Brian McKee

It's absolutely dystopian. It is still a machine dedicated to stealing your information by one of the most evil companies on the planet lol. Apple would be/currently is lambasted for similar hardware/software decisions, and they support devices much longer than Google does... Just cause you use Linux as a backbone doesn't mean you should get brownie points, if they felt it was feasible they'd have made their own OS from the ground up. In fact they are/were, but the project has been severely crippled by layoffs and probably will never see the light of day on consumer PCs.
 

For basically any office task you could think of even an Distro like Debian is ready to serve most people out of the box. Office suite, browser, etc... And extra programs are in what are essentially an "App store" on something like GNOME or KDE. One click and install. People who say Linux is hard are dealing with proprietary gamer hardware or are trying to work around other advanced issues, the baseline experience of Linux is easy and has been for years.
 
Installing something on a regular distribution of Linux is actually far easier than what was described in the video by LTT. If I want to install Blender for 3d work on a project all I have to do is go to Discover, type in "Blender" and install it. But obviously this isn't just a Linux thing, any OS would be easier in this regard than ChromeOS.

Don't need 3500 dollar headgear either.

I mean I agree that it should be free if the end user is already the product. With the data they collect even on their paying customers they more than make up for license fees. This is why imo they don't really hound users anymore about keys and just put a little annoying watermark.
 
However I do think if one is paying it's unacceptable that ads are involved, which is why personally I've moved mainly to Linux.
 
As far as Chromebooks are involved, I'd be surprised if Google isn't taking some sort of loss on it to make sure they get a huge install base.

I think you're overestimating them. They failed to muscle into gaming with Stadia. Microsoft failed to muscle into phones. Meta have failed to make a commercial success of the Metaverse. And most pertinently to this topic, Apple, despite selling Macs for 30+ years, are still only a tiny part of the market. The big tech giants can, and do, make big bets that they lose.
 
If you need to choose a device, for a tech-phobic elderly relative, a tablet is probably the correct answer. If you want a cheap laptop, I'd still go Windows, just for the software compatibility. I don't get who the Chromebook is for?  

Why are we moving the goal posts? So ChromeOS is an OS for special needs? Not to mention even that is a poor generalization as if other operating systems are simply too hard for someone who has special needs lol. I don't get this reply, ask a special needs kid how to install a game on ChromeOS, I'm sure he'd have a good time.
I mean yeah, Windows is absolutely becoming dystopian. Don't think I argued otherwise. However Windows at least isn't offering meager support and essentially making good hardware into e-waste for the layperson.
 
I wouldn't either, just saying that even what is considered an advanced OS like Debian would be very easy to grasp for most people at a basic level. A more polished experience like Ubuntu would be very easy indeed.

Why are we moving the goal posts? So ChromeOS is an OS for special needs? Not to mention even that is a poor generalization as if other operating systems are simply too hard for someone who has special needs lol. I don't get this reply, ask a special needs kid how to install a game on ChromeOS, I'm sure he'd have a good time.
I mean yeah, Windows is absolutely becoming dystopian. Don't think I argued otherwise. However Windows at least isn't offering meager support and essentially making good hardware into e-waste for the layperson.
 
I wouldn't either, just saying that even what is considered an advanced OS like Debian would be very easy to grasp for most people at a basic level. A more polished experience like Ubuntu would be very easy indeed.

Doesn't even need to be proved, IMO! - basically as soon as "membrane" is mentioned, being limited to 2KRO is a given. (For context) For anything more than two key combinations, you're at the mercy of the keyboard's matrix (the series of intersections of traces that switches/membrane contact points reside) and how well it's designed. Achieving more than 2KRO is typically thanks to diodes (most high-end keyboards) or capacitance sensing (capsense, like Topre or IBM Model F's buckling springs). Whilst adding diodes to membranes is theoretically possible and capacitive membranes have been a thing in the past, both defeat the point of using a membrane to save cost.
 
