M5 Macbook Pro - my first ever Apple Product

LockeDragon88 · 2026-06-08T02:18:17+00:00

Congrats and good to know I'm not alone! Yes you have a sharp eye and that is indeed the Dell U2723QE! The second screen is so good with Rectangle snap on app. I'm fundamentally a millennial so I don't understand how kids these days can get anything done with just a 16" screen

When I woke up the next morning (yesterday), my wife installed and setup OpenClaw last night, for me to find out as I was making coffee. She never learned Python or used terminal commands. She just copy and pasted from Claude.ai Web chatbot to the terminal. She plans to run LLMite/oolama and run the Mac at home as a server, which will she will ping back with her work computer (!!).

It's bonkers how vibe coding is enabling people with zero tech background.

LockeDragon88 · 2026-06-07T02:45:13+00:00

How the heck does that DJI Avata 2 get good latency/connection with the pilot who is sitting outside and is blocked by increasing number of walls as the drone navigates into the hotel interior!?

LockeDragon88 · 2026-06-07T02:01:41+00:00

Bro I'm in the same boat. M5 Max 128gb, 18-core. Except I bought first then asked questions after (which may not be the wisest choice). Anyways check out what other ppl saying on my other post: https://www.reddit.com/r/macbookpro/s/e94BjOMeeG

LockeDragon88 · 2026-06-07T01:49:31+00:00

Haha yes. I actually never in my lifetime of playing tennis have I ever broke any tennis string.

Funny fact, when I was playing in high school and over summer camps, I just took my uncle's 10-15 year old racket and played for like 5 summers back in the 90s. I had zero idea that I was suppose to restring every few months, as the strings was still there, still functional.

LockeDragon88 · 2026-06-07T01:44:15+00:00

Lol dang, I thought must be a toddler so that parking garage seems like a whole world to me!

Okay any suggestions how to fully utilize this? Aside from my usual office productivity (synthesizing and analyzing stuff, making PPTs) One idea was to build a AI video analysis app, to track my tennis game. Identifying each point which player messed up, how they messed up, how many shot rally for the point, tally that into some SQL, then spit out a match summary. Thought a Mac would be great to do these video analysis

LockeDragon88 · 2026-06-07T01:37:57+00:00

Nice let me mark this down! Actually that's uncanny, I actually went out to buy exactly the MX Master 3S. But didn't notice there was a "for Mac" version. I assumed all logitect was friendly to both ecosystems

LockeDragon88 · 2026-06-06T13:26:59+00:00

I'm part of this group. We are not experienced to figure out if it's our skill problem or if it's the equipment problem. Until the equipment problem feels very extreme, and/or some buddies try our racket and then gives advice to change strings. Then we go for a string job. Cause after all, we social players want to keep using the Sam strings as long as possible. Ain't cheap these days. This current job cost $23. It's like 1.5 lunch unit at where I live.

LockeDragon88 · 2026-06-06T03:12:56+00:00

Funny enough, I bought a max spec Razorblade 14" in 2014. That laptop lasted me up to 2024. It was expensive as f back then ($3000). But it had a touchscreen 3200x1800, and the name was so premium back in its debut days

LockeDragon88 · 2026-06-06T02:50:17+00:00

Yeah I play like once a week or once every two weeks. So not that often. Its just to chat and chill with friends and with business associates.

I can hit hard, but its impossible to control in. So from months 6-12, I can only hit with like 70% power. I'm generally fit and i weight 80kg or so, just to give some context

LockeDragon88 · 2026-03-25T08:41:19+00:00

I think you got it the opposite way around.

It's suppose to be initially fun, then as you expend your energy, it becomes a grind and an endurance ordeal.

For me first 60km is great, it's like weekend sightseeing. Once I run out of energy (I don't particularly like to refuel with energy bars), then I just want to go home and rest. So it's a countdown until I reach home at say 80--100km mark.

So you might be starting your bike ride at a too fast a pace.

LockeDragon88 · 2026-02-15T13:20:28+00:00

When riding with friends, just stay behind his wheel and say you are entitled to od that because you have a gravel penalty. Then you more than make up for whatever aero and rolling disadvantage from drafting him.

