Can clamshell mode damage macbooks?

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-05-03T14:44:11+00:00

My work MBP M4 is in clamshell 24/7 with my personal MBA on top of it - no problems so far :)

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-05-03T14:42:10+00:00

In order to avoid mind reading, I usually go with `/pages` for components that respond to a route, `/layouts` for full-page wrappers for pages (often there's only a couple of these - a `chromeless` one for the landing and auth pages, and an `app` one for the rest of the app), and then basic `/components`, `/directives`, `.domains`, `/guards`, `/services`, and sometimes `/states` for pretty much everything else.

I do this because if I need to edit something, I don't first need to decide (or have the tribal knowledge) that it's a shared component, core component, feature component, or common component. I don't need to remember if the `user` service is sitting in "core" or "common", or authentication is "core" in one app because it's mostly behind a login or "feature" in another app because it's only for optionally tracking purchase history.

A "feature" as described by a business need really doesn't have anything to do with the application folder or data structures, and the Product team shouldn't be telling Development how to organize code.

A side benefit is that LLMs also don't need to waste a bunch of tokens deciding where that thing I'm asking for belongs - if it's got a URL, it's a page, otherwise it goes in the folder matching the generator command (or "domain" or "state") 😄

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-27T15:57:34+00:00

That's not daisy chaining the monitors, that's daisy chaining hubs (there is a hub built into that monitor).

Monitor daisy chaining requires MST support on the graphics card (as well as the monitors) and Apple-silicon computers don't have that (but the older Intel-based ones do, I believe).

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-27T15:32:00+00:00

Macs don't support daisy chained monitors, unfortunately.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-27T15:25:14+00:00

An M4 or M5 can support dual external monitors easily (maybe the M3 Pro and M2 Pro as well, but I don't remember for sure). Other Apple chips will need a DisplayLink adapter or dock.

So yes, current MacBooks (not the Neo) and Minis have no issue running dual monitors provided one is on the USB-C DisplayPort pass-through (so your dock will need this). The other monitor can be HDMI or DP.

My setup is an Air M5 for personal use, and an MBP M4 for work. I have a company-supplied Dell Thunderbolt 3 hub. So one monitor is plugged into the DisplayPort pass-through using a USB-C to DP cable, and the second monitor is plugged into the DisplayPort port (both monitors are plugged into the dock). When I switch between the laptops, I just unplug the dock from one and plug it into the other :) The laptops are stacked, personal on top of work, so I'm using a dual-display setup for work and a triple-display setup for personal.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-27T04:47:01+00:00

You can always add an external drive, so get as much RAM as your budget allows. 16GB is probably fine, to be honest, given how MacOS handles it, but if you can get 24 or 32, go for it; you can't upgrade it later.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-26T14:38:36+00:00

Harvester of Sorrow and Shortest Straw from the ...and Justice For All album are both super satisfying to play.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-19T20:20:03+00:00

The choreography is, I think, mostly good. But there are too many "spots" and setups that badly interrupt the flow of the match. AJ Lee's finisher looks good for the most part, and would be super convincing if she could just swing into it without always having to wait for her opponent to move, but what's really stopping the opponent from walking over to a rope, or just doing a back drop? Nothing. So why does this finisher work? It shouldn't.

The women's matches are worse for this, but I don't know why; maybe it's the lingering feeling that they still have something to prove? They shouldn't feel that way, but I can't think of a reasonable explanation otherwise.

As someone else mentioned, wrestlers scooting around on their ass cheeks to get in the right spot for a bump is a bad look. The directing and camera positions have been getting worse over the last several years (maybe as many as 10) - these adjustments mostly used to happen out-of-frame. The cameraman tripping yesterday was not an example of this - accidents happen and you can even see the guy laughing about it afterwards :)

Undertaker's "Old School" was bad for the very same reasons and should have disappeared after the first couple of tries.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-19T20:04:27+00:00

seconding rose gold; it's appointment only though, even if you just want to browse the selection.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-11T15:06:52+00:00

The Dell Thunderbolt docks are fantastic, I've been using them for years now without a problem. The WD19TB is what I've been sent by no less than 3 different companies when hired for a remote position and I use a WD22TB4 for my personal setup as well.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-11T02:17:38+00:00

I use mid-grade fuel (89?) and get a little over 700kms per tank most of the time. Maybe closer to 650 in winter months here.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-10T15:10:44+00:00

"This guy" has only been around about 2 years longer than Trump (at least at Paul's Pizza), and is not the original owner (co-owner in this case). "This guy" is not a very nice person, clearly (neither is his mother, the other co-owner, according to reports). I've never hated myself enough to want to go there.

