Yeah IoT devices don’t need bandwith, they need range (at low powers) and those lower frequencies get them that. 6ghz wifi has pretty small range and is awful for IoT stuff.

Replacement? They normally do both face scan and check some sort of ID.

Oh trust me, I know pretty quickly when that 3080 turns on and when it turns back off. Hybrid graphics is what I’ve been fiddling with the most.

So far I’ve been playing with Linux on my old work laptop and they’ve been playing together nicely. Almost everything else about the laptop? No. But hey at least graphics works.

Why not just fix the algorithm so you don’t get spammed with those posts? Limit posts from one community to 1 or 2 per page so it’s at least spread out.

It’s kind of a growing pain issue honestly. As lemmy grows and more people post in more communities it shouldn’t be as much of a problem. I don’t know if self regulation like that will really affect the serial posters though.

What’s even worse is when it “supports” it but in a way that’s so unusable broken it’s better to just not support it at all.

I tried Linux on my old laptop with an Intel AX201 card. For the longest time it wouldn’t constantly connect to 5ghz, try to swap to 6, then 2 seconds later fall back to 5. WiFi was basically unusable on that laptop unless I turned off 6ghz. Even then speed was only half what it should have been.

Thinkpad X13s, Snapdragon 8cx ~1600 ~6700

Macbook Air M1 ~2300 ~8400

Snapdragon X Elite ~2600 ~14200

I’m still so surprised by this. Are snapdragon CPUs really that far behind still? They used to be only a few years behind apple. But I picked up a used OnePlus 10t with an 8 gen 1 CPU and according to geekbench it’s single core speed is almost half of the iPhone 13 Pro that I was using as a comparison.

The 8 elite seems beefy but I’m sure it’s going to take a while before it percolates into cheaper phones.

If you only have one M.2 slot then M.2 to USB adapters are stupid cheap and infinitely useful as a fast AF flash drive.

If your drive is sata then those are also cheap and the same applies, just not quite as fast.

CPU: intel 7th gen or earlier.

I doubt companies will be flooding markets with anything. 7th gen devices came out almost a decade ago (yes it’s almost been that long since 2016) and most companies only keep computers for 3-5 years max.

That rams not gonna use itself.

Thank god. Whoever decided that “smart battery charging” should only ever be automatic, and can’t be hard capped should be quartered. Thank god more companies are finally giving people the option. Especially since it apparently goes all the way down to 70%. This might be what gets me to finally retire this poor phone.

Does the phone have a built in battery charge limiter or do you need to root for that? I leave my phone plugged in all day/night running stuff and I really don’t need it at 100% 24/7. I think that’s the only thing I need root for at this point. Nothing else I want to run needs it anymore after android 13 finally added the ability to toggle airplane mode on and off WITHOUT root.

That’s what I was gonna say. Like my pre iPhone smart phone had bluetooth and wired hotspot.

The heatsink comes away just as smoothly if you’re looking to reapply thermal paste down the road.

Not that you ever should, since it has PTM7958 which should never need to be replaced, and gets better with age.

How good are their devices? My Pixel 4 is still working, but its definitely showing it’s age.

That’s what they said about the internet in its infancy.

If you’re buying a Mac just use Mac OS. Linux on Mac hardware is always a pain. Even on x86 when they were relatively “normal” there were so many quirks that sucked. Plus their trackpads are always awful in Linux.

If you want Linux just get something else.

USB 2.0 will do 480Mbps. Most audio streaming services are no more than 320Kbps. USB 2.0 is plenty fast. But USB audio is probably only there for iPods and iPhones, android devices don’t typically work with them. There should also be an aux port. If your phone doesn’t have one you can buy an adapter for less than $10 typically.

The tiredness is probably more due to the truck being more comfortable. A well adjusted seat with good lumbar support (and good posture) will do wonders. I’ve driven 4+ hours without stopping numerous times. As long as my ass is comfy I’m good.

For long drives I have maps up mostly to alert me for traffic. Even if I know the route.

Damn they’re still going for $200+? At least it has a lot of ram. I got my T14 gen 1 (basic bitch i5) for $200 like 2 years ago. I just replaced it with an i7 T14s gen 3 for $250.

Side note: is there a buy/sell community on Lemmy? I have a bunch of old machines I need to sell off and I don’t want to sell on eBay.