desolate_muffin

the jail bit seems exceedingly unlikely

Not a single thing you said negates the points you are replying to

I don't think it's weird at all to withhold judgement before experiencing something yourself. It is pretty much impossible to know with certainty how you will feel about some things without experiencing them.

> Today, AI can generate lightweight, standalone, accessible HTML with just the CSS it needs, so a Minimal CSS Framework for Semantic HTML matters less than it used to

This argument is basically saying, "Why build anything if AI can do something similar?" Personally, I think there is a great deal of value in building things to a well thought out specification. I don't like this attitude of cognitive surrender.

bro what?

I'm not sure what point you're even making. It has never been easier to access markets. It seems like the core problem is that most Americans don't have/save enough money to get rich from buying them, nor is there specifically any mandated formal education that gives any guidance on investing. I also know plenty of people from my small town America hometown that save their money in regular cash savings accounts, despite them having internet and easy access to put money in a brokerage account with their bank and buy equities.

Similar feelings about the Duo. Very little innovation beyond what is offered by Androids. In fact, I feel like there are many foldable Android phones that offer better hardware (Motorola Razr Fold comes to mind). I say this as someone who is a huge Apple Fanboy and got a Duo on release day.

As far as I can tell after just looking at the specs, what I said is still the same. For example, an Intel Core Ultra 5 Processor 338H has a TDP of 25-65W vs. the M5 TDP of 3-27W. These aren't even directly comparable, but it gets worse going higher in the Intel Stack.

Further, every Windows laptop seems to have a worse display. For example, an M5 Macbook Pro 14" has a 120Hz 254ppi mini-LED display with a peak brightness of 1600 nits vs. a Dell XPS 14" with a 120Hz 161ppi LCD display with a peak brightness of 500 nits.

So it seems like they have figured out that they can put bigger batteries, worse displays, and throttle TDP to get better battery life, but it is still not possible for them to beat Apple's efficiency just based on those TDP numbers alone—these chips are just drawing more than 2x the power at peak load.

I don't understand why there isn't more effort towards ARM in the Windows world.

Because it's not semantic search, it's text search. You don't search Discord like you search Google, which is a problem when it is used as a wiki replacement.

last time I checked, every Windows laptop had the absolutely massive caveat that it needed to throttle performance by a ton to have a low enough TDP to compete on battery life. You just cannot match the efficiency of ARM Apple chips with an x86 chip.

that one and "educator" both make my skin crawl for some reason

That's exactly how my Mexican friend says it, and he's about as liberal as they come

Apple is happy to sell you an AppleCare One plan for $19.99 a month to soften the blow

beautifully stated

Imagine a regulatory framework so weak that a company feels comfortable to do something this anti-competitive