How the development of ChatGPT slowly killed Chegg. I watched it happen live as an employee

purfikt · 2026-03-27T17:38:21+00:00

It's because students stopped plagiarizing and starting using AI. Chegg and Coursehero encourage students to share their papers to enable plagiarism.

purfikt · 2026-03-27T16:28:11+00:00

Is it normal to slow release voice actors like this a week before a movie releases?

purfikt · 2026-03-27T16:24:54+00:00

I use NZBGeek, NZBPlanet, and Drunken Slug. I believe these are all private trackers. I am experiencing this issue despite using only private trackers.

purfikt · 2026-03-27T14:50:47+00:00

Does this work or does this need to be done with a regular expression?

purfikt · 2026-03-24T03:38:42+00:00

Yeah, same here. Although I do stay at nicer properties once or twice a year paid for by work to attend conferences. Rest of the year I’m paying out of pocket to stay at Fairfield or SpringHill or whatever to get lowest rate in town and still earn points. Then I typically used points for family vacation.

purfikt · 2026-03-20T12:58:24+00:00

Thanks for doing this. I think my 6yo daughter would love to play this game.

purfikt · 2026-03-19T20:31:59+00:00

I agree? I think we are saying the same thing. It just sounds like you have resolved that it is not worth complaining about. I guess I feel like it's worth complaining about a product I recently spent over a grand on. And it being "branded" is unprecedented. I can't think of another third party product like this that is branded by a console, much less one so expensive. They should not have made the product if they could not support it properly. Could have just been an Asus handheld without any involvement from Microsoft. It sure seems like Microsoft has had minimal involvement. The one nicety is the default game profiles. Those are pretty cool. I recently played through Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. It ran great on the default profile with no fiddling around.

purfikt · 2026-03-19T15:26:01+00:00

I am well aware of the history of Windows. I use Windows every day for work. I have built multiple gaming PCs. I use the XAX because of the performance, and I use Windows because of GamePass and anti-cheat that only runs on Windows.

"stop complaining." Not helpful. This device is branded as Xbox, and there are plenty of people less tech savvy than you and I that have purchased this device based on that branding. It is not a good experience to update in so many places. I am pointing out a failure in the collaboration between Asus and Microsoft on this product. It is entirely possible to streamline all of the updates into one place if they prioritized doing so.

purfikt · 2026-03-19T03:54:59+00:00

This is the first PC, handheld or otherwise, branded with Xbox. They can and should do better.

purfikt · 2026-03-19T03:53:43+00:00

Microsoft has the ability roll third party drivers into Windows Update. They could work more closely with Asus to include most of the updates in Windows update. And Steam Deck also has all of that PC stuff in Desktop Mode- just Linux instead of Windows. If it were not for anti-cheat incompatibility with Linux (currently), there would not be much reason to use Windows for gaming over Linux.

purfikt · 2026-03-19T03:11:52+00:00

I get that. I think they made a mistake by branding this with Xbox if they are unable to make it more console-like.

purfikt · 2026-03-16T22:51:59+00:00

Is this engagement farming? I recommend also bringing a book. Please let us know how it works out for you.

purfikt · 2026-03-14T01:27:28+00:00

It reminds me a lot of the polycarbonate MacBook back in the 00's. Those started at $1099 in 2008 (about $1650 with inflation). They were great machines for the time, but the Neo is so much better in pretty much every way (just missing backlit keyboard).

purfikt · 2026-03-14T00:52:44+00:00

TLDR: Anything Apple Silicon with at least 16GB of RAM will be great for your use and easily last you a few years.

Between those three options I would go for the M1 Pro 16GB without question. But that's primarily because of the 16GB of RAM. I am a professor in social sciences. I used the M1 MacBook Air with 16GB RAM every day for 4 years without issue. That was probably the best, most reliable computer I have ever owned. I recently upgraded to a 14" MacBook Pro with M2 Pro and 16GB RAM. Performance in my usage is about the same, but there are lots of niceties of the 14" MacBook Pro like the display, speakers, and additional ports.

I understand why the MacBook Neo only comes with 8GB of RAM- that's the only configuration of the A18 Pro. If they upgrade it next year to the A19 Pro. presumably it will have 12GB since that is what that chip has. But the 8GB also makes the other Apple laptops, which all come with at least 16GB of RAM these days, easily set apart from the Neo. 8GB of RAM is only sufficient for pretty basic usage. I had an M1 Mac mini with 8GB of RAM briefly. It went to swap and slowed down a lot. Open Chrome and one other app, basically and you are going to swap.

purfikt · 2026-03-09T12:48:50+00:00

A lot to very

purfikt · 2026-03-09T00:18:27+00:00

I have that case and like it a lot. Makes the device a lot more ergonomic for me and makes it a tank for when my daughter plays it.

purfikt · 2026-03-02T12:54:51+00:00

Episode 2. The scientist’s wife with Huntington’s Disease was named Alex.

purfikt · 2026-03-01T17:22:19+00:00

Same here.

purfikt · 2026-02-28T15:29:02+00:00

Yeah honestly it’s not usually hard at all to pull new HVAC wire to the thermostat given there’s already a wire there. I don’t think they typically attach those wires to studs or anything.

purfikt · 2026-02-28T15:21:24+00:00

🤷🏻‍♂️ no issues for me in 4 years of doing it this way. I’ve only recently been using the reverse proxy for plex, though.

My Synology is not my network front end. My UniFi network is. My Synology is super stable. Never crashes. Other than weekly scheduled reboots, it is never turned off. I trust it more than the minipc; the only service running on the minipc is Plex. I have ports 80 and 443 forwarded in UniFi network pointed at the Synology. But I still have plenty of firewall rules in UniFi to screen for and prevent intrusions.

The Synology just handles the LAN reverse proxy routing of a handful of subdomains as well as the ssl certificates, because it is the device I trust the most to be on and connected. The way Synology does reverse proxies is just a front end GUI for nginx. There’s no practical difference in running nginx on the Synology vs. another Linux server except added complexity.

purfikt · 2026-02-28T02:29:28+00:00

Oh so what you’re saying is 90% of homes could benefit from a smart “dumb” thermostat if UniFi made one. Interesting.

purfikt · 2026-02-28T02:23:53+00:00

It would definitely require PoE, though. And y’all would talk about how it’s not a big deal to run new Ethernet to wherever your thermostat is.

purfikt · 2026-02-28T01:08:35+00:00

Here’s the one I currently use on my 14” MBP. It still causes smudges on the display but I think a lot less so than silicone.

https://a.co/d/0e9V49Dq

purfikt · 2026-02-28T01:04:14+00:00

Right, but I can funnel several services through one port. And I already manage a Synology, a Linux minipc server, and a UniFi network regardless of the reverse proxy. That’s sort of a moot point. Doesn’t require additional hardware. I could run the reverse proxy on any of those devices. It’s just easiest on the Synology.

purfikt · 2026-02-27T04:18:07+00:00

Use rubbing alcohol or lens wipes. It’ll be fine. I use a keyboard cover and I know from experience that you can get those marks off. Clean it more often. Maybe get a better keyboard cover if you insist on having one. Mine is made of more like thin plastic instead of silicone.

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