m0xEE @m0xee@librem.one

@Slips 😂Yes it does!
I've discovered alacritty looking for st replacement when I was migrating to sway and wayland.

@Epsi@mk.absturztau.be The original sound is from Bakemonogatari, right?

@Slips Wow, I didn't know alacritty had X11 support. I used to think of it as of wayland-only. Good to know!

@safiuddinkhan@fosstodon.org His friend Alessandro Michele could also make a fine Jesus. Maybe it's even possible to convince grandma Jesus had a twin brother so they could share the devotion.

@iska@mstdn.starnix.network @charlotte You could tear the wires off the PC speaker, wrap them around the headphone jack and enjoy the celestial sounds 😇
Still easier than using that tiny adapter to plug them into the phone, right?

@AmericanFlat It took me over three hours to realise it was a Kaczynski reference. God do I feel st00pid! 🤦

@sneak You're right! The SoCs in those are usually rather dated and they tend to choose cheaper panels for some reason.

@allison Yes, CRTs=eyestrain. Even IPS-panels are a bit hard on the eyes IMO. I turn off the second display when I don't need it.
Now I see, your demands are pretty specific. The solutions to save you from the monastery should already be on their way though. I mean even midrange phones have 120 Hz now. ARM-based desktops and laptops will follow suit soon enough as mainstream moves away from Intel.

@allison Yes, you are most probably right!
I am a man of the last decade in this regard. It did matter in the CRT days, but not anymore, not for me. I know there are nice things like HDR, HiDPI and way higher refresh rates, but I'm still perfectly fine with my two 30" Cinema Displays 😄

@sneak There are Chinese brands of smartphones like Blackview and Ulefone with bulkier designs and larger batteries. Some have this "rugged" look, others don't. I'm pretty sure you can find something close to this on AliExpress. Will it look as good in the flesh as it does on the pictures — not so sure 😅

@allison Why Apple then, still like the OS (OS X? macOS? Whatever it is called now)?
There is a wide selection of PCs on the market in the vein of Mac Mini. System76 has it, Purism has it, a few lesser-known brands have them, ARM-based too.
Some can accommodate both SATA and M2 drives at the same time, up to 64 gigs of RAM, newest CPUs — you can't have a decent GPU in it, but otherwise a real powerhouse in a small box!

@FiXato @fribbledom At least they got the taste of how life is here. If they still like Twitter better — so be it.

@allison @iska@mstdn.starnix.network @coyote @dushman @idiot I gave up on Apple and stopped keeping track on the new models, so I can only speculate why they did this. It might be easier for them to follow the same hardware design principle everywhere and since it's soldered-in on the laptops, it's the same on the Mini. It might also be more efficient supply chain wise to use similar parts in desktops 🤷

@allison @iska@mstdn.starnix.network @coyote @dushman @idiot And don't get me wrong, I don't like this approach myself. When they presented the first MacBook Air I hated that abomination. But then I realized that a lot of people appreciate such a design and that the path Apple has chosen is just not for me. But to each their own, so I just moved on and took a look at companies for which compact size it not the top priority.

@allison @iska@mstdn.starnix.network @coyote @dushman @idiot You can see a good example of such a justification on the attached image 😂
The absolute most of Apple's customers don't have a slightest clue about thermal design. They will buy storage options that overheat A LOT and it is a huge issue with the tight cases we have nowadays.
This was a non-issue ten years ago and they were user-replaceable at the time. When they started the MacBook Air line and later MBP Retina the all-glued-in approach came up.

@fribbledom Well, that made more people flee to fedi, so not that bad this time.

@iska@mstdn.starnix.network Maybe he's more monetary than a fiscal-type guy? 🤔

@AmericanFlat Follow me as in follow on Twitter? How will that help us escape from the city? 🤔

@iska@mstdn.starnix.network @MischievousTomato Well, vayu itself costs like $230 or so. And it's one hell of a device hardware-wise: Snap🐉 860, 8 gigs of RAM and 256 gigs of UFS 3.1 storage. Oh, 5000 mAh battery too.
So $150 is not THAT cheap for a cheapo Chinese phone 😅

@dushman @iska@mstdn.starnix.network On some laptops the HDMI/DP are only wired to the dedicated GPU. So you can't use external display with integrated GPU, only the built-in one. That is one hell of a limitation!