FireWire400

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[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Well, looking at the completed auctions on eBay there are enough people wo are desperate enough.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

Man, Sweeney's been on a roll lately, hasn't he? Too bad I've got no idea what he's talking about most of the time

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 51 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Pixel 9 Pro running the stock ROM as my main and a Pixel 7a with Graphene for other stuff. I really wanted to get that new Unihertz Titan 2 Elite, but my Kickstarter account was suspended for whatever reason? And I'm not really sure I wanna pay $600 for it.

I've got heaps of phones lying around just for nostalgia's sake, including my Lumia 930 which I love.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I upgraded from a 6 Pro to a 9 Pro when that came out and honestly, I'd be fine still using my 6 Pro. It's not that much of a performance jump if you ignore the cameras.

Looks like the Pixel 6 range is still in support for at least another year.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Next up: Meta plans rural backyard wrestling league.

I feel that's gonna happen at some point if Trump lives long enough to win his next election.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That makes sense. Who designed the exterior then? I don't think it was Pininfarina.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Yeah, it looks like something Jony Ive designed... Shortly after the LaFerrari came out they said they'd never do an EV or SUV, which is probably where most of the backlash come from. How the turn tables, eh?

Edit: Did Jony Ive also design the interior? Because it looks like straight out of an Apple Store.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I recently went to a large electronics retailer here in Germany and was shocked to see that they’re still selling brand new Windows 11 Laptops with 4GB RAM. Idling at 85% RAM usage.

Not sure if they’re just getting rid of old stock but selling them with Windows 11 at all is kinda criminal.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Exactly. They're effectively killing off the used market.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

TDK had 320GB BluRays ready in 2009. I don't think GTA VI will need more than that.

[–] FireWire400@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

What about all the other flags that use those same colours?

 

A bit of background first; I'm moving to Australia this September and have already started sending out job applications.

I sent out my first 4 applications last week (kinda low, but it's tricky to find suitable roles) and got my first rejection letter yesterday. No big deal, but I know that it'll bother me for the next while.

Why did they reject me? Did my application even get past AI screening? Questions that aren't even worth thinking about normally but I'm not really normal I guess.

 

macOS recently introduced the ability to limit your battery to only charge up to 80%, a feature that I personally appreciate as I'm mostly using my MacBook plugged into a dock and it's arguably a great way to limit the ageing of the unit.

There's just one huge problem. Well, two actually. Firstly it doesn't allow me to set a minimum charge ("start charging when battery is at X%"), so when it falls to 79% it just tops it back up to 80, not a big deal but slightly annoying. The much bigger issue is that the charge limit apparently isn't being saved to the battery firmware itself so when the MacBook is turned off and plugged into my dock it just keeps on charging to 100%...

Similar issue with my Pixel 9 Pro, it normally sticks to the charge limit quite well, but multiple times a month I'd say it just randomly charges to 100% regardless. Apparently that's to calibrate the battery or something? As far as I know you have to do a complete cycle to calibrate a battery which 80% to 100% isn't, also I don't think a Li-ion battery needs to be calibrated this often, does it?

To contrast, KDE Plasma retains the limit at all times, lets you set a minimum amount and actually tells the battery to always stop charging at that amount.

Am I just not getting something about this?

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by FireWire400@lemmy.world to c/thinkpad@lemmy.ml
 

Some of you might remember the T540p I got for free from work a couple of years back - after its mainboard died I rebuilt my older personal T540p with the the remaining good components and a donor W541 I bought on eBay.

I'm quite pleased with the result. Its revised specs are: i7 4930MX, Quadro K2100M, 32GB DDR3L RAM, AUO B156HAN01.2, an HP Blu-Ray drive and an Intel AX210 WIFI card.

And a few stickers obviously.

 

Looks more like a cove imo

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by FireWire400@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone
 

Near West Head, Sydney. Sorry for the crappy photo, I had to zoom in quite a bit.

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by FireWire400@lemmy.world to c/thinkpad@lemmy.ml
 

Super cool location, felt pretty unreal actually being there... shame you can't go inside any more

Edit: Seems like they made a new website for it! I hope they can turn it around somehow

 
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by FireWire400@lemmy.world to c/australia@aussie.zone
 

Before you say something, I am aware now that cashew nuts aren't that good for them (too fatty) and that you probably shouldn't feed them at all.

I went to the Lagoon that morning specifically to feed a cocky and I did... as well as about a dozen ducks. I'm sorry, I won't do it again.

 

Sat there for 20+ minutes just taking it all in

 

Saw some people posting random pictures lately, figured I might as well join in. This was near Wollundry Lagoon in Wagga

 

First of all, sorry if this really isn't the right spot for this but I figured that maybe some Aussies in here recognise it.

I've had this stuffed frilled-neck lizard since roughly 2006 when a family member brought it back from Australia for me, I know for sure that my brother had a stuffed dinosaur with a similar design on it. According to the tag it was hand made in Australia by "Kurrajong Aboriginal Products". A quick search brought me to a company with the same name that sells child education books and hand made dolls, so the connection is kinda there but I can't be sure; they don't sell stuffed animals (anymore). I'd really like to know if anyone has seen these or even has one.

Here's some pictures I took of it.

When I was in Australia myself a while ago I searched for similar things but couldn't find anything. Even the museum shops I went to only seemed to sell generic Chinese-made stuff, which really is a shame but anyway...

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