Is there any money to be made by buying one and suing them for false advertising?Unfortunately no, they took the original HDR spec, and stretched it to fit whatever marketing wants.
Do peeps even realize these new laptops are obsolete outta-the-box ?design > functionality, pretty much the story of all modern electronics.
16:10, that's a plus, but it's a huge mistake to go down to the base, as it causes obstruction by fingers/hand.
there i do not agree, as a web developer i do not need a gpu at all so the lighter weight and much better battery life of a laptop without one is actually nice, this one is stupid, i do agree at that price i would expect something much better too but not every one want to decode hdr all day, for developer work high cpu performances and large-ish ram is far better than a 1660.
Realistically, No one should be buying laptops with anything less than a 1660Ti, EVEN if they don't game.
there i do not agree, as a web developer i do not need a gpu at all so the lighter weight and much better battery life of a laptop without one is actually nice,Absolutely, one size does not fit all.
Absolutely, one size does not fit all.
I've never understood why Dell insist on putting 4K panels in 13" laptops, it's like putting high megapixel counts on camera boxes; it looks impressive but means nothing.
Because 4k is one spec the average person understands.
tp4 promoting 1080p over 4k? are you feeling well?Because 4k is one spec the average person understands.
People may understand that 4K is a bigger number, but they don't quite understand why it's better, and the numerous image quality cases where it can be WORSE than 1080p (full HD)
tp4 promoting 1080p over 4k? are you feeling well?
People may understand that 4K is a bigger number, but they don't quite understand why it's better, and the numerous image quality cases where it can be WORSE than 1080p (full HD)
Tp4 is saying that most people misunderstands 4K and don't realize that Good-image quality has many other dependencies. [/size][/color][/font]
Tp4 is saying that most people misunderstands 4K and don't realize that Good-image quality has many other dependencies. [/size][/color][/font]
Person builds UBER PC with 2080TI
Person buys 144hz 4K monitor.
Person expects many frames per second.
Person is sorely disappointed.
And for imaging, people looking at just the resolution will be sad. Much like people who just look at megapixel count. Or core count.
I don't even buy laptops anymore tbh. I just have my desktop for home and a decent Chromebook for travel (Samsung Chromebook Plus v1) :pto me chromebooks are laptops and yeah if the only other laptops that you consider are macs you are better off without one, apple has not made any interesting computers in decades. if you look at the competition there is even desktops in laptop computers that exists, laptops have their uses. tbh i could live without my towers if i only had my laptop(s) and the reverse is also true just far less convenient.
Honestly laptops haven't been interesting to me in a long time. I ALMOST bought a macbook pro a couple years ago, but then they came out with those god-awful keyboards and I decided against it.
I don't even buy laptops anymore tbh. I just have my desktop for home and a decent Chromebook for travel (Samsung Chromebook Plus v1) :pto me chromebooks are laptops and yeah if the only other laptops that you consider are macs you are better off without one, apple has not made any interesting computers in decades. if you look at the competition there is even desktops in laptop computers that exists, laptops have their uses. tbh i could live without my towers if i only had my laptop(s) and the reverse is also true just far less convenient.
Honestly laptops haven't been interesting to me in a long time. I ALMOST bought a macbook pro a couple years ago, but then they came out with those god-awful keyboards and I decided against it.
I don't even buy laptops anymore tbh. I just have my desktop for home and a decent Chromebook for travel (Samsung Chromebook Plus v1) :p
Chromebooks runs chromeos, HARD PASS.
It's as if you're willingly inviting fascism into your workflow. NO THANKS.
I'm not sure one can truly be last of a bloodline, when 99.99% of human DNA is shared.
On the opposite end, if the contention is that one person is unique, well then every circumstance and every quantized arrangement in the universe is unique, and that makes any such person all the less special, thus infinitely not worth preserving..
"Facism"? Is there an explanation there or are we just saying words for fun now?
Also much like any other computer, you can run linux if you are that worried about it lol
"Facism"? Is there an explanation there or are we just saying words for fun now?
Also much like any other computer, you can run linux if you are that worried about it lol
The google platform directly controls the probability of what you see and are exposed to on the internet. That is fascism.
Let's say google needs to pass a legislation, they directly control search traffic to support the senator that supports the bill that google wrote and handed to such senator w/ a wad of campaign donations. YES, Fascism.
