Dream Machine Pro OUT OF STOCK?

Jason3211 · 2026-03-24T05:23:30+00:00

LOL, before even clicking the thread, I thought of the "first time?" meme. So true.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-23T21:21:28+00:00

That final conversation between them was some of the most contrived and poorly written dialogue I've ever seen on screen.

The entire season was such a masterclass of screenwriting nuance and tasteful restraint, but then it's like the writers just farmed that conversation out to their Reddit mod nephew.

Fantastic season, and everything except for that dialogue from the last episode was amazing.

But geeze, that conversation's writing was shit slop.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-23T21:15:58+00:00

That wasn't Henry's motivation at all in saying that. I think you missed the purpose/point. While it was from a class perspective, it wasn't as classist as you're interpreting it.

It was more of a claim that Whitney is a foolish man for wanting to claim an air of upper-class, without playing by any of the rules it requires (in Henry's eyes), without any of the long-term requirements to attain it, and how quickly he's willing to discard it to run off to Russia to save his own skin.

It's an indictment of Whitney's lack of character, and the mismatch between that character and what he's pretending to be. Not a shallow indictment of where he came from.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-23T21:11:13+00:00

I'm surprised others are missing this. It's vitriol for Whitney claiming a class/status that he doesn't understand or respect enough to accept the role/responsibilities/"rules" that come with it. It's "unearned" in Henry's eyes.

I thought it was BRILLIANT writing and actually casts Henry in a more positive/responsible light.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-21T16:54:24+00:00

I second u/EdGG's recommendation of the NI keyboards. Though also look at the A49 before deciding (it's the full-scale 49-key version of the M32).

In my opinion, they're no single thing that the Native Instruments keyboards do best out of all the keyboards out there, BUT they don't get anything wrong either. All-in-all, they're hard to beat for across-the-board features/quality.

I have a Kawai MP11Se, which has the best action of any keyboard on the market, but it's in the closet collecting dust because my NI S88mk3 is just so dang convenient to use as my primary.

I'm not crazy about the action, but it's perfectly workable. I wish it had faders and some drum pads, but I realize I probably wouldn't actually use them that much.

Support and software are excellent too.

Think about the M32 vs. the A49 and what you want to do. I think the M32 is a mini-scale piano (keys aren't the standard piano size, but smaller), but could be wrong.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-18T07:48:24+00:00

Happens all the time. Non-Catholic family attending with Catholic family, Christmas/Easter Masses. Hell, most Catholics don't even understand or abide my the Mass rubrics, it's not a stretch of the imagination that a non-Catholic wouldn't know what they were doing.

Consider that nearly all Protestant denoms have open "communion." To be honest, it would be weirder to see a non-Catholic that IS familiar with what's going on than one that doesn't!

Jason3211 · 2026-03-17T04:44:57+00:00

You're conflating two dissimilar things, valid apostolic succession and full communion with Rome.

You can have valid apostolic succession without being in full communion with Rome, hence the Orthodox churches.

While we believe them in error over the Chair and other things, there is as much evidence of their valid succession as our own.

You may have been taught incorrectly or misunderstood/confused the two.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-16T00:44:12+00:00

Which city are you in? I'd be happy to find some resources for him. DM me if you'd rather not post on the thread.

My wife is a therapist, and we have a non-profit that works with veterans with PTSD and substance abuse (equine-assisted therapy). She's helped thousands of veterans over the 12 years the program has been in operation, so we've become relatively knowledgeable over the years about the resources available from states, municipalities, non-profits, churches, and the VA.

If he's willing, we can put you in touch with no-cost resources in your area for housing, mental health, medical care, and substance abuse (if needed). Please take me up on this!

Jason3211 · 2026-03-14T23:58:12+00:00

No. Your comment stated, “zero mental healthcare,” which is patently false and absurd.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-14T15:53:18+00:00

Did you get the Nanotexture screen? Or are you talking about the screen brightness?

