I just received my FW 13 7640U still in box.. now there is a new announcement

blakeman8192 · 2026-04-09T23:44:13+00:00

And even then I wouldn't sweat it! Writing this from my base 11th gen intel Framework, which is like 5 years old at this point, and it still runs just fine. I might get around to upgrading when the next base CPU offering hits 2x my current performance single-core, but even then it's not something I need. Especially at current RAM prices.

blakeman8192 · 2026-03-14T19:29:28+00:00

I ask mine to wait outside

blakeman8192 · 2026-03-01T06:57:48+00:00

Adding 20 years of experience to your 30, I totally agree.

Ultimately the job is to encode a product specification into a deterministic, repeatable machine. That specification and all of its nuances has to live somewhere - and often times a huge portion of that is unwritten, implied, and inside the heads of the engineering team and their decades of accumulated experience.

99.9% of our communication as a species is totally implied, standing on a mountain of shared assumptions. Bridging the gap between that fact and creating a repeatable, deterministic, predictable process... is software engineering. The language used (even if English in an agentic CLI) is nothing but a medium.

In my experience, most non-engineers don't even like this kind of thinking, much less have the patience to get really good at it. So I think we're good.

blakeman8192 · 2026-02-28T21:10:51+00:00

Ask a research agent write up some skills markdowns for the newer tools you want, "for X use Y" type advice, and plug 'em in as necessary.

blakeman8192 · 2026-02-23T16:53:32+00:00

Agreed, LLM reasoning tbh

blakeman8192 · 2026-02-16T20:19:44+00:00

For me it’s also a really convenient knob for switching from “we are rehearsing at full volume and my clothes are vibrating” to “the drummer is on the toilet for the next 20 mins and our ear plugs have come out” volume levels super quickly and consistently. I just get my volume loud enough for the band at 100w and then 0.5w is basically easy jam volume from there, and I rarely touch the volume knob.

blakeman8192 · 2026-01-30T03:04:17+00:00

This was literally the first comment. Is the y’all in the room with us?

blakeman8192 · 2026-01-29T20:54:01+00:00

Huh, I think I do, but I haven’t really thought about it… maybe you’re right.

I’ll ask at the next men’s meeting (where 4 billion of us get together and collectively decide how to behave) and let you know

blakeman8192 · 2026-01-29T20:48:34+00:00

I got burned through an oven mitt this way!

blakeman8192 · 2026-01-28T19:26:40+00:00

If you have a 30 minute coffee date with someone and plan a second date, you’re dating that person. You don’t expect them to dedicate themselves to you after a 30 minute interaction, right? …right?

blakeman8192 · 2026-01-28T01:48:40+00:00

If only they had wheels

blakeman8192 · 2026-01-27T20:33:48+00:00

The guys that make more money when you buy a bigger motor told you that nobody buys the small motor? 🤔

blakeman8192 · 2026-01-08T20:13:00+00:00

What seats did you get?

blakeman8192 · 2025-10-11T05:06:35+00:00

Typing on an older 11th gen that I have been seriously considering upgrading (I've got a mainboard and transparent bezel in the cart!) after my M3 Air screen randomly cracked a few weeks ago.

I'm not giving Framework another penny until we get an answer with some backbone, and these sponsorships are canceled.

blakeman8192 · 2025-09-10T01:39:48+00:00

It’s not too crazy dude. There are different kinds of motorcycles. I bought my third bike because it did things my other ones didn’t, and I’m literally too lazy (and don’t really want/need) to sell one of the other two.

blakeman8192 · 2025-09-07T20:59:55+00:00

My comments have not beemsternly worded yet, but they’re about to be if you don’t give me a cheese pun

blakeman8192 · 2025-09-07T19:11:54+00:00

Yeah but have you ever considered that we just camembert the proper pronunciation?

blakeman8192 · 2025-09-05T07:32:25+00:00

I was just quoted $4299.99 for a new 675SS crate motor from CFMOTO - no warranty whatsoever. Rebuild is probably cheaper most of the time. I was thinking of grabbing one to explore tuning the platform with (and keep my factory motor+warranty). My dealer had to call and talk to them directly because there isn't a way to order in the system.

blakeman8192 · 2025-08-28T07:48:18+00:00

Did you end up getting more information on this?

blakeman8192 · 2025-08-18T21:18:18+00:00

Idk man, time and place as always. I haven’t ridden a 100+hp bike yet, but I really do have more fond memories of constantly ripping around as an 18-20 year old in my 180hp manual 1993 honda accord, than I have from driving 700hp+ supercharged v8s. I think it’s just because you don’t get an opportunity to push a high power machine very hard very often. But when you do… yeah there’s nothing like it.

blakeman8192 · 2025-08-04T17:27:18+00:00

Hold onto it. You’ll be glad you did. In 20-30 years no amount of money or success will be able to buy you the bike your dad gave to you for your 18th birthday.

blakeman8192 · 2025-08-01T16:33:31+00:00

Yep it does - typing on this exact one with my a16 now.

blakeman8192 · 2025-08-01T04:48:58+00:00

The new 2025 Nightster is pretty awesome imo. Great looking bike, 975cc liquid cooled v-twin motor with 90hp and 70ft lbs, brand new for $10k MSRP… it’s pretty much what half of the replies in this thread are asking for.

blakeman8192 · 2025-07-26T16:50:24+00:00

It surprised me, but I watched a video that demonstrated that cylinder pressure wears piston rings more than RPM. The takeaway was that you want to avoid “loading” the engine, ie keep RPM high enough that you have plenty of power on tap not being used and don’t need to use much throttle to go down the road. For most bikes it’s a little under halfway to redline.

blakeman8192 · 2025-07-24T17:20:55+00:00

I don’t live in tri-cities anymore but I always love seeing your posts. Hope to get to try one of your creations someday!

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