circuitfarmer

So this is just one big circle jerk war?

Yes, and a key observation might be: the oligarchy being discussed more and more in the US is not constrained to the US. There is (in a practical sense, not an official one) a single world government controlled entirely by the rich who are currently circle-jerking.

Lapdog when invited onto lap: "should I go up there?"

But he always does.

This used to be the logic behind the iPod. In fact, it was referred to as the "iPod halo effect". So I would not be surprised if that is a key reason for the pricing.

Binning has been a thing forever. Apple isn't new in selling processors that are technically nerfed versions of better ones. It's not shady either -- the chips were binned exactly because they were tested.

What I find more interesting is that Apple is also dealing with what happened on the PC side a while ago: processors get so fast that the differences between mid-range and high-end don't really show up in typical day-to-day workflows. Apple is right to think that this gives them a chance to gain market share by selling a Mac which is significantly cheaper, but to what effect? Apple hardware has been the expensive option for a long time, and one could argue that a lot of brand identity is tied up in high prices, because people perceive "most expensive" as "the best". I can't think of a brand on the PC side which has been happy to stay at the top of the price range for so long.

So a cheap Mac is decidedly off-brand for Apple. Will people spend thousands extra for a machine that feels mostly the same for everyday workloads?

It's fascinating in a way. It's like a petri dish of brain cells, and one day the researcher points at a screen and goes "you see that blip?! That's brain activity."

Enhanced mode with a 40fps target (that dropped noticeably when using vehicles) or the Performance mode with a 60fps target

Having now spent nearly 40 hours with Starfield on PS5 and PS5 Pro, this is definitely the best Starfield has been

Lol k

But isn't it just easier to point at the problem and complain online about it?

I always thought that was a weird call. I know Firefly didn't really have a chance for revival back then, but killing two of the cast seemed excessive.

I am saying that you (and people like you) can't keep doing the same thing and expect shit to change, and then put down people who are actually trying something different for once.

Not voting or voting third party is not new. It's not "for once". It has been tried again and again in the US, and again and again, the outcomes were as expected: whichever candidate between the two main parties loses more votes to the tactic, loses the election.

Stop pretending it's novel. It isn't, and it always fails. There is nothing virtuous about being shown evidence and denying it. That's called stupidity.

You literally had a whole thread about AI slop that wasn't there and now you're trying to save face by changing your own goalposts.

Good chat.

What slop? You think a nearly 3-year old account is AI generated?

Just because you've never seen an em-dash before AI doesn't mean that em-dash = AI. And btw, I never even used one.

Keep showing Democrats that no matter how disconnected they are from the American public, you will keep voting for them.

The US has a two-party system. Period. That will not change anytime soon, if ever. And that presents unique challenges that countries with different systems do not have.

I'm not entirely sure from your rebuttal that you actually understand this fact.

I don't disagree that things are fucked up, and I don't disagree that the Dems are a bad party which by and large do not support their constituents. But let me be clear: there is no path outside of voting Democrat that has any chance of success of changing anything in the US. The only path forward is voting for the single opposition party.

What you're saying is: it won't matter anyway. Maybe you're right. I'm also not disagreeing there. But we know from evidence that there is no other option which has any chance. And if the whole house of cards falls -- as it is likely to do -- I'd certainly rather tell my children that I did what I could based on an evidential position, regardless of how futile it may have ended up being.

What I won't do is pretend that a third party vote will help. I won't pretend that not voting will help. Those are the farcical ideas of a naïve idealist.