As a maintainer of a different library, I think there’s something here. A revised version of this tool that also gets fed the docs and asked to find inaccuracies could be great. Even if false positives and false negatives are let’s say 20% each, it would still be better than before as final decisions are made by a human.
Yeah, I don't think the 12" MacBook was anywhere near the most controversial, because it was always clear that it was a niche product. I had one and loved it. Those who it wasn't right for didn't buy it.
The 2016-2019 Pros on the other hand replaced a machine that was universally loved. there were entire podcasts dedicated to complaining about them for four years.
Not sure which version was more popular, but I bought a red/blue switch on launch day. And anecdotally I'd say I've seen more of those than the grey one over the years.
It's funny to read that thread (from 6 years ago, wow time flies) and see complaints that a lot of people have low-dpi external displays. But I think some of the rebuttal comments in that article rang true even then, and certainly do now: if you are spending money on an Apple laptop or workstation, Apple is going to expect you to spend money on hi-dpi external monitors.
I'll reiterate a comment I made elsewhere in this thread. With my vision corrected, 4k at 24" (~190ppi) needs subpixel rendering for crisp fonts. I would expect 5k at 27" or 6k at 32" (both around ~215ppi) would be the same, so my only option for comfortable external use with a Mac is really 8k at 32". I know that I am an outlier as I get my vision corrected with glasses/contacts to better than 20/20 (outside that 5%-95% group I guess), but I was perfectly well served by subpixel rendering (and continue to be).
Luckily, Mac is only for work, and it is passable with 32" at 4k, but I can use Linux everywhere else for much nicer fonts. Unluckily, work is 8+h :)
Yeah, the issue is that 6 years ago your only option for a highdpi monitor with the correct scale (e.g. for 27'' it needs to be 5k, not 4k) would be the iMac or the XDR display that costs over $5k...
Now that Apple sells their own (very decent) monitor at somewhat more affordable price it makes sense to use it as an external display, I agree.
CO2 Monitor to let me know when I need to let some new air into my office. Mine is a TFA Dostmann 31.5009, but any model with an NDIR sensor should be fine, there are many choices around 70-150 EUR.
CO2 poisoning is very common. It leads to fatigue, headaches/migranes and concentration issues. Most people don't recognize it and try to cope with caffeine & pain killers.
I noticed that sitting in a tightly closed office surrounded by monitors , CO2 was being trapped around me . I started testing with blood oxygen monitor and could reliably predict low blood O2 based on the above symptoms.
tl;dr keep your door and/or windows open and use a fan to circulate air into your desk area. It's very easy to reach high CO2 concentrations in a small room when you are surrounded closely with monitors (flat surfaces)
It's important to note these two issues (high CO2 and low oxygen) only go together in the most extreme scenarios and CO2 can be impactful long before O2 levels noticeably decrease or start affecting your blood O2 levels. For CO2 to be extremely high and causing headaches, dizziness, and nausea it's around 0.1% to 0.2% (more often represented as 1,000 to 2,000 ppm due to the low typical concentration of ~420 ppm globally). On the other hand, air is 21% oxygen (by volume) and at 10x the difference above different (so 1%) less it's not even considered oxygen deficient yet.
While I'm writing the comment, it's important to note you will almost certainly notice high CO2 content but you very likely won't notice low O2 content. Think about inhaling a helium from the balloon tank. You know there is very little O2 in it at all, you can even hear how it changes your voice, but you can keep breathing more in and out until you pass out cold and not even "sense" the lack of O2 until seconds before you pass out you start feeling very lightheaded. On the other hand if you breathed in CO2 like that you'd immediately notice and feel awful. This is because the body doesn't detect how much O2 you're taking in it detects how much CO2 you're able to get rid of. All this is to say, if you have low blood O2 levels don't necessarily expect to be aware of it.
The third thing I'll mention, since it seems inevitably someone comes by and reads "CO2" and confuses it with CO (carbon monoxide), is CO and CO2 are different things with different ppm values and different outcomes. It seems inevitably in the conversations CO will kill you in less than an hour at 1000 ppm, with effects from long term exposure possible at far less than that. If you have an appliance that burns fuel to function you really should have CO detectors, even if your state doesn't mandate one. If you don't get a CO2 monitor the worst that'll happen to you is you'll not feel as great (assuming CO2 isn't so bad your problem is actually there isn't enough oxygen left).
