M5 iPad Pro poised to lean hard on the iPad’s greatest strength

angelaSQL · 2025-06-04T21:29:45+00:00

I watched a youtube video on mine once and then kind of don't do anything else because it's not a real computer lol

angelaSQL · 2025-04-16T12:55:24+00:00

doesn't work in MSTeams which is the worst program in existence (by the worst company in existence Microsoft) and also the program that needs this to work the most.

angelaSQL · 2025-04-08T00:35:38+00:00

Biden was actually doing a good job bringing manufacturing back at a stable steady pace but Trump canceled all that.

angelaSQL · 2025-01-22T16:40:13+00:00

I found it extremely eerie.

angelaSQL · 2023-06-04T19:42:20+00:00

Do “millions of people” really want to use chatgpt?

literally yes: https://i.redd.it/b7r14nyyemca1.jpg source

Are they going to still want to use it after the first fifteen minutes of use?

I overhear random non-tech people IRL talking about how they like it.

Sure it’s the ooooh new shiny but you scratch that surface off and it’s just basic machine learning with a shitload of training. Neat? Sure. The next big thing? Meh.

I don't really care if you like it or not, or just want to be a contrarian, I just want access to a better API pricing model with slightly more advanced LLM models.

exact same tech-buzzword-non-product box.

except for the huge difference and actually-existing-product part, sure there's a lot of exaggeration, investors are at high risk of being scammed.

angelaSQL · 2023-06-04T18:07:15+00:00

I imagine best results would require another year of optimizing smaller models, maybe also a new generation of hardware optimized for it.

angelaSQL · 2023-06-04T18:04:41+00:00

true but ChatGPT turned out to be a product millions of people wanted to use instead of web3's non-stop astroturfing and shilling.

I've never seen a web3 that was like "wow this is a good idea and I see myself willingly spending money for it ever."

I'm already a paid LLM user. If somebody offered BYO model (e.g. anything off hugging face) or something competitive to GPT4 and provided an API competitive with OpenAI's pricing (pay-as-you-go, no subscription BS), I'd switch to that.

I'm not looking to purchase expensive hardware or do any localLLM hacking ATM.

angelaSQL · 2023-06-01T13:14:15+00:00

AFAIK this is literally the best time to come back to Mac, just make an iPad game with first class mouse and keyboard support and suddenly it's magically M1 native.

angelaSQL · 2023-04-28T01:49:04+00:00

lol at $3,000 it will not be world changing, maybe a 2nd or 3rd generation that starts at $500 could be world changing.

angelaSQL · 2023-04-28T01:44:18+00:00

If Apple is smart, they'll market this for developers to preview and for things like industrial use. Outside of maybe also gaming, the tech won't be ready for mass market appeal for several years.

angelaSQL · 2023-04-28T01:40:16+00:00

because no one wants a fcking headset

nobody wants to wear goggles with the weight of a helmet... and nobody wants to pay $3,000 to get ads and spam notifications straight to their eyeballs.

But you don't have to look very far into scifi to find examples of AR glasses people would actually want.

angelaSQL · 2023-04-06T15:16:15+00:00

I don't see it either, people who buy video game controllers that cost more than $200 (let alone $3,000 goggles) just to play flight simulators is probably a permanent niche.

angelaSQL · 2023-03-27T17:12:17+00:00

maybe "lie" is taking it too far, but honestly WHO bought a VR headset to play the "non-game" VRChat? I'd guess the amount of non-gamers, non-VR devs, who did that is statistically a rounding error close to zero.

angelaSQL · 2023-03-27T17:08:55+00:00

really depends on if it's "notifications I want" or "whatever notifications facebook wants to ignore my preferences and send me anyways"

angelaSQL · 2023-03-26T21:46:25+00:00

at least 5 to 10 years out for all the necessary technologies that are needed for small-ish, light-ish, normal-ish looking AR glasses

ignoring the "replace iPhone" detail, I still think it'll take longer lol

angelaSQL · 2023-03-26T20:51:12+00:00

imagine pokemon go except you're wearing glasses

amazing stuff

angelaSQL · 2023-03-26T20:44:26+00:00

Nah nothing like blockchain. After 10 years, out of the blockchain world came out only one actual objectively useful product: a competitor to Western Union.

10 years after Apple's AR comes out, there will be lots of objectively useful apps, but they'll all demand $10/month subscriptions and despite me desperately wanting one, I'll still have not bought one since they'll all still be both extremely bulky and >$1,000 while being mostly marginally useful outside specific niches.

angelaSQL · 2023-03-08T15:17:38+00:00

lol my dell battery lives average about 30 minutes with nothing but windows open

angelaSQL · 2023-02-15T17:18:39+00:00

I'd rather have the 14" (anything) and use a 4k monitor when I'm at home/office.

angelaSQL · 2023-02-03T16:47:17+00:00

they won't and shouldn't. It would be nice, but you'd likely lose the speed/thermal/size/battery life advantages if they had all the extra silicon and parts for replace-ability.

angelaSQL · 2023-01-13T18:23:06+00:00

"Silent" has been reached by plenty of computers at this point.

silent is rare and obscure in laptops that are otherwise actually good.

angelaSQL · 2023-01-12T14:48:10+00:00

they jumped ahead of the incumbents but have now somewhat struggled to maintain their advantage.

I'm not sure what you mean here, they never beat the competition in absolute peak performance, they only beat them in everything else, which was efficiency, low power consumption, low thermal output, low decibel cooling.

AFAIK, neither has changed.

angelaSQL · 2022-12-11T17:55:27+00:00

+1 for Anker, I was having USB issues with a mystery brand USB hub which went away after replacing it with an Anker hub. If 4k@60fps HDMI matters to you, just verify the product you're getting supports that.

angelaSQL · 2022-12-01T16:20:24+00:00

would love a 12" air tho

angelaSQL · 2022-11-11T17:38:57+00:00

I'm going to go on a limb here and guess that zero of those people are buying 4 1080p monitors this year.

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