shinratdr

Thunderbolt is for permanently attached expansion (10gb Ethernet, eGPUs, multi drive enclosures, port expansion/docking etc) and USB is for quick connections (USB keys, SD cards, etc).

I seriously doubt anyone will ever use these ports for Thunderbolt devices, because there are very few thunderbolt devices that people use regularly, and if they know what Thunderbolt even is they know to look.

It’s $500CAD more for less RAM, a much worse processor, single monitor, lower top speed due to reduced thermal headroom, less & worse ports, no Ethernet jack, worse/no headless support and a battery that will swell up in a year because I leave it plugged in all the time.

If you have a desk and like to sit at it, this is a much better choice. For me a laptop no longer fits into my life. I do everything on my phone, and for what needs a computer I want a big screen, keyboard and chair.

To each their own. I think this is the best value product Apple has released in over a decade. At $669CAD for Education it’s an insanely good buy.

I use the Apple cases after trying dozens over the years, the fit & finish on them is hard to beat and I’ve found most 3rd party cases have MagSafe issues. You tend to be able to pick them up on eBay for ~$20 or so from Amazon return resellers, which isn’t too bad. Just gotta get good at spotting the fakes.

Especially for the 16 I would get an Apple case, because I think all the other manufacturers just cut out a hole where the new Camera button is whereas Apple has conductive material there so you can use the sliding gestures.

Waymond Womano

Because it all routes through one digital storefront without the possibility of competition, so digital pricing on console storefronts is artificially high.

Plus, they’ve already shut down stores on older consoles and people have lost games. That’s less likely as console companies learn how to make competent digital storefronts and account systems, many have felt the burn of losing all your digital purchases on console and won’t let it happen twice.

And played on it in later seasons. I almost cried laughing at the bit where they had a 20 year time jump and Charlie was still wearing the exact same outfit, and they called him on it.

You can buy an ESP board that meets all those qualifications from AliExpress for less than $3CAD shipped.

Setting one of those up was the first time in a while I’ve been so impressed with just how cheap and accessible tech has gotten. It’s a web server with WiFi and Bluetooth shipped to my door all for the price of a chocolate bar.

What book have you ever read that actually fits into a 1-2 hour movie? They have to cut those stories to the bone to get them on screen. The movie format is the worst for books, only seconded by the 24-episode, 10 season slog heralded by Fox TV shows.

The miniseries is the ideal format, especially for a book adaptation. Sharp Objects is my favourite example. No hack screenwriters creating “composite characters” to reduce the number of actors, no TV writers drawing on material they didn’t write and don’t understand to try and expand on it to fill extra episodes.

Just an 8 episode, straight adaptation from book to screen. It’s perfect.

I don’t want to rain on their parade, but this really did kill a lot of enthusiasm people would have had. Just really poor expectation management, even just saying it was a wait list would have been better than treating it like an immediate sign up.

I saw the initial flurry and signed up, now by the time it shows up it’ll probably end up in junk and get forgotten for most.

Which is what Trump wants, as he also publicly admits he just doesn’t pay bills if he doesn’t feel like it.

Looking forward to all the lawsuits between the two should he lose.

I did exactly that just a few weeks back. Played through D1 & D2R on Normal, once. Beat them, had a great time.

Started the next difficulty and gave up on the first quest. I know it’s not how they’re meant to be played, but I had fun.

Bingo. This is 100% the reason, and it’s funny that people assume anything else. When you can just watch porn at any time with no effort, sex scenes are gratuitous and awkward distractions except in rare circumstances.