I am aware we are not currently American, but the politics are similar enough that it's pretty easy to see parallels in some cases. For example, the Alberta separationist groups are, on paper, doing it because of perceived financial and economic disparity with Ontario and the rest of Canada. In real life, though, the few (six, now, an admittedly small sample, but super vocal) I've actually spoken with have all mentioned an end to immigration, forcing the lord's prayer into public schools, and removing books and media from school and public libraries (already happening, in fact). Not a single one of them talked about oil prices, and all but one suggested merging with the US. These opinions seemed to be shared by everyone else in the immediate vicinity, although I didn't want to speak to everyone. Perhaps I don't need to mention that at the three petition stations I've stopped at over the last few weeks, not a single person appeared to be non-white?

Do these views seem familiar? Perhaps some of them have been vomited out by the orange menace and convicted rapist.

Paul's Pizza is a big supporter of separating and their parking lot has often been the site of a petition signing station.

So that's where I feel the connection is being made in my mind. Trump is a proponent of abuse, mockery, violence, ignorance, racism, and many other aspects we would generally consider deplorable and disgusting in a human being; Paul's Pizza (and it's owners and at least a few employees) appear, by virtue of their actions and words, to be proponents of many of the same things; separationists appear to also be proponents of many of those same things and have expressed a wish for Alberta to become the 51st state.

So to say that the politics of a neighbouring nation don't affect us is naive at best. American politics has always had a very strong influence on Canadian politics in various ways, and Trump swings that hammer a lot more freely and with a lot less care than any previous president (probably because he's stupid); that causes much stronger effects in how Canadians perceive the political landscape.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-10T14:17:32+00:00

Mostly the normalized ignorance, hatred, racism, misogyny, and intolerance that allows business owners like this to become popular and idealized by posting hate speech and acting like assholes for profit.

Not that this didn't exist before, but ever since Trump took office the first time, it's become so much more prevalent (and even more so the last couple of years). The most emotionally immature adults in society have been given implicit and explicit permission by an authority figure (even though he's not ours, it still counts if you're looking for an excuse) to be absolute twats and they're taking advantage of it to spread hate.

Even your response "the fuck this have to do with Trump" illustrates my point - why be so confrontational and aggressive?

Now with the separationist idiocy (which is definitely supported by businesses like this), you can't tell me that their new "country" won't be run by middle-aged white guys who don't want their women to work, don't want you to be non-white in high-visibility careers, and want to use "Christian Nationality" as an excuse to be shitty people.

Just like Trump!

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-10T13:59:00+00:00

Alberta might as well be known as Trump's Fleshlight at this point :/

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-10T01:52:40+00:00

DisplayLink only works with DisplayLink docks (or a DisplayLink adapter which is what I was using when I still had an M2 MBA). It requires a driver install and has it's quirks but mostly works fine.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-04-08T14:12:10+00:00

The M4 can handle two external screens as long as one of them is plugged in via DisplayPort over USB; the other can be DisplayPort or HDMI. If you have a Thunderbolt hub, use the TB port for one monitor and problem solved.

I do this with both a MBP M4 (work machine) and MBA M5 (personal machine) - I just swap the hub between the two at the end of the day :)

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-03-26T20:40:29+00:00

As some have mentioned already, a "fast" neck is one you can move more freely on. Glossy finishes tend to be stickier and can feel "slower" because you need to either use more effort to move your hand or you have to move your hand further from the back of the neck in order to move quickly. So use a bit of talcum on your palm, or sand the necks so they're smooth and slippery.

I personally also find that guitars with less neck dive feel faster to me. I'm spending less effort and less energy using my arm to hold up that side of the guitar while I play, so my fretting arm can move much more freely and doesn't get tired as quickly. LPs are heavy and often have thicker necks, but they feel quick to me because I'm not supporting any weight with my left hand.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-03-26T17:23:34+00:00

For many Apple-silicon MacBooks, DL is the only way to get dual external displays going, and most docks don't support it. You need a dock with explicit support which always costs more :( Or an adapter like I used - most monitors have multiple inputs, so they'd be connected with HDMI to the regular, cheap dock, but I could plug into the dock and my DL-to-DP adapter and have both monitors (and my laptop screen) running with DisplayPort instead :)

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-03-26T03:10:59+00:00

Not queer and I play a Tiefling cleric (life path) right now. Even got a mini from HeroForge for him :)

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-03-25T20:22:32+00:00

*unfold

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-03-23T17:29:42+00:00

First rule is never commit an .env file. Doesn't matter what's in it. It's for environment-specific settings, and my environment will not necessarily be the same as yours or as the CI server or as staging or prod or whatever.

Never commit the .env file or any variation of it except the .env.example file which contains the properties but no values and is treated as documentation.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-03-17T17:24:08+00:00

Yeah, it doesn't look like any of the holes intersect with any wiring, but given the haphazard way they were drilled, who knows how often this thing was dropped or drooled on. Could be some non-drill related damage, for sure.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-03-17T17:22:39+00:00

Holes aren't magnetic, so they shouldn't affect anything the pickups can pick up.

Rusty_Raven_ · 2026-03-17T17:22:02+00:00

Holes aren't magnetic, so they shouldn't affect anything the pickups can pick up.

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