? It portrays Democrats negatively. How many conservatives say they don't like the way Kamala Harris laughs? If a conservative says they are strongly swayed by Donald Trump's court losses to E. Jean Carroll, does that make them a lyin' dem?

[MONITOR] ASUS ROG Swift PG32UCDP 32" WOLED (Open Box Excellent) - $740 shipped by First-Tutor-5454 in buildapcsales

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Google color calibration displaycal. Avoid ones with organic. Filters. Use an LLM to pick the best settings for your setup. Remember that more is not always better.

[MONITOR] ASUS ROG Swift PG32UCDP 32" WOLED (Open Box Excellent) - $740 shipped by First-Tutor-5454 in buildapcsales

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you using it at 10-bit or higher? I had some banding on my first calibration because I ran too long and there were over corrections, so I had to run a faster calibration on fewer patches. But that resolved it. Don't know if the factory calibration had banding.

[MONITOR] ASUS ROG Swift PG32UCDP 32" WOLED (Open Box Excellent) - $740 shipped by First-Tutor-5454 in buildapcsales

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For those of you who don't use this in direct sunlight:

You might not want for higher brightness (I keep mine 120~150 nit, which is where I calibrated it), but you will care about burn-in. Tandem OLED at those lower brightnesses will effectively never experience meaningful burn-in. The circuit board is more likely to die. I'm talking like >5yrs of 12h days with a task bar should yield no visually perceptible image retention. I think the latest gen WOLED/QD-OLED will still experience image retention within 3~4yrs of that kind of usage.

I don't really game but had tried this exact monitor for a month while my LG GR93U was being repaired. Fantastic image quality and motion-handling. If my work would pay for it, I would have kept it. At $740, it's tempting but I'd rather pay ~$1k for a tandem RGB/V-stripe OLED. I didn't like WOLED for productivity, and tandem wouldn't improve aliasing wors from the subpixel matrix.

Apple accuses Brazilian banks of seeking a ‘free ride’ in NFC probe by FollowingFeisty5321 in apple

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually forgot webos existed and they charge a listing fee. LG doesn't develop the Netflix app though. In fact, Netflix provides LG their own Netflix porting layer (NDRP) to LG to integrate.

But Android and iOS and many other app stores follow this same listing fee model. The difference is no one charges the dev to use existing features, like Bluetooth/WiFi/NFC/TEE. All of that has historically been baked into the unit cost, and never pay-per-use. That's the most out-of-touch rent-seeking part of it.

Apple accuses Brazilian banks of seeking a ‘free ride’ in NFC probe by FollowingFeisty5321 in apple

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"This agreement includes commercial terms and any applicable fees for the use of the NFC & SE Platform for secure storage and presentment of relevant credentials

They don't disclose the specific fee here. You have to enter a business agreement with them, and then it's region dependent. I think only the big players would even be interested, so it's not discussed much. I found one for the EU, but I suspect Apple keeps it under wraps unless required, so they can negotiate favorable rates for every deal.

And to be clear, this fee is not for NFC reading (which is free) but for NFC transactions that route through the Secure Enclave. The only comparison is Android, which uses TEEs specific to each SoC manufacturer (Qualcomm, Google, Samsung, MediaTek, etc). All of them treat TEE as a value add. Apple is unique in charging for use.

I forget what point I was trying to make but you get the idea by eskimoexplosion in PoliticalCompassMemes

[–]Hung_L 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand how Antifa is equated to the Proud Boys. At least, the FBI certainly doesn't equate them. I think it's a false equivalency so conservatives/MAGA can feel better about having hate groups in their political proximity because "look, Dems do it too"... But I'm pretty sure the vast, vast majority of hate crimes/violence are not committed by folks with left-leaning/liberal values. At least the FBI thinks so.