I just noticed this got pretty chopped up saving between a couple edits so here is a cleaner version if anyone needs it:
It's important to note these two issues (high CO2 and low oxygen) only go together in the most extreme scenarios. CO2 can be impactful long before O2 levels noticeably decrease or start affecting your blood O2 levels. For CO2 to be extremely high (causing headaches, dizziness, and nausea) it only needs to be in concentrations around 0.1% to 0.2%, more often represented as 1,000 to 2,000 ppm due to the low typical concentration of ~420 ppm globally. On the other hand, air is 21% oxygen (by volume) and at 10x the difference of 1%/10,000 ppm less than normal the air is not even considered oxygen deficient yet.
While I'm writing this comment, it's important to note you will almost certainly notice high CO2 content in your environment but you very likely won't notice low O2 content until it's well too late. Think about inhaling a helium from the balloon tank. You know there is very little O2 in it at all, you can even hear how it changes your voice due to the displacement, but you can keep breathing more in and out until you pass out cold and not even "sense" the lack of O2 until seconds before that moment when you feel lightheaded or your vision starts to fade. On the other hand if you breathed in CO2 like that you'd immediately notice and feel absolutely awful. This is because the body doesn't detect how much O2 you're taking in it detects how much CO2 you're able to get rid of. All this is to say, if you have low blood O2 levels don't necessarily expect to be aware of it.
The third thing I'll mention, since it seems to inevitably come up, is "CO2" (carbon dioxide) should not be confused with "CO" (carbon monoxide). CO and CO2 are very different things with different ppm values of concern and different outcomes when they are out of range. CO will kill you in less than an hour at 1000 ppm with effects from long term exposure possible at far less than that. If you have an appliance that burns fuel to function you really should have CO detectors, even if your state/goverment doesn't mandate one. If you don't get a CO2 monitor the worst that'll happen to you is you'll not feel as great (assuming CO2 isn't so bad your problem is actually there isn't enough oxygen left).
Keeping door and windows open while it's very cold or very hot outside can lead to extremely high heating/air conditioning bills. Meanwhile, high quality energy recovery ventilators that can exchange air with the outside without ruining your insulation tend to be a lot more than $200.
My home has very poor ventilation so I periodically will open the windows and blast a box fan to "flush" the dirty air out. If done quickly, there's not much thermal loss.
Although a bit above $200, but I own an Aranet4 CO2 monitor (it also measures humidity, air pressure, and temperature). It has a great app that allows you to see historical data too.
I've been using it for a while already and I'm really happy with it.
I've been wanting to get a CO2 sensor for a while now, but I want one that interfaces with Homebridge or directly with Homekit. I'd appreciate any recommendations!
It worked just fine for the stable diffusion community, where automatic1111 puts a ton of credit to 4chan for the development of stable diffusion tooling
When language learners learn vocab, there are two main processes:
1. Use a premade list of the top x words. Pro: they are guaranteed to be common words. Con: Once you make it past 2000 or so, they might not show up depending on what sort of niche things you read/watch/talk about
2. Look up random words as you come across them, and learn those. Pro: These are words you really saw. Con: You don't know how common that word is, maybe this is the only time in your life that you'll see it
I made a web app that lets you note down words that you come across and might want to learn, and then generates a learning order of those words based on a variety of frequency lists, as well as linking offsite for sample sentences etc. It allowed me to pass the JLPT N1 with just 6k known words (people usually need 8-10k)
Shouldn't be too difficult. The main thing you'd need is a dictionary that's as close as possible to covering the entire language (ie a digital-first one rather than a digital representation of a paper dictionary), and at least one but ideally several frequency lists. Ideally in the JSON format that Yomichan uses, as that's what the script for generating the data currently expects, but if not then the data can always be massaged. Then you just need to replace the specifics in the app (hardcoded frequency list names etc) with the stuff for your language.
