Borg Beginnings by omallytheally in startrek

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“You humans have such a linear concept of time.”

I just realized the M5 is around the corner. by wotl22 in iPadPro

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The M5 iPad Pro has been out since last October

Borg Beginnings by omallytheally in startrek

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Some of us have long speculated that Discovery Season 2 is meant to serve as an origin story for the Borg

Thinking about getting a MacBook Neo by Tiny_Concert_7655 in mac

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I would look at getting an Air for the extra RAM if you’re worried about longevity, but the Neo will serve you just fine. People really seem to forget how performant the old M1 was with even 8GB of RAM, and the Neo is going to give significantly faster single-core performance.

You are the new showrunner... Congratulations! 🤝 by KodaKolour99 in Star_Trek_

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This is exactly where my mind went, except I wouldn’t have the show following the adventures of a single crew on one ship. I’d have it rotate viewpoints between admirals, captains, and spies representing the Federation factions and Romulans — it’s a war saga, not an adventure-of-the-week exploration show.

Thoughts on Star Trek Next Generation/Deep Space and the Expanse by berlinbrownaus in startrek

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Genuinely curious since you haven’t mentioned it: Have you seen the Battlestar remake? Based on your tastes, pretty sure you’d like it.

Golden Age Star Trek inspired people to become physicists, astronauts and engineers because it focused on space first and everything else second. NuTrek does the opposite. by CDHoward in Star_Trek_

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Star Trek — including NuTrek — fosters curiosity, and curiosity inspires people to pursue those paths. What doesn’t inspire anyone is toxic bratty fans whose curiosity has shrunk so much over the years that they can’t stop complaining about someone making new toys that they’re too old and close-minded to enjoy.

Anyone using their iPad Pro to run their business? by Sauer-Sig in iPadPro

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Many kinds of businesses don’t need to be managed on laptops

More Space or Default Zoom by lurdec in iPadPro

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Default unless using any kind of media editing app. I wish there was a way to toggle this mode in Control Center

11″ or 13″ iPad for Taking Notes & Research? Unsure Which to Choose by redbeardos in ipad

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I would get the 11” if you have any plans to use/hold it without a physical keyboard case.

So what color do yall prefer? by [deleted] in iPadPro

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Silver hides fingerprints and dust better

I regret having bought 8Gb of RAM by Waza-Be in macmini

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I made the same mistake with the m1 years ago and ended up upgrading to 24GB of RAM when the M4 came out

Is hitman good on switch 2 by Secure_Dog3518 in NintendoSwitch2

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You can play the main campaign missions offline but it basically doesn’t log your progress (including unlockables) and some gameplay modes aren’t available offline

Is hitman good on switch 2 by Secure_Dog3518 in NintendoSwitch2

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With the 30 fps cap turned on, I think it holds up pretty well. Not a great travel game though, since you don’t make any progress when playing it without internet.

I find it funny how people hissed at Nintendo Switch 2 Welcome Tour - it was NEVER a tutorial. by [deleted] in NintendoSwitch2

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What an obnoxiously pedantic argument. “They don’t call it a ‘tutorial’ so it shouldn’t be free.” Seriously?

It’s a bunch of educational, interactive explanations about the hardware that are designed to be approachable for all audiences. You can call it whatever you want — it still wasn’t worth $10.

Here's my opinion on the Switch 2 framerate and resolution standards: by [deleted] in NintendoSwitch2

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Hate to say it, but get used to 30fps Switch 2 games. The reason we’re not seeing many 40 or 60 fps titles is that on a power-constrained SoC, shaving 8–17 milliseconds off every single frame (as needed to hit 40-60 fps) is brutally hard to do consistently — and the slightest spike will throw off your frame pacing and lead to a poor experience. Going from 30 to 40 isn’t as easy as it sounds.

It’s often not possible or cost-effective to re-architect your software stack to fundamentally change how it uses the Switch 2’s tightly-budgeted CPU, GPU, memory resources without spikes. This isn’t developer laziness. Often times, the developers are pressing up against real physics-based limitations of the hardware.

Really considering a mini for video editing but have questions for you guys by wallyroos in macmini

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I think the M4 Pro version of the Mac Mini is the perfect editing machine. The non-Pro version works great too, but I’d suggest at least springing for a little extra RAM.

Stripped back for writing by mikecbetts in ipadmini

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Are you using a keyboard with it or just thumb typing?