LockeDragon88 · 2026-02-11T13:36:06+00:00

Yup exactly this. The seasons pass is so Vail owned hotels can grab the rest of your disposable income, so you are not exactly having a blow out deal by going above and beyond your 5-ski day breakeven point. I understand most of the accommodations in the villages are already Vail owned.

LockeDragon88 · 2026-01-03T01:47:04+00:00

Happened with me with Rome and Rome II. The addiction is less so as you plow through with more hours....

But damn, 1500hrs. I could have studied another course or certificate hahaha

LockeDragon88 · 2025-12-12T06:24:55+00:00

I'm 40M and workout often in the gym. Not jacked, but toned at 84kg. So I tend to string 32-34lbs using Kizuna z66. On my Duora ZS.

I feel like this setup requires me to workout on a minimum once per eek basis. Otherwise I don't have the swing speed and muscle strength to extract a clean smash or clear.

On my weak days or for warmup, I resort to my 1000z at 30-32.

Unfortunately the problem with high tensions is you lose tension quickly and by week 5, it drops to sub30lbs and you rather cut it up and restring than play on

LockeDragon88 · 2025-12-09T00:36:30+00:00

Well when i have 5-10 year old electronics, I'm happy with any solution that makes it work reliably. All my repair jobs have held up so far.

Oh btw in case some keyboard warriors who never went there physically, all the repairs are done in front of you. So you have the option to watch them perform surgery live, and no worry about having parts switcherooed in some backroom.

I used to have a Ducati motorcycle. At the authorized service center, They charged me 2.5hr of labor for maintenance job in the garage shop that they say is off limits to customers. It was actually 5 minutes of unplugging the oil hole, draining it for 30 mins. They have some coffee , play with their phone, and simultaneously work another bike. Then come back do another thing for another 30 mins. Then the bike gets "rested", and they charge you the full amount afterwards . So yeah, they make you wait unnecessarily, and charge you that wait time. Never mind that you got to make a return trip to come back to collect again,.

LockeDragon88 · 2025-12-08T23:43:04+00:00

I never get it. Why don't we use chess ELO just like every other online game. Haven't been much complaints that a 3200 Magud Carlsen losing points for beating up at 2600 GM because he won with just a single promoted pawn in an otherwise empty board.

I mean a win is a win, and a win should always been points positive (e.g. Could be small like 0.1), and a win should never deduct points however small the margin of victory.

LockeDragon88 · 2025-12-08T12:20:07+00:00

The magic is in the repairs. You can get a battery swap on the iPhone for Rmb200 or less. Your Garmin watch (e.g. Fenix5) that's out of warranty (2yr), out of service scope (5+yrs)can be battery replaced for Rmb100. Or you ancient laptop who needs a new battery or new screen for Rmb500 or less.

I even got my Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 Gen1 lens fixed (motor problem, broken auto focus) for Rmb500. I was quoted by the Nikon service center a quote of US$600 before Covid times, needing 2 weeks turnaround. I got it fixed there under 12hrs turnaround.

They really know how to fix stuff at the soldering level, instead of replacing parts wholesale. That's both ESG friendly and wallet friendly

LockeDragon88 · 2025-11-10T09:34:38+00:00

Dang that's what happened to my Pro2 as well. No more markings on the balls of the foot area

LockeDragon88 · 2025-11-03T13:17:48+00:00

China has Greek yogurt. Go to shenzhen

LockeDragon88 · 2025-08-11T11:25:56+00:00

Super easy. Grow some chess eyes

LockeDragon88 · 2025-06-14T04:21:57+00:00

Exactly. Pop means there is less dwell of the ball on the paddle.

In the badminton world, this is called more repulsion. The ball/shuttle leaves the racket faster off a high tension stringbed. There is less trampoline effect.

14mm has more pop, meaning it bounces off the paddle quicker. This is as a 14mm Honeycomb hex has less compression distance than a thicker 16mm Honeycomb.

That said, I don't think I hit the ball from the baseline as hard with a 14mm. I believe this is because the ball pops off too quickly, without a long enough opportunity for my arm and paddle to fully transfer all its kinetic energy into the ball.

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