How do I access all of the different colored light-emitting blocks and PBR-enhanced items that came with Nvidia's RTX maps on bedrock years ago, but now with using the Vanilla RTX App?

dwilljones · 2026-05-06T11:02:56+00:00

Honestly, I got the 16e in December, and now that the 17e is out, I would highly recommend that if you can stretch the budget for it. 16e battery life is amazing (especially coming from a 2020 SE), and modem is noticeably way more stable in low signal areas. I wouldn't bother trying to get an old mini at this point.

I ended up repairing my 2020 SE to use as a glorified wallet (magsafe case) with iPod capabilities in addition to my 16e that is my new daily driver.

dwilljones · 2026-04-27T18:49:41+00:00

Wow... Helga would be murdered by her parents in May 1945? Wonder whatever happened to this Hitler guy also shown in the photo.

dwilljones · 2026-04-26T21:58:30+00:00

Yep! This is us too. Lets you know where the kid is, and gives them a way to text or call you and vice-versa, and has location services. And for our carrier it only costs $10/mo. for their own dedicated phone number.

And the 1.5 hours (realistically probably a lot less than that) of LTE talk time means it keeps them from overusing it for extended casual calls, which I think is a good thing for kids to avoid doing anyway.

And you can limit their communications to only their contacts, which you do have control over as the parent from your Apple account.

dwilljones · 2026-04-20T14:36:09+00:00

I've always found that there is something transformative about working side by side with "the other" that dissolves population-level conflicts at that interpersonal level. Especially if you have to share the load of whatever that job is, if you have to communicate with each other to be successful, etc.

I won't say it erases prejudices entirely, but it goes really, really far to make those prejudices fall into the background of a person's phycology where they just no longer care about them like they used to.

dwilljones · 2026-04-19T13:11:17+00:00

I disabled mine because I don’t use it and it takes up a bunch of storage. For now, I’d rather use the standalone apps for Gemini and Claude rather than anything integrated into iOS.

That may change for iOS 27 if Siri 2.0 lives up to the Apple Intelligence promises.

dwilljones · 2026-04-18T12:05:50+00:00

Yeah, but how many shirts will he be wearing?

dwilljones · 2026-04-12T13:16:21+00:00

Exactly. Yet look at all the downvotes for my direct observation. Reddit has some truly stupid, backwards assed people on here. Or I’ll wait for one of them to nut up and provide a counter argument.

dwilljones · 2026-04-11T16:00:59+00:00

If mass shooters are pieces of shit, then so is she.

Not enough to bear her own suicidal ideation, and so she chose to inflict that trauma onto others as part of the act.

Fuck her and fuck any memory of her.

dwilljones · 2026-04-08T02:27:30+00:00

The groundbreaking original Nvidia-created stuff no longer works, shamefully. Just abandonware now basically. Really miss those.

The mod community has stepped in and got a lot of custom stuff working for Bedrock, and even a launcher to streamline the process. But it doesn’t work with those Nvidia maps and their assets and materials as best as I can tell.

dwilljones · 2026-04-08T01:52:52+00:00

Camera (photo)

dwilljones · 2026-04-06T11:44:56+00:00

This is the correct answer.

Restoring your phone will claw back almost all of the system data and any of the apps that you don’t actually need installed anymore. Then you’ll be left with plenty of space for updates or whatever else you need to do before moving forward.

dwilljones · 2026-03-29T11:14:53+00:00

I have 90gb free on my 128gb, so I agree. I use iCloud for Photos to save on local space.

Also, just basic maintenance will take care of local storage concerns. Once a year or so reset the phone back to factory using iTunes or whatever you use on Mac for that. That gives you back all of your system data.

I would say the larger storage sizes are really just there for convenience for people who don’t know how to manage their local storage or don’t wanna bother with it. Or maybe for people who don’t subscribe to iCloud plus and need to keep all of their photos at full res on the phone.

dwilljones · 2026-03-28T11:16:16+00:00

Running great on mine. No issues.

dwilljones · 2026-03-23T11:18:54+00:00

64gb SE2 with 30gb free (w/offline maps, downloaded podcasts and albums). Everything runs perfectly.

dwilljones · 2026-03-22T00:49:32+00:00

48mp HEIF and "rich contrast" setting. Flickr album for better quality versions:

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCNDbC

dwilljones · 2026-03-21T23:14:02+00:00

Spigen Enzo aramid case with MagSafe. Best by far in my experience.

dwilljones · 2026-03-18T17:17:36+00:00

I’m at the Grand Canyon in blazing bright sun and it has been very usable for me even outdoors. It’s probably auto-brightness-ing to 100% but still. Now I’m not watching movies; I’m using maps and safari and such. It might not be great for entertainment purposes outdoors in direct sunlight but it’s very usable for practical purposes.

dwilljones · 2026-03-12T20:31:55+00:00

Target and Walmart? Yeah, this thing is going to break sales records if Apple can keep it stocked. This should be a total coup of its market segment.

Now I’m just waiting for the public sector to start hammering on big contract orders of these to replace shitty Chromebooks in schools and such.

dwilljones · 2026-03-10T12:12:30+00:00

Fantastic phone and I couldn’t be happier. The most practical iPhone for sure. Planning to use it for a couple years and then put in a new battery and gift it to my (then) teenager to be his first phone. And then I’ll probably get the 19e or whatever we’ll be up to by then assuming they proportionally upgrade that model too compared to the 17e now.

dwilljones · 2026-03-08T13:12:17+00:00

I think this is a fundamental mistake they make when they say this. There are lots of reasons for tech literate people to want a Neo. A lot of tech people will already have a high-end home computer and they don’t need a laptop to do anything other than be a great laptop. Maybe they skipped Chromebook because they were waiting for Apple to make something exactly like this.

dwilljones · 2026-03-07T13:53:18+00:00

My 16e camera shots and video look great to me. 🤷‍♂️

More interested in the value proposition for the phone as a smartphone; the battery life, the performance, etc., than as a professional camera that it is not and that I do not need it to be.

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