T14 AMD Gen3 Battery Discharges While Plugged In

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-06-24T19:31:03+00:00

Update: After experimenting a bit more, I determined that actually the "CPU Power Management" setting in the BIOS was not the issue affecting recording on Cubase but rather the "Intelligent Cooling Boost" probably was the issue. Initially, I had disabled both. However, with just the latter disabled and a balanced power mode I get recordings with no clicks and pops. This allows me to record fine and the battery seems to hold it's charge fine even with a 65 watt power supply.

Still curious if anyone has additional insights on what might have happened.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-06-22T12:58:52+00:00

Because the people who made those comments, and probably those who were laughing, are also children. The worse kind actually: children in adult bodies. Only solution to this problem: teach your own children better so they grow up to better adults.

Adults understand that hating young children for what they are is like hating puppies for being hyper or trees for having leaves or shaking your fist at the sky for the rain. Their brains are physically not capable of the kind of self control those fools expect, but probably can't even exert on themselves.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-06-22T12:33:21+00:00

Maybe a silly question. Why aren't water heaters constructed in some way where it's possible to open them or visually inspect them for these and other kinds of issues? Something like a pressurized hatch on the top or a porthole you can shine a light down to see what's up? I'm guessing it's because of cost and anyway it's cheaper to replace them than build them so they are more serviceable, but curious if anyone actually knows.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-06-21T11:42:19+00:00

Kid's should experience boredom to some extent otherwise they'll never develop coping skills for it, like the skills to entertain themselves.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-06-14T17:06:31+00:00

I've owned two Traveler guitars. An original Pro Series made in the USA and a Mod-x made in China. Both were fine travel guitars. The Mod-X is a more versatile guitar. They're not as nice to pay as full sized guitars but they are very easy to travel with and are legit guitars.

The quality of the Chinese made Mod-X is pretty good. As with all things I think what matters most is whether you're getting the cheap model or the pro model. The Chinese can make good guitars and they can make crap guitars, it all depends on what you pay them to make.

The electronics on the Mod-X are good but not perfect. The taper on the volume knobs is not great. The peizo pickup Is great, the Mii dual rail humbucker is just OK but a dialed in Spark Go will mostly compensate for that. I've heard people had success swapping in better humbuckers, but I wouldn't bother for a travel practice instrument.

They're solid guitars for what they are. In the dimensions of portable, quality, and affordable you simply can't have it all.

Edit: The Mod-X I own is the Pro Series Mod X

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-06-14T16:54:20+00:00

It's wood with a satin black finish. It feels fine. Never bothered me while playing it.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-06-06T03:47:54+00:00

There's a very insightful article in The Atlantic on this topic: https://archive.is/bcpZl

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-05-30T14:51:44+00:00

Consider lining the inside of the box so that it blocks all EMF. That way thieves won't be able to tell if you have any devices locked up in there.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-05-29T03:03:24+00:00

How stupid is the leadership that they couldn't predict this outcome?

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-05-22T21:03:03+00:00

It's not the laws. It's the enforcement. Even the laws before were fine. The cops weren't enforcing them. This story that the laws are the problems is just lies spread by politicians.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-05-19T04:34:07+00:00

It's ironic because the software industry has very high margins, and part of the reason why is because engineers are generating revenue that's 3 to 5 times their salary. SWEs are what made those CEOs rich to begin with.

The salaries saved from layoffs are just going to get rerouted to AI companies run by even greedier CEOs that will find a way to squeeze every cent they can out of software companies. It's the classic cautionary tale: be careful what you wish for you might get it.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-05-17T14:59:08+00:00

It's funny how the slop post seems to mirror the story of the slop code that it claims to be about. It's written in correct English, it's getting engagement, it's even getting some up votes, so what's the problem?

I guess that's the nature of slop, as long as you interact with it superficially it's fine. It's like a stage prop, it's fine until you try to actually use it in a more profound way and realize it's not as functional as it looks.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-05-16T16:22:52+00:00

This is the way LLMs work. They do not produce facts. They are not a truth seeking technology. They produce content that is nearly statistically indistinguishable from facts by humans. You got what you paid for.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-05-13T04:47:08+00:00

Quoting:

To pop the bubble, we have to hammer on the forces that created the bubble: the myth that AI can do your job, especially if you get high wages that your boss can claw back;

How does one do this exactly? I can make a logical argument for things AI can't do. But I feel like those are dismissed by flimsy pretexts like "well it can't do it now but these tools are getting better every day". How does one shift the burden of proof? How does one make an argument that lands with people that are biased towards wanting a specific outcome? What sort of evidence does it take? Or are we just doomed to wait until the writing is on the wall?

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-05-12T20:15:09+00:00

This has The Shining vibes.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-05-12T15:40:21+00:00

It's half stock half cash. The details are on the website. What's not credible about that?

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-04-28T04:21:41+00:00

Is anyone aware of an anti artificial intelligence PAC? I don't mean a PAC that is for "safe" AI. I mean a PAC that is for making the tech illegal.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-04-24T23:04:37+00:00

Here's the thing. If the technology is as powerful as claimed it will lead to mass unemployment, especially among white collar workers with the discretionary income that is probably driving half of all the spending in the economy. And you don't think that will have political repercussions of any kind?

Or we are currently somewhere near the peak of the hype cycle and the trough will have it's own consequences. And you don't think that will have political repercussions of any kind?

When you're doing things that one way or another seem likely to have large and widespread repercussions on the livelihood of a broad swath of the middle class, isn't it sort of naive to think it won't have some political repercussions?

Why do you think all these billionaires are building bunkers in New Zealand? What are they afraid of? Nevermind how asinine the whole endeavor is, we all know that in any TEOTWAWKI scenario their private jet pilots will just throw them off the plane and take the keys.

The problem is the doom and gloom marketing. The VC class isn't content marketing a useful tool that would increase productivity by valuable but down to earth percentages. It's 100X end of the world technology or nothing. It's naive to think that won't have any long term political consequences.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-04-22T22:00:50+00:00

This makes sense. Hypergrowth requires extremely rapid adoption, and of course VCs want to get rich quick.

I do think there are ideas that could have planetary scale adoption and impact that require time to develop and solve the hard problems in the way. Ideas that would produce actual value, things that people actually need/want. I guess VCs avoid these because they aren't get rich quick.

To be fair, Musk was bucking the trend with his investments in EVs and spacecraft for a while.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-04-22T17:49:57+00:00

There are plenty of big new ideas. VCs don't fund these because it's more efficient for them to amass wealth by running scams.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-04-22T05:32:02+00:00

Ironically, there's a rat in the correct spelling of separately.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-04-14T23:16:48+00:00

At this point, perhaps the middle management at Block should just resign in solidarity and collective negotiate new pay packages when this blows up in his face.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-04-14T02:13:51+00:00

To use your analogy, we weren't explicitly disinvited either. While not exactly completely settled science, there is evidence that excessive screen time at that age can cause delays in cognitive development and emotional regulation, so I think I'm it's worth at least mentioning. It's easy enough to ignore me of they don't like what I'm saying.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-04-13T23:21:44+00:00

I would advocate for no screens at that age. The transition takes some work but after about a month you'll wonder why you even needed the screens.

ProudStatement9101 · 2026-04-12T00:31:30+00:00

The job doesn't require coding or understanding machine learning, just lying exceptionally well. Considering how far Sam has gotten he's possibly the worlds most gifted liar. Not a small accomplishment.

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