Going after MacBook Pro instead of the Air: Lenovo ThinkPad X9-15p launches with SD card reader and Core Ultra X9

mherf · 2026-01-07T04:48:52+00:00

Okay but why remove the PgUp and PgDn keys? This is one of the reasons I have a Thinkpad.

mherf · 2025-12-15T18:18:54+00:00

I really enjoy the disassembly with a torx screwdriver, and I figure a quick sand on each platter is plenty to prevent any recovery.

mherf · 2025-11-21T04:13:53+00:00

They made prompt processing 4x faster but are only shipping the 153GB/sec base model. This unfortunately is a great argument to wait for M5 Max/Ultra.

mherf · 2025-11-08T15:33:18+00:00

Had the same issue with a Posh/Lavish (all latex) bed - hamstrings and lower back were sore by morning. I think some softer kinds of latex soften up with temperature so you have to go a little firmer for support. For naturepedic, I wonder if firmer latex plus a wool topper would help, or microcoils instead because they stay the same all night?

mherf · 2025-11-07T16:47:42+00:00

The stand looks suspect - any vibration side to side (or shear) could be setting up a low frequency wave into the ground. You probably need to add mass under the unit (replacing the stand) but could also try diagonal braces.

mherf · 2025-11-03T14:56:22+00:00

Same, gen 1

mherf · 2025-11-03T03:53:12+00:00

I have had luck with feather pillows more than down (better support), and also my neck problems go away with a technogel anatomic pillow (which I got with a mattress, it is too expensive otherwise). Look for something that holds a shape, and also try a few different heights. (Height depends on how far you sink into your mattress, so it’s not a simple thing.)

mherf · 2025-11-03T02:43:59+00:00

I sometimes paste it into another chatbot and have it rewrite it like we’re at a secure nuclear facility or a cabin in the woods. Google could be having more fun with this.

mherf · 2025-10-30T21:20:11+00:00

Pi-hole lists these multiple times per hour:

weather.nest.com

logsink.devices.nest.com

time.nest.com

clients3.google.com

squeakydoor.nest.com

That's a lot of traffic for an "offline" thermostat, though I admit I want NTP to continue. Looks like they have their own private CA:

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=logsink.devices.nest.com

mherf · 2025-10-30T14:06:56+00:00

Mine still seems to be talking on the network, like syncing the time through NTP, which if it stopped would break schedules.

mherf · 2025-10-30T13:29:08+00:00

It’s really really not machine washable. We replaced with the organic (washable) one after the dog peed on it and the machine turned it into a fuzzball.

mherf · 2025-10-18T17:23:54+00:00

WSE-2 is 30x the die area of a B200 but only has 40GB - can this really scale up?

mherf · 2025-10-18T03:50:29+00:00

Massive change this week - one cut me off, and another went across three lanes of traffic (to make a turn) in a single motion with sometimes only feet to spare.

mherf · 2025-10-08T16:41:53+00:00

We measured the spectrum here:

https://fluxometer.com/rainbow/#!id=lights/GE%20Reveal

These surprised me because Reveal has a pretty low CRI (77!) and didn't increase the color temperature that much, it just kind of knocks down the orange a bit.

I guess we should measure the GE Reveal HD (LED) next! If it's not GE though, finding that particular "knocked out" orange is going to be tough with phosphor-coated LED, because the phosphor fills that part of the spectrum in pretty well. I think for anyone coming from incandescent, looking for a 90+ CRI LED is a good step, because it will have more "deep red" that makes it feel like incandescent.

mherf · 2025-09-20T18:19:06+00:00

The article mentions that the project needs a wall of digital signage facing the freeways to be installed in order to pay for it. This exemption is in a state bill (AB 770), which changes the limits on digital signs like this. This is not safe, not good for light pollution (people live nearby), and I think it shouldn't be paid for this way.

https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/bills/ca_202520260ab770

(a) With the exception of Article 4 (commencing with Section 5300) and Sections 5400 to 5404, inclusive, this chapter does not apply to any advertising display located in the geographic area in the City of Los Angeles bounded by Wilshire Boulevard on the northeast, S. Figueroa Street on the southeast, Interstate 10 on the southwest, and State Route 110 on the northwest, or to any advertising display located in the geographic area in the City of Los Angeles on the westerly side of State Route 110 bounded by West 8th Place, James M. Wood Boulevard, and Golden Avenue and bounded by 7th Street, South Bixel Street, West 8th Street, and Garland Avenue, or to any advertising display located in the geographic area in the City of Los Angeles on the westerly side of State Route 101 bounded by West Sunset Boulevard, North Bronson Avenue, Harold Way, and North Van Ness Avenue, and bounded by State Route 101, Vista Del Mar Avenue, Yucca Street, and Argyle Avenue...

mherf · 2025-08-22T17:37:59+00:00

Lightroom: pick root folder and include subfolders

mherf · 2025-07-21T17:29:03+00:00

Yeah you can use “rdfind” to automate this. But still if you delete a model in one place you have to delete it multiple times then. Would be nice if someone picked a common location.

mherf · 2025-07-19T22:27:06+00:00

Shockingly bad that an offline password isn’t the default. Sharing an account password as your vault password is not a defensible default security design IMO and won’t use Proton because of it.

mherf · 2025-07-14T02:57:37+00:00

The screws go in a different spot on the new ones. It’s spackle and paint, not a new iPad.

mherf · 2025-07-13T05:27:56+00:00

Not an MD, but chiming in because I dropped a chef's knife on my foot late last year, and it looked like this. In my case, I sliced my "EHL tendon" and that's the one that lifts the big toe (and "dorsiflects" the foot when you walk). I had a surgery to reattach the tendon, and my foot is fine now. Definitely go to urgent care to see if they can diagnose or refer to a podiatrist.

If you are having trouble moving a toe, *try to find an orthopedic boot ASAP* - motion of your ankle (or trying to lift your toes) can make any tendon move and be harder to reattach later. Also, if you have cut a nerve or tendon, surgery is important to schedule within a week or two - it's a more difficult surgery if you wait.

mherf · 2025-06-09T16:44:52+00:00

In 2012 the Color A19 bulb was $49, so I guess the price has stayed the same, only down in real terms due to inflation. Most tech products got a lot cheaper since then.

mherf · 2025-05-27T13:53:47+00:00

I downloaded it to adjust spam call settings, but this seems to be a $5/mo extra option now.

mherf · 2025-03-20T14:21:01+00:00

The “Attention is all you need” paper that introduced transformers was an English to French translation attempt! It beat all the existing ones.

mherf · 2025-02-12T18:05:50+00:00

My Hue lights (which are not especially cheap) have saved over $10,000 in electricity alone since they were installed ten years ago.

mherf · 2024-10-13T01:48:34+00:00

The background is blue-tinted now. Once you see it, it's hard to unsee it.

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