Joel_Mckay's comments

Generally, there is a fundamental philosophical difference between currency and wealth. In silicon valley, a middle class life is well over >$180k/yr, as Rent-seeking economics is unsustainable.

Rule #23: Don't compete to be at the bottom, as you just might actually win.

Have a glorious day =3

The ikigai chart helps some highlight better options:

https://hyperisland.com/en/blog/thought-leadership/feeling-d...

GDP is a measure of economic activity, and goes up when people are forced to rebuild after natural disasters etc.

%Debt to GDP excluding military pay and allowances indicates how your grandchildren will live. Above >130% they will be poor, and remain poor indefinitely. You may disagree, but it is not like anyone wants this to happen.

The economic conservatives were compromised, and went insane =3

With intermittent use one may get a lot more life out of the SSD than other users, but eventually flash will run out of spare-sectors and start to fail.

Most M1 systems I saw use on-board BGA110 NAND flash, and thus maintenance/upgrades on the SSD are difficult. Most users don't have a hot air rework station or x-ray inspection machines to do this modification correctly.

The MTBF statistics can move around a lot depending on the use-case, but eventually people will run out of luck ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean_time_between_failures .)

Not sure why people get upset by this fact, as not all Apple hardware models were built to be disposable. =3

I removed my anecdote and flash wear explanation, because of cranky folks like yourself.

The corrosion inhibitors in petrol engine oil get fully depleted within about a year with most brands. One may certainly sell the machine before you see acidified lubricant related problems, but the motor will not reach its full operational lifespan ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve .)

I do agree that anyone with a CVT style transmission likely won't have to worry, as that entire section will probably need replaced before you see significant hydrodynamic bearing damage.

"Buy cheap, buy twice" as they say...

ymmv, best of luck. =3

Must have been awkward getting a text from some people =3

Don't kink shame lol =3

https://southpark.fandom.com/wiki/Harequin_Romance_Book_Publ...

Don't worry about it =3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDdKiQNw80c

Don't worry about it =3

The SSD don't last forever, after about 3 to 4 years of daily use the drive/system should be replaced. At >5 years, one could hit retention issues and corruption losses.

Good excuse to upgrade though, as a $1500 recovery bill would not be cool. Best regards =3

Don't worry about it =3

The simple line-conditioners were surprisingly effective, and are a fraction of the cost of lab/medical grade galvanic isolation ferroresonant transformers. =3

Good Mac Pro models are still spendy, but the M3/M4 laptops are great if your software use-cases are met. =3

We used those Tripp Lite LC1200 to knock down the noise floor (14dB) on remote equipment.

These line-conditioners actually perform well given the cost, but never buy used surge-arresters given the finite spike hit-count. Best of luck =3

John Carmack seems to think isomorphic plagiarism and piracy bleed though is good for FOSS.

This is demonstrably incorrect given how LLM are built, and he should retire instead of trolling people that still care about workmanship. =3

"A Day in the Life of an Ensh*ttificator"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4Upf_B9RLQ

Canada has a lot of obscure technology that would normally fall under export restriction in the US.

The problem I have with the Canadian business culture was there is zero protection on a global scale for your company, privacy, and or personal safety. =3

Starlink direct connect LTE support is simply going to bury any telecom that ignores the technology.

Essentially, anyone with a smart-phone will now be able to text home from anywhere without specialized equipment. Elon can take a victory lap on that product.

Competitors naive enough to underestimate what it took to build Starlink are going to find spectrum auctions already well out of their league. =3

Interview questions get absurd when people are gatekeeping for various reasons.

People steal/phish resumes off sites all the time, and it is really hard to remain polite while listening to someone lie. I've met 300lb round cons that claim they regularly climb broadcast towers =3

It is usually the IP licensing, as spinning a board isn't always complex.

Note, it is actually easier to profile a known dram chip set bonded to the PCB. A lot of products already do this like phones, tablets, and thin laptops.

Where as SSD drives being a wear item, should be removable by end users. =3

Depending on the specific reporting period that data also seems consistent. But thanks for citing your source, as some otherwise great folks don't bother to check past Google Gemini nonsense when it starts lying.

Apples only issue is its walled garden ecosystem eliminates most small/medium software studio content. In a way, the FOSS projects have greatly increased the MacOS software options available, and the recent Steam port is very promising.

Win11 has caused a massive shift in users to posix like systems. This will only improve most of the ecosystem. =3

> It's been 7 years of Apple Silicon and the macOS market share really hasn't shifted much

Indeed, but a local LLM finishing in 3 days instead of 1 on a $40k GPU changes the economic decision priority for some.

Apple sales grew "21.3% year-over-year as of the second quarter of 2025", but also sales flattened as supply chain pricing shocks from "AI"/tariffs hit late last year.

"Judging by Nvidia's current valuation" is a bad bet with current circular investment conditions.

We shall see, but as EOL drivers and OS rot hits legacy NVIDIA hardware... people are going to have to find some compromise in the next 2 years. Even AMD 9850X3D currently cost less than 64G of low end PC ddr5 memory.

Odd times for sure =3