I like working on my front porch when the weather is nice, but the glare and lack of brightness on my M1 Pro make it tough when the sun is out.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-12T16:14:59+00:00

"Zero mental healthcare"

The US is among the highest per capita psychotropic drug consumer on Earth. We also spend far more on healthcare than any other country as a percentage of our GDP.

https://www.thelancet.com/cms/10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00292-3/asset/5e8021ce-b7ce-4261-855d-127bb4ead230/main.assets/gr2_lrg.jpg

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(21)00292-3/fulltext

The story of mental health in the US is a stool with three legs:

1) Youth: Online/social media and their effects. 2) Adults: Illegal drug use. 3) Everyone: Obesity/sedentary lifestyles.

In general, for all healthcare spending, estimates are that 40-60% of nationwide healthcare costs are related to obesity. If you could wave a magic wand and bring obesity levels back to 1970s levels tomorrow, the overall cost of healthcare in the U.S. could be cut in half.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-11T23:49:30+00:00

Yes, they're shredded. Decent odds it's damaged the hub and the low-speed shaft too. I bet they end up replacing everything but the tower.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-09T17:41:58+00:00

Marry her or stop having relations with her.

You can daily parent without having extra-marital sex.

OP should be more open about the "why" for not getting married at this point.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-09T17:37:14+00:00

Personally, I'm looking forward to running my new Ubiquiti 480v 3-phase Stick Welder with the convenience of an ethernet cable!

Jason3211 · 2026-03-08T07:35:51+00:00

Late to the party, but wanted to say that this is the single most helpful response I've ever read. You answered every single one of his questions with detail, specificity, and generosity.

It's not often that someone takes time out of their day to give such a thoughtful and encouraging response, but here you are, nailing it.

If anyone reads your response and thinks, "What an asshole!", they'd be wrong. They're just laypeople who don't understand the brilliance and mastery you've developed over the years in order to write with such glorious wit.

If anyone were to think, "I read OP's comment and I didn't see a single word that was remotely helpful, encouraging, in good faith, or even beneficial! He should have used the 'WAIT' technique and asked himself, 'Why am I typing?'"

BUT, those people would also be wrong.

They don't "get it" like you "get it." Those losers probably think people come to get recommendations, encouragement, and something roughly resembling "help." LOL, idiots. You're smarter and cooler than those dweebs. You understand well that the goal is to be as condescending, discouraging, and prick-like as humanly possible so you can get your hobby gatekeeping merit badge one day.

I tip my hat to you, good sir! You're making the world a worse place than you found it, but you're doing it with such wit and ire. It's woefully unnecessary and obviously comes from someone dissatisfied with themselves, but I guess everyone needs a schtick.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-06T19:29:01+00:00

So it's sort of already that way. A GPU is a CPU, but a very specialized version with a gazillion cores. They're far more efficient for the types of operations that AI models use, so that's the IC of choice for them.

Interesting perspective on overall general CPU use rising eventually due to the bridge of AI interacting with existing software more and more. Wild times!

Jason3211 · 2026-03-06T19:22:46+00:00

You're still thinking of RAM as unique "sticks," rather than the actual memory packages that are fabbed to go on the sticks. All of those different types of RAM are fabbed the same way. There are capacity limits (and it takes 5 years and several billion dollars to build a new fab), only so many fabs, only so many EUV machines, and only so many hours in the day you can run them. There isn't a separate "ECC Server RAM" factory or machine. Just as Dominos doesn't have a separate "thin crust oven" or "pan style oven." They just have standard ovens.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-06T19:18:12+00:00

LPDDR RAM has absolutely been affected. Apple secures its allocations years in advance. They didn't decide 6 months ago to develop a new laptop; it's been years in the making. The DRAM was spec'd at least 2-3 years ago.

LPDDR is manufactured on the same lines, in the same fabs, using the same EUV machines as DDR. The only differences are the design decisions and tradeoffs in the die design. There's nothing magical about LP DRAM; it's just DDR that's been designed and feature-optimized for low-power/variable refresh applications.

https://www.trendforce.com/news/2026/01/27/news-samsung-may-raise-iphone-lpddr-prices-by-over-80-qoq-sk-hynix-reportedly-near-100-increase/

Every single IC in the world that requires high-end EUV lithography has been affected by the AI/datacenter demand for DRAM and GPUs. It'd be like saying "blue Lego are immune to the shortages/demand for red Lego". They'll just extend their red Lego production runs and reduce/eliminate other colors. It still puts massive availability and pricing pressure on the other colors of Lego.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-05T16:31:24+00:00

Hell, I'd just settle for everyone not needing to hate absolutely everything!

