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  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Your EPUB Is Fine. Kobo Disagrees. Blame Adobe - André Klein Dot NetEnglish
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    2 days ago

    The only way Kobo really locks you down if you buy books from their store, which I wouldn’t recommend with any eReader.

    What do you do when there’s a particular book you want to read (and you want to buy it to make sure the author is compensated for their work), but its only available from one of the big 4 ebook ecosystems (Amazon Kindle, Kobo shop, Apple Books, Google Play (or whatever the hell they renamed it to this week))?

    I had one such book recently and specifically chose Kobo shop as it seemed like the least evil choice between those four.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•Older tech workers are tapping out, taking early retirementEnglish
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    4 days ago

    But I’ve also never understood why anyone works longer than they need to if they have the means to live comfortably in the first place.

    In the USA one of the best reasons to keep working is the healthcare gap before Medicare kicks in.

    Also, when you’re approaching “early retirement age” you’re likely at the peak of your earning potential. Working 1 more year could be equal to 3x or 4x a single year of retirement spending.

    Another thing happens when you’re still working but you don’t absolutely need to. You recognize working is optional and you can take the risk and push back on work you don’t like. It gives you the power to take the risk. If you get fired, you’re already set up to continue life without working. This makes the work itself usually much more pleasant/tolerant so there’s a lower desire to quit early.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•"We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone'English
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    6 days ago

    I already have almost a dozen original and remake Commodore 64s. Also Plus/4, C128, and so on.

    We’re similar then. I am a long time user of VICE, built parallel port (IEEE 1284) to 1541 interfaces to read my old floppies onto PC in the 90s, and even bought one of the c64 Minis when it came out. I also have 3 original C64s (in various states of function).

    All of the “modern” c64s have always been just a bit off from the legacy hardware experience. I still love them, but they don’t compare to the experience on the original hardware.

    I don’t know who the target market of the new Commodore is

    Well, me, I suppose. I bought one of the new Commodore Ultimate units (breadbin model). There are absolutely hardware limitations to the legacy c64 experience using in with modern computing in 2026. Sure there are workarounds for most of them, but those workarounds add up in cost, and even then aren’t always the best solutions. Even then SID chips were never all identical, and many continue to fail with age. Certain revs of original hardware have specific bugs (which sometimes are beneficial) so having the option to use or avoid those would mean owning multiple original hardware in working order. That still won’t get you HDMI, Ethernet, USB or flash storage access without lots of extra addon hardware.

    The Commodore Ultimate has on that baked in. Currently I’m still using my original hardware more because of some projects I’m working on that require the TTL signals of the USER Port, but more regular use I am glad to have the Ultimate for better interoperability and maximum compatibility to the original 6510 CPU and SID (from its FPGA).

    The new slimline Ultimate units are actually made from the original CBM case molds which were found in a warehouse!

    , but it doesn’t feel like its me.

    Thats certainly fine. This is a hobby after all, and there’s no requirement to buy something you don’t find interesting.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•macOS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac eraEnglish
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    22 days ago

    The dual boot is the default install. The installer is a single terminal command in OSX with the installer being the guided setup. The installer is right on the front page of the distro web site: https://asahilinux.org/

    It is literally just:

    curl https://alx.sh/ | sh

    The biggest decisions you have to make are how you want to partition the SSD between OSX and Linux.

    I’ve been installing Linux in various ways since the late 90s using Slackware, and the Asahi installation experience was the easiest and seamless installation of Linux I’ve ever experienced. It on only occurred to me later why the installer could be so good. Asahi only runs on M1/M2 hardware. The developers knew exactly what the hardware would be and could tailor the experience around it.

    I wouldn’t really recommend Asahi if you only have 8GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD in your Mac. It will certainly run, but is cramped in daily use.

  • partial_accumen@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.world•macOS 27 requires Apple Silicon, as Apple draws down the Intel Mac eraEnglish
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    22 days ago

    A quick question before research: is it fully working by now?

    Is every hardware function in the laptop that works in OSX available in Asahi? No.

    I’d like to have a functioning display

    I think you’re asking about “DisplayPort Alt Mode” which is where you can plug a dongle into one of the USB-C ports and output the local GPU to DP or HDMI. The answer to that is “yes, depending on how adventurous you are”. There’s an experimental kernel that does support it today. I don’t think its in the main branch yet. I intentionally run version 43 (1 behind the current 44). However, I use a USB-C DisplayLink HDMI adapter for an external display and it does most of what I want right now without the experimental kernel. I do want “DisplayPort Alt Mode”, and will use it when its available though.

    If you have an M1 or M2 Macbook Pro with HDMI port built-in, those work right now. The challenge being worked through is a display port that gets unplugged, which only happens on the USB-C port Display Port.

    I’ve got an impression that Linux can work on Apple Silicon, if you’re ready to abandon some things here and there.

    I wouldn’t use the word “abandon” but rather “wait for”. Power management efficiency doesn’t come close to native Apple OSX, but under Asahi it has enough battery for my needs. I only charge to 80% (supported natively in Fedora KDE) and get about 3 hours of runtime on battery for light to moderate use. I also read that this has improved a chunk in version 44, but again, I’m not running that version yet.

    Another piece of hardware not supported on Asahi yet is the MLX engine. I’ve been experimenting with running local LLMs, and they do run under Asahi Linux, but the hardware includes MLX in OSX. There are some models specifically made to utilize MLX which result in significant performance improvements in inferencing speeds. The unified memory of the Macbooks means system RAM is available for LLM use, so I can run 16GB models while still having 8GB of RAM left over for other applications and OS functions on this Macbook Air. The RAM footprint for LLM works in both Asahi and OSX.

    Keep in mind, this is a dual boot system. I still have OSX available if I need one of those Apple OSX specific function or extended battery life only one reboot away.