Speaking of rollover and if I may be so bold, one piece of feedback I have for the video is regarding how the term "rollover" is used. Whilst this keyboard can handle up to 8 keys in some scenarios, it doesn't go up to "7 or 8 key rollover" as suggested in the video. Rollover is generally understood to be the the minimum amount of keys that can be reliably detected and reported at any time. It's a guarantee of what the keyboard can do in the worst-case scenario. So for keyboards that use a matrix (membrane and PCB-based keyboards that aren't capsense, etc.) but doesn't have diodes, it would always technically be 2-key rollover since 2 keys are the most that can be reliably detected without current flow subsequently going the wrong way (which diodes would normally stop) and interfering with registering other switches. But what is confusing and potentially mismarketed is what manufacturers try to do to mitigate the effects of 2KRO. For example, they could use a matrix that has many more possible intersections needed for the number of keys present to essentially plan around possible scenarios that would cause ghosting and need blocking. Possibly to the point 3 or 4 keys is the perceivable minimum. A recent example of this (technique, not mismarketing) is how Unicomp improved the matrix used on its new Mini Model M keyboards; IBM and Lexmark era and most other Unicomp Model Ms (which yes, are all technically membrane keyboards) usually use a 16-column by 8-row matrix (128 possible intersections) that gives some room for the 83 to 105 keys to not be at the mercy of current flow causing ghosting after pressing two keys that the keyboard's controller has to block (at least so that 3 and 4 key combinations can be done in a lot of places), but Unicomp somewhat mitigated this by using a 16 by 12 matrix (192 possible intersections) for just 87/88 keys that by optimisation of used intersections (and tbh, probability) allows some larger combinations and more of them. What I mean by optimisation is for example they gave most alphabetic keys their own own matrix column or row to allow them at least half of the three alphabetic rows to be pressable together. Thankfully, Unicomp doesn't try to brand this as "10KRO" like HP did. But short of literally each membrane contact having its own dedicated wiring to the keyboard's controller, such techniques are never perfect, hence the range of key combination sizes experienced with this HP keyboard and 2KRO being the technical limit.
 
But to be clear, I agree that this keyboard being marketed as 10KRO is bogus. No doubt about it.

Cross reference things you might buy on Amazon with Aliexpress. You'll be impressed at how much is the same just at much cheaper prices.
 
Tbh Aliexpress is nothing like wish, most stuff is "legit" even if it's ewaste out of the gate. The true fun stuff is on Taobao though.

Quadcores are still fine but I'd never suggest anyone buy into old platforms. Getting a newer platform's motherboard and buying the quadcore from there will always feel better when you actually have an upgrade path.
 
It largely depends on what you're doing obviously. Your average person's workflow isn't really helped much by 8 or more cores...

Why is there no DSLRs on the list? They have cooties or something?
 
Also what's with nonsense like this?
 
 
People still shoot professionally with 5D MKIIs, let alone an A7III. Unless you're shooting with an ancient mirrorless where you have issues like lag in the EVF and god awful focusing, anything past 2012 has barely improved in image quality and anything in the last 5 years is almost indistinguishable with featuresets.
 
Cameras are not commodity devices, they don't become out of date in 2-3 years from planned obsolesce or some huge jump in tech.

I recommend against Core 2 machines these days because the mobos are becoming much harder to find working and are insanely expensive for what they are. I'd recommend an AM3 machine like phenom II since there's way more inexpensive boards available and the performance is better. Plus AM3+ is backwards compatible with AM3 if that's needed.

I do love me some plane shots. Perhaps the props are a bit too frozen for my tastes though. Would have shot this at a slightly lower shutter speed. Otherwise very well captured.
 
Practicing using my sigma 10-20. Never been particularly good at using wide angles. Camera used is the Pentax KP.
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idk about other people but when I game I dawn a hazmat suit, gaming computers can put off lethal amounts of radiation when being pushed too hard.

Bahaha what in the world am I even reading? I've recorded with many mics over the years recording music/voiceover/etc and you certainly do not need "50k worth of studio grade pro gear" to get good results. Especially in the modern era where even your entry model interfaces and mixers have extremely clean preamps with plenty of gain.
 
If you're having issues with sound quality it comes down to the user not the mic. I could use the SM57/58 for basically anything and replace my EV mics if I had to. If you don't like the sound profile of the mics that's fine but that's purely subjective and an aspect that's super easy for prospective buyers to "experience".

Thermite duh.
 
 

Thermite duh.
 
 

Mini B is a superior connector to micro usb. Still used today and I've never had one fail.

Thermite duh.
 
 

Bahaha what in the world am I even reading? I've recorded with many mics over the years recording music/voiceover/etc and you certainly do not need "50k worth of studio grade pro gear" to get good results. Especially in the modern era where even your entry model interfaces and mixers have extremely clean preamps with plenty of gain.
 
If you're having issues with sound quality it comes down to the user not the mic. I could use the SM57/58 for basically anything and replace my EV mics if I had to. If you don't like the sound profile of the mics that's fine but that's purely subjective and an aspect that's super easy for prospective buyers to "experience".

The difference is that older macs could still function without a working main drive. As far as I can tell the new m1/m2 need a functioning main drive to boot off an external.

Thermite duh.
 
 

The difference is that older macs could still function without a working main drive. As far as I can tell the new m1/m2 need a functioning main drive to boot off an external.

I do love me some plane shots. Perhaps the props are a bit too frozen for my tastes though. Would have shot this at a slightly lower shutter speed. Otherwise very well captured.
 
Practicing using my sigma 10-20. Never been particularly good at using wide angles. Camera used is the Pentax KP.
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I do love me some plane shots. Perhaps the props are a bit too frozen for my tastes though. Would have shot this at a slightly lower shutter speed. Otherwise very well captured.
 
Practicing using my sigma 10-20. Never been particularly good at using wide angles. Camera used is the Pentax KP.
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