They don't need to be overt, all they need to do, is adjust the frequency of news/search results of the Pros/Cons, say 40/60, and this could generate enormous ideological pressure against that elected official, or they can do the opposite for proponents.
The most critical mindset to have in moderna is DISTRUST of the system.
So you don't want people to use Google the search engine.....which you don't have to do, even if you are running ChromeOS.
You're definitely making a point, and a good one, but it has almost nothing to do with Chromebooks.
So you don't want people to use Google the search engine.....which you don't have to do, even if you are running ChromeOS.
You're definitely making a point, and a good one, but it has almost nothing to do with Chromebooks.
One would imagine the implication is that being ChromeOS, it is tied heavily into Google’s suite of webapps. Certainly, you don’t HAVE to use them, but most people will. Even if you switch to using DDG or any of the other alternative engines, you’ll still be providing a certain amount of analytical data to Google through your use of other parts of the platform. The Google ecosystem is such that if you’re not paying them a business subscription, there’s absolutely no reason for them not to grab every data point available from you because you are the product. Nothing comes truly for free.
So you don't want people to use Google the search engine.....which you don't have to do, even if you are running ChromeOS.
You're definitely making a point, and a good one, but it has almost nothing to do with Chromebooks.
One would imagine the implication is that being ChromeOS, it is tied heavily into Google’s suite of webapps. Certainly, you don’t HAVE to use them, but most people will. Even if you switch to using DDG or any of the other alternative engines, you’ll still be providing a certain amount of analytical data to Google through your use of other parts of the platform. The Google ecosystem is such that if you’re not paying them a business subscription, there’s absolutely no reason for them not to grab every data point available from you because you are the product. Nothing comes truly for free.
"Google bad" is a valid argument, but it's not a valid reason to say all Chromebooks are trash IMO. Anyone who cares enough about data collection will be running some distro of linux anyway, so at that point the brand of machine is irrelevant
"Google bad" is a valid argument, but it's not a valid reason to say all Chromebooks are trash IMO. Anyone who cares enough about data collection will be running some distro of linux anyway, so at that point the brand of machine is irrelevant
It is not a certainty that every chromebook hardware set is fully detachable from custom architectures and hidden hardware microcode backdoors they may have implanted in the machines.
I'm not making an argument against hardware, but if we're agreeing it is better for the public at large to NOT run ChromeOs, Then why buy into the ecosystem at all, why give the fascists any money.
The safest and most practical option, is lenovo X220, it's been vetted by blackhats and whitehats. A well understood machine, including the afflicted exploits.
I feel as if you're just throwing out buzzwords now. ARM is not a "custom architecture" by any practical definition, and "hidden hardware microcode backdoors" just sounds like a string of words someone would come up with after watching far too many hacker movies.
I feel as if you're just throwing out buzzwords now. ARM is not a "custom architecture" by any practical definition, and "hidden hardware microcode backdoors" just sounds like a string of words someone would come up with after watching far too many hacker movies.
As somebody in cyber security, it's worth pointing out that that the phrase does at least make sense logically. You can get backdoors in CPUs if the microcode is compromised and microcode patches do happen and can likewise be compromised, meaning that it's theoretically possible (and there have been a couple of demos and whitepapers demonstrating this) to introduce undetectable (i.e. hidden) malware with the CPU. Just rather hard.
As somebody in cyber security, it's worth pointing out that that the phrase does at least make sense logically. You can get backdoors in CPUs if the microcode is compromised and microcode patches do happen and can likewise be compromised, meaning that it's theoretically possible (and there have been a couple of demos and whitepapers demonstrating this) to introduce undetectable (i.e. hidden) malware with the CPU. Just rather hard.Absolutely, it is a real phrase/concept, not debating that in any way. It's just described here in a way that 99% of people (even those in cyber, which I used to be before moving to a more sysadmin-focused position) would never use. It's describing a backdoor in the most convoluted way possible. Does nothing but create confusion, either because the person just describes things strangely, or because they are intentionally trying to appear overly-intelligent. Virtually no one who wasn't writing a research paper would ever string those words together, doubly so on a hobbyist forum dedicated to something completely unrelated.