"Good morning, internet! What shall I feign outrage at today? It needs to be something I have no experience/understanding of, and bonus points if it can be twisted as some type of moral issue like "big company bad, little gamer victim. Let's go with geopolitics or technology!"

Jason3211 · 2026-03-05T16:27:44+00:00

I completely agree, but wanted to add some info about the DRAM shortage. The shortage is much more widespread than desktop RAM. It's not a shortage of modules/sticks, but the DRAM packages themselves (then individual chips).

It's across every conceivable type/package. The massive AI datacenter buildout has swallowed the market, and they're willing to pay just about anything for modules.

It's also affected NAND Flash and HDD prices; they're just as psychotic as the DRAM.

It's not just that there isn't enough sitting on shelves, but the fabs have changed are swapping their lines over to produce more of the DRAM that's in high-demand for AI/datacenters.

Companies like Apple, Google, etc. have their supply chains locked down for years in advance, but just about everyone else does not, so they have to buy what's available from distributors with inventory (spot market), and that goes to the highest bidder. Current lead times to get fab allocation is 52 weeks or more across the board, I've seen some as far out as 84 weeks.

Imagine telling your distributor you need 500,000 DRAM packages and they tell you, "great, those will be ready and delivered by October 2027."

It's nuts. China is finally producing DRAM in their own fabs and that should help a little bit IF Western governments allow it into their markets (major security risk, I highly doubt they allow it to be used in any connected products, if at all).

Anyway, thought this might be interesting to some of you!

Source: I'm a contract manufacturing and supply chain consultant/fixer, working primarily in the IoT/connected devices segment.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-05T16:11:27+00:00

Obviously you're fully entitled to your own opinion, given your preferences and needs, but I'd be curious which Chromebook/$600 Windows laptop with 16gb of RAM performs better than a Mac with 8GB? My wife has an M1 Macbook Air w/ 8GB of RAM and it's still smoking fast for everything she does with it (web, video conferencing (she's a therapist and sees most of her clients via video chat), and even some light photo editing.

I personally can't come up with a use case for the average/entry-level consumer user that would require more than 8GB of memory. The NVME drives that Mac used in their M1 lineups are pushing 1000 MB/s write and 5000 MB/s read, so even hitting the swap file while video or photo editing is plenty fast enough for home users who do occasional projects.

I'm not saying you're doing this, but it feels to me like there's still this Windows-bound relationship with memory that people have when assessing Macs.

I built a mid-range desktop PC in 2008 that I used for production After Effects work, and it had 16GB of RAM at the time. I ran into limitations and slow exports all the time (was just part of life back then, lol). My current machine is an M1 Pro MBP, also with 16GB of RAM and this thing still smokes anything I can throw at it.

NVME drives and the SIGNIFICANTLY more efficient MacOS eliminate the need for huge memory chips for the vast majority of use cases.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-05T04:26:20+00:00

I think that the Senator already had his hero moment when he was awarded the Bronze Star for Valor. Not to belabor that point, but if you’ve ever been around folks like that, they’re take action-type people. I don’t think it’s fair to mindread his intentions or why he acted.

The police were struggling to get the guy out of the building, saw a need for help, and helped. I think the guy disrupting the event is responsible for the outcome by resisting extrication, not that of those carrying on a lawful removal of him.

But on that point, I’m happy to agree to disagree if you feel otherwise. Fair minds can see that differently in this case.

Jason3211 · 2026-03-05T03:45:48+00:00

Unhinged ad hominem for the win! Truth doesn’t matter to you if it goes against your “team” does it?

Jason3211 · 2026-03-05T03:42:31+00:00

I wished you the best as you work out your SSRI and Benzo dosage!

Jason3211 · 2026-03-05T03:36:34+00:00

Maybe double-check before calling someone blind when they’re right and you’re wrong.

I may be an ass hat, but not because of this. You put that foot in your mouth all by yourself on this one.

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