I love the implication that I'm a "karen", "novice", or that I think what you said is made up/fake news. I never said nor believed any of those things. Your posts reek of superiority. I'm not here to be talked down to by someone who chooses the most complicated words possible so that they appear smart online, instead of just using the terminology that 99% of the world (even those in the industry being discussed) use. Enjoy your baseless paranoia. Be sure to come back next time so you can tell us all how Microsoft is fascist. Then maybe next month Apple can be fascist, too.I feel as if you're just throwing out buzzwords now. ARM is not a "custom architecture" by any practical definition, and "hidden hardware microcode backdoors" just sounds like a string of words someone would come up with after watching far too many hacker movies.
As somebody in cyber security, it's worth pointing out that that the phrase does at least make sense logically. You can get backdoors in CPUs if the microcode is compromised and microcode patches do happen and can likewise be compromised, meaning that it's theoretically possible (and there have been a couple of demos and whitepapers demonstrating this) to introduce undetectable (i.e. hidden) malware with the CPU. Just rather hard.
the problem here is alot of novice computer users are ignorant of the machine itself. Even alot of programmers are in the dark despite working in a computer environment all day.
It's like telling a karen that she needs an oil change, and she reponds, I put gas in it all the time.
Then they give you an attitude, any words not in their vocabulary is fake news, made up.
It's not that MBP is the only other laptop I'd consider, I'm just a fan of the physical design (well, other than the atrocious cooling). I don't use or like MacOS, but I do think it has it's place, especially at a time when the quality of Windows has been steadily declining IMO.This is why I use an older 11in Air.
Chromebooks runs chromeos, HARD PASS.This is fixable on at least some of them.
microsoft maybe being the worst at it with their telemetry that will re-enable itself at every chance it has without warning the user, capturing every keystroke and then adding ads to your bar, and changing your bing results.
I 'm not all that worried about Microsoft, tbh, since at least their data exfiltration attempts are at least fairly transparent and entirely possible to block with properly cultivated DNS block lists.DNS info is hardcoded into Win10, unless you use an external firewall it's going right through, there's no way to stop this on the system itself short of disabling everything with aftermarket tools, which breaks all sorts of system functions (even then you may not stop all of it or an update will break it). Same for Chrome, adblocking and tracking protection stops you from seeing it, but Google still tracks you quite easily.
I 'm not all that worried about Microsoft, tbh, since at least their data exfiltration attempts are at least fairly transparent and entirely possible to block with properly cultivated DNS block lists.DNS info is hardcoded into Win10, unless you use an external firewall it's going right through, there's no way to stop this on the system itself short of disabling everything with aftermarket tools, which breaks all sorts of system functions (even then you may not stop all of it or an update will break it). Same for Chrome, adblocking and tracking protection stops you from seeing it, but Google still tracks you quite easily.
Unfortunately it takes very few rules to bog down common router/firewalls unless you have enterprise grade equipment or built your own.
I run PiHole at the network level with a blocklist of around 1M domains, haha. That blackholes most of Microsoft's known telemetry services and they're all read from Git sources, so get updated with varying regularity. It does mean that I sometimes have to do some log parsing to work out why something isn't loading so I can manually whitelist, but there are browser extensions that make that easy enough like the Adam:One Assistant. I do run enterprise grade stuff (or near enough) most of the time, because I can get stuff as we replace it from where I work sometimes. Running Unifi APs and recently upgraded from their Security Gateway to their Dream Machine because it can handle running their IPS system (really just suracata with the emerging threats ruleset) at near gigabit speeds, whereas their enterprise grade rack mount gateway can only handle around 400mbps. Annnnnd I run a Security Onion instance on a tap port so I get snort and ntopng alerts.can we both agree that this is not what a normal user will go through? even me i do not, mostly because i do not want to have a pi doing that job and an energy efficient pc for routing is kinda expensive, so imagine the Mr. everybody who needed help plugging in his modem and needs to call someone every time he wants to connect something to wifi (he calls it "the internet") it is not because you can with 10000 $ worth of enterprise grade material stop all known telemetry that anyone else can, and who knows if all telemetry is known.
can we both agree that this is not what a normal user will go through? even me i do not, mostly because i do not want to have a pi doing that job and an energy efficient pc for routing is kinda expensive, so imagine the Mr. everybody who needed help plugging in his modem and needs to call someone every time he wants to connect something to wifi (he calls it "the internet") it is not because you can with 10000 $ worth of enterprise grade material stop all known telemetry that anyone else can, and who knows if all telemetry is known.
Sure, I had started that post with “I’m not an average user..” but I thought it sounded a bit wanky.my problem with the pi is its reliability, or lack thereof, usb power supplies and sd cards are some of the least reliable things around and the pi itself is not really a great fit for that job either, as at least in my experience they can crash with no apparent reasons and they have a lot of useless capabilities for that job
However, I’d argue that it doesn’t take $10000 of enterprise equipment. Hell, even the UDM and APs only came to about $600 all told. The only thing you need to block the telemetry is a Pi, so you’re looking at $100 max for a Pi + Case + SD + USB power supply. Yes, it’s not for the average user and I wouldn’t suggest it to my mother, for example, but it’s not prohibitively expensive nor hard. I’m not sure what your issue would be regarding a Pi doing that job, since the PiHole software was designed with the capabilities of a Pi in mind. Mine has been running for two years without issues and I run a Homebridge server on their too. Never see CPU go above 50% usage - serving DNS requests isn’t all that taxing.
my problem with the pi is its reliability, or lack thereof, usb power supplies and sd cards are some of the least reliable things around and the pi itself is not really a great fit for that job either, as at least in my experience they can crash with no apparent reasons and they have a lot of useless capabilities for that job
I run PiHole at the network level with a blocklist of around 1M domains, haha.Sorry, nope.
I run PiHole at the network level with a blocklist of around 1M domains, haha.Sorry, nope.
A Pihole is a personal DNS server, dns servers translate domain names to IP addresses, that's all it does. On domains you block it sends them to a different location, i.e. a honeypot or blackhole. Anything referencing an IP address never talks to a DNS server, it already has that info so it heads straight for the gateway and onto the internet.
The only way to stop this is a firewall directly between you and the internet, your pihole is not a firewall, nor does it sit between you and the internet.
And I'm with Yui,
Pis are notoriously unreliable, not because of the Pi, the card. The cards are cheap, don't have a long life cycle and worse, if you have a power failure during a read or write the data can be completely corrupted. This is why I laugh at people running NAS boxes from USB sticks and sdcards, this type of memory is well known for corrupting on power loss.
As I understand it, while Microsoft can failover to IP address, it typically doesn’t and general advise is not to rely on IP address for any kind of telemetry blocking because while Microsoft can and do change IP ranges regularly for security, they don’t change DNS registrations.I'm not sure of the fallover, I'm pretty sure they were hard coded early on in Win10 but a lot has changed with it since released. I'll take your word, as it sounds like you have a decent enough setup and I really don't feel like setting up a Windows box and another system for logging just to see. (https://cdn.geekhack.org/Smileys/solosmileys/laugh.gif)
If I ever stop seeing Microsoft addresses popping up in my logs, I’ll have reason to suspect Windows has started using IPs, so while as I previously mentioned, I DO have a firewall, I don’t see the need to implement IP rules until that point.
I could run PiHole on the ubuntu server box I have running Security Onion, but I’m quite attached to the little Pi to be honest.
I'm not sure of the fallover, I'm pretty sure they were hard coded early on in Win10 but a lot has changed with it since released. I'll take your word, as it sounds like you have a decent enough setup and I really don't feel like setting up a Windows box and another system for logging just to see.Show Image(https://cdn.geekhack.org/Smileys/solosmileys/laugh.gif)
Just curious, not trying to to pull a gotcha or anything but are you able to check IPV6? I'd be curious to know if they're using it yet, I know Google is.
I'll be setting up Pihole in a container on my file server/NAS soon, I just need to find the time. I use a DNS that filters a lot of ads and tracking on top of everything else.
Hmm, I’m pretty sure there’s no IPv6 traffic getting out, since my ISP doesn’t support IPv6 and my edge router has IPv6 disabled. The only IPv6 addressing I can see in my logs is link-local, so I’m fairly confident. Of course, it’s also possible I’m missing something very obvious, haha
Still on verizon here, they ain't no gibs Tp4 ipv6 none.
Still on verizon here, they ain't no gibs Tp4 ipv6 none.
Can someone please translate this to human.